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08 Dec

Army chopper crashes in TN, CDS Bipin Rawat on board

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An Army chopper, with Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat on board, crashed in Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor on Wednesday. According to media reports, 5 are reportedly killed in the accident. Three others have been seriously injured. The Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and his wife were on board and their condition is yet to be known. The chopper was on its way from the sulur IAF base to the defence services college (DSC) at Wellington when it crashed. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is understood to have briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the crash. Emergency teams have arrived…

08 Dec

India-Bangladesh completes 50 years of “Maitri Diwas”

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India and Bangladesh will complete 50 years of “Maitri Diwas” on the 6th December of 2021. Both countries are going to celebrate this day and honour their longstanding friendship. To make this day special, both India and Bangladesh are organizing different types of programs together based on the Bangladesh Liberation War. According to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, the names of the winners of the "Logo and Backdrop" designing competition will be announced on December 6. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will release a video message about India-Bangladesh relations and the liberation struggle. On the other side India's Foreign…

07 Dec

India better prepared to face Omicron, says health expert

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India is better prepared to face the Omicron wave, if it comes, but people should always wear double face masks as these continue to be the best protection against any variant and take vaccines while regulatory authorities should authorise emergency use of two oral drugs for treatment of Covid-19, said a health systems expert. Dr Krishna Reddy Nallamalla said while it has become clearly evident that Omicron is more infectious than Delta variant, the ongoing debate is by how much. Preprint research publication from South Africa has convincing evidence that it evades immunity acquired after natural infection. Most of the…

07 Dec

Delhi govt issues notice to 3rd int’l airline for flouting Covid norms

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After Etihad and American Airlines, the Delhi government has issued a show-cause notice to Qatar Airways for failing to follow the mandatory Covid-19 guidelines issued by the Union Health Ministry in the wake of the spread of the Omicron variant. According to a Delhi government notice, the Qatar Airways flight arrived in the national capital on Tuesday from the Hamad International Airport in Doha and it failed to identify 2 per cent travellers of the total people onboard who were supposed to undergo random RT-PCR testing upon their arrival at the Indira Gandhi International Airport. Earlier in the day, the…

03 Dec

Cyclone Jawad Updates: Govt asks agencies to ensure zero loss of life, minimum damage to property

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Cyclone Jawad is likely to reach north coastal Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coast by the morning of December 4, informed the Meteorological Department (IMD), Amaravati Director Stella Samuel on Friday. The storm was located nearly 400 kms away from Visakhapatnam as of Friday noon. After hitting the Andhra Pradesh-south Odisha coast, it is likely to recurve north-northeastwards and move along the Odisha coast, reaching near Puri on December 5. It is likely to continue to move north-northeastwards towards the West Bengal coast. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has earmarked a total of 64 teams to tackle the situation…

03 Dec

Low-pressure system in Bay of Bengal intensifies into cyclonic storm ‘Jawad’

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A low-pressure system in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclonic storm 'Jawad', the India Meteorological Department said on Friday. The cyclonic storm is likely to reach the west-central Bay of Bengal off the coast of north Andhra Pradesh and Odisha by Saturday morning, the IMD said. It will then move north-northeastward along the coast of Odisha and adjoining Andhra Pradesh and touch the coast around Puri by December 5 noon, according to the weather department.Very heavy rainfall is likely to start in north coastal Andhra Pradesh and south coastal Odisha by Friday evening. The intensity of rainfall…

03 Dec

10 Omicron suspects admitted to Delhi’s LNJP Hospital

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A total of 10 persons suspected to be infected with Omicron Covid variant have been admitted to Delhi’s Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital (LNJP). Dr Suresh Kumar, Medical Director, LNJP Hospital, which has been designated for the Omicron infection treatment, said on Friday, “We have admitted a total 10 individuals who are suspected to be of new Covid variant Omicron”. However, he underlined that ‘none of them have been identified yet ti have been infected with the Omicron variant’. He said that their genome sequencing reports are awaited. Kumar said that samples, which have been identified, will be sent for…

29 Nov

Govt. to review decision on resumption of intl. flights

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The government on Sunday announced that the decision on the effective date of resumption of scheduled commercial international passengers’ service from 15 December will be reviewed as per the evolving global scenario in light of a new Covid variant. ”Decision on effective date of resumption of scheduled commercial international passengers’ service, to be reviewed, as per evolving global scenario,” a spokesperson for the Union Home Ministry tweeted. The tweet came after Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla chaired an urgent meeting this morning after Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday held a high-level review meeting on the new Covid variant of concern…

29 Nov

India is becoming a nation of job creator

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India is not becoming a nation of job creators, in his ‘Man Ki Baat’ while applauding the recent surge in startups in the country. “This is the turning point of India’s growth story, where people are now not only dreaming of becoming job seekers but also becoming job creators. This will further strengthen India’s stature on the global stage,” the Prime Minister said. “These days, all we hear about from every corner is about Start-up, Start-up, Start-up. It is true, this is the era of start-up, and it is also true that in the world…

27 Nov

Animal Welfare Experts and Mars Petcare Unveils World’s First Pet Homelessness Index

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Mars Petcare India, in partnership with an advisory board has released the first ever State of Pet Homelessness Index at the Habitat Centre, New Delhi. This is the first methodological measure of pet homelessness, identifying contributing factors in India. The Index is derived from data from more than 200 global and local sources across nine countries, supplemented by new quantitative research based on attitudinal data. There are three pillars that frame the Index and look at various factors influencing pet homelessness. These are all pets wanted, cared for and welcome, that encompass the various aspects of stray dog & cat…