Domestic carrier IndiGo has banned nine media persons from flying with it for 15 days due to unruly behaviour onboard. The decision was taken after the recommendation of the internal committee which reviewed the conduct of the media persons on board a flight on September 9 on which Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut was heading to …
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Over-speeding led to a maximum number of road crashes and deaths in India in 2019, revealed the annual road accident report of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. According to the report released by the ministry’s Transport Research Wing, 1,51,113 people were killed, and 4,51,361 persons were injured in 4,49,002 road crashes in India in 2019. BCCL/ File The …
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As things looked up earlier, the Mizoram government decided to open schools for the students of classes X and XII. However, with the rising number of locally transmitted cases, the state government has decided to shut all schools that were reopened. Mizoram Education Minister Lalchhandama Ralte also said that some pupils have tested positive for the infection. The schools that …
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Roads crumbling in India are nothing new. Even if it is a few hours after being built. But 15-year-old Suhani Bisht, from Dewarkhadora village in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, decided to do something about it. As per a report in The New Indian Express, she shot a video and posted it on social media. This was after the 10 km stretch …
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U.S President Donald Trump‘s lawyer Rudy Giuliani fell for an embarrassing Sacha Baron Cohen prank in the soon-to-be-released sequel to hit movie “Borat.” Giuliani can be seen in a compromising position in a hotel room with a young woman acting as a television journalist in a scene in Cohen’s latest mockumentary. AP But first who is Baron Cohen? Baron Cohen …
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The government has opened cinema halls and schools as part of the unlocking process, but the excitement among people remains damp. The first weekend of the reopening of cinema halls after a halt of almost seven months due to the coronavirus pandemic witnessed a poor response from the public in general, with theatres getting a meagre 10-15 per cent footfall. …
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Kavya S Bhat was 2 when she was diagnosed with bilateral retinoblastoma, an eye condition that caused her to lose her vision. But it did not dampen her resolve to complete her higher education. As per a report in The New Indian Express, Kavya bagged 2 gold medals and 2 cash prizes for scoring the highest marks in MA (Political …
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All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), according to the Hindustan Times, have reported first case of brain nerve damage related to the novel coronavirus in a child. The virus has inflicted the damage in an 11-year-old girl, leading to a blurred vision. “We have found COVID-19 infection-induced Acute Demyelinating Syndrome (ADS) in an 11-year-old girl. This is the first case …
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It is said there is not a bigger joy than feeding others. Whether the times are good or bad, there is someone out there trying to help those in need. And, even during such testing times, stories emerged where people with limited means offered food to the distressed. 1. Vikas Khanna Award-winning chef Vikas Khanna who lives in New York has …
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Over the last few years, I received a trickle of email asking me when Beats’ might release an upgraded version of its once-popular BeatsX neckband-style headphones. Truth be told, I didn’t think I’d ever see a version 2.0, but now it’s arrived with a new name — the Beats Flex — and a much-cheaper $50 (£50, AU$80) price tag, which is …
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