Jaipur, June 8 (IANS) The BJP on Monday launched its booth contact campaign under which the Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who is an MP from Jodhpur, reached amongst the people, touched the feet of senior citizens, met other people with open heart and told them that he has come[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Rohit Sharmas love for the environment is well documented and he has constantly tried to be positive even in these tough times and looked at the lockdown induced due to the coronavirus pandemic as an opportunity to heal the earth. And on Monday he once[Read More…]
New Delhi/Bengaluru, June 8 (IANS) The Election Commission has postponed biennial elections to the four Karnataka legislative Council seats from two Graduates’ constituencies and two Teachers’ constituencies due to Covid-induced lockdown, an official said on Monday. “Though the term of the four is ending on June 30, the poll panel[Read More…]
London, June 8 (IANS) Vaccines are difficult to transport to remote or dangerous places, as they spoil when not refrigerated but now researchers have developed a way to prevent warmed-up vaccines from degrading. By encasing protein molecules in a silica shell, the structure remains intact even when heated to 100[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 8 (IANS) Singer Papon says nature comes first to him, adding that it has a huge influence on his music. “Nature comes first to me, it is something I feel really connected to. My music is often inspired by nature,” Papon said. “While this lockdown has helped me[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 8 (IANS) Actress Sherlyn Chopra has been focussing her energy on being a content creator. She will soon unveil her OTT platform. “I have been working on my digital streaming platform since the last eight months to showcase excellent, high quality entertainment at a highly reasonable subscription fee,”[Read More…]
Chennai, June 8 (IANS) In a policy-holder-friendly decision, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) on Monday asked the heads of non-life insurers to encourage policy-holders to file electronically documents relating to Cyclone ‘Nisagra’ claims. “It is interesting to see IRDAI asking insurers to accept soft copies of[Read More…]
By Debayan Mukherjee Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) The Spanish LaLiga is not likely to have fans inside stadiums until the start of next season which is planned for a September start, an official of the league said on Monday. He also added that it would disrupt the balance if fans[Read More…]
By Sumit Saxena New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) We need to protect our nearly 12 lakh doctors and 20 lakh nurses, and many other healthcare workers who are involved in tackling Covid-19, especially when the viral infection is going to peak in June-July, said Rajan Sharma, national president, Indian Medical[Read More…]
Srinagar, June 8 (IANS) Terrorists shot dead a Sarpanch in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. According to details, terrorists fired from a close range and grievously injured 40-year-old Ajay Pandita, Sarpanch of Lokbowan Halqa in Anantnag. He was rushed to the hospital where he was[Read More…]
Kathmandu, June 8 (IANS) Former Nepalese Minister Salim Miya Ansari’s ‘entrepreneur’ son Yunus Ansari is the most well-protected prisoner in Lalitpur’s Nakkhu Jail, located 9 km away from Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport. Chairman of the defunct National TV group, Yunus Ansari faces trial for running an organised crime syndicate involved[Read More…]
Hyderabad, June 8 (IANS) The Telangana government on Monday decided to promote all Class 10 students without exams as it would not be possible to conduct the exams due to spread of coronavirus in the state. Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao decided that all the Class 10 students would be[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 8 (IANS) Actors John Abraham and Mrunal Thakur, who have worked together in last year’s “Batla House”, are now coming up with a dance track titled ” Gallan goriyan”. On Monday, Mrunal took to social media and posted a poster of the song. In the poster, the two[Read More…]
Imphal, June 8 (IANS) The Manipur High Court on Monday restrained the seven Congress MLAs, who joined the BJP in 2017, from entering the state Assembly till the Speaker’s tribunal hears their disqualification case, a court official said. Amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, the political tussle over the disqualification of seven[Read More…]
San Francisco, June 8 (IANS) A man from Chandler, Arizona in the US has credited Apple Watch for saving his life by helping him reach emergency services. According to local media outlet KTAR, the Chandler Police Department’s Communications Center recently received a 911 call from a computer-enhanced voice, indicating an[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju stated that preparations are already underway with respect to the country targetting a top-10 finish at the 2028 Olympics. India have historically underwhelmed at the multi-national event, as far as medals are concerned. In the last edition of the Olympics[Read More…]
Ranchi, June 8 (IANS) The coronavirus cases in Jharkhand doubled over the last one week taking the total number to 1,144 on Monday. The highest number of 113 cases were found on Sunday, on Friday and Saturday, 93 and 91 positive cases were reported, respectively. In three days, 296 new[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, June 8 (IANS) The Odisha government evacuated 180 migrants from Port Blair of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands by a special AirAsia flight, which landed at the Biju Patnaik International Airport, here on Monday. “The Odisha government officials coordinated, completed Covid-19 formalities before bringing them to airports from different[Read More…]
Los Angeles, June 8 (IANS) “Star Wars” actor John Boyega has expressed his gratitude for all the “love and support” that came his way after his passionate address at a protest against the killing of George Floyd, and says it is important to not lose sight of how critical “it[Read More…]
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Long before the film ‘Gully Boy jolted the popular imagination of talent in a citys underbelly, a not-so-quiet revolution has been seething in the bylanes of Dharavi in Mumbai since 2014 . It was in a small shantie that the ‘The Dharavi[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) As the stock price of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) hit an all-time high of Rs 1,624 on the BSE, the RIL story has defied experts and naysayers who cast doubts on the share’s instrinsic value and commented that the price will fall post rights issue[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) In a major setback for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Lt Governor Anil Baijal on Monday overruled his decision that Delhi government hospitals will treat only the residents of the city. According to top sources, Baijal has overruled Kejriwal’s decision as he is also the[Read More…]
Lahore, June 8 (IANS) As many as 161 key stakeholders of Pakistan cricket benefitted from the Pakistan Cricket Boards one-off welfare initiative, the Pakistan Cricket Board confirmed after the payment process was completed on Monday. The initiative was launched last month to provide financial relief to first-class cricketers, match referees,[Read More…]
Chandigarh, June 8 (IANS) Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Gobind Singh Longowal on Monday said they had urged the central government to review its guidelines regarding ‘langar’, saying the practice an ‘inseparable’ part of the Sikh religion. The holiest of Sikh shrines, Harmandir Sahib, popularly known as Golden Temple,[Read More…]
Pune, June 8 (IANS) The Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) here has developed a nanotechnology-based disinfectant spray to combat the spread of Covid-19, an official said here on Monday. The water-based spray can be used for disinfecting all types of surfaces and its effect lasts for over 24 hours,[Read More…]
