With an aim to strengthen its fight against poaching, the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) has become the first in India to provide satellite phones to its guards. The decision to provide satellite phones to KNP guards was taken by the Assam government in May and 10 such devices were handed over by Chief Secretary Jishnu …
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“When someone hears ‘Dantewada’, they immediately think of a dangerous, naxal-maoist hotbed area. I want to change this perception about the city,” says a determined Sourabh Kashyap. Twenty-seven-year-old Kashyap is a man on a mission. He is committed to changing the image of Dantewada in Chhattisgarh, infamous for decades of naxal activities, loss of life, and underdevelopment. Kashyap dons many …
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University of Hyderabad former pro-vice-chancellor and eminent physicist Dr Vipin Srivastava, who predicted the COVID 3rd wave to begin July 4, has now cautioned that there is a disturbing trend in India, as per TNN. The curve, which has not only continued after July 4 but also appears to have become worse in the last 2 weeks or so. This …
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PTI Days after Israeli-spyware Pegasus snooping case rocked the nation, the Supreme Court heard a clutch of petitions, including those filed by the Editors Guild of India. The court made it clear that “truth has to come out” in the matter. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) COVID-orphaned Children Aged Up To 18 To Get Free …
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Indian sportswomen are making history at the Tokyo Olympics. Out of the four Olympic medals that Indian athletes have won at the Olympics, three are from the women. While on the one hand, the country is basking in their success back home, on the another, people are protesting over the alleged grotesque rape and murder of a nine-year-old Dalit girl …
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In May, the Union Health Ministry had recommended increasing the gap between two doses of the Covishield vaccine from 4-6 weeks to 12-16. The top advisory has said that the decision was based on scientific decisions and there was no dissenting voice among the members. AFP Now a new report has said that the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation …
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Days after Israeli-spyware Pegasus snooping case rocked the nation, the Supreme Court heard a clutch of petitions, including those filed by the Editors Guild of India. The court made it clear that “truth has to come out” in the matter. Jump To Allegations are serious What happened in court The snooping row “Allegations are serious” The Supreme Court said “the allegations …
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A man was assaulted with iron rods and made to eat garbage from a bin in Jogeshwari in Mumbai. A video of the incident is doing rounds on social media. The incident had taken place in July and a Crime Branch Unit X team nabbed one of the accused, Abdul Khalid Malik Shaikh from a nearby railway station. Representational Image …
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Orda is a tribal village in Odisha. It comes under the Gobara panchayat in the Cuttack district. Because it cannot be plotted on a digital device, the health department sent a vaccination team to administer the COVID vaccine to the villagers. But the tribals fled to the forests in order to avoid being vaccinated. Local community members are not in …
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A recent study on the spread of COVID-19 has found that tears of COVID positive patients could be a potential source of spreading the coronavirus infection. However, respiratory droplets remain the primary source of coronavirus infection. The Government Medical College in Amritsar has published a study on the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in tears of positive patients with and without ‘ocular …
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