In a major financial crackdown by Delhi Police, an elaborate money-laundering scam run by China-based entities is busted, as per TNN. Two CAs, a Tibetan woman along with 8 others have been arrested. Around five lakh Indians have been cheated plus their sensitive data stolen through malicious “quick earning” apps running in the garb of …
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Most of the families are struggling to make ends meet due to COVID-19 induced lockdown. But many have emerged as heroes in trying to sustain themselves and their families, in these tough times. Her story Such is the story of this college girl in Odisha’s Cuttack city who has set an example by taking up the work of food delivery …
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COVID is not just a respiratory disease, but affects the brain as well, according to neurologists as per a report in India Today. A small study in Georgia State University found that there was a reduction in gray matter volume in the frontal lobe of the brain in severe cases. These were the patients that were undergoing oxygen therapy and …
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Since March, over 400 US colleges and universities have announced students get Covid-19 vaccinations, ahead of the Autumn semester but those who have been inoculated with India’s indigenous Covaxin or the Russian-made Sputnik V are being asked to re-vaccinate as these vaccines have not yet been approved by the World Health Organization (WHO). Milloni Doshi, a 25-year-old student from India, …
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In a setback to the already struggling tourism and hospitality industry in Goa, state Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar has said that such activities should resume there only after the entire population of the coastal state is completely vaccinated against COVID-19. “We can’t keep Goa’s tourism industry shut forever, as it is an important backbone of our state’s economy,” Ajgaonkar said. …
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Among the various subjects, the two leaders discussed was the issue of Maratha and OBC reservation in the state. Thackeray requested Prime Minister Modi to take steps to lift the 50% ceiling on reservation to ensure Marathas and OBCs continue to get benefits. BCCL “Supreme …
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Indian-origin psychiatrist’s lecture on ‘The Psychopathic Problem of the White Mind’ at an Ivy League institution has ruffled feathers and sparked outrage online, specifically over a digression in which she describes in graphic, expletive-laden detail her fantasies of shooting white people dead. What has happened? According to a New York Times report, a Manhattan-based psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Dr Aruna Khilanani …
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iStock CoWin vaccination certificates for those planning on international travel for education, work opportunities or as part of the Indian contingent for the Tokyo Olympics will be linked to passports, as per TOI. The government has also included the provision for early administration of the second dose of Covishield in cases if the travel dates fall before the period of …
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The National Commission of Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) told the Supreme Court that there are 9,346 children, who have been abandoned, orphaned or lost a parent to the COVID-19 pandemic as per the data submitted to it by different states till May 29. The Maharashtra government, which filed a separate note before a bench of Justices L N Rao …
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A Delhi government hospital issued a circular asking its nursing staff not to use Malayalam at work as “maximum patients and colleagues do not know this language” which it said, “creates problems”. Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (GIPMER) has asked its nurses to use only Hindi and English or be ready for “strict action”. GB …
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