Ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays, as the number of Omicron COVID-19 cases grow, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday issued orders to initiate strict measures, including a statewide night curfew from December 25. The coronavirus night curfew will be applicable from 11 pm to 5 am. The number of people …
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Amid the rise in the number of Covid-19 cases, the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has released new guidelines for domestic and international passengers arriving at the Delhi Airport. “Attention travellers! Travelling to Delhi? Take a look at the latest State-wise Quarantine Guidelines. Take all the necessary measures and be a #COVID_Hero #TravelSafeTravelMindfully,” said the ministry in a tweet. …
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Adaikkalam Anandhan was 16 when a mistake almost proved fatal. He climbed a tree out of fascination, fell and injured his spinal cord. It meant he would be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. But the effect it had on him was the reverse of what was expected. At 29, now Anandhan has turned around the lives …
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Nijaat (Riddance) is a crusade against drugs that is gaining momentum. It is fighting drug abuse and trafficking and aims to achieve a drug-addiction-free Koriya district in north Chhattisgarh, according to a report in The New Indian Express. The cops took an initiative to wipe out drugs and they decided to use tough action, intensive awareness and counselling of addicted …
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A cyber crook reportedly defrauded a cargo service company of Rs 37.19 lakh by sending an email from a fake address, as per TNN. A case was filed at the CBD Belapur police station in Navi Mumbai on December 17. The cargo service company had used the services of a China-based firm back in August. A month later, the Chinese …
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The Indian Army thanked the locals here who helped in rescue activities after the IAF helicopter carrying the late CDS General Bipin Rawat crashed and resulted in the deaths of 13 of the 14 passengers, as per ET. The Army said the villagers were like ‘God’ to the victims. Chief of Defence Staff Gen Rawat, his wife Madhulika and 11 …
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Two senior executives of a South African pharma company and two other junior employees of a lab have been arrested in connection with issuing a fake COVID certificate. This helped the first South African Omicron patient leave India in November, as per ABP Live. The man tested COVID positive and had been quarantined in a star hotel in Vasanthnagar. But …
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Back in the day, when the Razakars were on a terror spree in Hyderabad state and trying to resist the integration of the state into the Dominion of India, a boy who was going to school decided to open a library in Yellanki, a remote village in erstwhile Nalgonda district. But it was not to be as the feudal landlords …
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As tributes pour in from across the world for India’s Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, who was killed in a helicopter crash on Wednesday, the top brass of the Pakistan Army has also condoled his death. Pakistan Army’s spokesman in a short statement posted on Twitter said that Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Nadeem Raza …
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Nearly 40 per cent of human rights violation cases lodged annually by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in the past three years till October 2021 were from Uttar Pradesh, the data by the Ministry of Home Affairs said. In response to DMK MP M Shanmugam’s question of whether human rights violation cases were on the rise, Minister of State …
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