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From Saturday, curfews will be in place in the French capital, Paris, and eight other cities including Grenoble, Lille, Lyon and Toulouse, President Emmanuel Macron announces.The restriction will be in place from 21:00 to 06:00 local time. And is to last for four weeks.It comes as France...
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The US will have a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine before the end of this year, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, assuring the country's corporate sector that if re-elected, he would deliver optimism, opportunity and growth.Trump, who tested positive for COVID-19 on October 1 and was...
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Celebrated actor Soumitra Chatterjee has tested negative for coronavirus and his condition improved Wednesday evening, doctors treating him at a private hospital in Kolkata said.The 85-year-old thespian had no fever since Tuesday evening but is still in an acute confusional state. He is, however,...
22:36
The national capital's cumulative COVID-19casecount rose to 3.17 lakh with authorities reporting 3,324 fresh cases on Wednesday, while 44 fatalities took the number of deaths to 5,898. This is the second consecutive day that the city reported more than 3,000 new cases. Around 3,036...
22:05
Sushant Singh Rajput's sister Shweta Singh Kirti is back on Twitter and Instagram after she deactivated her accounts earlier on Wednesday. Kirti has been at the forefront of #JusticeForSSR campaign since the demise of Rajput on June 14.Earlier in the day, several users noted that...
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Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav has tested positive for coronavirus, the party announced on its official Twitter handle, adding he is currently asymptomatic and receiving medical care.Uttar Pradesh reported 41 fresh COVID-19 fatalities on Wednesday, pushing the death toll to...
21:15
Russia has granted regulatory approval to a second COVID-19 vaccine, according to its register of authorised medicines. A delighted Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the news at a government meeting on Wednesday.The jab was developed by the Vector Institute in Siberia and completed...
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The Sabarimala temple will be opened for devotees for five days starting from Friday during the Malayalam month of Thulam amid the COVID-19 outbreak.As per the Travancore Devaswom Board, only 250 people will be allowed to visit on a single day and booking will be done on a first come first serve...
20:25
An 89-year-old woman in the Netherlands has reportedly become the first known person to die of coronavirus after contracting it twice. Reports say the elderly woman was suffering from a rare kind of bone marrow cancer known as Waldenstrm's macroglobulinemia.According to a report in CNN, the...
19:59
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday after the two southern states were hit by heavy rains and assured them of all possible support and assistance from the Centre in the...
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The Statue of Unity which is the world's tallest statue is set to reopen for tourists on October 17. This comes nearly six months after it was closed for tourists due to the coronavirus outbreak. Interestingly, the opening day also falls on the day when the festival of Navratri...
19:06
The idea of fighting a rapidly spreading pandemic like Covid-19 by developing herd immunity among populations is unethical and cannot be justified scientifically, World Health Organisation Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said.The WHO chief argued that herd immunity can't be a...
18:53
The Left parties on Wednesday demanded the sacking of Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari for insultingand violating the Constitution in his letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for reopening of places of worship. Koshyari and Thackeray were engaged in a bitter war of words...
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The National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled on Wednesday said it has lodged police complaints in different districts of Tamil Nadu against BJP member Kushboo Sundar for allegedly making derogatory remarks against people with disabilities. According to media reports, Kushboo,...
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India has crossed the 9-crore mark of COVID-19 testing across the country on Wednesday after 11,45,015 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, according to the ministry of health and family welfare.The ministry said, With 11,45,015 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, the cumulative tests now...
17:48
Here's a simple graphic to show India's inflation.
17:26
India's second-largest IT services company Infosys on Wednesday said its consolidated net profit grew by 20.5 per cent to Rs 4,845 crore for the September quarter, and it has raised revenue forecast to 2-3 per cent for FY21. Infosys had clocked a net profit of Rs 4,019 crore in the same period...
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Shweta Singh Kirti with Sushant
Sushant Singh Rajput's sister Shweta Singh Kirti's social media accounts, including Twitter and Instagram pages, have been deactivated, four months after the actor's death. Kirti was at the forefront of #JusticeForSSR campaign since the demise of Rajput on June 14. It is, however,...
17:18
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Congress-turned-BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Thawar Chand Gehlot are some of the 30 star campaigners of the BJP for the next month's bypolls to 28 Assembly seats in MP. The BJP on Wednesday...
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Farooq and Omar Abdullah at Mehbooba Mufti's residence today
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has convened a meeting at his residence on Thursday for chalking out the future course of action on 'Gupkar Declaration' with regard to the special status of Jammu and Kashmir which was revoked by the Centre last year. Former Jammu and Kashmir...
