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28 Jul

Barabanki Mishap: 18 Labourers Sleeping on Road Crushed to Death After Truck Rams Into Bus in UP

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According to reports, the accident took place in the early hours of Wednesday. The bus was going from Haryana to Bihar.The reports also claims that indthe double-decker bus on the Kalyani River bridge on the Ayodhya border, was halted following an axle breakdown. Eighteen labourers were crushed to death after a truck rammed into a double-decker bus on the Lucknow-Ayodhya National Highway under the Ram Sanehighat police circle in Barabanki. The deceased were sleeping on the roadside when the accident took place. Nineteen people have been seriously injured and have been referred to the Trauma Centre in Lucknow. The accident…

27 Jul

Assam declares 3-day state mourning

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Tuesday to condole the death of five policemen and one civilian ,The Assam government declared a three-day state mourning . The grave incident happened in a border clash with Mizoram on the previous day, a source said. At least six persons were killed and 60 others, including an SP, injured in a bloody clash along the Assam-Mizoram border on Monday. During this period, the national flag will fly at half-mast and there will be no public entertainment, the order issued by the General Administration Department said. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has spoken to the chief ministers of Assam and…

27 Jul

Mamata meets PM Modi: More vaccine for the state, Bengal name change discussed

editor0 CommentsCovid19, Health, India, Politicalmamata banerjee, PM modi

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Earlier in the day, she had met Congress leaders Kamal Nath and Anand Sharma and is also likely to meet Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday. Mamata arrived in Delhi on Monday on her first visit to the national capital after assuming office for the third term. Speaking to the reporters after the meet, the CM said that she has urged the PM for more Covid vaccines for West Bengal. “It was a courtesy meeting with PM today. During the meeting, I raised the issue of COVID & the…

27 Jul

Tokyo Olympics: India’s Manu Bhaker reacts during the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team shooting event

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Indian shooters endured yet another forgettable outing at the Tokyo Olympics here on Tuesday as they crashed out in the qualifying stages of the mixed team events in both pistol and rifle. Considered the team's best bet for a podium finish, the duo of Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker caved in under pressure and failed to qualify for the final of the 10m air pistol mixed team event. Thy finished seventh in Qualification 2 after topping the first phase with 582 at the Asaka Range. Both the 19-year-old shooters lost the plot completely when the top eight teams battled it…

27 Jul

Odisha police busts newborn trafficking racket, 7 arrested

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Five women are among seven people arrested from Odisha’s steel city Rourkela as police cracked a newborn babies trafficking racket flourishing across interstate borders, officials said on Tuesday. The officials of Plant Site police station in Sundergarh district cracked the racket, following a complaint filed by one Seema Khuntia who alleged that her one and a half year-old granddaughter was abducted. Rourkela Additional SP, Bikram Keshari Bhoi said, “Eight out of seven involved in the crime have been arrested and their mobile phones have been seized. We found a lot of pictures of new born babies in their mobile phones,…

27 Jul

Delhi, Goa CMs cross swords on Twitter

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Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal crossed swords on Twitter, a day after Power Ministers of the two states engaged in a public spat in poll-bound Goa, over the benefits of power tariff models implemented by their respective governments. The online slamming between the two chief ministers started with Sawant accusing the Aam Aadmi Party of indulging in cheap politics and denigrating Goan politicians. “AAP has always indulged in cheap politics through constant protests & theatrics. But to say Goans are third-class politicians is an insult to great sons-of-the-soil like Bhausaheb Bandodkar, Jack Sequeira, Manohar…

27 Jul

Children will get Covid vaccine from August , said Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

editor0 CommentsCovid19, Health, IndiaCOVID VACCINE, Mansukh Mandaviya

On Tuesday, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the Covid-19 vaccine for children is expected to be launched in the country from August. Last week, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) director Dr Randeep Guleria said the trials for covaxin were underway and the results were expected by September. But curently Covaxin trials are underway on children aged 2-6 years in Delhi AIIMS. Mandaviya also said that India is soon going to be largest vaccine-producing country as more companies will get the production licence. On June 7, Delhi AIIMS started screening children between the age of 2 to 17 for…

27 Jul

Vedanta’s net profit zooms to Rs 4,280 cr for Q1FY22

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Vedanta’s consolidated net profit for the quarter ended June 30 of the current financial year (2021-22) rose exponentially on a year-on-year basis. After taxes, the consolidated net profit of the natural resources company, non-controlling interests, and share in the profit of jointly controlled entities and associates but before exceptional items rose to Rs 4,280 crore. Besides, the profits attributable to owners of Vedanta rose to Rs 4,224 crore from Rs 1,033 crore reported for Q1FY21. Vedanta had reported Rs 1,033 crore during the same period of the previous financial year. The company’s Net Debt also came down to Rs 20,261…

27 Jul

Axis Bank buys 5.55 pc stake in fintech firm IBBIC

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Axis Bank said it has bought 5.55 per cent stake in financial technology firm IBBIC. The bank has subscribed to 50,000 equity shares of face value of Rs 10 each fully paid up of IBBIC Private Ltd (IBBIC) for a consideration of Rs 10 per equity share constituting 5.55 per cent of the issued and paid-up capital of IBBIC, Axis Bank said in a regulatory filing. Incorporated in May this year, IBBIC platform offers distributed ledger technology (DLT) solutions to the Indian financial services sector. “Equity ownership of IBBIC is aimed at providing DLT solutions for the financial services sector,”…

27 Jul

At 29K, India records lowest new Covid cases in 132 days

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India on Tuesday recorded 29,689 new Covid-19 cases, less than the 30,000-mark in 132 days, and 415 deaths, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data showed. After 124 days, the country now has 3,08,100 active cases which is less than the four lakh-mark. On March 14, India recorded 26,291 and on March 16, 28,903 new cases. The total number of deaths has reached 4,21,382 as per the government data. According to the government, 42,363 people were discharged from hospitals and health centres in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cured to 3,06,21,469 till date as the…