Even as hopes of reaching survivors began to fade, rescuers in the Turkish city of Izmir pulled a young girl out alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building on Tuesday, four days after a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Greece. Wrapped in a thermal blanket, the girl taken […]
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Stranded Indian shuttlers return from Germany after testing negative for Covid-19
Forced to pull out of the SaarLorLux Open in Germany and stay in quarantine there because of COVID-19 fears, an Indian badminton contingent, including defending champion Lakshya Sen, on Tuesday returned to the country after testing negative for the infection. Lakshya’s dreams of defending the title had come crashing down […]
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China rejects report it had seized territory from Nepal as ‘unfounded, rumour’
China on Tuesday dismissed a media report which said it had seized territory from Nepal as “completely unfounded” and “pure rumour”. The foreign ministry’s spokesperson Wang Wenbin was reacting to a report in the Daily Telegraph published on Tuesday that quoted Nepalese politicians as saying that Beijing had surreptitiously annexed […]
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Symptoms or not, UK to pilot whole-city testing in Liverpool
Everyone living or working in Liverpool will be offered Covid-19 testing from Friday, whether they have symptoms or not, in the first pilot of whole-city testing as England prepares for a month-long lockdown from Thursday following a surge in cases and deaths. The army has been called to help roll […]
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WhatsApp launches new storage management tools
WhatsApp has launched an updated storage management tool that makes it easier to sort out and bulk delete junk files. The new WhatsApp feature is rolling out to users on Android and iOS globally this week. WhatsApp has been testing its new storage management tools for quite some time now with some […]
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PNB plans to raise Rs 7000 crore from QIP in December, credit growth to be less than 5%
Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Tuesday said it is planning to raise Rs 7,000 crore through share sales next month to shore up its capital base for meeting business plans. The country’s second largest state-owned lender expects the credit growth to pick up slightly in the second half but it […]
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Odisha bypolls: 41.36% voter turnout in Balasore, 39.68 in Tirtol
The voter turnout till 1 pm was recorded at 41.36 percent in Balasore and 39.68 percent in Tirtol bypoll on Tuesday. The elections are being held in adherence with Covid-19 protocols. The voting for by-elections in the Balasore Sadar assembly constituency was conducted at FM College, Motiganj, Radhakrishna Hindi High […]
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Kangana Ranaut, sister asked to appear before Mumbai Police on Nov 10
Mumbai Police have issued a second notice to Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel summoning the sisters to be present before it on November 10 in connection with a case filed against them for allegedly promoting enmity between communities through their remarks, a report by ANI said. […]
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Hyderabadi businessman stabbed to death in Georgia in US, three arrested
A 37-year-old man from Hyderabad was stabbed to death outside his house in Thomaston city of Georgia in the US late on Saturday night (at around 10 am on Sunday morning in India), his family members said. Mohammed Arif Mohiuddin, a native of Chanchalguda in the old city of Hyderabad, […]
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Rupee trims early gains to end flat at 74.41 against US dollar
The rupee on Tuesday settled almost flat at 74.41 against the US dollar after its initial gains were erased despite strong equity markets. Despite the early bounce, the home unit appeared to struggle, even as the dollar remained broadly weak. The rupee opened sharply higher at 74.34 amid heavy buying […]
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Rajkummar Rao reveals his nickname from school days, Roger. Watch
Actor Rajkummar Rao has revealed that his PT teacher in school used to call him Roger and added that it was also his favourite subject as there was no homework involved. As he gears up for the direct-to-digital release of Chhalaang, Rajkummar has shared a video on Twitter. He tweeted, “My favourite […]
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Vote out people against ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’, ‘Jai Shri Ram’: PM Modi
Proponents of ‘jungle raj’ in Bihar do not want the people of the state to chant ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ or ‘Jai Shri Ram’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday as he addressed an election rally in Saharsa, which will vote in third and final phase of the assembly […]
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Posters won’t be pasted outside homes of Covid-19 patients: Delhi govt tells high court
The Aam Aadmi party (AAP)-led government on Tuesday informed the Delhi high court (HC) that it would be putting out a circular soon against pasting of posters outside houses of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) patients and for the existing ones to be removed immediately. The Delhi government was responding to a plea, which […]
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Odisha tribal man who spent 20 years in Pakistani jail set to return home
A tribal man from Odisha who had wandered off the border into Pakistan two decades ago will be returning home this month after spending 20 years in a jail in Lahore. Forty-five-year-old Birju Kulu of Jangatoli village of Sundargarh district had gone missing from his home almost 24 years ago […]
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Bengaluru police arrest 10 drug peddlers, seize narcotics worth Rs 90 lakh
The Bengaluru police have arrested 10 people including a Nigerian national and seized drugs worth Rs 90 lakhs from them. The drug peddlers allegedly were procuring the narcotic from the dark net. Police Commissioner Kamal Pant said Monday that the accused used Tor Browser – which sends data encrypted – […]