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Total lunar eclipse on May 26
Hyderabad: The first total lunar eclipse of the year will occur on Wednesday May 26 though it will not be visible in India. Lunar eclipses occur when the Earth blocks the Sun’s…
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Indian students added to US travel exemptions list
Washington: After the US announced travel restrictions on India which are set to start on May 4, the Biden administration has further announced that certain categories of students, academics, and journalists are…
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COVID-19: India records highest-ever 4,01,993 new cases, 3,523 deaths
New Delhi: Coronavirus cases in India hit a record daily high with over 4 lakh new infections being reported in the last 24 hours, while the active cases crossed the 32-lakh mark, according…
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Lalu Prasad to stay at daughter’s home in Delhi
Patna: After the release order submitted by Superintendent of Hotwar jail at Ranchi, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Supremo Lalu Prasad will be released any time from New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical…
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COVID-19 crisis in India very serious, cases yet to peak: US official
Washington: The COVID-19 crisis in India is indeed very serious, the Biden Administration said on Friday, noting that the cases have not peaked yet. I’m afraid that the crisis in India with the…
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US restricts travel from India amid COVID-19 surge
Washington: US President Joe Biden on Friday signed a proclamation barring the entry of non-US citizens who travelled to India during the 14-day period preceding their entry into the United States. This…
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Maharashtra: COVID-19 cases zoom again, death toll crosses 68K
Mumbai: After a day’s lull, Covid-19 fatalities against shot up in Maharashtra with the state’s toll crossing the 68,000 mark, and no respite in Mumbai deaths, health officials said here on Friday. Against…
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Congress trounces BJP in 10 local body polls in Karnataka
Bengaluru: The opposition Congress in Karnataka has trounced the ruling BJP by winning 120 out of the 263 wards in 10 local bodies across eight districts that went to the polls on April…
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How Kerala man Arafat helping people during COVID-19 pandemic
Palakkad: A Kerala man, Arafat is helping COVID-19 positive persons in reaching hospitals on time. He is using his ambassador car to take the patients to hospital. According to a report in…
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RIL’s March quarter net profit more than doubles
New Delhi: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd on Friday reported more than doubling of its March quarter net profit as consumer businesses of retail and telecom as well as petrochemicals saw sequential…
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Medical supplies continue to pour in from across the world to support India’s COVID-19 fight
New Delhi: As India battles a devastating second wave of coronavirus, several countries around the globe including UK, Russia, and the US have extended support as the country continues to struggle with…
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Madras High Court rejects EC’s request to restrain media
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday refused to restrain the media from publishing oral observations made by the court against the Election Commission for the surge in COVID-19 cases. A bench of…
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Three Indian-origin brothers sentenced to life imprisonment for murder in UK
London: Three Indian-origin brothers found guilty of stabbing to death a 22-year-old man in an ongoing dispute in London over a year and a half ago have been sentenced to life imprisonment…
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Kumbh ends: 70 lakh participated in ‘scaled down’ mela held amid virus surge
Dehradun: Seventy lakh devotees participated in Haridwar’s Kumbh Mela, the mammoth religious congregation which ended Friday after triggering a scare that it might have acted as a COVID-19 super-spreader . Despite the…
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Amid vaccine shortage, first lot of Sputnik V vaccines to land in India on May 1
New Delhi: The first lot of Sputnik V vaccines from Russia will arrive in India on Saturday. The rollout of the Russian vaccine is expected to augment India’s third phase of the…
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‘Shooter Dadi’ Chandro Tomar dies due to COVID-19
New Delhi: Octogenarian shooter Chandro Tomar, who became the oldest woman sharp shooter in the world after taking up the sport in her 60s, died on Friday after battling COVID-19. She was…
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Are states that have announced free COVID-19 vaccination from May 1 ready?
New Delhi: Keeping in mind the welfare of the people, several States have decided to vaccinate their population against the surging COVID-19 pandemic free. The drive to inoculate those between 18 and 44…
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BJP MP Rakesh Sinha seeks President’s rule in Delhi
New Delhi: BJP MP Rakesh Sinha on Friday demanded the imposition of President’s rule in Delhi, accusing the Arvind Kejriwal government of leaving people unsafe in the wake of the grim COVID-19…
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CCMB comes up with new COVID-19 testing method using dry swab
Hyderabad: Rakesh Mishra, Director of Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), on Friday said that they have come up with a new way of collecting COVID-19 samples using a dry swab…
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Former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee succumbs to COVID
New Delhi: Former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee died of COVID-19 in a private hospital here on Friday. One the top most lawyers of the country, Sorabjee (91) was tested positive of COVID a…
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Bhopal’s Javed Khan converts auto into ambulance to help Covid patients
Bhopal: With many facing shortages of beds, oxygen and ambulances amid the devastating second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, Javed Khan — an auto driver in Bhopal — has turned his three-wheeler into…
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Dasna Devi priest Narsighanand’s Twitter account suspended
Hate-spewing head-priest Yati Narsighanand Saraswati of Dasna Devi temple in Uttar Pradesh has found himself in trouble yet again. The official Twitter account of the priest has been suspended reportedly after many…
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Lucknow girl challenges Adityanath to arrest her for complaining of oxygen shortage
Lucknow: A girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow challenged chief minister Yogi Adityanath to arrest her for exposing his lies on oxygen shortage, as she sobs for her father, in a video that…
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Bihar chief secretary Arun Kumar Singh passes away due to COVID-19
Patna: Bihar chief secretary Arun Kumar Singh on Friday passed away at a hospital in Patna due to COVID-19 complications. Singh, who was a senior IAS officer, was admitted to a hospital…
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SC asks states to not clamp down SOS calls on social media, warns of contempt action
“If citizens communicate their grievance on social media and internet, then it cannot be said that it’s wrong information,” observed Justice DY Chandrachud today while hearing the suo moto case pertaining to…
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Ghaziabad gurdwara offers ‘oxygen langar’ for COVID-19 patients
New Delhi: A Gurdwara, situated on the outskirts of Delhi, took off as the “Oxygen Temple” among masses amidst a severe shortage of oxygen during the apocalyptic second wave of COVID-19. The…
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Aaj Tak anchor Rohit Sardana passes away
New Delhi: Rohit Sardana, senior journalist and one of the top anchors of Hindi news channel Aaj Tak passed away on Friday, according to people close to him. Rajdeep Sardesai took to twitter…
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International flights suspension extended till May 31
New Delhi: India on Friday extended the suspension on international commercial flight operations till May 31, 2021. However, international passenger flights under air travel bubble arrangements will continue. “In partial modification of circular…
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Walmart, Flipkart mobilise resources to help India get oxygen
Bengaluru: Retail giant Walmart on Friday announced that it will donate up to 20 oxygen-generating plants and 20 cryogenic containers for oxygen storage and transportation to India, as well as more than 3,000…
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Maharashtra may see 3rd wave of COVID-19 in July-Aug: Tope
Mumbai: Still reeling under a deadly second wave of COVID-19, Maharashtra may witness a third wave of the infection in July-August, said health minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday. The grim prediction by Tope…
