Seventeen-year-old Madhu Arya, a resident of Sheopur Madhya Pradesh, has achieved what many only dream of. Daughter of a shoe-seller, Madhu overcame all odds to find a place in the merit list for the MP Board Class 12 Result 2020 declared yesterday. To sustain the family of eight, Madhu’s father sells shoes on the footpath …
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Chellanam village in Ernakulam District is a typical fisherman village and like most of them, Chellanam too faces rising sea waters, and land erosion every year during the annual monsoon season. BCCL This year too, things are no different, sea incursions have caused much misery to the residents, who have seen their homes and land flooded. Usually when the sea …
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Internet services were shut down in Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019 along with telephone services ahead of the abrogation of Article 370. Though limited landline, mobile and internet services were restored earlier this year, 4G services was not. BCCL/FILE And it seems like Kashmiris will have to continue their wait for 4G internet as the Union Ministry of Home …
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In an incident which shows how addictive mobile gaming is in the lives of youngsters, a 12-year-old boy allegedly took his own life by hanging himself using a dupatta at home in Mumbai’s Govandi neighbourhood after his mother scolded him for playing video games on mobile. The incident happened in the area of Shivaji Nagar Police. A police official said …
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Herd Immunity has been described as one of the key factors if we are to win the battle against COVID-19. It occurs when a large percentage of a population becomes immune to an infection, thus making it potentially less dangerous. REUTERS While it is mostly achieved through mass vaccinations, a vaccine for COVID-19 is still months or even years away. …
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Airline companies in India were not among the most profitable ones and COVID-19 and travel restrictions that followed made the situation even worse. Though air travel has resumed in the country, the industry does not expect it to go back to normal for at least a couple of more years. And that has put the airlines in a tough spot. …
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BCCL In early June, the Delhi Government was preparing for the worst when the total number of COVID-19 cases in the national capital was predicted to be 5.5 lakh by the end of July. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: Jump To 1) To Prevent Animal Deaths In Floods, Govt To Build A 32-km Artificial Highland Inside …
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued red alerts for five states in the East and North-East India in the coming days at a time when the region is already under a heavy flood, which has thrown normal life out of gear. AP Things are not looking good for Assam, the worst-hit state where the IMD has issued a yellow …
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Kerala became the first state to acknowledge that parts of the state have reached stage three – also known as community transmission when patients who have no travel or contact history tests positive and the source of the infection is unknown. BCCL Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday confirmed that community transmission of Covid-19 has occurred in two coastal hamlets of …
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A leopard that was declared a man-eater after it allegedly killed two people this month in Almora district of Uttarakhand has been shot dead. The big cat was shot dead by hunters engaged by the Uttarakhand Forest Department on Thursday. twitter The leopard was declared a man-eater and dangerous to human life after a protest by local residents following the …
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