At 7.5 degrees Celsius, Delhi on Friday recorded its lowest minimum temperature in the month of November since November 29, 2006, when the city recorded a low of 7.3 degrees Celsius. AFP This is the third day when the minimum temperature is below 10°C. Hence, it is officially a cold wave situation as the temperature …
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A motorist slammed the local authorities for failing to repair a huge pothole on a country road by roping his son into a photoshoot to show the size of the crater. Aron Cross, 52, made his son go inside the pothole in Wycoller, near Pendle, UK. Aron had reported the pothole to the Lancashire County Council’s highway department a year …
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As the COVID-19 situation in Delhi continues to remain critical, the government is planning to carry out more tests among the residence to check the spread of the infection. But due to the high demand for testing kits, scaling up the number of daily tests conducted has been a challenge in the national capital, like the rest of the country. …
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Globalisation is the name of the game and when a festival like Diwali leaves India and travels all the way to New Zealand, you realise that it’s a small world after all. One video that has become the rage on social media is that of a group of police officers dancing to Bollywood songs to celebrate the festival of lights. …
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The BBC announced the immediate start of an investigation into how it obtained an explosive 1995 interview with Princess Diana that lifted the lid on her troubled marriage to Prince Charles. The probe has been ordered into allegations that one of its reporters lied and fabricated documents in order to secure the interview and “make Diana talk”. nypost. The corporation said …
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A woman from UAE travelled around the world in a record-breaking time, as per a TNN report. Dr. Khawla Al Romaithi set a new world record for the fastest time to travel all seven continents. She did in a mere 3 days 14 hours 46 minutes 48 seconds. In other words, less than 87 hours. Khawla visited 208 countries and …
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Weeks after the Karnataka and Haryana governments said they were considering legislation against “love jihad”, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra said the state government would soon bring in a law to counter the problem. AFP Jump To Provisions of the bill Heres some context Provisions of the bill A bill may be brought in in the next assembly session …
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India has a long list of tall statues, from the Statue of Unity to the proposed Lord Ram Statue in Ayodhya and the Chhatrapati Shivaji statue in Maharashtra, the list only keeps growing. The latest to join the list is a 215-metre idol of Lord Hanuman that will be installed at Karnataka’s Pampapur Kishkindh. Representational Image Kishkindha is believed to …
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As Delhi continues to battle an “unprecedented” situation due to the third wave of COVID-19 outbreak, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said that the government may implement a shutdown in markets where norms are not being followed. Since cases are rising in Delhi, we are sending a general proposal to Central Govt, that if required, Delhi Govt can implement shutting …
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For most Hindus, firecrackers are synonymous with Diwali but with rising toxic air pollution and a resurge in COVID cases, most states in the country banned bursting of firecrackers. However, the ban was up in flames as people completely flouted the rule. Most non-BJP ruled states including Delhi, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Odisha and Maharashtra imposed a complete ban on bursting …
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