17:08
Republic TV's executive editor Niranjan Narayanswamy and senior executive editor Abhishek Kapoor on Wednesday appeared before the Mumbai crime branch for recording statements in the fake TRP racket case. Narayanswamy reached the Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) office at 12 noon, while Kapoor,...
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A collection of stills of the 1974 Satyajit Ray film 'Sonar Kella', not in public domain, would be published in the autumnal issue of the children's Bengali magazine Sandesh this month. The maestro's director son Sandip Ray told PTI on Wednesday the stills were taken in 1973 during the outdoor...
16:42
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government announces that the Ghatkopar-Versova metro line will begin operations starting tomorrow, in a graded manner with precautions as part of Maharashtra government's fresh 'Begin Again' guidelines.There has been a there is a growing demand...
16:35
Left Front chairman Biman Bose
Talks between the Left and the Congress over sharing of seats for the 2021 West Bengal assembly elections will begin next week, their leaders said on Wednesday. The Left and the Congress have hit the roads together over the last one year on several issues, opposing the TMC government in the...
16:31
There will be a temporary impact on investment flow to start-ups due to the curbs imposed by the government to stop opportunistic takeover by firms from countries with which India has border tensions, Chief Economic Adviser K V Subramanian said on Wednesday. According to a Press Note 3 issued...
15:47
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and NC Vice President Omar Abdullah visited PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti at her residence after her. release. Mehbooba, under house arrest for 14 months, was released yesterday.
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Senior Congress leader Karan Singh said Wednesday National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah's remarks on restoring the special status of Jammu and Kashmir were totally unacceptable and could provoke unrealistic expectations among the people of Kashmir.My old friend Farooq Abdullah has made an...
15:30
A virtual unknown 10 months ago, the wealthy and polished British finance chief gained stature during the pandemic, while remaining in his boss's good graces. Read the report here
15:27
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's time on October 22 to address four rallies in support of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidates in poll-bound Bihar.The rallies proposed to the Prime Minister are scheduled to be held in Buxar, Jehanabad, Rohtas and...
15:05
The health of veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee continued to be critical on Wednesday, though his parameters are normal, doctors attending to the thespian said. The 85-year-old Dadasaheb Phalke awardee is in a confusional state but his fever has subsided, they said. He is stable but...
14:56
Leaders of 29 farmer unions walked out of a meeting with the Agriculture Secretary after the Union Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar was absent from the meeting. The meeting had been called to discuss the recently enacted Farm Laws.The farmers union leaders tore copies of the laws outside...
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Two unidentified militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police said. Security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Chakura area of Shopian district following information about the presence of militants...
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A minor girl allegedly died by suicide by jumping into a well in Puwasi village of UP's Pratapgarh district, after being repeatedly molested by three people of her village, the police said on Wednesday.According to the police, the incident happened in Puwasi village of Baghrai police station area...
14:22
BJP leader Nitesh Rane asked Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to sort out your own house amid the latter's ongoing tiff with Maharashtra Governor over reopening of temples in the State.Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari had earlier written to Thackeray expressing concerns over the delay in...
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Real estate brokerage firm PropTiger on Wednesday reported 57 per cent year-on-year decline in housing sales across eight major cities at 35,132 units due to the Covid pandemic, but said sales have recovered significantly from the previous quarter. During July-September 2019, sales of...
13:16
The Central Bureau of Investigation which is investigating the Hathras incident has re-summoned the father and the two brothers of the victim for questioning on Wednesday.They were questioned by the CBI team on Tuesday as well.Speaking to ANI, SDM Anjali Gangwar, who has been assigned to look...
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The wholesale price-based inflation rose to 1.32 per cent in September mainly on the back of costlier food articles. The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly WPI, stood at 1.32 per cent (provisional) for the month of September, 2020 (over September, 2019) as compared to 0.33 per cent...
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A technical inquiry committee is being formed today to investigate the causes behind the power outage in Mumbai, and other areas and file its interim report in a week's time, said Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut on Wednesday.The minister also said possibilities of a cyber attack or any...
12:39
Payal Ghosh
Actor Richa Chaddha's defamation case against Payal Ghosh in the Bombay High Court withdrawn after both parties signed consent terms. Ghosh withdrew her statement made against Chadha and tendered an apology.Chadha last week filed a defamation suit against Ghosh for making a false, baseless,...
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Although uncommon, infection with the novel coronavirus may cause sudden permanent hearing loss in some patients, according to a study which is the first case report linking the disabling condition to Covid-19 in the UK. According to the scientists, including those from the University College...
