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17 Jun

P.M Modi : ‘India capable of giving befitting reply, sacrifices of soldiers will not go in vain’.

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In first public remarks on the death of 20 Indian Army personnel in violent clashes with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley of Ladakh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said India wants peace but “will give a befitting reply” if provoked. “I want to assure the nation that the sacrifice made by our soldiers will not go in vain. India’s integrity and sovereignty is supreme for us, and no one can stop us from defending it. Nobody should have any iota of doubt about this. India wants peace. But on provocation, India will give a befitting reply,” the Prime Minister…

17 Jun

Kolkata records six cases of suicide – all by hanging in a single day

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KOLKATA: At least six cases of suicide - all by hanging - were reported in Kolkata in a single day on Wednesday. While the youngest victim to commit suicide was aged 10 years and the oldest victim was aged 70 years. According to the Kolkata Police’s headquarters - Lalbazar - that mentions incidents and crimes committed in the city, there were a total of nine cases reported in the city. Of the total nine cases, three were incidents of suicide by hanging. The youngest victim - a 10-year-old boy - was found hanging from a rubber pipe from the window under…

17 Jun

‘Stop threatening doctors and health workers’: Supreme Court raps Delhi government over harassment of doctors .

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The Supreme Court today pulled up the Arvind Kejriwal-led government in Delhi over suspension of healthcare workers for exposing the poor state hospitals in the national capital. A three judges bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, SK Kaul and MR Shah said doctors and nurses were corona warriors and needed to be protected. "Doctors, paramedics are warriors. The fight against this pandemic is like a war. They need support. But you are only interested in filing FIRs. Solution is not threatening doctors. We will not permit that to happen…” Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, one of the judges on the Bench led…

17 Jun

Delhi : Health Minister Satyendar Jain Tests Positive For Coronavirus.

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Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain has tested positive for coronavirus. He took a second test today after his fever worsened. The minister's first test had come negative yesterday."Today my covid test found to be positive, (sic)" Satyendar Jain wrote on Twitter. The doctors had decided to go for a second test after observing Coronavirus like symptoms, sources had said earlier. India registered the highest-ever spike of 2,003 COVID-19 fatalities pushing the death to over 11,000 on Wednesday. Maharashtra accounted for the highest 1,409 fatalities taking its COVID-19 death tally to 5,537, while coronavirus deaths in Delhi surged by 437 taking…

17 Jun

Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain tests positive for Covid-19

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Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain tested coronavirus positive on Wednesday, a day after his first came out negative. Earlier in the day, his party colleague Atishi said she had tested positive for coronavirus. The minister was admitted to the state-run Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital (RGSSH) in the city on Monday night after he developed a fever and his oxygen level dropped. In a tweet on Tuesday, the minister - who attended a meeting on Sunday with Delhi L-G Anil Baijal, home minister Amit Shah - said, “Due to high-grade fever and a sudden drop of my oxygen levels last…

17 Jun

Unique glow around Mars lights up social media

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A distinct green glow around the Red Planet Mars detected by an European spacecraft is the latest phenomenon that has sent netizens to a frenzy and prompted a flurry of discussions and memes as well. Interestingly, it is the first time that the phenomenon has been spotted on a world beyond Earth. Detected by ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, the glow comes from oxygen atoms, which is present in the atmosphere of Mars, while interacting with sunlight. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have observed a similar green glow around the Earth from space but found it quite faint.…

17 Jun

CM Mamata Banerjee to provide Rs 5 lakh, job to family of two martyred in Galwan Valley

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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister on Wednesday (June 17) announced to provide Rs 5 lakh along with a West Bengal government job to one member of the families of two Jawans from West Bengal that were killed in action in the Galwan Valley (Ladakh) on June 15 night. CM Mamata took to Twitter and said, "My heartfelt condolences to the families of the brave men martyred at Galwan Valley. I'm at pain to say that two of them belonged to West Bengal— Sepoy Rajesh Orang (Vill Belgoria, PS Md Bazar, Birbhum) & Bipul Roy on General Duty (Vill Bindipara, PS…

17 Jun

AAP MLA Atishi tests positive for coronavirus COVID-19

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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Atishi on Wednesday tested positive for coronavirus COVID-19. The AAP MLA from Delhi's Kalkaji has quarantined herself at home and is following the protocol. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wished her a speedy recovery. Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, CM Kejriwal, "Corona ke khilaf ladai mein Atishi ji ka mahatwapurna yogdaan raha hai. Mujhe umeed hai ki woh jaldh se jaldh swasth ho kar ek baar phir logo ki sewa mein lag jayengi. (Atishi ji has played an important role in the fight against corona. I hope that she will recover soon and serve people…

17 Jun

NTA clears rumours on fake notice of postponement of NEET UG

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The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Wednesday cleared rumours regarding a fake public notice of postponement of National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG July 2020. The fake notice, with the subject line - Postponement of National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG July – 2020, was circulated through various sources and social media forums on June 15. An official release said that the NTA is investigating the source of such a fake notice with an intent to misguide candidates, parents and the general public. Stringent action would be taken against such anti-public elements, the release added.

17 Jun

Soldier, killed in Galwan Valley violence, planned to get married on his next visit home

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Ganesh Kunjam, a resident of a nondescript village in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district, last came home in January this year. The parents of the 27-year-old Indian Army soldier had fixed his wedding during that visit to Kukurtola in Bastar region of the state. He was among the 20 soldiers who lost their lives in the clash with Chinese troops in Galwan Valley of eastern Ladakh on Monday night. “In January, his parents fixed his marriage… He was going to be married on his next visit,” Surya Nevendra, a childhood friend of Ganesh’s, said. “His parents and his uncle live in a…