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17 Jun

China launches crewed space mission to its new space station

editor0 CommentsNorth EastChina, international, space

China has launched three astronauts into orbit to begin occupation of the country's new space station. Astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo are to spend three months aboard the Tianhe module some 380km above the Earth. It will be China's longest crewed space mission to date and the first in nearly five years. The crew successfully docked with the space station just over seven hours after the launch. Their Shenzhou-12 capsule took off atop its Long March 2F rocket on Thursday. Lift-off from the Jiuquan satellite launch centre in the Gobi desert was at 09:22 Beijing time (01:22…

17 Jun

Third largest diamond in the world found in Botswana

editor0 CommentsNorth Eastafrica, diamond, international

A diamond believed to be the third largest ever found has been put on display in Botswana. The stone - weighing 1,098 carats - was shown to President Mokgweetsi Masisi, two weeks after the diamond firm, Debswana, unearthed it. The huge gem is only slightly less heavy than the world's second-largest diamond which was also found in Botswana in 2015. Botswana is Africa's largest producer of diamonds. "This is the largest diamond to be recovered by Debswana in its history of over 50 years in operation. From our preliminary analysis it could be the world's third largest gem quality stone."…

17 Jun

Streets water-logged in Kolkata and several parts of West Bengal: IMD predicts more rainfall

editor0 CommentsNorth EastINDIA, kolkata, Weather, west bengal

Kolkata and several parts of West Bengal received incessant rain on Wednesday and Thursday. According to reports, Bengal will continue to receive heavy rainfall along with thunderstorms over the next two days. In Kolkata, several arterial roads and alleys were seen to be submerged in water and large parts of the city remained waterlogged throughout the day, after overnight rainfall on Wednesday. The southern parts of Kolkata received more rainfall than the north, leaving streets and alleys waterlogged in Ballygunge Circular Road, Loudon Street, Southern Avenue and places in Kasba, Behala and Tollygunge. The weather department has predicted that West…

17 Jun

Police complaint filed against actor Swara Bhaskar over Ghaziabad assault video

editor0 CommentsNorth Eastcrime, Delhi, ghaziabad, INDIA, Swara bhaskar, Twitter

Delhi Police have lodged complaint against multiple personalities over the Ghaziabad assault video. The names include actor Swara Bhaskar, Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Asif Khan of Twitter India and Manish Maheshwari, who is the Twitter India head. The complaint was lodged by advocate Amit Acharya at Delhi's Tilak Marg police station. Delhi Police has meanwhile launched a probe but an FIR is yet to be lodged over the fresh complaint. Earlier, an FIR had named Twitter Inc, Twitter Communications India and news website The Wire, journalists Mohammed Zubair and Rana Ayyub, Congress leaders Shama Mohamed, Salman Nizami, Maskoor Usmani and writer…

17 Jun

PM Modi Calls For “Repair And Prepare” As India Emerges From Pandemic

editor0 CommentsNorth EastINDIA, PM Modi

As India emerges from a devastating second wave of Covid-19 infections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the focus must be on repairing and preparing the health infrastructure as well as the economy for future challenges.To prepare a base for a sustained higher growth rate, the government continues to unleash reforms and has also extended free food distribution schemes to aid the poor hit hard by the pandemic. "Over the past year, we have witnessed a lot of disruption in different sectors. Much of it is still there," PM Modi said at the VivaTech Summit. In his address, he…

17 Jun

Madhya Pradesh: Transfer-tired Lokesh Kumar Jangid officer vents anguish, gets showcaused

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An IAS officer in Madhya Pradesh has been sent a show cause notice by the government following his corruption allegations against the state’s bureaucrats on a private social media group of IAS officers, which got leaked. Lokesh Jangid sought three years’ deputation to home state Maharashtra citing personal reasons. But in the leaked posts, he indicated that he was being repeatedly transferred because of his inability to tolerate corruption. In four-and-half years, he claimed he was transferred nine times. The state government issued showcause notice to the officer for "indiscipline" and sought reply within a week. Confirming the notice, cabinet…

17 Jun

India logs 67,208 COVID-19 cases, 2330 deaths in last 24 hours

editor0 CommentsNorth EastCovid-19, INDIA

India on Wednesday reported 67,208 new COVID-19 cases as 2330 more patients succumbed to the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said. India’s overall tally of Covid-19 cases now stands at 2,97,00,313 with 3,81,903 deaths so far. According to the Health Ministry, a total of 1,03,570 people have been discharged in the last 24 hours, with 2,84,91,670 being cured of Covid till date. The Health Ministry said that a total of 26,55,19,251 people have been vaccinated so far in the country. 38,52,38,220 samples have been tested up to June 16 in the country including…

16 Jun

Chirag Paswan expels 5 MPs, Paras & Co oust him as LJP chief

editor0 CommentsNorth Eastbihar

Now the Lok Janshakti Party LJP ) has officially split into two, with the rival factions claiming to be the "real" edition and enacting the by now familiar routine of expelling each other. Soon after the rebel group, led by Chirag Paswan 's uncle Pasupati Kumar Paras removed him from the national president's post at the party's "emergency meeting", the Chirag-controlled national executive committee expelled five rebel MPs led by Paras for "anti-party activities". Both sides claimed they have followed the due procedure of calling "emergency" meetings for taking the decision. Each also claimed it is the "original" LJP and…

16 Jun

Coca-Cola’s market value dropped by $4 billion

editor0 CommentsNorth Eastcoca-cola, Cristiano Ronaldo, Euro 2020, football

Coca-Cola is one of the official sponsors of Euro 2020 lost its market value by $4 billion. The market value of Coca-Cola went from $242 billion to $238 billion after a press conference of Cristiano Ronaldo. Cristiano Ronaldo was angry because they put Coca Cola in front of him at the Portugal press conference, instead of water! 😂He moved them and said "Drink water" 😆pic.twitter.com/U1aJg9PcXq— FutbolBible (@FutbolBible) June 14, 2021 At the press conference in Budapest before Portugal vs Hungary match at Euro 2020, Ronaldo made it well known what he feels about carbonated drinks. He pushed aside a couple…

16 Jun

Holding protest not terror act: Delhi High Court

editor0 CommentsNorth EastDelhi High Court

Protesting without arms is a fundamental right and not a “terrorist activity”, the Delhi high court said on Tuesday, granting bail to three university students jailed under stringent anti-terror provisions in connection with the north-east Delhi riots last year. A division bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Anup J Bhambhani didn’t mince words in three separate bail orders, saying it was “constrained to say that it appears that in its anxiety to suppress dissent and in the morbid fear that matters may get out of hand, the state has blurred the line between the constitutionally guaranteed ‘right to protest’ and…