Security agencies are on high alert in wake of reports indicating that Pakistan purchased more drones from China, as per TNN. These drones are likely to be used for dipping arms and ammunition in India. According to Times Now, documents accessed from the intelligence department show that Islamabad purchased drones from China recently. This alert …
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India is in the grip of the third wave of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant, said to be the fastest spreading virus in history is spreading across the country like wildfire. But if you look at the number of mass gatherings and the crowds across the country, you will be forgiven for mistaking that the pandemic is over. On Friday, …
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The world is celebrating what is being dubbed as a medical milestone – the first ‘successful’ transplant of a pig’s heart into a human. 57-year-old David Bennett had terminal heart disease and was deemed ineligible for a conventional heart transplant or an artificial heart pump after reviews of his medical records. So doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center …
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10-year-old Rajkumar was lucky to get away from the jaws of death and that too literally. His 22-year-old brother Suresh on January 6 saved him by pulling his head from inside a tiger’s mouth, as per TNN. The animal and pounced on the boy in a cane field near the Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, Lakhimpur Kheri district. What …
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A 47-year-old man is in custody for allegedly murdering his 80-year-old father by smashing his head with a grinding stone in Rajgurunagar, Pune district on December 6, as per TNN. The accused is Shekhar Borhaade and he reportedly committed the crime after he found out his father Shankar Rambhau Borhaade wanted to marry once again. Jump To What happened? Similar …
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China, Russia, Britain, the United States, and France have agreed that a further spread of nuclear arms and nuclear war should be avoided, according to a joint statement by the five nuclear powers published by the Kremlin, according to a Reuters report. It said that the five countries – which are the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council …
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The Cordelia cruise ship, where 66 of them over 2,000 people on board tested positive for coronavirus, has been sent back to Mumbai from Goa with all the passengers after some of the infected persons refused to get admitted to a medical facility in the coastal state, an official from a shipping agency said on Tuesday. The infected passengers would …
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The Delhi High Court has accepted a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking the release and rehabilitation of the only African elephant in the Delhi Zoo. The plea was filed by 16-year-old Nikita Dhawan, founder of Youth For Animals (YFA). A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notices and sought responses of the Centre, Delhi government, …
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Amid protests after a botched Army operation in Nagaland‘s Oting, the Centre has declared the entire Nagaland as a “disturbed area” for six more months with effect from December 30 under the AFSPA while terming the state’s condition “disturbed and dangerous”. The move came days after the Union government constituted a high-level committee to examine the possibility of the withdrawal …
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The defence ministry on Wednesday announced a fresh list of 351 sub-systems and components that will not be allowed to be imported under a staggered timeline beginning December next year. It is the third list released by the ministry in the last 16 months and it comes as part of the government’s overall aim to make India a hub of …
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