In some good news for India’s battle against COVID-19, the caseload has been falling for a few weeks now as the infection rate is slowing down. India’s active COVID-19 caseload fell below eight lakh for the first time in one-and-a-half months and account for merely 10.70 per cent of the total cases, the Union Health Ministry …
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Ten years after a 19-year-old engineering student was thrown off the terrace of a three-storied building in Bengaluru‘s KR Puram, his two friends — now software engineers — have been sentenced to seven years in jail. The two have been accused of attempt to murder and were implicated by the victim himself, as reported by TOI. Bengaluru Police The story …
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South African captain Quinton de Kock scored a brilliant unbeaten 78 as Indian Premier League champions Mumbai Indians inflicted a crushing defeat on England counterpart Eoin Morgan in his first game leading Kolkata Knight Riders. Morgan, who took over after Dinesh Karthik quit just hours before the game, won the toss but nothing else. He saw his batsmen and bowlers …
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In what is a rare feat, parents and doctors birthed a baby using IVF along with preimplantation genetic testing with matching HLA. This was done so that she could donate her bone marrow to her 6-year-old brother suffering from thalassemia major, an inherited blood disorder, as per a report in The New Indian Express. Abhijeet was born back in 2013 …
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On 5 October, two boys were killed in Buthidaung Township, Rakhine State, in crossfire between Myanmar’s military Tatmadaw and the separatist Arakan Army. Jump To Children used as human shields What are grave violations as per CTFMR? Backgrounder Children used as “human shields” This occurred after the children, as part of a group of 15 local farmers, were alleged to …
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Heavy to very heavy rains continue to batter all five south Indian states being affected by the downpours. Telangana remains the worst-hit in the ongoing rains with flooding being reported from across the state. So far thirty people have died after heavy rains in the state till Wednesday. Thousands of people have been left stranded in the state with roads …
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Hospitals in Kolkata are seeing a rush of Covid patients after a quiet time for 10 days in August-end and early-September. A few hospitals have managed to match the demand for beds but many are having a tough time coping with the inflow of patients. The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) has called for a meeting to discuss …
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According to British law, fugitive Indian businessman Vijay Mallya has exhausted all his legal options to prevent the country from handing over him to India. But the UK government had indicated that Mallya is unlikely to be extradited to India anytime soon, saying there is a legal issue that needed to be resolved before his extradition can be arranged. AFP …
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With more than 10,000 COVID-19 cases in a day for the first time, Kerala is turning out to be a major concern for India’s battle against coronavirus. Kerala crossed the 2.5 lakh mark on Wednesday and has the highest number of active COVID-19 cases per million population in the country followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka. BCCL While 2.5 lakh cases …
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The national capital’s air pollution levels reduced slightly and were recorded in the “moderate” category on Friday morning. The city recorded an air quality index (AQI) of 198 which falls in the “moderate” category. The 24-hour average AQI was 208 on Thursday. AP Delhi”s air quality had turned poor on Wednesday, the first time in since June 29, with the …
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