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Srinagar: In another huge success, the security forces on Tuesday gunned down two terrorists, who were responsible for the killing of CRPF personnel and five-year-old child in Jammu and Kashmir's Bijbehara district three days ago. In a statement, the security forces said that a joint search operation was launched by the Indian Army, CRPF and the Jammu and Kashmir police at the Waghama area in the Anantnag district after they received specific information about the presence of militants in the area. The search operation turned into an encounter after militants fired upon a search party of the forces, who retaliated, the officials noted.    "In…

Mumbai: Security has been tightened at and around Mumbai’s Taj Hotel and Taj Lands End hotel after the authorities received a bomb threat call from Pakistan. A person who claimed to be a member of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit made a call to the two iconic hotels at around 12 midnight on Monday and threatened to blow them up. Following the bomb threat call, heavy security forces have been deployed outside the hotels and all roads leading to them have been closed. Security tightened outside Taj Hotels and nearby areas after a threat call was received yesterday from Karachi, Pakistan…

New Delhi: A potential COVID-19 vaccine, the first to be developed in India, has been given DCGI (Drug Controller General of India) approval for Phase I and II human clinical trials that are scheduled to start across the country in July. Developed by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, in association with ICMR (Indian Council for Medical Research), COVAXIN is an inactivated vaccine, created from a strain of the infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus, that has shown promise in preclinical studies, demonstrating extensive safety and effective immune responses. Drug manufacturers around the world are racing to develop a vaccine against the novel coronavirus; a novel virus…

Amazon quiz answers today, June 29 2020: Amazon ₹50,000 Amazon Pay Balance quiz answersAmazon India is back with the daily Amazon Quiz where users can answer questions and stand a chance to win exciting prizes. The Amazon Quiz for  June 29, 2020, is live now, and the winner will be eligible to win a '50,000 Amazon Pay Balance. Amazon quizzes focus on product trivia and provide the opportunity for customers to win exciting prizes. The prizes for these quizzes range from free products (including mobile phones and other gadgets) and goodies to Amazon Pay balance. Check out the questions and…

New Delhi: Large swathes of the country is set to remain under lockdown as the government announced the second phase of the country's gradual emergence from restrictions. While lockdown will stay containment zones, the other areas will have certain relaxations in terms of night curfew and people's presence in shops. But there will be no big ticket changes yet like opening of schools and colleges, cinema halls, gymnasiums, swimming pools, bars and assembly halls or metro services will not happen yet. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to address the country tomorrow at 4 pm as the fifth phase of lockdown…

India govt banned TikTok, Shareit, UC Browser 59 Chinese apps. The move came amid tension with China following the June 15 clashes at Ladakh in which 20 Indian soldiers died in action and more than 70 were injured. In a statement, the government said the apps were blocked "in view of information available they are engaged in activities which is prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order".