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30 Jun

J-K: 2 terrorists, responsible for killing CRPF personnel and 5-year-old

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Srinagar: In another huge success, the security forces on Tuesday gunned down two terrorists, who were responsible for the killing of CRPF personnel and five-year-old child in Jammu and Kashmir's Bijbehara district three days ago. In a statement, the security forces said that a joint search operation was launched by the Indian Army, CRPF and the Jammu and Kashmir police at the Waghama area in the Anantnag district after they received specific information about the presence of militants in the area. The search operation turned into an encounter after militants fired upon a search party of the forces, who retaliated, the officials noted. "In…

30 Jun

Mumbai’s Taj Hotel receives bomb threat call from Pakistan

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Mumbai: Security has been tightened at and around Mumbai’s Taj Hotel and Taj Lands End hotel after the authorities received a bomb threat call from Pakistan. A person who claimed to be a member of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit made a call to the two iconic hotels at around 12 midnight on Monday and threatened to blow them up. Following the bomb threat call, heavy security forces have been deployed outside the hotels and all roads leading to them have been closed. Security tightened outside Taj Hotels and nearby areas after a threat call was received yesterday from Karachi, Pakistan…

30 Jun

COVAXIN, India’s First COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate

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New Delhi: A potential COVID-19 vaccine, the first to be developed in India, has been given DCGI (Drug Controller General of India) approval for Phase I and II human clinical trials that are scheduled to start across the country in July. Developed by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, in association with ICMR (Indian Council for Medical Research), COVAXIN is an inactivated vaccine, created from a strain of the infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus, that has shown promise in preclinical studies, demonstrating extensive safety and effective immune responses. Drug manufacturers around the world are racing to develop a vaccine against the novel coronavirus; a novel virus…

29 Jun

Amazon India is back with the daily Amazon Quiz

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Amazon quiz answers today, June 29 2020: Amazon ₹50,000 Amazon Pay Balance quiz answersAmazon India is back with the daily Amazon Quiz where users can answer questions and stand a chance to win exciting prizes. The Amazon Quiz for June 29, 2020, is live now, and the winner will be eligible to win a '50,000 Amazon Pay Balance. Amazon quizzes focus on product trivia and provide the opportunity for customers to win exciting prizes. The prizes for these quizzes range from free products (including mobile phones and other gadgets) and goodies to Amazon Pay balance. Check out the questions and…

29 Jun

5-People Limit On Shops Removed, No Metro To Run

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New Delhi: Large swathes of the country is set to remain under lockdown as the government announced the second phase of the country's gradual emergence from restrictions. While lockdown will stay containment zones, the other areas will have certain relaxations in terms of night curfew and people's presence in shops. But there will be no big ticket changes yet like opening of schools and colleges, cinema halls, gymnasiums, swimming pools, bars and assembly halls or metro services will not happen yet. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to address the country tomorrow at 4 pm as the fifth phase of lockdown…

29 Jun

India Govt Bans TikTok,UC Browser, Share it Among 59 Chinese Apps

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India govt banned TikTok, Shareit, UC Browser 59 Chinese apps. The move came amid tension with China following the June 15 clashes at Ladakh in which 20 Indian soldiers died in action and more than 70 were injured. In a statement, the government said the apps were blocked "in view of information available they are engaged in activities which is prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order".

29 Jun

India, China to hold 3rd Corps Commander level meet tomorrow

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The third Corps Commander-level meeting between India and China over the ongoing tensions in Ladakh will be held tomorrow, sources privy to the development have told India Today TV. The meeting is likely to begin at 10.30 am. However, unlike the last two meetings that were held in Moldo on the Chinese side, this time the meeting will be held in Chushul on the Indian side. Sources say agenda for the meeting is to take forward the proposals made by both sides to facilitate a disengagement. The last two Corps Commander-level meetings between the two sides were held on June…

29 Jun

Dutch government begins auction of 5G frequencies.

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The Dutch government started an auction Monday of new 5G wireless frequencies, with telecom companies bidding so they can provide customers with the faster mobile communication networks. The government says the online auction of 700, 1,400 and 2,100 megahertz frequencies could last days or longer and will raise a minimum of 900 million euros ($1 billion). A 3,500 megahertz frequency will be auctioned off at a later date because its use for 5G networks could interfere with the work of a satellite communications interception facility in the Northern Netherlands used by Dutch intelligence agencies. The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs…

29 Jun

Gunmen attack Karachi stock exchange building in Pakistan, Seven killed.

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The assailants launched a grenade attack at the main gate to the building and opened fire but police say they failed to make it to the trading floor. Staff inside took refuge in locked rooms and many were evacuated. Security forces are searching the area. Militants from the Baloch Liberation Army say they were behind the attack. Ethnic Baloch groups have fought a long-running insurgency for a separate homeland and a greater share of resources in Pakistan's Balochistan province. “We locked ourselves in our offices,” Asad Javed, who works at a brokerage in the stock exchange building, which is in…

29 Jun

India likely to get first batch of Rafale fighters by July-end.

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India is likely to receive around six fully-loaded Rafale fighter aircraft by July-end fitted with the long-range Meteor air-to-air missiles, which is expected to boost the capabilities of the Indian Air Force.The Rafales along with the Meteor missiles can hit targets at more than 150 km strike range. "Depending upon the situation and the ongoing training of IAF pilots in France, we may get six Rafales by July-end. The aircraft will be arriving with their full package and will be made operational within few days itself," government sources told news agency . On June 2, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held…