A woman from Hyderabad has approached the Union Ministry of External Affairs seeking help to get justice from her husband who allegedly divorced her by triple talaq. The woman, identified as Saba Fatima, in a letter to EAM S Jaishankar stated that she had married one Abdi Wali Ahmed, a Somalia-born US citizen in January 2015 …
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Union minister Raosaheb Danve has claimed that China and Pakistan were behind the ongoing protests by farmers, who are seeking repeal of three new farm laws. He also alleged that Muslims were earlier misled over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), but as those efforts did not succeed, now farmers were being told that …
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A mother of five children was reportedly gangraped by 17 men who held her husband hostage in Jharkhand’s Dumka district, some 300 kilometres from state capital Ranchi. The woman had lodged a complaint in the police station. An FIR was lodged on Wednesday against 17 persons, including one known to the survivor. Representattional Image The crime took place in an …
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Authorities in Andhara Pradesh have reportedly made the first breakthrough in the investigation into the mysterious diseases in Eluru, which has affected over 450 people and left one person dead. Since Saturday, hundreds had taken ill and were admitted to hospitals with complaints of dizziness, fainting spells, headache and vomiting. AP Multiple teams of experts from premier scientific institutions of …
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Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine producer by volume, is close to signing a supply contract with the Indian government and is expected to fix the price at Rs 250 per dose of the vaccine, according to a Reuters report citing Business Standard. The government is pinning its hopes for mass supply on Serum Institute, which lodged the …
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The World Health Organization Foundation has appointed an Indian-origin health expert, Anil Soni, as its first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to address the most vital health challenges all across the globe. The Foundation is an independent grant-making agency based out of Geneva in Switzerland and was launched in May 2020 to work alongside the WHO and the global health community. …
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A CRPF jawan along with his associate is in custody for allegedly extorting Rs 30,000 from a private company employee. They did it by pretending to be Crime Branch officials in Naroda, Ahmedabad. The accused are Yunus Rana (33), a CRPF jawan, and Bhuriyo Nagar alias Amit (35), a history-sheeter. They approached Amit (name changed) at a pan shop in …
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Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij has announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been admitted to a hospital. Vij, who is also the state’s home minister, urged all those who had come in contact with him recently to get tested. BCCL “I have been tested Corona positive. I am admitted in Civil Hospital Ambala Cantt. All those …
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A group of 25 Muslim men have been serving langar (community kitchen) over the past few days to farmers protesting against the Centre’s contentious new farm laws at Delhi’s Singhu border. The team of the Muslim Federation of Punjab, led by Faaroqi Mubeen, say they have arrived at the Singhu border to “serve the farmers who feed everyone”. “The ‘langar’ …
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Amid the ongoing protests by farmers from Punjab and Haryana, someone has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the authorities to immediately remove farmers, who are protesting at several Delhi border points against the new farm laws. The petition says that the commuters are facing hardships due to the road blockades and the gatherings might lead …
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