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03 Jun

Nasa announces plans to send two new missions to Venus after decades

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With two new missions to Venus, Nasa plans to examine the planet's atmosphere and geological features. These missions are due to launch between 2028 and 2030. The missions have each been awarded $500m (£352m) in funding. Nasa administrator Bill Nelson said the missions would offer the "chance to investigate a planet we haven't been to in more than 30 years". The missions were picked following a peer-review process and were chosen based on their potential scientific value and the feasibility of their development plans. The last probe to visit the planet was the Magellan orbiter in 1990. However other vessels…

02 Jun

Man arrested for killing wife for not being served salad

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A man was arrested in Shamli district, Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday after two days killing his wife and injuring his son for not being served salad with his meal, police said. Murli Singh, was caught by a police team after he was found hiding in a nearby jungle, they said. Police said,”The killing took place during dinner at the couple's house in Gogwan Jalalpur village under Babri police station area on Monday night.” Murli Singh attacked his wife Sudesh with a spade and their 20-year-old son Ajay, who sustained serious injuries as he tried to save her, they said. The criminal had…

02 Jun

Siliguri reports 2 deaths due to Black Fungus

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Two people lost their lives on Tuesday night due to black fungus infection at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital. One of the deceased was a resident of Gajoldoba and the other was a resident of the Kulipara area. The woman from Kulipara underwent surgery at NBMCH a few days ago. Since then she was under the supervision of doctors. Both the two deceased women had earlier contracted the novel coronavirus and later tested negative. However, they then were infected with black fungus. Meanwhile, the woman from Gajoldoba was again shifted to the Covid ward due to shortness of breath.…

02 Jun

Fears of a new Pandemic rise as China reports first Human case of rare Bird Flu

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First human case of a rare H10N3 bird flu detected in a 41-year-old Chinese man. The strain is thought to not easily spread from humans to humans. There are many bird flu strains and it is not unheard of that people working with poultry occasionally get infected. Beijing's National Health Commission (NHC) said on Tuesday the resident of the city of Zhenjiang was hospitalized on 28 April and diagnosed with H10N3 one month later. "No human cases of H10N3 have been reported in the world. This case is an occasional poultry-to-human cross-species transmission, and the risk of a large-scale spread…

02 Jun

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai stuns in red as she features on British Vogue cover

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Malala Yousafzai has said going to university “finally” gave her some time for herself. The activist and Nobel Prize laureate, 23, made the comments in an interview with British Vogue and features on the cover of the July issue of the magazine. She completed her philosophy, politics and economics degree at Oxford University last year. Discussing her time at university, she said: “I was excited about literally anything. Going to McDonald’s or playing poker with my friends or going to a talk or an event. British Vogue's Editor in Chief Edward Enninful took to his social media feeds to share…

02 Jun

Mehul Choksi will be brought back to India by a team led by CBI officer Sharda Raut

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Investigating officer in Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, will be bringing back Mehul Choksi from Dominica if he is deported to India. Sharda Raut, who is in Dominica with 6 other officials, including another CBI officer, is heading the operation to bring back Mehul Choksi. Sources have said, if the Dominican court orders the deportation of Mehul Choksi, he will be brought to New Delhi in a private jet by the team of Indian officials and will be placed under arrest by Sharda Raut upon landing, the Indian officials have had several meetings with the Dominican authorities to ensure that…

02 Jun

If no drugs for all, prioritise the young: Delhi HC instructs Centre on black fungus medicine crunch

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Considering the acute shortage of Liposomal Amphotericin B which is used to treat black fungus, as well as the upward trend in the number of cases, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Central government to formulate a policy on the manner of distribution of the drug to the patients. The direction comes a day after the court informed the Centre and Delhi government that they need to work out a distribution policy for the anti-fungal medicine and take the “cruel decision” of excluding a certain age group or class of people from receiving it owing to its current…

02 Jun

Uttar Pradesh: Seven dead, as many injured after cylinder blast in Gonda district

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Seven people died and 14 were injured after the roof of a two-storey building collapsed due to a cylinder blast in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district. The incident occurred when one of the families in the village was cooking.As many as 14 people were trapped under the collapsed roof.The villagers could rescue some of them and rushed them to the Public Health Centre in Nawabganj. Gonda Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar Mishra said, "14 people were trapped after the roof of the house collapsed. Seven people have died including three children and two women." “We received a call about a cylinder…

02 Jun

India welcomes 15 ventilators, 12000 tablets of Favipiravir from Iceland

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India on early Wednesday received a consignment of 15 ventilators, and 12000 tablets of Favipiravir from Iceland as the country combat the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic.The information about the consignment was shared by Arindam Bagchi, Spokesperson ministry of external affairs, through his Twitter handle. recorded a single-day rise of 1,27,510 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest in 51 days, taking the country's infection tally to 2,81,75,044, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday. India is currently dealing with a second COVID-19 wave that has swept through the nation, straining the country's health infrastructure and overburdening…

01 Jun

CBSE Class 12 exams being cancelled

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A big relief said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after the Centre on Tuesday announced that CBSE Class 12 board exams have been cancelled for academic session 2020-2021. The decision was taken after a crucial meeting that was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "Government of India has decided to cancel the Class XII CBSE Board Exams. After extensive consultations, we have taken a decision that is student-friendly, one that safeguards the health as well as future of our youth," PM Modi tweeted after chairing the meeting. Anxiety among students, parents and teachers must be put to an end, and students…