Sudha Bharadwaj, lawyer and activist, and one of the accused in Bhima-Koregaon violence case walked out of Mumbai’s Byculla jail after three years in detention. She was arrested under the provisions of UAPA. The Supreme Court had rejected a petition by the National Investigation Agency, challenging a Bombay High Court order on her bail. “We …
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For the people of Kerala, the Indian Air Force helicopter crash in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, that killed 13 people including Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat is also the loss of one of their own, someone who came to their help, when it was much needed. Junior Warrant Officer Pradeep Arakkal, a native …
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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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The first case of the Omicron variant detected in Maharashtra is a 33-year-old man from Thane district who is a marine engineer by profession. India has so far detected four cases of Omicron. Due to the odd nature of his job he couldn’t get vaccinated while on the ship since April despite his efforts, a Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) …
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On 3rd December 1971, Pakistan Air Force launched a pre-emptive strike on seven Indian airfields in the west, hoping to cripple the IAF at the very beginning of that conflict. Curiously, the PAF did not attack our airfields in the east from their bases in East Pakistan. Either they were saving their resources, or our Gnats, termed ‘Sabre Slayers’ after …
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A bizarre incident of theft has been reported at the Ashiana police station in Lucknow claiming that a brand new tyre of a Mirage fighter jet was stolen from a moving truck on Shaheed Path while being transported to Jodhpur air base in Rajasthan recently. Having registered the FIR, Ashiana police are interrogating the driver of the truck. The men …
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With the threat of the ‘highly transmissible’ Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 looming large, the Government of India’s new guidelines for international travellers is set to kick in starting Wednesday. Several airports across the country, including the ones in Delhi and Mumbai, have imposed new restrictions for international passengers travelling from ‘at risk’ countries across the world. Jump To List of …
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A total of 86,606 farm fires were observed in Punjab and Haryana between September and November during the stubble burning season by the Nasa’s VIIRS 375m satellite. This is reportedly a 7.3% increase over the same period last year and the highest number of farm fires in five years. BCCL Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), which looked at …
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According to the farmers’ unions around 750 protesters have died of different causes in the one year of the protests against the three now-repealed farm laws. However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government told Parliament that it has no data on farmers’ deaths during the same period. Responding to the question on if the government is planning to give financial relief …
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The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has warned Indian citizens to not buy Elon Musk’s Starlink Internet Services In India as the same is not yet licensed in the country. In a statement, the telecom department told Elon Musk’s company to “get a licence before offering Satellite-based services.” The government pointed out that SpaceX’s satellite broadband arm Starlink Internet Services stands barred …
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