Singapore’s health ministry on Wednesday reported no new cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) from the local transmission, days after the government approved Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine. However, coronavirus infection among migrant workers has been a matter of concern as the latest data showed nearly half of them have been infected with […]
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‘We don’t do fake Covid-19 tests like you,’ Kejriwal hits out at Yogi
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday hit out at his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath by saying that the latter only sees the Delhi government and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) whether he wakes up or goes to sleep. Kejriwal also added that the work done by Delhi towards […]
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Indigenous carbine passes final user trials: Ordnance Factory Board
A new joint venture protective carbine (JVPC) has successfully passed the final phase of user trials, meeting all criteria of the General Service Qualitative Requirement, the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has announced. The compact gas-operated weapon has an effective range of more than 100 metres and weighs less than three kilos. […]
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Wonder Woman 1984 opening scene released online, watch Gal Gadot in action
Warner Bros and HBO Max have released the opening scene of the upcoming superhero film Wonder Woman 1984 online. The film will be released in an unconventional manner, which will see it debut both theatrically and on the HBO Max streaming service in the US. The three-minute scene is a flashback […]
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Delhi’s Covid-19 positivity rate lowest ever since May: Health minister
Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Wednesday said the positivity rate of Covid-19 cases is declining and it was below 2 per cent for the first time on Tuesday since the month of May. “There were 1,617 Covid-19 cases in Delhi yesterday. It is a matter of great satisfaction that […]
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Samsung will remain biggest OLED display supplier for iPhones in 2021
Apple seems to have big plans for 2021. Word is that the company is planning to ship around 180 million iPhones next year for which Samsung will be supplying a majority of the OLED display panels. Apple’s iPhone 12 series consists of four iPhone models all of which come with […]
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Cabinet decides on spectrum allocation, sugar export subsidy
Amid the ongoing farmers’ protest, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday met and took decisions related to agriculture, telecom and power sectors. Announcing the decisions, Union minister Prakash Javadekar said the Cabinet will provide subsidy on 60 lakh tonne sugar which will benefit five crore farmers and five lakh workers. The […]
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Swara on Kangana: ‘A great artiste need not be a great human being’
Actor Swara Bhasker has said that great artistes need not be great human beings in real life. Her comments come after Kangana Ranaut attracted criticism for her opinions about several subjects, and spats with Urmila Matondkar, Jaya Bachchan and Diljit Dosanjh. In an interview, Swara was asked if Kangana contradicts the statement […]
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England keeps looser holiday Covid rules even as cases rise
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will go ahead with plans to ease coronavirus restrictions over Christmas despite mounting pressure to stop people mixing indoors over the holiday. As many as three households will still be able to gather together for five days between Dec. 23 and 27 in England, a […]
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Uttarakhand CM pays floral tributes to fallen soldiers on Vijay Diwas
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Wednesday paid floral tributes to the fallen soldiers here at Gandhi Park on the occasion of Vijay Diwas. Rawat in an official statement said, “I pay tribute to all the soldiers of the Indian Army who forced Pakistan’s 93,000 soldiers to surrender on this day in 1971. It […]
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Delay in admission to professional courses worries colleges in Maharashtra
Even as the education sector is slowly crawling back into a routine and getting used to the new virtual classrooms, a host of courses are yet to welcome their first year batches. Admissions to professional undergraduate and post graduate courses once again got delayed with the state common entrance test […]
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Farmers’ protest: Now, a library-cultural centre comes up at Singhu border
A group of young, working professionals, students, and farmers from Punjab and Haryana has set up a cultural space-cum-library at Singhu border to serve as a platform for artists as well as engage with the street children around the area amid the farmers’ protest. On Tuesday afternoon, a day after they […]
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‘Do not withdraw challenge’: Manish Sisodia to UP minister’s debate dare
Do not withdraw the challenge now, said Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday, taking on Uttar Pradesh basic education minister Satish Dwivedi who dared the Delhi minister to pay them a visit and debate the education and school facilities in the two states. The UP minster threw the […]
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Kerala local body polls: LDF leads in four corporations, UDF in two
The counting of the Kerala local body polls is currently underway with the Left Democratic Front leading in the local body elections, according to initial trends. The local body polls are often seen as an indicator of how parties are faring ahead of the legislative assembly elections. Assembly elections in […]
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Amazon’s new tech creates your body double in 3D for easy shopping
Amazon is trying to make online shopping a bit easier and fun for customers in the US. It has launched a new service called Made for You, that creates custom t-shirts for shoppers and shows them on a 3D based version of themselves. The 3D virtual body double is created based […]