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Cyclonic storm Asani made landfall between Machilipatnam and Narsapuram in Andhra Pradesh late on Wednesday night after weakening into a deep depression, the State Disaster Management Authority said. Asani would further weaken into a depression and emerge into the Bay of Bengal in the...
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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader Bala Nandgaonkar on Wednesday met Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil over a letter threatening Raj Thackeray, and demanded action.Speaking to reporters later, he said there would be repercussions across the state if the MNS chief was harmed.Mumbai...
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China on Wednesday scampered to censor World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus' sharp criticism of its much-touted dynamic zero COVID policy as unsustainable, while the foreign ministry curtly told him to refrain from making irresponsible remarks.We hope the relevant individual...
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Sri Lanka's embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said on Wednesday that he will appoint a new Prime Minister and a Cabinet this week which would introduce constitutional reforms, amid continuing widespread anti-government protests over the country's worst economic crisis. In an address to...
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Karnataka health minister K Sudhakar on Wednesday said there is no need to panic about reports of tomato flu in neighbouring Kerala, as it is endemic to that State, and instructed authorities in the border district to remain vigilant aimed at controlling its spread. ...
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Several parts of Odisha and West Bengal are bracing for heavy rain as severe cyclone Asani weakened to a cyclonic storm on Wednesday, barrelling towards north coastal Andhra Pradesh, packing a wind speed of 85 km per hour, the Met Department said. The weather...
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In probably the first public endorsement of Raj Thackeray's proposed visit to Ayodhya, senior Bharatiya Jantaa Party leader Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said that MPs of his party should not oppose the MNS chief's coming to the temple town. Fadnavis'...
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Uttar Pradesh police chief Mukul Goel was on Wednesday removed from his post for neglecting his work, an official statement said. He has been made the Director General (DG) of the Civil Defence department, it said.The statement added that Goel was removed from the post of DGP for neglecting...
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American brokerage Morgan Stanley on Wednesday cut its India growth estimate by 30 basis points for 2022-23 and 2023-24 on global headwinds, and warned that macro stability indicators like inflation are set to worsen going ahead. The brokerage expects India to clock a real GDP growth...
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The ceasefire deal reached between the Pakistan Army and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan on the account of Eid-ul-Fitr has been extended for another five days. The banned TTP in an order issued by its military commission on Tuesday announced that the ceasefire will remain in place till May 15...
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The Ministry of Education on Wednesday issued guidelines to schools for combating heatwave, asking them to relax the uniform norms and modify timings. A torrid heatwave had sent the mercury soaring across large swathes of India with the temperature in Delhi rising to 46 degrees Celsius. The...
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A Varanasi court will deliver its verdict on Thursday in the case related to the video survey of the Gyanvapi mosque located adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath temple. The court will also decide on a plea by the Gyanvapi mosque management committee (Anjuman Intezamiya Masjid)...
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A Delhi court Wednesday sought a response from the Enforcement Directorate on a plea moved by Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez seeking suspension of a Look Out Circular issued against her and permitting her to travel abroad. The ED issued the LOC against her last year concerning a Rs...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party will launch a massive fortnight-long campaign on May 30 to reach out to all sections of society, with particular emphasis on minorities and scheduled castes and tribes, to mark the 8th anniversary of the Modi government. Elected representatives of the party,...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the second global virtual summit on COVID-19 on Thursday being hosted by United States President Joe Biden, the Ministry of External Affairs said. It said the summit intends to galvanise new actions to address the challenges of the pandemic...
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The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested IAS officer Pooja Singhal in alleged money laundering case.Singhal was questioned by ED yesterday and today along with her husband in a money-laundering probe linked to alleged embezzlement of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act...
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Terming the Delhi high court's split verdict on the issue of criminalisation of marital rape disappointing, some women activists expressed hope that the Supreme Court will exercise much more wisdom in the matter, saying the current provisions are discriminatory against one category of rape...
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday drew parallels between Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the Centre's use of agencies to destabilise a democratically elected government, asserting that he would not kowtow under pressure.Soren, who in the midst of an office-of-profit controversy,...
