Chennai (1 Min Read): India’s 700 kg cartography satellite Cartosat-2F and Russia’s 450 kg Kanopus-V satellite had a near miss in the outer space on Friday morning, said Roscosmos, Russia’s state space corporation. Both the satellites were as close as 224 metres. Roscosmos said in a statement that as per the TsNIIMash main information and analytical […]
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Covid cases down 50% in past 8 weeks, Delhi has 61% of deaths: Centre
New Delhi (2 Min Read): Providing details of the overall Covid-19 situation in the country, the Centre has informed the Supreme Court that the average cases per day have reduced by 50 per cent since the past 8 weeks, and currently, only 2 states have more than 50,000 cases, contributing almost 33 per cent of the […]
Ex-Pfizer Vice President’s claim ‘Covid is effectively over’ termed false
New Delhi (2 Min Read): After drugmaker Pfizer’s former Vice President and Chief Scientist for Allergy and Respiratory Michael Yeadon claimed that “the pandemic is fundamentally over in the UK,” health fact-checker Health Feedback termed his assertions “false”. In an article published in Lockdown Sceptics (lockdownsceptics.org) on October 16, Yeadon claimed that the “the susceptible population […]
Video of dog nibbling away at body goes viral
Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh): A shocking video of a stray dog nibbling at the dead body of a girl inside a government hospital in Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh has led to public outrage. The disturbing incident took place on Thursday after the girl was brought to the hospital following a road accident and died later. Hospital […]
NIA gets 15-day custody of PDP youth wing chief Waheed Parra
New Delhi/Srinagar: A Special NIA court on Friday sent Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Youth Wing President Waheed Parra to 15-day NIA custody in connection with its probe in the former Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Davinder Singh and Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Naveed Babu case. An NIA official related to the probe told IANS, “A J&K court […]
SC terms death of 6 patients in Rajkot Covid hospital blaze ‘shocking’
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday took a strong exception of a fire incident in a Rajkot hospital in Gujarat, where 6 patients died in the blaze. Expressing anguish over the incident, a bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan termed it “shocking”. The top court said that the Gujarat government must be answerable. The bench, […]
3 soldiers killed in LoC ceasefire violations by Pak
Jammu: Three Indian soldiers were killed in ceasefire violations on the Line of Control (LoC) by Pakistan troops in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Rajouri districts, official sources said on Friday. Naik Prem Bahadur Khatri and Rifleman Sukhbir Singh were critically injured on the LoC in Sunderbani Sector of Rajouri district during firing by Pakistan troops […]
MiG-29K crashes in Arabian Sea, 1 pilot missing
Mumbai: A MiG-29K trainer aircraft operating from the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya in the Arabian Sea, ditched on Monday evening, officials said here on Friday. One of the two pilots on board has been rescued while the other pilot is still missing. A search operation by air and surface units is in progress to find the […]
Event organiser gang-raped at Gurugram hotel
New Delhi: A Delhi-based event organiser was allegedly gang-raped by four men in an upscale hotel after the accused offered her wine probably laced with drugs in Gurugram on November 24, the police said on Thursday. The victim, a resident of Shalimar Bagh in Delhi, reported the matter to the police the next day. In her […]
MLA Lalan Paswan lodges FIR with vigilance dept against Lalu Prasad
Patna: Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Pirpaiti in Bhagalpur district Lalan Paswan lodged an FIR with the vigilance department in Patna on Thursday afternoon in connection with tape-gate. Paswan claims that Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad called him from Ranchi on Tuesday evening and asked him to remain absent during […]