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17 Mar

Britain is on the verge of achievement to distribute covid vaccine

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The number of people to had the first dose of a COVID vaccine is nearing 25 million as the UK reported. The government said putting it on track to have offered all those over 50 a shot by the target date of April 15. people had been given both doses of the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine. Britain's vaccine rolloed out began from Dec. 8 when Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother, who became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine outside of a trial.

17 Mar

Mizoram MP seeks Centre’s help in Myanmar crisis

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The Rajya Sabha MP from Mizoram, K. Vanlalvena, on Tuesday urged the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to consider the plight of the people protesting against the military rule in Myanmar and relax its policy towards Myanmar refugees crossing over to India. An official release said that raising the issue at the Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, Vanlalvena informed the House that over 300 Myanmar nationals who have crossed the border are currently taking shelter in Mizoram, of which about 150 are police personnel. The release said that the state government and NGOs in Mizoram have been providing…

17 Mar

DENSU to organize blood donation camp in Dimapur: Nagaland

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Dimapur Eastern Nagaland Students’ Union (DENSU) in alliance with National Integrated Forum of Artists & Activists (NIFAA) has informed that it would be organising blood donation camp on March 23, 2021, 10 a.m., at district hospital Dimapur. In a press release, DENSU stated that the core purpose of organising the blood donation camp was to ensure that adequate blood was stored at district hospital for emergency requirement, with a purpose to save lives in time of emergency. The union encouraged citizens to come forward and participate in the blood donation drive and informed that each donor would be acknowledged with…

17 Mar

Again covid spreads in a huge nimber

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As the city continues to report fewer number of new cases of Covid-19, the number of tests being conducted too has seen a dip in the last one week. The recent increase has been led by Maharashtra. COVID-19 infections in some parts of the country described by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an "emerging second peak. The number of new cases in the capital in the last 24 hours stood at 536. Deaths increased by 188, the highest in two months.

17 Mar

Parth Samthaan pens emotional note after his grandmother’s death

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TV actor Parth Samthaan recently received a sad news when his grandmother passed away. Taking to Instagram, the 'Kasautii Zindagii 2' actor shared the sad news with his fans through an emotional post. It included a picture of his Nani alongside a caption where he called her the 'cutest doll' of the family and wished that she rest in peace. The post read, "My entire family including me came into existence coz of this woman , my ajji (naani) And it’s time for her to leave and start her new journey ..my cutie ….RIP AJJI cutest doll in our family…

17 Mar

“The White Tiger” Nominated in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for the 93rd Academy Awards

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Oscars also known as The Academy Awards is one of the most prestigious awards for cinema. The 93rd Academy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on April 25th. The global star Priyanka Chopra along with her beau, singer and actor Nick Jonas had announced the nominations live on Monday. Priyanka was really excited when she realized that the film “The White Tiger” which she executive produced and acted on was nominated in the Best Adapted Screenplay category. The film is directed by Ramin Bahrani which is an adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s 2008 novel of the same name. Along with…

17 Mar

Param Bir Singh has been removed as the Mumbai Police Commissioner,

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Param Bir Singh has been removed as the Mumbai Police Commissioner, days after the arrest of city police officer Sachin Waze by the NIA over its probe into the recovery of an explosives-laden SUV near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's house. In a huge fallout of the mystery SUV case, Param Bir Singh has been removed as the Mumbai Police Commissioner, days after the arrest of city police officer Sachin Waze by the NIA over its probe into the recovery of the explosives-laden car near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's house. Hemant Nagrale has been appointed as the new police commissioner of Mumbai. Param…

16 Mar

Alia Bhatt celebrates her birthday with ‘most important women’ Neetu Kapoor, Soni Razdan & Shaheen

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Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt turned a year older on Monday and the celebration had begun on Sunday night at filmmaker Karan Johar's house. The actress turned 28 and to celebrate the occasion, Karan Johar threw a party. The party was attended by Deepika Padukone, Arjun Kapoor, Malaika Arora and others. Alia's boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor who contracted the COVID-19 pandemic was absent from the bash but his absence was compensated by his sister Riddhima Kapoor Sahni. Post this, Alia seems to have an intimate celebration with her family and loved ones. Last night, the young actress celebrated her birthday with Neetu…

16 Mar

British PRIME MINISTER Boris to visit India at the end of April

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is scheduled to visit India at the end of April. This was stated by the Prime Minister’s Office in that country on Monday. This will be his first visit to India as Prime Minister after leaving the European Union and, of course, the first important international visit. He was scheduled to arrive in India on January 26 during Republic Day. But the visit was cancelled due to the growing number of diseases in Britain. That’s when Boris Johnson, however, said he would come to India soon. It is finally learnt that he is coming to…

16 Mar

Rodic completes the ‘Maitri Setu’ project

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Rodic Consultants Pvt Ltd, a pan-India infrastructure consultancy firm, successfully completed the 1.9 km long ‘MaitriSetu’ project over river Feni, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on Tuesday. As Authority Engineer, Rodic was responsible for the supervision of construction of Extra-Dosed RCC Bridge including viaduct and approaches over river Feni at Sabroom on Indo-Bangladesh Border on NH-8 in Tripura. Steered by the National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL), the bridge will establish direct connectivity from South Tripura to Chattogram (Chittagong) in Bangladesh. The Bridge will provide much shorter access of this landlock North-Eastern Region to the…