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30 Dec

In 2021 India Saw Record Deaths (126) of Tigers

editor0 CommentsIndiaINDIA, tiger, wildlife

India's tiger conservation body said 126 of the endangered big cats died in 2021, the highest toll since it began compiling data a decade ago. The most recent death was recorded on Wednesday in Madhya Pradesh, according to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). India is home to around 75% of the world's tigers. Over the past decade the biggest cause of death was recorded by the NTCA as being "natural causes", but many also fell victim to poachers and "human-animal conflict". The government has made efforts to manage the tiger population better, however, reserving 50 habitats across the country…

29 Dec

There in wake of the Omicron outbreak, Goa has recently enacted law that requires full vaccination or a Covid-19 negative report before attending a party

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For attending parties or entering restaurants in Goa, Pramod Sawant, the state's chief minister, announced on Wednesday that a person must provide either a negative Covid-19 report or a double vaccination certificate. Sawant told reporters that the state government would issue a detailed order to this effect on Wednesday evening. Despite the fact that several states have restored night curfews in reaction to the Omicron warning, the state government has decided to skip it for the time being in order to protect the tourism industry during the Christmas-New Year festive season. Sawant has assured that his government is checking up…

29 Dec

Third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has started in Bihar

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, Health, Indiabihar, COVID 19, nitishkumar

The third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has started in Bihar. Inaugurating the 96th National Conference of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar appreciates the role of doctors in saving the lives during the last two waves of the epidemic. He also informed the House about the work being done by the government for the improvement of health facilities in Bihar. He said, "Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) is being developed as a world class facility with more than 5,400 beds. The number of beds is also being increased in NMCH and some other medical…

29 Dec

South Indian film industry caught attention of whole India

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This year the South Indian movies has made news PAN India. Several regional movies were in Netflix and Amazon Prime Video has reached a wider viewership. From Jai Bhim to Pushpa, all the movies bagged attention of audiences this year. Along with Master, Joji, Annathee, Maha Smudram were in the list of top movie watches. This year the movies are like power packed performances. Those who haven’t watched them can make a watchlist soon to enjoy the season with drama, action and thriller.

29 Dec

Delhi’s air quality still standing in the ‘Poor’ category with AQI at 286

editor0 CommentsBreaking News, Indiaair polution, Delhi, environment

As per the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research,the air quality of Delhi stays in the 'poor' category, An AQI between 0 to 50 is considered as 'good', 51 to 100 as 'satisfactory', 101 to 200 as 'moderate', 201 and 300 as 'poor', 301 and 400 as 'very poor', and 401 and 500 as 'severe'. The air quality of Noida with AQI at 301 is in 'very poor' category and the air quality in Gurugram slipped down to the 'poor' category with AQI at 297. SAFAR in its bulletin said that the national capital is likely to witness…

28 Dec

SpiceJet’s ‘Wow Winter Sale’ offer is live now

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SpiceJet has announced the ‘Wow Winter Sale’ offers with an all-inclusive one-way fare starting at Rs 1,122 for travel from December 27 to 31. The offer is for the afore mentioned fares will be applicable to destinations such as Chennai–Bengaluru, Bengaluru–Chennai, Chennai–Hyderabad, Jammu–Srinagar, among others on its domestic network. To avail zero change fee, booking must be modified at least two days prior to the flight departure date; fare difference if any will be applicable. SpiceJet is also offering a complimentary flight voucher worth Rs 500 with every sale fare booking for their next travel and a flat 25 per…

28 Dec

Delhi issues Yellow Alert to control increasing cases of COVID-19

editor0 CommentsBreaking News, Covid-19, Health, India

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal issues Covid-19 guidelines to control increasing Covid-19 cases. As per the guidelines, the central government offices in Delhi will follow the government orders, however, the private firms will function with 50% of the staff. Multiplexes and cinema halls will shut till further orders. Only weekly one market per zone with 50 % of vendors will be allowed. Restaurants can operate with 50% capacity from 8 am to 10 pm. With that bars can also operate with 50% capacity from 12 noon to 10 pm.

26 Dec

Card-on-File Tokenization

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To safeguard India from mounting cyber and financial fraud cases, the Reserve Bank of India rolled out a landmark decision in September 2021. The new regulation by the central bank permitted the payments networks and issuer Banks to offer card tokenization services as Token Service Providers (TSPs) to the e-commerce Merchants and Payment Aggregators starting 1 January 2022. Tokenization is a mechanism to replace card numbers with a token, i.e., a virtual number, specific to a merchant. When a consumer logs into a merchant app or website, where their card details were stored, they only see the last 4 digits…

24 Dec

Delay UP Elections, Ban Rallies: Court Urges Poll Body, PM Over Omicron

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, India, Politicalelections, Uttar Pradesh

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday requested the Election Commission to postpone the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022 by a month or two, reported news websites. The court also urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the EC to immediately ban rallies and public meetings of political parties in the state amid the rising fears of the highly contagious Covid variant Omicron. "If rallies are not stopped, results will be worse than the second wave," Justice Shekhar Yadav said. The court made the observations while hearing an unconnected bail petition. The observation comes on the same day when PM Modi…

24 Dec

Explosion in Ludhiana court leaves one dead, six injured

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A man was killed and five others injured in a blast at the district courts complex here on Thursday. Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said no one shall be allowed to disturb the hard earned peace of Punjab. He has announced free treatment for all five persons injured in a blast that took place in gents toilet on second floor of District Courts Complex. The blast reportedly took place at 12:22 pm inside a bathroom on the second floor of the building. The explosion damaged the walls of the bathroom and ripped through a section of the building, besides…