India’s spiraling Covid-19 crisis has hit the Supreme Court in a big way with several of its staff testing positive for the disease. The court’s functioning, however, won’t be affected in any way. The entire court premise, including courtrooms, is now being sanitised, they said. The various benches will today […]
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India reports 1,68,912 new Covid-19 cases, 904 deaths
India reported over 1.60 lakh new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry. With the country reporting 1,68,912 new COVID-19 cases, the total number of COVID cases has gone up to 1,35,27,717. In the last 24 hours, 904 COVID-related deaths were reported in the country. This takes the COVID […]
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Kumbh Mela: Akharas, sadhus take part in second ‘shahi snan’ at Har Ki Pauri
With the chants of ‘Har Har Mahadev’ and ‘Ganga maiya ki jai’, sadhus of various akharas on Monday took a holy dip in River Ganga at Har Ki Pauri in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar on the occasion of the second ‘shahi snan’ during Kumbh. The first shahi snan was held on March 11 on the […]
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Japan begins Covid-19 shots for over 65s as fourth infection wave looms
Japan began Covid-19 vaccinations for its sizable elderly population today, with imported doses still in short supply and the pace unlikely to stop a fourth wave of infection. Shots for people aged 65 and above began at some 120 sites across the country, using Pfizer Inc’s vaccine made in Europe […]
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Lucknow civic body prepares crematoriums to cope with rise in Covid fatalities
Amid a spurt in the daily COVID-19 death count, the city municipal corporation has decided to procure more electric crematoriums to make sure families of COVID-19 victims do not face problems in conducting the last rites of their loved ones. Lucknow reported 4,444 new COVID-19 cases and 31 deaths in the last 24 hours, said the state […]
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Fitness is the solution to all physical and mental problems, says Kiren Rijiju
Union Youth Affair and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said that fitness is the solution to all physical and mental problems and added that let’s maintain a better body to feel great. Taking to Twitter Rijiju shared a video of him running uphill and captioned the post, “#FitIndiaMovement today morning in Srinagar running uphill at […]
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IPL 2021: Nitish Rana played match-winning innings for us, says Eoin Morgan
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Eoin Morgan was delighted with the way Nitish Rana batted against the SunRisers Hyderabad and said that he played a match-winning knock for the side. Rana and Rahul Tripathi’s knocks of 80 and 53 were backed by a spirited bowling performance as KKR triumphed over SRH by 10 runs here at the MA […]
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Arsenal’s injury woes deepen as Saka limps off with thigh issue
Arsenal’s hopes of reaching the Europa League semi-finals suffered another blow after winger Bukayo Saka suffered a thigh issue against Sheffield United, adding to manager Mikel Arteta’s selection problems ahead of Thursday’s trip to Slavia Prague. Saka limped off in the 69th minute of yesterday’s 3-0 Premier League win and […]
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After outcry, VICE removes images adding smiles to Khmer Rouge victims
Cambodia condemned images published by US media group VICE featuring newly colourised photographs of the Khmer Rouge “killing fields” victims, saying the images were an insult to the dead because some mugshots had been altered to add smiles. VICE removed the article and photos later yesterday, saying they did not meet its […]
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Terrorists misused mosques for attacks in J-K’s Pampore, Sopore and Shopian: IGP Kashmir
Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar on Monday informed that terrorists misused mosques for attacks here in Pampore, Sopore and Shopian. According to the IGP, terrorists misused mosques for attacks in Pampore on June 19, 2020, Sopore on July 1, 2020, and Shopian on April 9, 2021. “Terrorists misused mosques for terror attacks in Pampore […]
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Spurs’ Son the target of ‘abhorrent’ online racial abuse
Tottenham Hotspur condemned the “abhorrent” racial abuse of South Korean forward Son Heung-min on social media after he was targeted following Sunday’s 3-1 Premier League defeat by Manchester United. Son went down clutching his face after being accidentally caught by Scott McTominay in the build-up to an Edinson Cavani goal […]
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Brazil now has more young than old Covid patients in ICUs
The number of Covid-19 patients under 40 in intensive care in Brazil surpassed older groups last month, a researcher said yesterday, amid a deadly surge driven partly by a new coronavirus variant. The number of people aged 39 or younger in intensive care units with Covid-19 in March rose sharply […]
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Mukhtar Ansari to appear in Punjab’s Mohali and UP’s Lucknow court virtually today
BSP leader and gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari will be presented at Punjab’s Mohali court and Lucknow court in Uttar Pradesh on Monday in connection with two cases. Ansari, who is at present in Banda jail will appear in these courts virtually today. In Mohali court, a case of extortion will be heard while in […]
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PM Modi,Amit Shah to hold multiple rallies in poll-bound West Bengal today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address several public programs in poll-bound West Bengal on Monday. At 12:00 noon, the Prime Minister will address an election rally at Talit Sai Centre in Purba Bardhaman district. After that, he will also hold rallies in Kalyani University Grounds in Nadia district at 1.40 […]
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Probe ordered after US police pepper-spray Black soldier
The governor of the US state of Virginia vowed a full investigation yesterday after footage emerged of two police officers detaining a Black army officer at gunpoint and pepper-spraying him in the face. Lieutenant Caron Nazario, who is Black and Latino, repeatedly asked what he had done wrong and said, […]