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Covid-19: Delta most transmissible variant, now in 85 nations, says WHO

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As India began to battle against the latest Delta Plus variant (B.1.617.2.1) of SARS-CoV-2 virus causing the Covid-19 pandemic—nearly 50 cases and have so far been reported from a dozen states in the country—the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the Delta variant (B.1.617.2), now identified in at least […]

INS Sarvekshak reaches Colombo to provide survey assistance.

Mumbai: The Indian Navy’s hydrographic survey ship INS Sarvekshak reached Colombo from India on Thursday to assist in the assessment of underwater seabed condition around the site of the disaster involving MV X-Press Pearl which caught fire and sank recently. The day also marked the historic Poson Poya Day, which commemorates the introduction of Buddhism […]

Entertainment: Amazon Prime announces Dom’s season 2

Mumbai: Amazon Prime Video has officially shown the green signal to the second season of the super-hit Brazilian crime drama, Dom. The critically acclaimed series revolves around a father-son duo on opposite sides of a war against drugs. Based in Rio de Janeiro, the series is inspired by true events. The first season of Dom, […]

President Kovind boards special train to visit native village in Kanpur district

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind boarded a special train here on Friday to pay a visit to his native village Paraunkh in the Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. This is his first visit to his birthplace after assuming the highest office in India, an official statement said. It has been 15 years since the […]

Emergency: PM Modi recalls the ‘Dark Days’, trampling of democracy

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday took to Twitter to recall the Internal Emergency imposed on India by the then PM Indira Gandhi’s government in 1975. He tweeted, “The #DarkDaysOfEmergency can never be forgotten. The period from 1975 to 1977 witnessed the systematic destruction of institutions. Let us pledge to do everything possible […]

Global Indians: The ‘nowhere Indian-Americans’ facing deportation

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: They grew up in the United States, and their starry-eyed parents dreamt that their youngsters, the Documented Dreamers, would one day become full-blooded Americans. Documented Dreamers are children whose parents immigrated legally to the US. Some of them even became lobbyists, supporting the Republicans or the Democratic Party, in the […]

Entertainment: Kartik Aryan to feature in Satyanarayan Ki Katha

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Kartik Aryan took to social media on Thursday to announce his upcoming film, Satyanarayan ki Katha. In his Instagram post, he said the film is close to his heart. It marks his first collaboration with film producer Sajid Nadiadwala. The film will be an epic love story starring Kartik in the lead. […]

Energy: Reliance to invest Rs.75k cr on clean energy in 3 years, says Ambani

Virendra Pandit   Mumbai: Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani on Thursday announced Rs 75,000 crore worth of investment in setting up four ‘Giga’ factories to make solar photovoltaic cells, green hydrogen, batteries, and fuel cells over the next three years. Addressing the company’s annual shareholder meeting virtually, he said Reliance will […]

Cinematographer-director Sivan, 89, dies of cardiac arrest

New Delhi: Veteran cinematographer-film director Sivan, who was decorated with the National Award thrice, died of cardiac arrest on Thursday morning at his residence in Thiruvananthapuram. He was 89. He left the Malayalam film industry in shock. Several netizens and celebrities expressed grief over the demise of the legend through their social media handles after […]

Covid-19: Delta in 85-plus nations, may become globally dominant, says WHO

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus causing the global pandemic Covid-19 reported in over 85 countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday that the significantly more transmissible strain is likely to become a dominant lineage if the current trend continued. In its Weekly Epidemiological Update released […]
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