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Home Heavy Rains pound Karnataka as monsoon remains active
Bengaluru, June 17 : With the southwest monsoon remaining active, heavy rains pounded Karnataka, causing landslides in hilly regions, inundating low-laying areas and disrupting normal life, officials said on Wednesday. 'As monsoon was active all over the state due to favourable conditions, very heavy rains lashed coastal areas, Malnad region, south interior and north interior parts of the...
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India Delhi Riots : Court Defers Release of 3 Activists
New Delhi, June 16 : A Delhi court on Wednesday deferred the order on release of February 2020 Delhi riots accused activists Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal and Asif Iqbal Tanha, who were granted bail by Delhi High Court on June 15, citing the 'heavy board' of other bail applications listed before it. After the High Court granted bail to the three accused, they moved the lower court seeking...
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Home IAS officer Atal Dulloo re-designated Additional Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar, June 16 : The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday re-designated senior IAS officer Atal Dulloo as Additional Chief Secretary. An order issued by the General Administration Department said: 'Sanction is hereby accorded to the re-designation of Atal Dulloo, IAS (AGMUT; 1989), Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education Department, as...
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Home Maharashtra: New Covid infections rise, deaths remain above 1K
Mumbai, June 16 : Maharashtra's Covid-19 deaths remained in the higher ranges even as new infections also spurted to breach the 10,000 level, though the number of patients cured also increased, health officials said on Wednesday. Against 1,458 deaths declared on Monday, the state now revealed a lower figure of 1,236 fatalities (237 new, and 999 earlier deaths), taking the toll to...
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India Digital technology helped us cope, connect, comfort and console in Covid: PM Modi
New Delhi, June 16 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that where convention fails, innovation helps, as he noted that during the Covid pandemic, digital technology helped people to 'cope, connect, comfort and console'. Addressing the 5th edition of VivaTech, one of the largest digital and start-up events in Europe, held in Paris every year since 2016,...
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India Veteran Bengali actress Swatilekha Sengupta dies at 71
Kolkata, June 16 : Veteran Bengali actress Swatilekha Sengupta passed away at a private hospital in the city on Wednesday afternoon. The 71-year-old theatre and film personality was reportedly battling kidney-related ailments. Swatilekha shot to fame when the late maestro Satyajit Ray cast her as his leading lady in his 1984 classic 'Ghare Baire', as the female protagonist Bimala alongside...
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Home Centre allocates 1,804 Crore under Jal Jeevan Mission for Kerala
New Delhi: To translate the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of ensuring clean tap water to every household by 2024, Union government has increased the Central grant to Kerala under the Jal Jeevan Mission in the year 2021-22 to Rs 1,804.59 Crore, which was Rs 404.24 Crore in 2020-21. Union Minister, Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat while approving this more than four-fold...
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Home Calf serum used in manufacturing of viral vaccines: Bharat Biotech
Hyderabad, June 16 : Bharat Biotech on Wednesday clarified that while new born calf serum is used in the manufacturing of viral vaccines, the final formulation of its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin is free from all impurities. 'New born calf serum is used in the manufacturing of viral vaccines. It is used for the growth of cells, but neither used in growth of SARS CoV2 virus nor in the...
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India At Least One Lakh Covid-19 Reports during the Kumbh Mela were forged, finds a report
Days after preliminary probe by the Uttarakhand health department, now a detailed investigation has found that at least 1 lakh fake COVID-19 tests were issued during the Maha Kumbh Mela 2021 in Haridwar, reported Times of India. According to the report, the detailed probe found several irregularities in the Coronavirus test reports like a single phone number was...
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Lifestyle This Delhi restaurant offers special discount to those vaccinated
Delhi restaurant Zaika located in Yamuna Vihar, offers special discount to those vaccinated against Covid-19. New Delhi: As the restaurants have opened in Delhi following the un-lockdown measures taken by the government, a Delhi outlet has started a unique initiative to encourage people for vaccination. Special discount is being offered by Delhi's Zaika's restaurant located in...
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