Sikkim

17 May

Aakash launches NCERT Crash Course

editor0 CommentsSikkimAakash Institute, Crash Course, NCERT

Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL), the national leader in test preparatory services, in association with Airtel DTH, has launched India’s first NCERT Foundation Crash Course on TV for students of Class 9 or 10. Students can now comfortably sit at home and watch TV to complete their school syllabus for Class 9/10 in 60 days. Doing so, they also get ample time to prepare for other important exams such the Olympiads or start preparing for competitive exams such as NEET/JEE. To subscribe to the Channel # 467 on Aakash EduTV for just Rs 8.23 /day, customers need to give a…

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17 May

CBI to chargesheet 4 Bengal politicians in Narada case

editor0 CommentsSikkimBengal politicians, CBI to chargesheet, Narada case

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has given prosecution sanction to the CBI for four senior politicians in the Narada sting operation case — two of them ministers in Mamata Banerjee previous and new cabinet, while the other two are former ministers.The four are Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, Sovan Chatterjee and Madan Mitra. The four will be charge-sheeted soon, a top CBI officer said. The Narada sting operation case dates back to 2016 when all of them were ministers in Mamata Banerjee’s cabinet, and were filmed while purportedly accepting bribes. The sting operation was carried out by a news portal, Narada,…

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15 May

India needs proper vaccine strategy, govt’s ‘disastrous policy’ will ensure 3rd wave: Rahul Gandhi

editor0 CommentsSikkimPOLITICS, RAHULGANDHI, vaccine

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday called for a national vaccine strategy and claimed that the government’s “disastrous” inoculation policy will “ensure a devastating third wave” in the country. He also accused the prime minister of making “mother Ganga cry” after bodies of suspected coronavirus victims were found floating in the river. “The Government of India’s (GOI’s) disastrous vaccine strategy will ensure a devastating third wave. It can’t be repeated enough--- India needs a proper vaccine strategy,” he said on Twitter. Tagging media reports claiming that over 2,000 bodies have been found in 1140 km area along the Ganga, he…

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14 May

Election Commission sets up core committee to evaluate shortcomings in Assembly polls

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The Election Commission of India (EC) on Thursday has formed a core committee to identify shortcomings from recently held Assembly polls in states and to push for reforms -- from strengthening legal framework to ensure compliance of Covid-19 protocols to regulating poll expenditure by political parties. "ECI push for wide-ranging reforms. Sets up a Core Committee headed by Secretary-General to identify learning, experiences and shortcomings from recently poll gone states in furtherance for continuing electoral reforms process", tweeted Sheyphali Sharan, official spokesperson of ECI. The new committee will also look for any gaps in the implementation of the Model Code…

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13 May

Asaduddin Owaisi turns 52: Here are some facts about the AIMIM leader

editor0 CommentsSikkimAsauddin Owaisi, India, politicians

Asaduddin Owaisi is the President of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen. He is a three-time Member of Parliament (MP), representing the Hyderabad constituency in Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. Asaduddin Owaisi completed his initial education from the  Hyderabad Public School in Hyderabad. Thereafter, he enrolled at the St. Mary's Junior College in Hyderabad. He obtained his graduate degree in Arts from the famous Nizam College, Osmania University. For further education, he left for London and he studied L.L.B, and Barrister-at-Law (Lincolns Inn), England. He made his foray into politics in the early 1990s after he joined his…

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13 May

Israel to take care of family of the woman from Kerala who died in an airstrike

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Israel's Deputy Envoy to India Rony Yedidia Clein on Thursday said that Israeli authorities will take care of the family of Soumya Santhosh, "The family will be taken care of by the Israeli authorities in compensation for what happened, although nothing can ever compensate for the loss of a mother and wife." Clein said. According to Santhosh's family members, the rocket fell on the residence of 31-year-old Soumya in the city of Ashkelon while she was talking to her husband Santhosh, who is in Kerala, over video call in the evening. In an interview with ANI, Clein said that Santhosh's…

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12 May

Taarak Mehta actor Bhavya Gandhi loses father to Covid-19, mom says: ‘I wasn’t getting any hospital’

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Bhavya Gandhi, who played Tapu aka Tipendra Jethalal Gada on television show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, lost his father Vinod Gandhi to Covid-19. His father had tested coronavirus positive few weeks ago. The actor’s mother, Yashoda Gandhi, has opened up about the struggles the family faced for his treatment due to the ongoing crisis. She said that the family had to go through a difficult time to find him a hospital bed. Speaking to SpotboyE, Yashoda said that a month ago Vinod got mild fever followed by chest pain. A chest scan showed a 5% infection but the doctor…

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12 May

New variant a global concern, found in 44 countries

editor0 CommentsSikkimCoronavirus, New variant

The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday expressed its displeasure against terming the B.1.617 mutant of the novel coronavirus as an "Indian variant", saying that the WHO had not used the word "Indian" for this strain in its document. On Tuesday, a WHO report said the variant had “increased transmissibility” and had been found in 44 countries, and therefore described it as a "variant of global concern". "Several media reports have covered the news of the World Health Organisation (WHO) classifying B.1.617 as a variant of global concern. Some of these reports have termed the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus as…

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12 May

No Covaxin Supply “under instructions” from the central government

editor0 CommentsSikkimbharat biotech, covaxin

Covaxin maker Bharat Biotech has refused to supply doses to Delhi "under instructions" from the central government, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia alleged today, accusing the Centre of controlling the supply of Covid shots and of "vaccine mismanagement". The company said it was "disheartening" that some states were complaining about its intentions. Bharat Biotech has said it will not be able to supply vaccines to the capital citing directives of the government and limited availability, Mr Sisodia said at a digital press meet. "The Covaxin manufacturer has, in a letter, said it cannot provide Delhi government vaccines due to unavailability,…

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12 May

Hamas Rockets Target Tel Aviv After Israeli Strikes Flatten Gaza Tower

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Hostilities between Israel and Hamas escalated overnight, with 35 Palestinians killed in Gaza and three in Israel in the most intensive aerial exchanges in years. Israel carried out hundreds of air strikes in Gaza into the early hours of Wednesday, as the Islamist group and other Palestinian militant groups fired multiple rocket barrages at Tel Aviv and Beersheba. “This is just the beginning" of Israel’s strikes, Minister Benny Gantz warned. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh vowed that “if Israel wants to escalate, we are ready for it." The UN envoy for Middle East Peace, Tor Wennesland, warned that Israel and Hamas…

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