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06 May

Delhi: Three arrested for selling fire extinguishers as oxygen cylinders

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Delhi police arrested three persons for selling fire extinguishers painted as oxygen cylinders. The accused are Ravi Sharma (40), Mohammad Abdul (38), and Shambhu Shah (30). Following a complaint received from a local Mukesh Khanna, a raid was conducted in the Alipur area where over 500 empty fire extinguishers. Police seized 532 fire extinguisher iron gas cylinders of different sizes, 26 oxygen gas cylinder nozzles, two electric grinders used to remove the red paint of the cylinders, three silver color spray-paint cans, one black paint box, one paint-brush, one pipe-wrench, and Rs 49,500 cash were recovered from their possession. Khana,…

06 May

UP has recorded the biggest single-day jump of 357 Covid-19 deaths

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UP on Wednesday recorded the biggest single-day jump of 357 Covid-19 deaths that took the toll to 14,151 while 31,165 fresh cases pushed the infection tally to 13,99,294. Of the latest fatalities, 46 were reported from Kanpur, 38 from Lucknow, 24 from Chandauli, 17 from Lakhimpur Kheri, 13 each from Sonbhadra and Ghaziabad, 12 each from Gorakhpur and Jhansi, and 10 from Gautam Buddh Nagar, the state government said in a statement issued here. Lucknow reported the highest number of fresh cases at 3,004, followed by 1,732 in Meerut, 1,703 in Gautam Buddh Nagar, 1,373 in Ghaziabad, 1,206 in Kanpur,…

06 May

Forces in Jammu & Kashmir bring down three militants

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Three militants were killed, while one surrendered before security forces during an encounter in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, police said. The security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Kanigam area of the South Kashmir district during the night following information about the presence of militants there, a police official said. He said as the presence of four newly recruited local militants of Al-Badr outfit got ascertained, the security forces exercised maximum restraint and tried their best to persuade them to surrender. The militants turned down the offer to surrender and opened firing and lobbed…

05 May

Veteran Astronaut Michael Collins dies at 90

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Michael Collins - one of the three crew members of the first manned mission to land on the Moon, Apollo 11 in 1969 - has died aged 90, his family say. He died on Wednesday after "a valiant battle with cancer. He spent his final days peacefully, with his family by his side," they said. Collins stayed in lunar orbit as his colleagues Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon. Aldrin, 91, is now the only surviving member of the mission. Paying tribute to Collins, Aldrin wrote in a tweet: "Dear Mike, Wherever you have been or will be,…

05 May

On Karl Marx’s 203rd birthday, here are some lesser known facts about him

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Karl Marx was a journalist, revolutionary, sociologist, historian, and economist. He made various contributions and published ‘The Communist Manifesto’. These writings form the basis of the belief known as Marxism. The Marxist theory is followed by people worldwide. Life of Karl Marx Karl Marx was born in 1818 in Trier, Germany. In the young age, Karl was influenced less by religion and more with the critical and radical social policies of the enlightenment, which Jewish background exposed him to. Thus, prejudice and discrimination have led him to question the role of religion in society and gave him a reason to…

05 May

Rashmi Rocket editor Ajay Sharma dies due to Covid-19, celebs say ‘beyond devastated’

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Bollywood film editor Ajay Sharma passed away due to Covid-19 complications on Tuesday night. He was in his late 30s. Sharma’s family sources confirmed the news with indianexpress.com. “He passed away at Rajeev Gandhi Super Speciality hospital, New Delhi at night sometime between one and two. He was in ICU for the past two weeks,” the source told us. Sharma is survived by his wife and their four-year-old son. Rajkummar Rao expressed his grief on the demise of Ajay Sharma. He shared the editor's picture on his Instagram story. The actor wrote "Rest in Peace #AjaySharma" above the photo. Sharma…

05 May

Oxygen supply to national capital: SC stays Delhi high court’s contempt proceedings against Centre

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the contempt proceedings started by Delhi high court against Centre for non-compliance of direction on supply of 700 MT of medical grade oxygen for Covid-19 patients in the national capital.It asked the Union government to apprise it by tomorrow 10.30am, when the court assembles again, as to how it will make the plan to make 700 MT of oxygen available to Delhi. The stay, however, will not restrain the high court from monitoring the Covid-19 management related issues, a bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah said. "This is an all-India…

05 May

Happy 203 rd Birthday, Karl Marx

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Philosopher Karl Marx was born in Trier Germany On May 5th 1818 he became one of the most important Western thinkers of the modern era, and the founding father of Socialism. Marx's political and philosophical thought had enormous influence on subsequent intellectual, economic and political history. His name has been used as an adjective, a noun, and a school of social theory.He married Jenny von Westphalen in 1843.He died in London on 14 March 1883 due to bronchitis.

05 May

3,82,315 new cases; 3,780 deaths in past 24 hours

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India recorded 3,82,315 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 3,780 deaths due to the infection. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry, the country saw a total of 3,38,439 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery toll to 1,69,51,731. The total cases of COVID-19 in India have now mounted to 2,06,65,148, with 34,87,229 active cases, the data showed

05 May

NCB seizes pseudoephedrine hidden in Mumbai kitchen utensils, probe underway

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Mumbai's Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized 2kg of pseudoephedrine from a kitchen parcel on its way to Australia, an official said on Wednesday. On Monday, the NCB's zonal unit raided the office of a courier company in Andheri, a western suburb, and recovered drugs from a consignment of kitchen equipment booked from Nagpur and bound for Australia, the official told ANI. A team of NCB officials has been dispatched to search for the sender of the parcel, he added, adding that a case has been filed in this regard. Pseudoephedrine is a stimulant that is also known to constrict the…