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27 Aug

Vaccination slot booking on WhatsApp

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The MyGov Corona Helpdesk on WhatsApp now allows users to locate their nearest vaccination centre and book their vaccine-appointment. The Ministry of Health and MyGov announced it. To contact MyGov Corona Helpdesk chatbot, citizens can save the WhatsApp number +91 9013151515 on their phones, start a chat by typing ‘Book Slot’ and send it to the number. This will generate a 6-digit one-time password on the respective mobile phone number. Users then choose a preferred date and location, based on the pincode and vaccine type. All users can follow this sequence to get a confirmation of their centre and day…

13 Aug

Landslide blocks flow of Chenab, officials warn of dam burst

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The flow of Chenab river has been blocked due to a massive landslide near Junda Village of Himachal’s Lahaul-Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh on Friday. Some villages, including Jarsath, are under threat. The water has entered four houses and the families have been shifted to safer places. Some cowsheds and cattle have also been moved to safer areas. As precautionary measures, all the villages along Chenab are on alert and people have been evacuated from the low lying areas of nearby villages. Although some water is now flowing out of the dam from one corner, there is danger of bursting of the…

13 Aug

Snake dies when a man bites it to seek revenge

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In a case of human revenge, a 45-year-old tribal man bit a snake to death after the latter bit him in a remote village in Odisha's Jajpur district. Kishore Badra of Gambharipatia village under Salijanga panchayat under Danagadi block was returning home after working in his paddy field on Wednesday night when a snake bit him on his leg. He managed to capture the viper and bit it to death in a bid to take revenge. “Something bit on my leg while I was returning home on foot last night. I switched on my torch and found it to be…

11 Aug

Landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur left One dead and around 30 people buried

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Accrding to sources the landslide took place on the Reckong Peo-Shimla Highway in Kinnaur at around 12 pm .One person has died and around 30 people are feared buried after a landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur left many vehicles trapped under debris this afternoon. A truck, a state-run bus and other vehicles were buried after the rockslide. Accrding to sources the bus, travelling To Shimla, had 40 people on board. The local police said 25-30 people were trapped or buried. Six people have been rescued including the driver. Teams of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) were sent to the area…

10 Aug

After UNSC maritime session, Pak threatens continued militarisation

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Pakistan has threatened to continue militarising citing what it claimed was a “geo-strategic competition and the pursuit of military dominance by some states”, while mentioning India. After Monday’s high-level meeting on maritime security at the UN Security Council, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative Munir Akram sent a written statement to the Indian Mission to be included in the record of the session. India is the current President of the Council and the meeting was presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Akram asserted that “India has nuclearised the Indian Ocean and continues to induct advanced weapons systems and naval delivery platforms” with…

09 Aug

Actress Shilpa Shetty and her mother accused of fraud

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Film actress Shilpa Shetty and her mother allegedly have been accused of cheating crores of rupees. Shilpa Shetty and her mother Sunanda Shetty started a fitness company called Iiosis Slimming Skin Salon and Spa. The responsible officials of the company approached many people in the name of opening their branch. It is alleged that Shilpa Shetty and her mother took crores of rupees from two people in the name of opening a branch of the centre. Millions of rupees were collected from them in the name of wellness center. Two FIRs have been registered at Hazratganj and Vibhuti Khand police…

08 Aug

Taliban capture northern Afghan city of Kunduz

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Afghan forces and the Taliban were fighting fiercely Sunday in the centre of Kunduz.The Taliban said Sunday they had captured the key Afghan city of Kunduz, a claim confirmed by an AFP correspondent in the vicinity, as fierce fighting raged in the centre of a second northern capital, Shar-e-pul. officials and residents confirmed, that the insurgents did capture two other provincial capitals in the last 48 hours.The Taliban have taken two provincial capitals since Friday, but Kunduz would be the most significant to fall since the insurgents launched an offensive in May as foreign forces began the final stages of…

06 Aug

Afghan government’s top media officer killed by Taliban

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The Taliban claimed responsibility for killing Dawa Khan Menapal, head of the Government Media and Information Centre (GMIC). The assassination was the latest in a series conducted by the hardline Islamist group to weaken Ghani's democratically elected, western backed regime. U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan condemned Taliban fighters killing the Afghanistan government's top media and information officer in the capital Kabul.They condemned the act as an affront to human rights and free speech. Menapal had also served as a spokesperson in Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's outreach team.

05 Aug

NIA raids 5 places in J&K, Karnataka, arrests 4 for raising funds for IS

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday carried out searches at five locations in Jammu and Kashmir, and Karnataka in the ISIS Kerala module case and arrested four persons, involved in raising funds and radicalising and motivating more people to join the banned terror organisation. An NIA spokesperson here said that agency personnel, along with state police units, conducted simultaneous searches at five locations — three in Jammu and Kashmir and one each in Mangaluru and Bengaluru in Karnataka. The official said that searches were conducted at the premises of the accused, who were continuously in touch with arrested accused…

30 Jul

Six migrant labourers killed in accident at prawn hatchery in Andhra Pradesh

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Six migrant workers were killed in an electrical short circuit at a prawn hatchery in Repalle of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh in the little hours on Friday. Guntur district Superintendent of Police Vishal Gunni told P T I over phone that it looked like an accidental fire caused by an electrical short circuit. "Our Clues team is on the spot, collecting forensic evidence. Some bleaching powder and other residues were also found there. We are investigating the case from various angles," Gunni said. He also said that there was nothing suspicious. "We are talking to the staff of electricity…