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Covid surge raising child mortality rate in Indonesia
Jakarta: Covid-19 has led to the death of hundreds of children in Indonesia, many of them younger than age 5, asserting the fact that children are no longer 'hidden victims', the media reported.
Indonesia has a child mortality rate due…
Mamata Banerjee sets up panel to probe Pegasus snooping scandal in West Bengal
Kolkata: Hours before going to Delhi, chief minister Mamata Banerjee threw open a challenge to the BJP government at the centre by announcing an enquiry commission that will look into the 'widely reported' issues of illegal hacking and…
From Army to RAW to BSF, threat of spyware looms large over Indian forces
New Delhi: Two serving colonels who challenged official policy, a retired intelligence officer who took RAW to court, and two serving BSF officers also figure in the Pegasus Project database as persons of interest for an unidentified…
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa announces resignation
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa announced his resignation on Monday while delivering a speech at a function to mark completion of his two-years in office.
Yedyurappa, made the announcement teary-eyed. "I am resigning…
Rahul Gandhi drives tractor to Parliament, demands withdrawal of three farm laws
New Delhi: Coming out in support of protesting farmers, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday drove a tractor to Parliament and once again reiterated his demand of withdrawing the three farm laws.
Rahul Gandhi along with several…
US going in wrong direction on COVID-19 cases: Anthony Fauci
Washington: As Covid-19 cases, deaths and hospitalisations continue to increase among the unvaccinated across the US, top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said that the country is "going in the wrong direction", the media reported.…
India records 39,361 new Covid cases, 416 deaths
New Delhi: India on Monday recorded 39,361 cases of Covid-19 and 416 deaths, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data showed.
The country now has 4,11,189 active cases and has witnessed a total of 4,20,967 deaths so far.…
IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh: 18 officers get new postings
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government transferred 18 IAS officers around midnight on Sunday.
New district magistrates have been appointed in Aligarh, Muzaffarnagar and Gorakhpur.
According to the government spokesman, Vijay Kiran…
Watch: 9 tourists dead, several injured in deadly rockslide in Himachal Pradesh
Shimla/Jaipur: At least nine tourists, including four from Rajasthan, were killed and three others seriously injured in a rockslide in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district on Sunday, the police said.
The tourists were on the way from…
2 die after entering sewer tank to retrieve cricket ball
Noida: Two youths died while two others were left in a critical condition after they entered a sewer tank in Sector 6, Noida, to retrieve a cricket ball on Sunday morning.
The tragedy occurred after a cricket ball fell into a Jal Board…
