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12 May

New COVID-19 cases in Mizoram

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Mizoram recorded 55 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, 22 more than the previous day, taking the tally to 2,27,849, a health department official said. The death toll stands at 697 as no new deaths due to the infection have been reported in the last 10 days. The daily positivity rate rose to 12 percent from the previous day's 7.73 percent as new cases were detected from 455 samples tested, the official said. The northeastern state now has 209 active cases. According to State Immunization Officer Lalmuanaoma Jongte, more than 8.52 lakh people have been vaccinated with 6.92 lakh. and 42,192…

12 May

Temperature in the city settles to normal

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The national capital witnessed a warm morning on Thursday as the city recorded a minimum temperature of 29.5 degrees Celsius, the highest minimum temperature of the month so far, the Met office said. Skies will be clear on Thursday and heat wave may start from Friday. The maximum temperature on Thursday is likely to be around 43 degrees Celsius, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said. The relative humidity was 67 per cent at 8.30 am on Thursday, the Met office said. Back-to-back showers, thunderstorms, and strong winds provided some respite from the intense heat wave.

11 May

Vodafone Idea Foundation partners with Ericsson India

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With the objective of playing a role in building a future ready talent force from the school level onwards, Vodafone Idea Foundation, the CSR arm of Vi, and Ericsson India have partnered to set up state-of-the-art Robotic Labs in ten schools across the country to provide new-age learning experiences to children from underserved communities, preparing them to participate in future technological studies. Digital Labs, an innovative education programme, is designed to hand-hold school going children aged 11-14 years, through their first experience with the world of programming and new technologies. By creating an open atmosphere for learning, Digital Labs aim…

11 May

WardWizard signs MoU with Sunkonnect

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WardWizard Innovations and Mobility Limited (one of the leading manufacturers of electric two-wheeler brand ‘Joy e-bike’) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Singapore-based renewable energy management consulting firm Sunkonnect. The association is aimed at facilitating a feasibility study and identification of potential partner for the manufacturing of Li-ion advance cells in India. Under the MoU, Sunkonnect will set up a committee of experienced scientists, engineers and analysts to evaluate and identify the professional partner, as well as to develop the roadmap to set up the 1GWh cell production plant at WardWizard’s electric vehicle ancillary cluster in Vadodara. Sunkonnect…

10 May

India looking at new markets for edible oil

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India was looking at tapping new markets for edible oil imports following the standoff between Ukraine and Russia, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday. According to her, due to the conflict, the country is facing various obstacles in the import of edible oil. "Everyone knows there is a war between Russia and Ukraine. There are various obstacles to importing oil. You know we cannot import edible oil, we were getting sunflower oil. Now, we don't," she said at an event here. "Now, we are importing edible oil from different markets and also looking at new markets," she said.…

10 May

New COVID-19 cases in Odisha

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Odisha recorded 12 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, taking the tally to 12,88,222, a health department bulletin said. Another 53 coronavirus patients have died so far due to comorbidities. Odisha now has 114 active cases. The daily positivity rate was 0.08 percent and four of the newly infected persons were children. In total, 14,225 samples were tested for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.

10 May

Vidya Balan-starring ‘Neeyat’

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Vidya Balan's titular thriller film "Neeyat", began its first shooting schedule in the UK on Tuesday. The Prime Video movie reunites Balan with his "Shakuntala Devi" director Anu Menon. Balan took to Instagram and posted a picture with Menon and Abundantia Entertainment film producer Vikram Malhotra. “Excited to begin shooting one of the most engaging scripts I have read in the recent times, with some of my favourite people – @directormenon & @ivikramix All I can say is expect the unexpected. #Neeyat Filming Begins,” the 43-year-old actor wrote. The story of the film is written by Menon, Advait Kala and…

10 May

Rajasthan HC stays arrest of TV journalist Aman Chopra

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The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday stayed the arrest of Noida-based journalist Aman Chopra who was booked by the state police for a TV controversy over the demolition of a temple by civic authorities in Alwar district. Chopra had already obtained a stay on his arrest from the Jaipur bench of the court in cases registered against him in Bundi and Alwar districts, but a similar FIR filed in Dungarpur made him face arrest. A team of Rajasthan police camped in Noida, neighboring Delhi, to arrest the TV 18 journalist in connection with the third FIR. Now, Justice Dinesh Mehta…

10 May

KFC’s Super 4s and Super 6s offers

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaKFC’s Super, Match Day Specials.

KFC appeared as the best match viewing partner with its Super 4s and Super 6s Match Day Specials. The Super 4s and Super 6s offers are available as Buckets or Meals options and include Hot & Crispy chicken, Chicken Strips and Chicken Popcorn. The Super 4s and Super 6s Buckets come with 4 and 6 pieces of Hot & Crispy and Chicken Strips each. One can go in for the Meal option that comes with additional Chicken popcorn, Fries and Pepsi. For chicken leg-piece lovers, there’s the Dream Team Bucket which includes 10 Leg pieces & 4 Dips. Biryani-lovers can…

10 May

Amit Shah lauds Assam CM for developing health infra in state

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday dedicated the Cardiothoracic and Neuroscience Centre of the Superspecialty Hospital under GMCH in presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at a function held in Guwahati. Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Sarma expressed his gratitude to the Union Home Minister for his presence at the event. “Honourable Home Minister Amit Shah Ji has always been a source of inspiration and support for us. His presence here today is a reiteration of the importance the current government led by the Honourable Prime Minister attaches to Assam and the Northeast”, Sarma added. The Union…