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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…

05 Apr

Building collapse in Ludhiana with 1 dead and 2 in critical condition, search ops on for 4 workers

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At least one person was killed after a building housing an old factory collapsed in Mukund Nagar on Daba road of Ludhiana Monday. The lintel of the building gave in at around 10.30 am. Personnel from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), and the police rescued at least 36 people, and are searching for four workers who are feared to be trapped under the debris. Of the 36 workers who were rescued, one was declared brought dead at Civil Hospital, Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner Varinder Sharma said. There are five workers being treated at Civil Hospital,…

05 Apr

Vicky Kaushal tests positive for COVID-19

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The 'URI' actor Vicky Kaushal on Monday said he has interested covid and he is under home quarantine.He informed it by his fans in social media post and urging who came in contact with him to get tested. The 'Raazi' actor took to his Instagram vanderlande share a statement for informing fans about his health condition.Vicky and Bhumi are the latest edition to Bollywood town celebrities like Akshay Kumar, Govinda, recently tested positive for covid-19.In March 2020 Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor who Rose to fame with her song baby doll became the first Bollywood celebrity to get infected with covid-19.…

05 Apr

Home minister Shah reaches Chhattisgarh, to meet injured jawans

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in Chhattisgarh on Monday to chair a high-level meeting in connection with the Naxal attack in the state's Bastar region that claimed the lives of 22 security personnel, a senior official said. Shah will reach the Jagdalpur airport (in Bastar district) at around 10.35 am, following which he will attend the wreath-laying ceremony to pay respect to the martyred personnel at the Police Lines here, he said. It will be Shah's first visit to the Bastar region after assuming the charge of Union home minister, he said. In Jagdalpur, the wreath would be…

05 Apr

Akshay Kumar hospitalised after testing positive for Covid-19: ‘I hope to be back home soon’

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Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, who was shooting for his forthcoming film 'Ram Setu' tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. Yesterday, he informed his fans that he's under home quarantine but now in a fresh Instagram post, the actor shared that he's been hospitalized. Taking to social media on Monday, Akshay wrote, "Thank you everyone for all your warm wishes and prayers, they seem to be working I am doing fine, but as a precautionary measure under medical advice, I have been hospitalized. I hope to be back home soon. Take care." Just yesterday, Akshay shared his COVID-19 positive report and…

05 Apr

Foreign Secretory Shringla: increased connectivity is a major part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Neighborhood First and Act East policy

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On the visit of Sikkim, the Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla announced the launch of the Kanchenjunga Dialogue Track-2 to communicate with neighboring countries such as Nepal and Bhutan, which will help Sikkim to develop as a center of education and knowledge in the Northeast. During his visit, Foreign Secretary Shringla also met Governor Ganga Prasad Chaurasia and Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang. Harsh Vardhan Shringla addressing the students of the Sikkim University said that better connectivity and development of infrastructure with neighboring countries will contribute to the economic development of the Northeast. It will create investment, trade and employment…

03 Apr

Didi slams PM for seat remarks

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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday claimed she was winning the election from Nandigram and hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying she does not need his “suggestion” of contesting from another Assembly seat. On Thursday, Prime Minister Modi, while speaking at a poll rally, had asked Banerjee to clarify if there was any truth in “rumours” that she was going to file her nomination papers in another constituency. “Didi left Bhawanipore and went to Nandigram. Then she realised her mistake and realized she will lose. Didi was forced to camp in Nandigram,” he had said. “Didi, is there any truth…