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News Posted Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 04:52:30 +0530
Central Crime Branch of Bengaluru Arrests Gangster Ravi Pujari's Henchman in Mandya
The gangster's henchman Iqlaq Qureshi, hailing from Uttar Pradesh, was held based on inputs that he was in Nagamangala in Mandya district, police said.
News Posted Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 04:46:39 +0530
Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Reply on PIL for Setting up Body to Regulate Broadcast Channels
The plea said that an independent body with the name of the Broadcast Regulatory Authority of India be set up to check 'sensational reporting' and discourse by TV news channels on critical issues.
News Posted Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 04:24:47 +0530
Indian Railways Moves to End Practice of Appointing Bungalow Peons
Railways Ministry officials said the TADKs join as temporary staff but are absorbed into Group 'D' staff through screening after around three years.
News Posted Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 04:24:27 +0530
Elgar Parishad Case: DU Professor Hany Babu Gets Judicial Custody till August 21
Hany Babu Musaliyarveettil Tharayil, 54, associate professor at the Department of English of the university, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on July 28 for his alleged involvement in the case.
News Posted Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 04:11:09 +0530
Serum Institute Ties Up with GAVI & Gates Foundation to Produce 100 Million Covid-19 Vaccine Doses
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, via its Strategic Investment Fund, will provide at-risk funding of $150 million to Gavi, which will be used to support the SII to manufacture the potential vaccine candidates.
News Posted Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 04:00:03 +0530
Serum Institute to get $150 million from Gates Foundation for COVID-19 vaccine
Serum Institute of India said on Friday it would receive $150 million in funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the GAVI vaccines alliance to make 100 million COVID19 vaccine doses for India and other emerging economies as early as 2021.
News Posted Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 03:55:26 +0530
Before Kanpur Raid: Slain Dy SP Suggested Links Between SO and Vikas Dubey, Reveal Audio Clip
Three audio clips of Mishra's purported phone conversations - one with then Superintendent of Police (Kanpur Rural) Brijesh Srivastava and two with Chaubeypur SO Vinay Tiwari - have surfaced on social media.
News Posted Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 03:51:34 +0530
Long-term Symptoms Likely to be Experienced by Hospitalised Covid-19 Patients Identified
The study, published in the Journal of Medical Virology, found that some patients, particularly those who had been in intensive care, had symptoms associated with cases of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
News Posted Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 04:28:00 +0530
Italy Has Assured Govt It Will Prosecute Marines Who Killed Indian Fishermen: Centre Tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court made clear to the Centre it would not pass any order on the plea seeking closure of cases against the two marines without hearing the victims' families.
News Posted Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 03:50:06 +0530
What Impression will Children Get, Asks SC as it Quashes Bail Plea of Activist Rehana Fathima
The allegation against Fathima is that she asked her children, a boy and girl aged 14 and 8 respectively to paint on her semi-nude body. The video was shot by the her and uploaded on social media.
News Posted Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 03:30:12 +0530
Drones Banned in Noida in View of CM Yogi Adityanath's Visit to Review Covid-19 Situation
CrPC Section 144, which bars assembly of more than four people at a place, is already enforced in Gautam Buddh Nagar, which has recorded 5,748 positive cases of COVID-19 including 43 deaths till Thursday, according to official figures.
News Posted Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 03:19:59 +0530
Woman Sexually Harassed, Her Family Members Thrashed in UP's Kutubpur Village
The incident happened on Thursday in the district, they said. Police said the two accused men entered the woman's house and harassed her when she was alone.
News Posted Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 04:26:36 +0530
32-year-old in Sikkim Arrested for Brutally Killing Dog after Quarrel With Family, Locals Demand Justice
A complaint was filed by the owner of the dog and later by the People For Animals (PFA), Sikkim, following which the police took action against the man. However, he was later released on bail.
News Posted Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 03:15:52 +0530
Maha Govt Tells Bombay HC That It Has Rejected Lawyers' Demand to be Recognised as 'Essential Services'
The court was hearing a bunch of public interest litigations and applications filed by several lawyers, saying that in the absence of permission to use local trains, lawyers and their staff were unable to reach courts.
News Posted Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 03:15:22 +0530
Flood-like Situation, Landslides Continue to Cause Havoc in Rain-ravaged Parts of Karnataka
Flood like situation persists in the border regions of Belagavi district, with rising water levels in Krishna river and its tributaries due to rains.
News Posted Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 03:47:23 +0530
'No Discrimination Against Anyone, Constitution is Gita': Manoj Sinha Takes Oath as New Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
Sinha succeeds former IAS officer Girish Chandra Murmu, who resigned on Wednesday night and was appointed Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on Thursday. .
News Posted Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 03:00:04 +0530
Climate Change May Melt 85% Glaciers in J&K, Ladakh; Cause Temp Rise of 6.9 Degree Celsius by 2100: Study
The study, published in the journal Climatic Change on July 29, predicted the impact of future climate change in the Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Himalaya, by the end of the twenty-first century using an ensemble of 11 models under three greenhouse gas emission scenarios.
News Posted Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 02:57:33 +0530
PM Modi to Inaugurate Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra on Saturday; Interact with Students
The Swachh Bharat Mission has transformed rural sanitation in India and has changed the behaviour of over 55 crore people from open defecation to using a toilet
News Posted Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 02:51:06 +0530
Air India Allowing Travel Agents to Sell Seats Only on Select Vande Bharat Flights, Alleges TAAI
In a statement late on Thursday night, it alleged that at a juncture when economies are trying to revive and come back on their feet, Air India continues to play "monopolistic."
News Posted Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 03:46:59 +0530
‘Nitish Kumar is the CM Face, But…’ BJP Says Will Fight Bihar Elections in PM’s Name
Sanjay Jaiswal, who is also the state president of the BJP, says Modi's exemplary leadership and constant efforts to take the nation ahead speak for themselves and the party will be banking on that.