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Telangana is first state to announce holiday for women on International Women’s Day
Hyderabad: Telangana Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav on Monday said that Telangana is the first state in the country to announce a holiday for women on International Women’s Day.Speaking as Chief Guest at an interactive meeting on “Role...
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Six states account for 86.25% of fresh nCoV infections
New Delhi: Six states- Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu-account for 86.25 percent of fresh novel coronavirus cases reported in the past 24 hours.Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 11,141, followed by Kerala with...
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RS adjourned over Opposition’s demand of discussion on fuel price
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 1100 hrs on Monday after the Opposition created a ruckus demanding a discussion on the fuel price hike in the country.Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu rejected their demand saying that the...
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Arthritis drug Tocilizumab reduces deaths in severe COVID-19
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Kolkata: India’s first multicentre randomized controlled trial on the use of Tocilizumab in COVID (COVINTOC – Covid – India – Tocilizumab) has demonstrated that anti-inflammatory treatment, Tocilizumab (TCZ), reduces the risk of death among patients with severe COVID-19.The results...
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Covid-19 test mandatory to enter Rajasthan from 4 states
Jaipur: The Rajasthan government has decided that visitors from four states-- Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat-- will have to produce an RT-PCR result stating they are negative for Covid-19 to enter the desert state.Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's office...
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Twitter reveals what Indian women talk about the most, find out here
Kolkata: Ahead of International Women’s Day, Twitter commissioned independent research to uncover insights around what women in India are talking about on the service.A quantitative survey amongst 700 women on Twitter was carried out, along with the qualitative curation...
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Centre’s regulations don’t have provisions to take action against digital platforms: SC
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday said the Centre's guidelines on regulating social media do not have any provision for taking appropriate action against digital platforms showing inappropriate content.It also granted protection from arrest to Amazon Prime Video's India...
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India records 18,327 new COVID-19 infections, active cases rise again
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New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally rose to 1,11,92,088 with over 18,000 fresh cases being reported in a span of 24 hours in the country after 36 days, while active cases registered an increase for the fourth consecutive day on...
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Dalai Lama receives Covid vaccine shot at Dharamshala
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Dharamshala: Tibetan temporal head and Spiritual leader Dalai Lama was on Saturday administered the Covid Vaccine at the Zonal Hospital Vaccination centre in Dharamshala along with his associates.Chief Medical Officer Kangra Dr Gurdharshan Gupta told UNI that the Tibetan...
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Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha top in land records digitisation among all states
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Kolkata: The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) released its NCAER Land Record and Services Index (N-LRSI) 2021, revealing that almost all States/Union Territories have shown an improvement in their efforts to digitize land records compared to the...
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Manipur King calls for return of ‘lost territory’, Congress counters with historical facts
Imphal: Manipur’s Titular King, Maharaja Sanajaoba Leishemba, has urged the Indian government to explore the possibility of reclaiming Kabaw...