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Country pays tribute to Milkha, PM describes him ‘colossal sportsperson’
19 Jun

Country pays tribute to Milkha, PM describes him ‘colossal sportsperson’

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India's ace sprinter Milkha Singh passed away on Friday at the age of 91 after a month-long battle with Covid-19. "It is with extreme sadness that we would like to inform you that Milkha Singh Ji passed away at 11.30 pm on the 18th of June 2021," read a family statement. Milkha Singh died just 5 days after his wife, former India volleyball captain Nirmal Kaur passed away due to the same illness at the age of 85. Milkha and Nirmal Singh are survived by three daughters Dr Mona Singh, Aleeza Grover, Sonia Sanwalka, and son Jeev Milkha, who is…
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Twitter Officials Appear Before Shashi Tharoor-Led Parliamentary Panel
18 Jun

Twitter Officials Appear Before Shashi Tharoor-Led Parliamentary Panel

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Twitter representatives on Friday appeared before a parliamentary panel that had called the social media giant to discuss the issue of safeguarding citizens' rights and preventing misuse of online platforms. The parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, heard their views on the subject. Top officials of Twitter are being called at a time when the government has clashed with the American social media giant over a range of issues including its stand on the new IT rules. “We appreciate opportunity to share our views before Standing Committee on IT. Twitter stands prepared to work…
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Virus Still Among Us, Can Mutate, Warns PM Modi
18 Jun

Virus Still Among Us, Can Mutate, Warns PM Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched six crash course programmes to train and upskill around one lakh frontline workers to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.Speaking on the occasion, PM Modi urged people to remain cautious, stressing that the virus is "still amongst us" and the possibility of it mutating is also there. He also said the government is committed to providing free Covid vaccination for everyone starting June 21. "In the second wave of coronavirus, we saw what kind of challenges the ever-changing form of this virus can bring before us," PM Modi said. The six programmes – called…
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Delhi’s Baba ka Dhaba owner Kanta Prasad attempts suicide, admitted to hospital
18 Jun

Delhi’s Baba ka Dhaba owner Kanta Prasad attempts suicide, admitted to hospital

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Baba ka Dhaba owner Kanta Prasad attempted suicide on Thursday night by consuming sleeping pills, police said. The 80-year-old man was rushed to Safdarjung hospital in an unconscious state at around 11.30pm. "Kanta Prasad, 80-year-old owner of 'Baba Ka Dhaba' was admitted to Safdarjung Hospital last night. He was brought in an unconscious condition after he consumed alcohol & sleeping pills. Statement of his son has been recorded for the same. Probe is going on," said DCP, South, Atul Thakur. Back in 2020, Kanta Prasad and his wife shot to overnight fame after YouTuber Gaurav Wasan shot a video of…
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Police arrest popular YouTuber Madan Kumar for using vulgar languages in livestreams
18 Jun

Police arrest popular YouTuber Madan Kumar for using vulgar languages in livestreams

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Popular YouTuber Madan Kumar has been arrested for allegedly live-streaming online games, including PUBG, with vulgar and obscene conversations with women. The cybercrime wing of the Chennai Police arrested Madan on Friday from a relative's home in Dharmapuri. The city police's Central Crime Branch also arrested Madan's wife Kruthika, who was the administrator of the YouTube channels on which gaming videos with foul language Madan was using towards women were being uploaded, the police said. Meanwhile, the Madras High Court dismissed an anticipatory bail petition filed by Madan, as the police had already taken him into custody in Dharmapuri even…
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Speaker Om Birla defends new Parliament construction
18 Jun

Speaker Om Birla defends new Parliament construction

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Om Birla, Speaker of Lok Sabha has defended the construction of a new Parliament building as part of the Central Vista project. He said “It’s not a matter of the government’s ego" and that the 100-year-old building is unsafe and not appropriate for several functions of the House. “Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha had requested the government that the current building, which is historic and unparalleled in the world, is now 100 years old and is not earthquake-safe,” said Om Birla. He further said the iconic building constructed by the British is inadequate in many ways and a new-age…
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