The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda said on Sunday he has tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and that he has been following all the guidelines for home isolation. “I got the test done after experiencing the initial symptoms of corona and the report came back positive. […]
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Sri Lanka records highest elephant deaths in world
Sri Lanka has recorded the highest number of elephant deaths in the world due to the human-elephant conflict, according to a media report. The island-nation’s Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) had ordered a special audit into the human-elephant conflict by renowned elephant expert Dr Prithviraj Fernando, the head of the […]
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Himachal to bring 4,000 hectare land under red rice cultivation in 5 yrs
In a bid to give red rice, which is “on the verge of extinction” a new lease of life, the Himachal Pradesh government has fixed a target to bring around 4,000 hectares of land under its cultivation and produce around 40,000 quintals of the cereal grain annually in the next […]
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Afghanistan: Bomb and gun attacks in Kabul kill 3
Separate bomb and gun attacks on Sunday left at least three dead in Afghanistan’s capital, local police said, a day after a barrage of mortar shells shook the city. A sticky bomb attached to an armored vehicle in northern Kabul killed two, and wounded at least two others, according to […]
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Ankita Raina wins ITF doubles title in Dubai
Top Indian tennis player Ankita Raina won her third doubles title of the pandemic-hit 2020 season, clinching the Al Habtoor challenge with Ekaterine Gorgodze here. The unseeded Indo-Georgian pair won 6-4 3-6 10-6 against Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov from Spain and Slovakian Kaja Juvan in the final of the USD 100,000 […]
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Pawar sought amendment to farm law for farmers benefit: Sanjay Raut
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday defended Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar for actively pushing States to amend the APMC Act when he was the Union agriculture minister under UPA-2 rule. Raut said Pawar’s intentions were then aligned with farmers’ welfare and claimed that in 2010, corporates […]
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Indian startup develops tech to complete Covid-19 sero survey of 1 cr samples in a week
Indian IT startup Thalamus Irwine claims to have developed an Artificial Intelligence and IoT-based solution to complete a sero survey with 1 crore samples of Covid-19 cases within a week. The Delhi-based company has partnered with state-run ITI to host its data and also done a proof of concept with […]
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Raghav Chadha detained ahead of planned protest outside Shah’s house: AAP
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday said that its leader Raghav Chadha was detained ahead of a planned protest against alleged misappropriation of funds by New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) outside the residence of Union home minister Amit Shah. Chadha, who is also the Vice Chairman of Delhi Jal Board […]
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Lofty climate goals get reality check at global summit
Five years after the world signed the landmark Paris Agreement to avoid dangerous global warming, political momentum is building. But the lack of near-term detail means the planet is still on track for climate catastrophe. The six-hour Climate Ambition Summit on Saturday threw the problem into sharp relief: activists were […]
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Investors look for long-term plan from Vedanta after bond sale
Investors in Vedanta Resources Ltd. are turning their attention to the miner’s longer-term plan to streamline a complex group structure that has kept the parent from easily accessing cash at its units. Vedanta Resources, controlled by billionaire Anil Agarwal, allayed some immediate concerns this week when it received vital funding […]
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Maruti Suzuki set to re-enter diesel segment next year: Sources
The country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) is looking to enter the diesel segment once again next year as the vertical continues to draw a lot of customers especially in the high selling SUV and multipurpose vehicle segments, as per industry sources. The auto major had discontinued diesel models from its […]
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UPS, FedEx collaborate to ship Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines in US
Rival US companies UPS and FedEx are working side-by-side to ship the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, after it was approved for emergency use by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday. The two shipping companies said that they had put plans, which they had been working for months, into […]
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China wants India to accept the new normal on LAC and move on
This month, External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has made repeated public statements stating that the only way for restoring frozen India-China ties is to untangle the four friction points in East Ladakh by disengaging and de-escalating the military situation along the 1597 km Line of Actual Control (LAC). The Chinese […]
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TRP manipulation case: Republic TV CEO Vikas Khanchandani arrested in Mumbai
The Mumbai Police on Sunday arrested Republic TV CEO Vikas Khanchandani in connection with its probe into the alleged Television Rating Points (TRP) manipulation scam. The fake TRP scam came to light in October when ratings agency Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) filed a complaint through Hansa Research Group, alleging that […]
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‘India will miss him very badly’: Manjrekar identifies problems for India
After a roller-coaster experience in the limited-overs series, India gear up for the four-match Test series against Australia which starts from December 17 in Adelaide. The tourists will look to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against a strong Australian line-up for which the team selection will be a crucial aspect in […]