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Immunity against Covid-19 may persist for at least five months after being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to a study led by an Indian-origin researcher in the US. The researchers from the University of Arizona studied the production of antibodies from a sample of nearly 6,000...
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The Kerala Congress (M) faction headed by Jose K Mani on Wednesday announced its decision to severe its decades old ties with the Congress-led UDF and work alongside ruling CPI(M)-led LDF in the state. Party leader Jose K Mani also said he would quit his Rajya Sabha membership, won with the...
11:53
Pakistan has been re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council despite opposition from activist groups over its abysmal human rights records. Among the five candidates from the Asia-Pacific region vying for four seats in the UN's premiere human rights body, Pakistan secured the highest...
11:48
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought response of the Centre on separate pleas by two same sex couples, one seeking to get married under the Special Marriage Act and the other seeking registration of their wedding in the US under the Foreign Marriage Act (FMA). A bench of justices R S...
11:33
Actor Kangana Ranaut who had gained 20 Kgs for playing the role of political stalwart and actor J Jayalalithaa in her upcoming film 'Thalaivi,' is currently sweating it out to get back to her earlier size.The 'Queen' actor took to Twitter early on Wednesday and posted a picture of herself...
11:21
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a dig at the government over IMF growth projections showing Bangladesh closing in on India in terms of per capita GDP this year and described it as a solid achievement of six years of BJP's hate-filled cultural nationalism. Gandhi also shared a...
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Ahead of Bihar Assembly polls, Loktantrik Janata Dal chief Sharad Yadav's daughter Subhashini Raj Rao will join Congress in the national capital on Wednesday.She will also contest in the forthcoming Bihar polls.Congress, CPI, CPM are part of the Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) under the...
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US President Donald Trump has said that he felt like a Superman after his experimental Covid-19 treatment and boasted about his new immunity to the disease which has claimed the lives of 216,000 Americans. Trump, who tested positive for Covid-19 on October 1 and was admitted to a military...
10:17
With a spike of 63,509 new cases and 730 deaths in the last 24 hours, India's Covid-19 count reached 72,39,390 on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.It is important to note that the rise in Covid-19 cases has been on the decline in the country, while around 56,000...
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On September 17, believing rumours swirling around Amit Shah's health, a London-based broadcaster called a reporter in New Delhi to ask for inputs to add in Shah's obituary which the news desk wanted to keep ready. A Mumbai-based tabloid decided to assign someone in Delhi to write the obituary of...
09:58
A Dalit teenage girl, who was allegedly raped by three men, has ended her life by hanging herself in this district of Uttar Pradesh, officials said. Chitrakoot Superintendent of Police (SP) Ankit Mittal said the 15-year-old girl hanged herself in her house in the Manikpur area on...
09:45
US President Donald Trump has described his presidential challenger Joe Biden as the single worst candidate in the history of America, referring to a few recent gaffes of the Democratic leader. Republican incumbent Trump, 74, and challenger Biden, 77, are locked in a close contest for the...
09:29
China and the far left are desperate for Joe Biden's win as the Democratic presidential candidate will surrender jobs to China, President Donald Trump said as he returned to the battleground State of Pennsylvania after being treated for COVID-19.In his first political rally in Pennsylvania, which...
09:25
Stranded commuters at CSTM
Maharashtra energy minister Dr Nitin Raut on Wednesday said that foul play or sabotage by external forces cannot be ruled out in connection with the power outage in Mumbai and other parts of the state on October 12.Electricity supply was interrupted in Mumbai due to Tata's incoming electric...
09:16
Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been erratic just like his presidency, his Democratic challenger Joe Biden has said, terming the US president's leadership as chaotic and divisive that has cost Americans far too much. The former vice president said Trump was playing...
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Three cases of suspected coronavirus reinfection -- two in Mumbai and one in Ahmedabad -- have been described in India, the country's apex medical research body said on Tuesday. Director General Balram Bhargava said the Indian Council of Medical Research had decided upon a cutoff of...
08:08
At least 11 people have died in Telangana following incessant rains that lashed several parts of the state, leading to waterlogging on roads and inundation of some low-lying areas. Nine persons died when a boundary wall collapsed in Mohammedia Hills in Bandlaguda due to the heavy...
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Actor-politician Khushbu Sundar on Tuesday claimed she was insulted in the Congress and wondered how the grand old outfit could do good for the nation when there was 'no freedom to speak the truth' within the party.She accused the state unit of the Congress party of 'impaired' cognitive functions...
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