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News Coronavirus: Infected man attends marriage function, booked
Jalna: Police on Tuesday filed a case against a COVID-19-infected man for violating home quarantine rules and attending a marriage function here in central Maharashtra, an official said. According to Sadar Bazar police inspector Sanjay Deshmukh, on May 27 an employee of a private hospital here tested positive for coronavirus and his family members, including the accused, were put under...
- 26 min ago
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Home Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar tests positive for COVID-19
NEW DELHI: Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar, a 1985-batch IAS officer, who had been at the forefront in battling the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, has reportedly tested Coronavirus-positive, sources said on Wednesday. The portion of South Block on the Raisina Hill complex in Delhi has been sealed and is in process of sanitisation. After the reports of Kumar reportedly tested...
- 6 hrs ago
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India Food needs, production and consumption should become natural
A pertinent point that we need to understand is about our food systems. Even though the UN body has given us the theme of 'Our solutions are in nature', we usually bypass an analysis of those solutions. This particular UN body, Convention on Biodiversity, also does not give you what, why and how. It is for you, me and others to figure out what 'our solutions are in nature' means. Food...
- 12 hrs ago
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News Cyclone: 1,500 people shifted to sturdy shelter in Alibaug
Mumbai: About 1,500 citizens were evacuated and shifted to a safe and sturdy shelter in Alibaug in Raigad district of coastal Maharashtra earlier on Wednesday, as per Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's Office. Cyclone 'Nisarga' made landfall as a severe cyclonic storm around 12:30 pm near Alibaug, 95 km from Mumbai. 'Around 1500 citizens evacuated and placed in safe sturdy shelter in...
- 13 hrs ago
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Home Guj: 5 dead, 40 injured as boiler blast causes fire in factory
Bharuch: Five workers of a chemical factory were killed and 40 others were injured on Wednesday in a huge fire triggered by a blast in the boiler at Dahej in Bharuch district of Gujarat, a senior officer said. He said the death toll is likely to go up as the rescue operation is still on. 'So far we have confirmed the death of five workers. Some dead bodies were recovered from the...
- 14 hrs ago
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India B'wood wants stricter laws after the death of pregnant elephant
Mumbai: Several Bollywood celebrities took to social media to express shock over the inhuman incident where a pregnant elephant was fed with pineapple stuffed with firecrackers in Kerala. The brutal incident of animal abuse took place in Kerala's Palakkad district, which resulted in the death of the elephant while standing in a river. Alia Bhatt wrote: 'Terrible just terrible. We...
- 15 hrs ago
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India Cyclone Nisarga: Bollywood celebs ask people to stay safe
Mumbai: Bollywood stars Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra, Alia Bhatt, Madhuri Dixit and others have urged people to take precautionary measures to safeguard themselves from cyclone Nisarga, which is expected to make landfall close to the city on Wednesday. Hanging over the Arabian Sea, 190 kilometres from Mumbai, Nisarga is moving at a speed of 11 kilometres per hour and is likely to make...
- 16 hrs ago
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India Video: Cyclone Nisarga in Maharashtra
Mumbai: Cyclonic Storm Nisarga formed Tuesday in the Arabian Sea and is aiming for at the west India coastline and Mumbai, the country's financial center and home to more than 18 million people. According to the India Meteorological Department, Cyclone Nisarga began the process of making landfall over the state of Maharashtra early Wednesday afternoon just south of Alibagh, while heavy rain and damaging...
- 16 hrs ago
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Home China building high-security naval base at Gwadar
Gwadar: China is secretly building a high-security compound near Gwadar Port in Pakistan's Balochistan province which it will probably use for the naval base. Forbes According to Forbes, a leading Aerospace and Defense magagine, analysts have been watching for the first signs of a long-expected Chinese naval base at Gwadar. 'The base, to complement the one at Djibouti, would strengthen China's...
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News 'Nisarga' starts landfall process near Alibaug in Maharashtra
Mumbai: The severe cyclonic storm 'Nisarga' made landfall near Alibaug on the north coast of Maharashtra, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday adding the landfall process will be completed during the next three hours. 'Nisarga', the first cyclone to hit Mumbai in 72 years, has started landfall with wind speeds of up to 120 km per hour. 'The centre of the severe...
- 16 hrs ago
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