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A video clip of a remark by a Lucknow University professor has triggered a controversy with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad staging a protest and filing an FIR against him for allegedly hurting Hindu religious sentiments. The FIR against professor Ravikant Chandan was registered on...
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Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who met Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss the much awaited expansion or rejig of his Cabinet on Wednesday, said the BJP central leadership would communicate its decision in this regard after discussions, and that anything may happen at any...
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The Punjab Police is learnt to have detained a man from Tarn Taran district in connection with the explosion at the intelligence wing headquarters in Mohali, sources said on Wednesday. Nishan Singh, a resident of Kulla village in Tarn Taran district, will be questioned for his alleged...
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The skeletons of 282 Indian soldiers who participated in India's First War of Independence in 1857 were found during the excavation near Amritsar, said Dr JS Sehrawat, Assistant Professor, Dept Anthropology, Punjab University.The soldiers were said to have revolted against the use of pork and...
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Santoor maestro Pt Shivkumar Sharma was on Wednesday cremated with full state honours in the presence of family and close friends. The 83-year-old musician died on Tuesday morning following a heart attack at his Pali Hill residence in Mumbai. Sharma, one of India's most well known...
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Booster doses for 18+ began in April in India
A fourth dose of the Pfizer or Moderna Covid-19 vaccine is safe and boosts antibody levels, even higher than that of a third dose, according to the latest results from a nationwide study in the UK.Fourth doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been offered as a spring booster for those most vulnerable in...
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As the Supreme Court on Wednesday put on hold the application of sedition law, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju invoked Lakshman Rekha guiding different institutions, including the Executive and the Judiciary, and said no one should cross it. Responding to queries by reporters soon...
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AAP national convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal arrives in Rajkot, Gujarat. He will hold a public rally here later today.
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Even though India was declared Open Defecation Free by the Narendra Modi government in 2019, the latest NFHS survey conducted in 2019-21 showed that 19 per cent of households do not use any toilet facility. However, the report said the percentage of households practising open defecation...
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Update: The Delhi High Court Wednesday delivered a split verdict on the issue of criminalisation of marital rape and granted leave to the parties to file an appeal before the Supreme Court. While Justice Rajiv Shakdher, who headed the division bench, favoured striking down the...
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Breaking news: On criminalisation of marital rape, split verdict from Delhi High Court. While Justice Rajiv Shakdher favours striking down of marital rape exception, Justice C Hari Shankar says it is not unconstitutional.
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Asani, which weakened from a severe cyclone into a cyclone in Bay of Bengal on Wednesday afternoon and lay 40 km southeast of Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh, is expected to cross the coast near Antarvedi in a few hours, the State Disaster Management Authority said. By late evening, Asani is...
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The land on which the Taj Mahal was built originally belonged to Jaipur's ruler Jai Singh and it was acquired by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, BJP MP Diya Kumari claimed on Wednesday, asserting that records are available with the erstwhile Jaipur royal family. She also supported a petition in...
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Newly elected TMC legislator Babul Supriyo was Wednesday sworn in as MLA of the West Bengal assembly, ending weeks of uncertainty over who would administer oath, after Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar insisted that he would not change his decision of nominating the deputy speaker for the...
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Various left-wing organisations took out a citizens' march to the Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal's residence to protest against the anti-encroachment drives being carried out by BJP-led municipal corporations in the city. The march started from Kashmere Gate and was proceeding...
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About 50 per cent of women aged 15-24 years still use cloth for menstrual protection, according to the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS) report, with experts attributing it to lack of awareness and taboo existing around menstruation. The experts also said that if an unclean...
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Shireen Abu Akleh. Pic courtesy: Al-Jazeera
A journalist for Al-Jazeera was shot and killed while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin early Wednesday. Al-Jazeera blamed Israeli forces, who said they were investigating the incident. Shireen Abu Akleh, a well-known Palestinian female reporter for...
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Stress may directly impact female fertility and ovarian reserve -- the number and quality of eggs they produce, according to a small study conducted in mice. Exposing female rats to scream sounds, researchers noted a decrease in estrogen and Anti-Mullerian hormone levels, which are...
