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06 Apr

BJP candidate Papia Adhikari slapped at Uluberia Hospital, allegations against Trinamool

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Trinamool was accused of beating BJP candidate Papia Adhikari from Uluberia South Assembly constituency. The incident took place on the premises of Uluberia Sub-Divisional Hospital. Although the Trinamool has denied the allegations. According to sources, sporadic clashes between the BJP and the Trinamool took place in Uluberia South during the polls on Tuesday. Trinamool was accused of hitting a BJP worker with a sword during the clash. Papia went to Uluberia Sub-Divisional Hospital to see the worker. That is where his quarrel with the grassroots activists started. The BJP has alleged that the candidate was asked to leave. Papia was…

06 Apr

Three people were injured in a leopard attack in Posh, Jammu

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There was panic after seeing a leopard in the Gandhi area near Jammu on Tuesday . The animal was spotted in the Green Belt Park area, The locals go to the locality to catch the animal, The cheetah then attacks them, in a violent role. 3 people were injured in the leopard attack The forest is being destroyed day by day. So these wild animals are entering the locality in search of food.These creature, which have become violent due to hunger, are attacking people for no reason.

06 Apr

96,982 Fresh Covid Cases In India, Delhi Night Curfew From Today

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Delhi will start a 10 pm to 5 am night curfew from now till April 30, the city government said today, staring at a steep rise in Covid cases. This is the toughest order by the Delhi government since the start of a fresh surge in coronavirus infections in the capital last month. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had on Friday said Delhi was going through the fourth wave of COVID-19 but a lockdown was not being considered yet. "As per the current situation, we are not considering imposing a lockdown. We are closely monitoring the situation and such a decision…

06 Apr

Weekend lockdowns don’t work, Centre informs Maharashtra

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ON SUNDAY, Maharashtra imposed full lockdown on weekends and fresh restrictions to last through April, but just two days before, it kept silent about any such plans during the high-level review meeting chaired by the Cabinet Secretary on Friday. Senior government officials told The Indian Express that the silence was probably explained by the fact that unlike in the initial phase, the Centre had made it clear to Maharashtra almost two weeks back that weekend lockdowns have limited impact on containing and suppressing the chain of transmission. “The Chief Secretary, Maharashtra, received the largest chunk of time during the Cabinet Secretary meeting. However, no…

06 Apr

Justice NV Ramana has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India by the President.

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Justice NV Ramana has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India by President Ram Nath Kovind. He will take oath on April 24. Ramana will serve as the 48th Chief Justice of India till August 26, 2022 — a term of over sixteen months. Last month, Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, who is due to retire on April 23, had recommended Justice NV Ramana as his successor. Appointed as a judge of the top court on February 17, 2014, Justice Ramana has been a part of many significant rulings, including those on setting up of special courts for fast-tracking criminal cases…

06 Apr

43 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses given in last 24 hours, highest one-day coverage so far

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More than 43 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered in a span of 24 hours, the highest single-day coverage till now, taking the total doses given in the country so far to 8,31,10,926, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. A total of 43,00,966 vaccine doses have been given in a span of 24 hours out of which 39,00,505 beneficiaries received the 1st dose while 4,00,461 have taken the 2nd dose, according to the data updated at 7 am. Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and Kerala account for 60 percent of the cumulative vaccine doses…

06 Apr

R Madhavan meets Narendra Modi, ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan, PM says ‘scientists made great sacrifices for country’

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Actor R Madhavan is all set to make his directorial debut with his upcoming film Rocketry: The Nambi Effect. The actor turned director on Monday shared a picture on social media from his recent meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Also present at the meeting was S. Narayan Nambi, scientist and aerospace engineer at Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on whose life Madhavan's debut directorial feature, Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, is based. The picture shows them seated in a boardroom, observing social distancing. "A few weeks ago, @NambiNOfficial and I had the honour of calling on PM @narendramodi. We spoke…

05 Apr

PM Narendra Modi to Interact With CMs Over COVID-19 Situation, Vaccine Drive on Thursday

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As coronavirus cases breach the one lakh-mark today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday (April 8) interact with Chief Ministers of all states and Union Territories on the current COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination-related issues via video conferencing. The decision comes in the backdrop of India's COVID-19 curve breaking all past records as the country reported more than 1 lakh infections in the past 24 hours with 1,03,794 new COVID-19 cases This will be the second time in five days that the Prime Minister is going to chair a meeting to assess the current situation with connection to the surge…

05 Apr

Casio G-Shock GSW-H1000 with WearOS Launched: See Price, Features

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Casio has launched a G-Squad Pro smartwatch - the GSW-H1000 - powered by Google Wire OS. The GSW-H1000 comes loaded with various Google apps and services designed for the watch. Users can get help on the go with Google Assistant and track important activity metrics with Google Fit. They can choose from the thousands of apps available on Google Play and access important information at a glance in messages and phone calls, notifications, agendas, weather forecasts and more. "The new smartwatch is built with all the firmness of G-Shock, the first G-Shock smartwatch to run on Google's Wire OS with…

05 Apr

CRPF DG says that the Chhattisgarh encounter was not an intelligence or operational failure

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A day after 22 security personnel were killed during an encounter with Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, the Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Kuldeep Singh, dismissed claims that the operation was an intelligence failure. “If it was a bait, more security personnel would have died. The Maoists would have set up an ambush at a place where we would have suffered maximum damage. We were moving through an area that is under their control and as such, they do have a tactical advantage there. They started firing at us with light machine guns when we were returning following our…