A Houston mother was charged after authorities allege she locked her 13-year-old son in the trunk of her car in an attempt to isolate him after he had tested positive for COVID-19 and then took him to a drive-thru testing site. The 41-year-old is charged with endangering a child. Authorities allege her son was found …
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An Indian-origin Sikh man was assaulted by an unidentified man earlier this week at the John F. Kennedy Internation Airport in New York in a case of suspected hate crime. A video of the incident has gone viral on Twitter after a clip was posted on the platform on Tuesday. The undated 26-second video was uploaded by Navjot Pal Kaur on …
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The Delhi High Court has accepted a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking the release and rehabilitation of the only African elephant in the Delhi Zoo. The plea was filed by 16-year-old Nikita Dhawan, founder of Youth For Animals (YFA). A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notices and sought responses of the Centre, Delhi government, …
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The Cordelia cruise ship, where 66 of them over 2,000 people on board tested positive for coronavirus, has been sent back to Mumbai from Goa with all the passengers after some of the infected persons refused to get admitted to a medical facility in the coastal state, an official from a shipping agency said on Tuesday. The infected passengers would …
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China, Russia, Britain, the United States, and France have agreed that a further spread of nuclear arms and nuclear war should be avoided, according to a joint statement by the five nuclear powers published by the Kremlin, according to a Reuters report. It said that the five countries – which are the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council …
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Amid protests after a botched Army operation in Nagaland‘s Oting, the Centre has declared the entire Nagaland as a “disturbed area” for six more months with effect from December 30 under the AFSPA while terming the state’s condition “disturbed and dangerous”. The move came days after the Union government constituted a high-level committee to examine the possibility of the withdrawal …
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The defence ministry on Wednesday announced a fresh list of 351 sub-systems and components that will not be allowed to be imported under a staggered timeline beginning December next year. It is the third list released by the ministry in the last 16 months and it comes as part of the government’s overall aim to make India a hub of …
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Ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays, as the number of Omicron COVID-19 cases grow, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday issued orders to initiate strict measures, including a statewide night curfew from December 25. The coronavirus night curfew will be applicable from 11 pm to 5 am. The number of people attending events like marriages has …
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Amid the rise in the number of Covid-19 cases, the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has released new guidelines for domestic and international passengers arriving at the Delhi Airport. “Attention travellers! Travelling to Delhi? Take a look at the latest State-wise Quarantine Guidelines. Take all the necessary measures and be a #COVID_Hero #TravelSafeTravelMindfully,” said the ministry in a tweet. …
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A cyber crook reportedly defrauded a cargo service company of Rs 37.19 lakh by sending an email from a fake address, as per TNN. A case was filed at the CBD Belapur police station in Navi Mumbai on December 17. The cargo service company had used the services of a China-based firm back in August. A month later, the Chinese …
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