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09 Jul

Indian Army convoy attacked by terrorists

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An Indian Army convoy was attacked by a group of terrorists in Pampore durinh which a lady sustained minor injuries. According to the police, the attack on the Army convoy took place in Ladoo area of Pampore in Awantipora district of South Kashmir. The lady, whose identity has not been revealed, got minor injuries and was shifted to nearby hospital for treatment and was discharged. After the attack, whole area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers all the entry and exit points are sealed in the area.

09 Jul

Europeans tell British tourists, ‘Stay away’

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Europeans do not want British tourists to visit the Continent this summer, according to a new survey. The research shows how a nation’s handling of the coronavirus crisis is feeding into fear over international travel. Spaniards are most opposed to the arrival of UK holidaymakers, with nearly two thirds (61 per cent), keen on Britons to stay away this year, 15 percentage points more than any other European nationality. A majority of French, German and Italian residents also want British travellers to stay home, according to polling by YouGov. In France, Spain, Germany and Italy, only residents from the US…

09 Jul

SSR talked with one of his costar 5 days before his death

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Sushant Singh Rajput's Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil co-star Tabrez Khan reveals they spoke five days before his death. Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's suicide has come has a huge shock to his family and close friends. Some of them are not ready to accept the fact that Sushant decided to end his life and one of them is his Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil co-star, who knew him for the past 13-15 years. In an exclusive conversation with ETimes TV, Tabrez revealed that he had spoken with Sushant five days before the latter committed suicide and were even planning to…

09 Jul

Milind Soman, “It’s Not Difficult To Get Fit”

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The model-actor Milind Soman, who is a fitness enthusiast, showed in his latest post on Instagram, once again, that "it is not difficult to get fit." Who, every now and then, gives fitness goals with his workout videos and photos, shared a clip of himself doing "super slow pull-ups" and motivated his fans to take "small steps" to achieve their fitness goals. He also shared a close-up photo of himself in his post, which he captioned like this: "Super slow pull-ups...It's not difficult to get fit! 1) Decide how fit you want to get or for what. 2) Make sure…

09 Jul

Tamil Nadu new Covid cases

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The total number of coronavirus positive cases in Tamil Nadu stands at 1,26,581 including 46,652 active cases and 1,765 deaths, according to data released by the state health department. Tamil Nadu has reported 4,231 new cases of Covid 19 infections on Thursday apart from 65 deaths caused by the disease. The numbers recorded over the last 24 hours, released on Thursday, are substantially higher than 3,756 new Covid-19 cases reported in the 24-hour period ending Wednesday afternoon. According to the data, the doubling time of coronavirus cases in Chennai had improved to 25.42 days as of Tuesday from 18 days…

09 Jul

India will play leading role in global economic revival: says PM

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India will play a leading role in the global revival story and that the country has a strong history of overcoming every challenge. Speaking at the India Global Week 2020, PM Modi said, “In these times, it is natural to talk about revival. It is equally natural to link global revival and India. There is faith that the story of global revival will have India playing a leading role.”

09 Jul

Flipkart’s launches social commerce on 2Gud platform

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With the aim to widen the customer proposition, Flipkart launched social commerce on its independent value platform - 2GUD. 2GUD’s social commerce platform will allow users to have an uninterrupted video shopping experience with their favourite influencers showcasing the latest fashion trends, reviewing gadgets, sharing beauty tips and so much more. This social commerce feature will be available to all app users. Consumers on 2GUD’s social commerce platform will be exposed to a feed of videos made by a hand-picked influencer network across various topics and categories. These influencers will curate their favorite products as part of their collection in…

09 Jul

Coca-Cola & Save the Children to help Amphan victims

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With funding from The Coca-Cola Foundation, Coca-Cola in India has partnered with Save the Children to address the food security and shelter needs of affected victims of Cyclone AMPHAN, through a comprehensive relief assistance programme. The programme was rolled out in Kolkata in the presence of Sourav Ganguly and Mr. Hemant Goenka, Managing Director, Diamond Beverages Pvt. Ltd. (DBPL), bottling partner of Coca-Cola in West Bengal. This initiative will focus on aiding safe and hygienic drinking water, food security, shelter needs and livelihood in East Medinipur, Kolkata and South 24 Paraganas. Over 1-lakh households displaced and 6-lakh people evacuated in…

08 Jul

Zoom’s message to users in India: We are not a Chinese company.

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The burning anti-China sentiment in the country has been creating quite a stir and the heat of that is being felt by many companies including Zoom. The platform has seen a massive growth this year, becoming one of the most popular choices among those who are working remotely. Seems the video-conferencing platform Zoom wants to ensure that it is in no way affected by the anti-China sentiment in the country. As there’s been a perception among some that Zoom is a Chinese company, considering its Eric S Yuan CEO has Chinese origin. He goes on to add in the post…

08 Jul

Kanpur ambush: Two cops arrested for tipping off Vikas Dubey about police raid.

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The suspended Station House Officer (SHO) of Chaubeypur, Vinay Tiwari, and beat in-charge K. K. Sharma were arrested on Wednesday on charges of allegedly providing a tip-off to wanted criminal Vikas Dubey about the police raid at his house on the intervening night of July 2-3 when eight policemen were shot dead in an ambush. Suspended Chaubeypur station officer Vinay Tiwari and another policeman were arrested on Wednesday on charges of leaking information about police action to gangster Vikas Dubey prior to last week's encounter in Kanpur, in which eight policemen were killed.Tiwari and beat in-charge of Bikru KK Sharma,…