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New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) A nine-year-old boy named Timothy Prather from the US, who learned ‘Heimlich’ from YouTube, saved his three-year-old cousin Connor from choking last week. The Heimlich technique includes giving abdominal thrusts to help a person who is choking. Timothy Prater had seen it in YouTube videos.[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court will on Tuesday hear a petition seeking medical termination of pregnancy of a rape victim who is currently a minor. The plea, filed through advocates Anwesh Madhukar and Prachi Nirwan, was mentioned before a division bench of Chief Justice D.N. Patel[Read More…]
By Rohit Vaid New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) New foreign players dealing in automobiles, electric vehicles, connected technologies, alternate fuels and tyres from China, Italy and Brazil will have made a beeline for the upcoming Auto Expo 2020. The interest shown by these companies can be gauged from the fact[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) A heart-breaking video of two elderly coronavirus patients, who were in their 80s, saying goodbye to each other at the hospital is doing the rounds on the internet. The video of the elderly couple was shared by a Twitter user with the caption, “What does[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Filmmaker Rohit Shetty harbours dream of remaking the popular Hollywood franchise “Bad Boys” in Bollywood, and even has his wishlist stars in his mind. The filmmaker, known for creating a ‘desi’ cop universe in Hindi commercial films, recently got associated with “Bad Boys For Life”,[Read More…]
Chandigarh, Feb 3 (IANS) Counterfeit currency with face value of Rs 100,000 has been seized from two people in Haryana’s Sirsa district, police said on Monday. A police spokesperson said a joint team of Crime Investigation Agency and Sirsa police, on a tip off, seized 168 currency notes in denomination[Read More…]
Tokyo, Feb 3 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday said a rapid test kit for the novel coronavirus is being developed for use at institutions across the country in an effort to detect infections swiftly. Abe said this at a parliamentary session after Fumio Kishida, policy chief of[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Neta App, which tracks the popularity of Delhis sitting MLAs, has thrown up some interesting findings just ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls scheduled for February 8. While Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia figures at the top as the most popular leader, Aam Aadmi[Read More…]
Gurugram, Feb 3 (IANS) To curb vehicular accidents, the district administration has decided to fix blind spots on roads in and around the city. Prashant Pawar, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Gurugram, has asked officials to submit reports on blind spots. “On the basis of reports, we will do physical verification[Read More…]
Hyderabad, Feb 3 (IANS) A non-governmental organisation (NGO) has urged the police in Hyderabad to suspend the use of breath analyzers to detect drunken driving in view of the threat of the novel coronavirus outspread. The NGO — Vaada Foundation, has said that the use of breath analyzers could spread[Read More…]
Seoul, Feb 3 (IANS) LG Electronics has deployed a service robot that carries food to tables at a restaurant here. Named “Cloi ServeBot”, the service robot can carry and deliver up to four food trays to customers autonomously while avoiding obstacles. It can also return to collect trays and bring[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) With his ambitious ‘Mohalla clinic’ model to provide better health services in every area of the national capital and improving classrooms in government schools, Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal has impressed the people of the city ahead of the[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) The Maharashtra government on Monday set up a two-member committee to conduct a high-level probe into the allegations of phone tapping of various leaders by the erstwhile Bharatiya Janata Party-led government, Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said here. “A comprehensive inquiry will be conducted within six weeks[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) In a gloomy outlook for hiring and increment especially for people with 1-3 years of experience amid talent crunch in the first half of the year, a survey by job portal Naukri.com said on Monday that highest attrition is expected in the 1-3 years’ experience[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for repeatedly calling Arvind Kejriwal a “terrorist”, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh on Monday challenged the saffron party to put the Delhi Chief Minister behind the bars if he is “anti-national”. Speaking to the media here, Singh,[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s deputy Manish Sisodia has earned a distinction of sorts by ranking as the most popular Delhi MLA, according to findings of a survey conducted by Neta App. The survey findings, released on Monday, listed Sisodia as the highest-rated leader in[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Students claiming to be from different colleges on Monday staged protest outside the Aam Aadmi Party office here blaming the Arvind Kejriwal government for the delay in hanging the Nirbhaya case convicts. The students IANS spoke to said they will hold a similar protest outside[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) In order to fit into his role in the upcoming film “Malang”, actor Aditya Roy Kapur needed to transform his physical appearance. In the trailer and promos of the film, he can be seen flaunting his muscular body, and Aditya says it was not easy for[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) Actor Vicky Kaushal says his upcoming “Bhoot Part One: The Haunted Ship” has a very interesting plot, and will tap into the right note of horror. ” ‘Bhoot…’ is one of the most exciting films I’ve worked on, it is a completely new genre for me[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has an edge over others as per the survey conducted by Neta App, which shows that Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia ranks as the highest rated MLA of Delhi. Sisodia has turned out to be more popular than Chief Minister[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) A petition was moved in the Supreme Court on Monday seeking to end the blockade and restore smooth traffic flow on Delhi’s Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen Bagh stretch, and also sought a direction to the Centre for laying down comprehensive guidelines relating to outright restrictions for holding[Read More…]
By Sandeep Pauranik Bhopal, Feb 3 (IANS) After Tiger State, Madhya Pradesh has now got the status of Alligator State. This is due to the increasing number of alligators in the Chambal river sanctuary. Madhya Pradesh had again got the distinction of being the Tiger State with 526 tigers in[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) Reliance Entertainment is all set to co-produce a Bollywood remake of the 2019 Tamil action blockbuster “Kaithi”. “Kaithi” revolves around an ex-convict who is on his way to meet his daughter for the first time. He is accompanied by an injured police officer and, before he[Read More…]
Srinagar, Feb 3 (IANS) J&K Police have arrested four people linked to proscribed terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed at Awantipora in south Kashmir. They have been identified as Mohd Amin, Mohd Rafiq and Fayaz Lone, residents of Pulwama, and Maqbool Dar, a resident of Awantipora. As per police records they were involved[Read More…]
