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19 May

A Chinese Lab Is Making A Drug It Believes Can Halt COVID-19.

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A Chinese laboratory has been developing a drug it believes has the power to bring the coronavirus pandemic to a halt.The outbreak first emerged in China late last year before spreading across the world, prompting an international race to find treatments and vaccines.A drug being tested by scientists at China's prestigious Peking University could not only shorten the recovery time for those infected, but even offer short-term immunity from the virus, researchers say. Sunney Xie, director of the university's Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics, told AFP that the drug has been successful at the animal testing stage."When we injected…

19 May

A Local Samajwadi Party Politician And His Son Shot Dead By Two Men.

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A chilling video of the murders of a local Samajwadi Party politician and his son - being shot dead by two men at close range in a field in western Uttar Pradesh - has emerged. The shooting took place today in a village in Sambhal district, 379 km from state capital Lucknow and 187 km from Delhi.The brazen incident took place after an argument over a road being built under the MNREGA scheme. Samajwadi Party leader Chote Lal Diwakar and his son Sunil had gone to inspect the road which cuts across a field in the village. On the narrow…

19 May

The man with the humane touch: Ek Mulakat

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Prabha Khaitan Foundation, an organization that is dedicated to the socio-cultural welfare and humanitarian cause has through a virtual session of their initiative Ek Mulakat brought together Nobel Laureate Shri Kailash Satyarthi and renowned poet & National Film Award recipient Shri Yatindra Mishra to discuss about Shri Satyarthi’s contribution towards society and humanity at large. The Prabha Khaitan Foundation is devoted towards the promotion of performing arts, culture and literature, and collaborates with caregivers, committed individuals and like-minded institutions to implement cultural, educational, literary and social welfare projects in India. Ek Mulakat provides a platform to eminent personalities from the various segments of the society to share their stories.…

19 May

Flipkart’s partnership with Vishal Mega Mart

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Bengaluru/ Guwahati, May 19: To facilitate the delivery of essentials at consumers' doorstep in the fastest & safest manner possible, Flipkart today announced its partnership with Vishal Mega Mart. Consumers across 26 cities including Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Patna, Guwahati, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Jaipur, Bareilly, Varanasi, Lucknow, Kanpur, Aligarh, Dehradun, Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Raipur, Bilaspur and Bhubaneswar, along with those in Goa and NCR-Delhi will be able to order essentials from Vishal Mega Mart. Under this partnership, a Vishal Mega Mart Essentials store has been created on Flipkart. Consumers can order a wide assortment of essential products and other essential items from…

18 May

Virat Kohli Recalled How His Father Refused To Bribe An Official.

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Virat Kohli, during an Instagram Live chat with Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri, recalled an incident when his father refused to bribe a cricket official, which led to Virat not getting selected in the team despite fulfilling all the merit criteria. "I have mentioned this before also. There was a time when in state cricket, a lot of things happen, you know (there are) many factors which are not fair," Virat Kohli told Sunil Chhetri during their over an hour-long interaction on Instagram."There was an opportunity, where a certain someone chose to step out of the rules and say,…

18 May

Cheteshwar Pujara Got His Latest Haircut From His Wife.

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Cheteshwar Pujara, a mainstay of India's Test team, knows just how stressful it is to be stranded on 99, needing just a single run to get to the three-figure milestone. With 18 Test centuries to his name, the right-hander has negotiated this kind of a situation plenty of times. And when you are batting on 99, it is understandable that you would want to steal a quick single to get to your century and take the immediate pressure off, and for batsmen, it is crucial that they trust their partner at the non-striker's end to be in sync and not…

18 May

The National Commission For Women Asked Tik-Tok India To Immediately Remove A Video.

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The National Commission for Women has asked Tik-Tok India to immediately remove a video showing a man committing violence against women and directed the Maharashtra police to take action against the person responsible for making the clip.The NCW in a letter to Grievance Officer of Tik-Tok India Anuj Bhatia, said it has come across a Twitter post in which a Tik-Tok video shows a man committing violence against women.It also asked the Maharashtra police, in a letter, to immediately take action against the person responsible for making the video.

18 May

India On Monday Joined Nearly 120 Countries At A Crucial Conference Of The World Health Organisation.

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India on monday joined nearly 120 countries at a crucial conference Of The World Health Organisation in pushing for an impartial and comprehensive evaluation of the global response into the coronavirus crisis as well as to examine the origin of the deadly infection.The two-day 73rd session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) of the WHO began in Geneva amid growing calls including by US President Donald Trump to investigate how the virus originated in China's Wuhan city and subsequent action by Beijing.Another flash point between China and the US has been over the Trump administration's push for inclusion of Taiwan…

18 May

The Uttar Pradesh Government Will Send 12,000 Buses To Ferry Stranded Migrants To Their States.

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The Uttar Pradesh government will send 12,000 buses to ferry stranded migrants to their states. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked state governments to provide lists of the migrants who need rides home, sources said.District magistrates will be provided 200 buses each to arrange for their travel. This will add up to 15,000 additional buses in 75 districts.The state government has ordered district authorities to provide food and water as soon as they enter Uttar Pradesh.

18 May

JP Nadda Tweeted That BJP Workers Being Targeted In Opposition-Ruled States.

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BJP chief JP Nadda today targeted the opposition, accusing it of using "state machinery" to silence dissent in the states it rules. In a series of tweets, he said opposition should "adhere to political arguments when questioned on their failing" and assured the BJP workers that the party stands behind them. While the BJP chief did not mention any state or Chief Minister, his tweets were seen as targeting the government of Bengal's Mamata Banerjee, who took on the Centre last week during the video conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Coronavirus has been the latest flashpoint between the state and…