Tag: news
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Delhi records 6,224 Covid-19 cases, 109 deaths
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) New Delhi: recorded 6,224 fresh COVID-19 cases on Tuesday and a positivity rate of 10.14 percent while 109 more fatalities pushed the death count to 8,621, officials said. The new cases came out after 61,381 tests were conducted on Monday including 24,602 RT-PCR tests, according to the latest bulletin issued by…
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India’s ban on 43 Chinese apps is the 4th strike since the Ladakh standoff
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): The Centre on Tuesday banned 43 more mobile apps, mostly Chinese-owned, including those of the e-commerce giant, the Alibaba Group. The ministry of electronics and information technology (MEITY), the governing authority, issued an order under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act blocking access to the 43 mobile apps on the…
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IIT Roorkee Prof tortured student on his absence due to father’s death
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): As higher education adapts to teaching and learning at a distance, the workload and the learning load of adopting a new delivery model are taking a huge toll on the lives of those in higher education. This is an immense problem that is growing rapidly. While some students are thriving through…
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Man kills wife in Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): A daily wage laborer throttled his 28-year-old wife to death while their three children slept in the same room in north-west Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh on Saturday morning, the police said. During the initial interrogation, the suspect Ramakant said he was angry with his wife for being overly involved with her side…
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Bihar: Covid-19 guidelines flouted as thousands return after Chhath Puja
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) Patna: People who arrived in Bihar for the Chhath Puja are now returning back to their places. The people in great numbers are rushing to trains without following any social distancing. Every day thousands of passengers gather at Patna Junction, Rajendra Nagar Terminal, and Patliputra Junction. With such a huge number of commuters,…
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Bihar: Filming Chhath Puja devotees sparks communal tension
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): Communal tension prevailed in Hathia Diyara village in Bihar’s Katihar district after some unidentified men filmed women Chhath devotees while they were changing clothes. Complainant Dinesh Shah, one of the eyewitnesses, said that the incident took place during the first “Arghya” (prayer) on the evening of November 20. “As per the…
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71% of students did not attend online classes; how will they pass?
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) Patna: 71% of CBSE 10th and 12th students have not attended online classes. Among the students who have attended classes online, 50% did not understand the topics. In such a situation, the students have started worrying about passing the boards. 80% of students in the Patna zone (Bihar and Jharkhand) are…
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Corona testing crosses 13 million in the country
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) New Delhi: So far more than 13 crore samples have been corona tested in the country. One crore samples of the last of these have been tested in just 10 days. At the same time, the rate of infection has also decreased. The Union Ministry of Health gave this information.
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Bihar: Education Minister struggles to recite National Anthem
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) Patna: Days after the formation of the Bihar government, four-time Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has come under immense scrutiny from the opposition party leaders for appointing Mewalal Choudhary as the Education Minister of Bihar. Choudhary, a Janata Dal-United (JDU) MLA, had lost the Cabinet’s birth the previous time after his name cropped up…
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India’s maritime strength increases, INS Vagir joins Navy
(Deepshikha Gautam, Intern Journalist) Mumbai: Union Minister of State for AYUSH and Defense (Independent Charge) Shripad Naik launched ‘Vagir’, a 5th Scorpene-class submarine of Project 75 in the Arabian Ocean, through video conferencing at Mazgaon Dock, Mumbai. The Indian Navy on 21 September 2017 assigned the first of the six Scorpene-class submarines ‘Kalavari’ by the…