North East - The Purbottar

24 May

Sushil Kumar should be hanged :Sagar Rana’s parents

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Sagar Rana's bereaved parents have called for capital punishment to Sushil Kumar, urging the authorities to investigate the murder case involving the 2-time Olympic medalist properly. Sushil and his associates have been accused of murdering Sagar, a 23-year-old wrestler who used to train at the Chhatrasal Stadium in Delhi. Sagar Rana's parents are wary that Sushil Kumar will try to influence the investigation using his "political influence". Sagar's father Ashok has said that a court enquiry should also be conducted so that the political links of Sushil do not tamper with the police investigation. The late wrestler's mother has lashed…

23 May

Shilpa Shetty gets her home sanitized, took Instagram to show it.

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It was indeed a tough time for Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty when her whole family including her children - 9-year-old Viaan and 1-year-old Samisha tested positive for COVID-19. But, as they have battled the corona fight, Shilpa is getting her residence sanitised! The 'Dhadkan' star took to her Instagram story and shared a glimpse of the post-COVID recovery sanitisation taking place at her residence. This process took place a day after Shilpa celebrated her son Viaan's 9th birthday. On her Instagram handle, she posted a sweet throwback video shot when her son was four years old. Along with the video,…

23 May

Class 12 Board Exams Live Updates: GOM Meeting Begins; Ministers Discuss 12th, Entrance Exams

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The high-level meeting to be attended by four union ministers, state education ministers, and secretaries of education ministries will likely address the issue of Class 12 board exams, and entrance exams for professional courses amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While announcing the virtual meeting, Mr. Pokhriyal has also sought inputs from all the stakeholders - students, parents, teachers, and others through Twitter. And now, a section of students is campaigning for the cancellation of exams on social media tagging their posts with #cancelboardexams and #cancelallboardexams. Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education and CBSE are exploring options regarding…

23 May

Cyclone, named ‘Yaas’, may hit areas near West Bengal

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The current ‘low pressure area’ over Bay of Bengal is very likely to intensify into a “very severe cyclonic storm” on May 25 and will reach north Bay of Bengal near West Bengal and adjoining north Odisha and Bangladesh coasts around May 26 morning, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its update on Saturday. Warm water temperatures and light wind shear over the northern Bay of Bengal can allow this tropical low to continue to strengthen through the rest of the weekend and into the beginning of next week. The landfall of the cyclone, named ‘Yaas’, is expected around…

22 May

Calcutta Municipal Corporation gears up for Yaas impact

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The Calcutta Municipal Corporation convened meetings with CESC and disaster management agencies throughout Thursday. The approach was different from last year — 36 hours had passed after Amphan when the CMC convened a coordination meeting to restore normality in the city. Personnel of the National Disaster Response Force will be kept on high alert from May 25, a day before the cyclone is tipped to hit land, officials said.The coastal districts of Gangetic Bengal are set to get rainfall, accompanied by gusts of wind, from May 25 as Cyclone Yaas nears the Bengal coast, the Met office said on Friday.…

22 May

The Atlanta Club of Kolkata converted the Puja Mandap into a safe home

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Atlanta Club puja committee from Kolkata has converted their puja mandap into a safe home. The puja committee has said that they are possibly the first club in the whole of India to turn into a critical care unit and not just an isolation center. A few days ago, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a meeting with the puja committees of Kolkata, urged them to help in the fight against COVID-19. Meanwhile, Atalanta, a typical neighborhood club, which in normal times holds Durga Puja and various other cultural events, and which has now turned into a full-fledged COVID-19…

22 May

Einstein handwritten “Theory of Special Relativity” sells for $1.2 million

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Albert Einstein's letter in which he writes out his famous E=mc2 equation has sold at auction for more than $1.2 million about three times more than it was expected to get Boston-based RR Auction said Friday. Archivists at the Einstein Papers Project at the California Institute of Technology and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem say there are only three other known examples of Einstein writing the world-changing equation in his own hand. This fourth example the only one in a private collection only became public recently according to RR Auction which had expected it to sell for about $400,000. It’s…

22 May

Joe Biden reiterates ‘no shift in commitment to Israel’s security’; backs two-state plan

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US President Joe Biden on Friday pledged to help organize efforts to rebuild Gaza and said creating a Palestinian state alongside Israel is the "only answer" to the conflict.Biden also said he had told the Israelis to stop "intercommunal fighting" in the flashpoint city of Jerusalem. However he stressed "there is no shift in my commitment, commitment to the security of Israel" and added that until the region "unequivocally" acknowledges Israel's existence "there will be no peace." US policy under Donald Trump was criticized as being blatantly pro-Israel and ignoring the Palestinians. A Mideast peace plan devised by Trump’s adviser…

22 May

Cyclone Tauktae: 26 still missing, Navy deploys diving teams to look for bodies

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With no trace of 15 personnel from barge P305 and 11 from tugboat Varaprada six days after Cyclone Tauktae fury rendered the vessels adrift, the Navy on Saturday deployed specialised diving teams to boost the search and rescue operations (SAR) off Mumbai coast. “To augment the ongoing SAR ops for the missing crew of Barge P305 and Tug Varaprada, specialised diving teams onboard INS Makar with side-scan sonar and INS Tarasa sailed out early morning today from Mumbai,” a Navy spokesperson tweeted. The death toll on barge P305 that sank in the Arabian Sea on Monday reached 60 on Friday…

22 May

COVID crisis in India a warning of possible events in other low- and middle-income countries: IMF

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Observing that the ongoing "catastrophic" second wave of COVID-19 in India is a sign that the worst may be yet to come, the IMF has said that the situation in the country is a warning of the possible events in low- and middle-income nations that have seemingly escaped the pandemic till now. A report co-authored by International Monetary Fund (IMF) economist Ruchir Agarwal and its Chief Economist Gita Gopinath on Friday also said that under the business-as-usual scenario, the vaccine coverage in India is expected to remain under 35 per cent of the population by the end of 2021. The…