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21 May

Puducherry reports new COVID-19 cases

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Puducherry recorded seven new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours ending 10 am on Saturday, taking the overall caseload to 1,65,832, a senior health department official said. Director of Health G Sriramulu said the department evaluated 1,251 samples and seven new cases were found during testing. The death toll in the union territory remains at 1,962. The health department has tested 22,42,824 samples so far and 18,87,861 of them have been found negative.

21 May

14-year-old girl raped in Nagaur, Rajasthan

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A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by five people, including four teenagers, in Rajasthan's Nagaur district. The incident took place on April 6 in Chitwa police station area when the girl went to attend a family function. One of the juveniles is a relative of the victim. "A case was registered against five people at Maroth police station yesterday and the accused are being traced," Kuchaman City Circle Officer Sanjeev Katwa said.

21 May

Police arrested the most-wanted gangster of Bihar

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In a joint operation with the Bihar Police, the Special Cell of the Delhi Police on Saturday arrested one of the most wanted gangsters of the eastern state. The accused's name is Azad Ali (43), a resident of Bihar's Siwan district. The city police received information that a gangster from Bihar, involved in a sensational shootout during the state assembly elections, was hiding in Delhi-NCR. According to information, the police were informed on Friday that Ali would meet one of his associates at a place near Ring Road, Rajghat. At around 11:15 am, Ali was spotted and arrested after a…

21 May

M•A•C Cosmetics India collaborated with Bhumi Pednekar

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The world's most iconic make-up brand M•A•C Cosmetics India collaborated with their brand ambassador, actor, Bhumi Pednekar on their new campaign where she handpicked her five favorite Superstar lipstick from their bestseller Matte and Retro Matte range. With 120+ unrivaled shade range, the long wearing lipstick formula with intense colour payoff, non-fading and a completely matte finish, the ‘Superstar Lipsticks’ campaign features the top bestsellers and Bhumi’s favorites such as Ruby Woo, Velvet Teddy, Diva, Mehr and All Fired Up all starting at INR 1100. There’s a best-selling M•A•C Superstar lipstick tailored for every makeup lover. The Lipstick Superstars are…

21 May

Amazon created over 1,35,000 new jobs across industries

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Amazon India has cumulatively created more than 11.6 lakh (1.16 million) direct and indirect jobs, enabled nearly $5 billion in cumulative exports and digitized over 40 lakh (4 million) MSMEs in India till date. In January 2020, at the first edition of Amazon’s annual event Amazon Smbhav, the company had pledged to digitize 1 crore (10 million) MSMEs, enable $10 billion in cumulative exports and create 20 lakh (2 million) jobs in India by 2025. Amazon is well on track to fulfill these pledges, while in fact doubling its export pledge from India, to now enable $20 billion in cumulative…

20 May

Kolkata shops affected in fire

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A fire department official said a fire gutted several shops in the Newmarket area of central Kolkata early on Friday morning. No loss was reported in the fire. The officer added, Five fire tenders took around 30 minutes to take the fire in control which took place around 3 am. The shops affected by the fire are on the ground floor of the building and some families live on the first floor.

20 May

Madhya Pradesh WCD team prevents a girl from marriage

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A women and child development group in Madhya Pradesh has managed to prevent a 16-year-old girl from getting married in the Indore district. The Prevention of Child Marriage Act, 2006 prohibits the marriage of girls before the age of 18 and men below the age of 21. Officer-in-charge Mahendra Pathak said, the WCD team reached Hatod town and asked the girl's parents to sign a bond that they will not marry her till she turns 18, said .

20 May

Chennaiyin FC retain Anirudh Thapa

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Two-time Indian Super League champions Chennaiyin FC have retained Indian midfielder Anirudh Thapa on a deal two-year. The 24-year-old will remain with the club he joined in 2016 until the summer of 2024. Since Marina Machans' joining, the Dehradun-born footballer has been an integral part of the team's set-up, playing a key role in Chennaiyin FC's success over the years including two ISL final appearances — once winning the title in the 2017-18 season. “Thapa came here young. And during that time, he won an ISL title, established himself as one of the best in the country and captained Chennaiyin…

20 May

One new Covid-19 case in Ladakh

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Ladakh recorded one new Covid case taking the number of infections to 28,258 on Friday. Of the total caseload, 22,977 infections were reported from Leh and 5,281 from Kargil. The death number remains unchanged at 228. So far, 28,025 COVID-19 patients already have recovered.

20 May

The 181 Women’s Helpline Quick Dial Feature

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The Delhi Commission for Women’s Helpline – ‘181’ received 200% more calls by integrating the 181 Women’s Helpline Quick Dial Feature within the Truecaller App. Truecaller started displaying the women’s safety helpline number -181 - on its dialer, as part of its campaign on crimes against women and girls - #ItsNotOk. The Commission’s helpline 181 received around 2000 calls per day which has now grown to more than 4,000 calls per day resulting in almost a 200% increase in total calls received per day. A significant portion of the 65.5k calls received in March were to enquire about the role…