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The Supreme Court has put the draconian sedition law on hold. The court has urged the Centre and states to refrain from registering any FIRs invoking Section 124A IPC. In other words, registering any FIR invoking sedition charges cannot be done till the Act is reexamined. All...
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The Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that a superintendent of police rank officer can be made responsible for monitoring registration of FIRs for the offence of sedition. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana was told by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the...
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IMF First Deputy MD Gita Gopinath shares this picture with her parents: A great feeling to celebrate my father's 85th birthday with him and my mother.
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The Indian High Commission in Colombo on Wednesday categorically dismissed speculative media reports about New Delhi sending its troops to Colombo, saying India is fully supportive of Sri Lanka's democracy, stability and economic recovery. The denial from the Indian mission came a day...
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People pay their last respects to eminent santoor player Pandit Shivkumar Sharma at his residence in Mumbai. He passed away yesterday. Standing on the left is his son, Rahul Sharma, who also plays the santoor.
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Cyclone Asani continues to disrupt the flight operations in Andhra's Visakhapatnam and Tamil Nadu's Chennai as all IndiGo flights were cancelled on Wednesday morning.Air Asia also cancelled one flight from Bengaluru and one from New Delhi, said Airport Director of Visakhapatnam, K Srinivasa...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has moved an application in a court at Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district, seeking permanent exemption from appearance in a defamation case filed against him. Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) J V Paliwal on Tuesday directed the complainant,...
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Equity benchmark indices rebounded on Wednesday, with the Sensex jumping over 190 points in early trade, tracking recovery in global markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex was trading 190.34 points higher at 54,555.19. The NSE Nifty jumped 65.55 points to 16,305.60 in early deals. Among...
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Veteran Congress leader and former Union minister Sukh Ram has died, his grandson said on Wednesday. He was 94. He had suffered a brain stroke in Manali in Himachal Pradesh on May 4, following which he was admitted at the regional hospital in Mandi. Later, the Congress leader was airlifted...
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Severe Cyclone Asani weakened to a cyclonic storm on Wednesday as it barrelled towards north coastal Andhra Pradesh and came within 34 km of Narsapur in the state, packing wind speed of 85 km per hour and bringing heavy rains to the region, the weather office said in New Delhi. The...
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The US House emphatically approved a fresh $40 billion Ukraine aid package Tuesday as lawmakers beefed up President Joe Biden's initial request, signalling a magnified, bipartisan commitment to thwart Russian President Vladimir Putin's bloody three-month-old invasion. The measure...
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Cylone Asani update: Traffic movement on the Kakinada-Uppada Beach Road has been closed in the wake of Cyclone Asani.Pitch road is damaged. We have put up two check-posts in our limits to control vehicular movement. We're stopping everybody from taking this route, the police said. Severe...
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Tuesday he has tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms. The billionaire philanthropist said he will isolate until he is again healthy. I'm fortunate to be vaccinated and boosted and have access to testing and great medical care,...
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Elon Musk said on Tuesday that he would restore former United States President Donald Trump's banned account on Twitter if his deal to acquire the company is completed.I think it was a morally bad decision to be clear and foolish in the extreme, he said at a Future of the Car event hosted by the...
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Amid cyclone Asani, rain lashes parts of the Kakinada district in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday morning.Earlier on Tuesday, Odisha Special Relief Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Jena said that cyclone Asani is likely to reach Kakinada on the Andhra coast on Wednesday morning.The cyclonic storm Asani is...
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After Governor Jagdeep Dhankar insisted that he would not change his decision on who would administer the oath to Babul Supriyo who quit his job as a central minister and the BJP party to join the TMC, it has been decided the singer-turned politician who was last month elected MLA from the...
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Bharatiya Janata Party MP Lallu Singh Tuesday said he will welcome and is ready to play a host to MNS chief Raj Thackeray during his proposed Ayodhya visit next month, even as ruling party lawmaker Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh opposed the Maharashtra leader's trip. The MNS chief has announced...
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