Mumbai Police’s crime branch arrested a 25-year-old engineer along with his 32-year-old aide, on November 5, for drug peddling. 9 kg of imported marijuana worth Rs 1.62 crore was found on them, as per a TNN report. After getting a tip, an anti-narcotic cell team with inspector Anil Wadhawane in charge took into custody Yash …
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Delhi is reeling under the third wave of COVID-19 amid the staggering rise in air pollution, leading to fewer beds in hospitals to accommodate patients. Doctors said the number of vacant beds are shrinking fast and outpatient departments (OPDs) witnessing a spike in footfall. Besides this, ICU beds with ventilators at most top private hospitals and major Centre-run facilities are …
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Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 vaccine could be launched months earlier than expected — as early as February — as last-stage trials begin this month with studies so far showing it is safe and effective, a senior government scientist told Reuters. Bharat Biotech, a private company that is developing COVAXIN with the government-run Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), had earlier hoped …
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Scrap is set to turn into art. As per a News18 Bangla report, Kolkata is all set to get India’s first ‘Tyre Park’. Confused? Don’t be. It is built by the West Bengal State Transport Department at the Esplanade Bus Depot. Discarded items are being used to make art. “The idea behind the park is that waste can be converted …
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The Rajasthan government has decided to ban the sale of firecrackers during the festive season in the state in the wake of the crisis created by the coronavirus pandemic. Protecting the lives of people is paramount for the government in this challenging time, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said while reviewing the coronavirus situation on Sunday. AFP He also said the …
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On Thursday, former Malaysian Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad, courted some controversy after he claimed that Muslims had a right “to kill millions of French people.” Mohamad, in a series of tweets which were posted shortly after a knife-wielding man launched a deadly attack in Nice, went on an attack on France and its French President Emmanuel Macron, over the country’s …
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A 52-year-old woman from an affluent family in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad city was hacked to death allegedly by her daughter-in-law over a family feud, said police on Wednesday. PTI The 29-year-old accused Nikita Agarwal, who got married just 10 months ago, was arrested on Wednesday by the Sola police on charges of killing her mother-in-law Rekha Agarwal, with an iron rod. A …
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An undated video of a leopard jumping over a gate while chasing its prey has garnered a lot of views after being shared by Mumbai-based wildlife biologist Nikit Surve. Screenshot of viral twitter video Viewed over 45,000 times, the nine-second-long footage was even shared on Twitter by Susanta Nanda of the Indian Forest Services on Monday. In the footage, a small animal – …
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As air quality continues to deteriorate across the world after the coronavirus lockdown was eased, a study has found about 15 per cent of deaths worldwide from COVID-19 may be linked to long-term exposure to air pollution. Researchers, including those from Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany, found that in Europe the proportion of COVID-19 deaths linked to air pollution …
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About 34 per cent of 1,463 candidates in the second phase of the Bihar Assembly election have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to a report by poll rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). About 27 per cent or 389 candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves, it said. Serious criminal cases are non-bailable offences with over five …
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