Month: January 2021

News to me: Chris Evans reacts to rumours of him returning as Captain America

Los Angeles: Hollywood star Chris Evans has seemingly denied reports that he might be returning as fan-favourite superhero Captain America in a future Marvel Cinematic Universe project. There were reports earlier in the day that Evans, who bade adieu to the part with 2019 blockbuster “Avengers: Endgame”, was […]

I am with Mamata Banerjee, says Satabdi after meeting Abhishek

Kolkata: Birbhum MP Satabdi Roy said on Friday that there was no question of her leaving the Trinamool Congress, after a two-hour-long meeting with senior leader Abhishek Banerjee, who reached out to her as she voiced discontentment amid an ongoing exodus of leaders from the party ahead of […]

Moderate fog in Delhi, minimum temperature rises to 6.7 degrees Celsius

New Delhi:  A cloud cover over the national capital on Friday led to the minimum temperature rising to 6.7 degrees Celsius, a notch above normal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. However, moderate fog lowered visibility to 201 metres at Safdarjung and 300 metres at Palam in the […]

India records 15,158 fresh COVID-19 cases, 175 more deaths

New Delhi:  India’s COVID-19 caseload climbed to 1,05,42,841 on Saturday with 15,158 more people testing positive for the disease while recoveries surged to 1,01,79,715, according to the Union health ministry data. The country’s death toll increased to 1,52,093 with 175 more fatalities, the data updated at 8 am […]

‘Go for it,’ says first person vaccinated in India’s massive COVID-19 campaign

NEW DELHI – Hospital cleaning worker Manish Kumar became the first person in India to be vaccinated against COVID-19 on Saturday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched one of the world’s largest immunisation campaigns to bring the pandemic under control. Kumar received his shot at Delhi’s premier All-India […]

Status of Avian Influenza in the country

NEW DELHI JANUARY 16: Till 16 January, 2021 cases of Avian Influenza have been confirmed in poultry in Latur, Parbhani, Nanded, Pune, Solapur, Yavatmal, Ahmednagar, Beed and Raigad districts of Maharashtra. Moreover, Avian Influenza has been confirmed in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh (crow); Surat, Navsari and Narmada […]

Veteran Actor and Director Biswajit Chatterjee has been conferred Indian Personality of the Year Award, at 51st IFFI

NEW DELHI JANUARY 16: The 51st edition of the International Film Festival of India, Goa has conferred Shri Biswajit Chatterjee, veteran actor, producer, director and singer of Hindi and Bengali cinema, with the Indian Personality of the Year Award. The Award has been announced at the opening ceremony […]

J&K Tourism participates in 3-day India Travel Mart at Lucknow

LUCKNOW, JANUARY 15: After the successful conduct of a series of events back home to revive the tourism sector in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, the J&K Tourism Department has started focusing on promotional activities and road shows outside the Union Territory. In this regard the Department of […]

At least 42 dead as Indonesia quake topples homes, buildings

MAMUJU, Indonesia — A strong, shallow earthquake shook Indonesia’s Sulawesi island just after midnight Friday, toppling homes and buildings, triggering landslides and killing at least 42 people. More than 600 people were injured by the magnitude 6.2 quake, which sent people fleeing their homes in the darkness. Authorities […]

Iranian Guard drones in drill mirror those in Saudi attacks

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard conducted a drill Friday that saw “suicide drones” crash into targets and explode, triangle-shaped aircraft that strongly resembled those used in a 2019 attack in Saudi Arabia that temporarily cut the kingdom’s oil production by half. Iran has long […]

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