Friday, 30 April 2021

Covid Crisis In India "Very Serious", Cases Yet To Peak: US Official

The COVID-19 crisis in India is indeed very serious, the Biden Administration said on Friday, noting that the cases have not peaked yet.

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US Republican Lawmakers Criticise Biden For Curbs On Travel From India

Republican lawmakers on Friday criticised President Joe Biden for imposing restrictions on travel from India in view of the sudden surge in COVID-19 cases in the country.

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Australia Bans Arrivals From India, Says Offenders Will Face Jail, Fines

Australian residents and citizens who have been in India within 14 days of the date they plan to return home will be banned from entering Australia as of Monday and those who disobey will face fines...

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Daily Covid death toll rises to 27 in Tricity



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DNA special: After oxygen, time to stand in queue for vaccination?

COVID-19: The registration for vaccination is done but when will you get the vaccine?

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Getting vaccinated against COVID-19? Here's what you need to know before, during, after receiving the jab

Know the rules and self-care tips you should keep in mind if you are planning to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

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5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V in India by June, says Indian envoy to Russia Venkatesh Varma

New Delhi: India is set to get 5 million doses of Russian COVID vaccine Sputnik V by June, even as the vaccine is set to be rolled in the country from May 1. Sputnik V is the third vaccine India has given approval to after the University of Oxford, AstraZeneca vaccine Covishield and Indian Vaccine manufactured by Bharat Biotech Covaxin.

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LIVE: US To Restrict Travel From India From May 4 Amid Covid Crisis

The United States will restrict travel from India starting next week, due to rampant spread of Covid-19 in the country, the White House said Friday.

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CID data: Crime rate rose by 14% in 2020



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Thursday, 29 April 2021

DNA Special: 'Modi wave' or 'Didi' once again in West Bengal?

According to the Maha EXIT POLL of four news channels, this time in West Bengal, there is a tough fight between BJP and TMC.

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Dozens Killed In Stampede At Israel Pilgrimage Site

Dozens of people were killed in a stampede at a Jewish pilgrimage site in the north of Israel on Friday, rescue services said.

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India-US Ties Intensified In President Biden's First 100 Days: Official

The relationship between India and the United States has intensified in the first 100 days of the Biden administration, a State Department official said in .

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LIVE: India's Covid Tally At 1.83 Crore, Over 2.04 Lakh Deaths

India's daily Covid figures hit a new high today with 3,79,257 fresh infections and 3,645 deaths reported in 24 hours. The caseload surged to 1.83 crore; over 2.04 lakh people have died so far. The...

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Mohali keeps a sharp eye on oxygen



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Chandigarh yet to receive vaccines for 18+



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West Bengal Election 2021: Final phase voting for 35 constituencies today, 283 candidates in fray

West Bengal is all set for the final match of the power game as the last phase of the Assembly elections will be held today, i.e. April 29.

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India, Russia to establish '2+2 ministerial dialogue' between foreign, defence ministers

The development came after a telephonic conversation between Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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US "Not Looking For Conflict" With China, Say Biden

The United States will stand up to China but is not looking for conflict, President Joe Biden was to say in an address to Congress on Wednesday.

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Live: Polling Begins For the Final Phase; Exit Poll Results In Evening

West Bengal is voting today in the eighth and final phase of the assembly elections, which is being held amid an alarming surge of coronavirus cases across the country.

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Top US Senators Seek Global Access Of Vaccines, Cite India's Example

As India faces a catastrophic COVID-19 outbreak, five top Democratic senators wrote to Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson, seeking global access to vaccines, including technology transfer.

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Amend Corona App To Show Beds With Oxygen Support: Court To Delhi

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a number of directions on categorisation of beds in the Delhi corona mobile app, setting up of helpline numbers, delay in testing and shortage of RTPCR test...

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Indian Air Force Airlifts 4 Empty Oxygen Tankers From Bangkok To Jamnagar

The Indian Air Force (IAF) airlifted four empty oxygen tankers from Bangkok in Thailand to Gujarat's Jamnagar on Wednesday, senior officials said.

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Man With Knife Attacks Kindergarten In China, Kills 2 Children: Report

A man wielding a knife killed two children and wounded 16 more people at a kindergarten in China's southwestern region of Guangxi on Wednesday, China's official Xinhua news agency reported.

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EU Accuses Russia, China Of Covid Vaccine Disinformation

Russian and Chinese media are systematically seeking to sow mistrust in Western COVID-19 vaccines in their latest disinformation campaigns aimed at dividing the West, a European report said on...

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US To Send More Than $100 Million In Covid Supplies To India

The United States is sending supplies worth more than $100 million in the coming days to India to help it fight a surge of COVID-19 cases, the White House said on Wednesday.

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Scientists Back Brazil Over Russian Covid Vaccine Import Ban

Scientists have backed Brazil's drug regulator's decision to stop the import of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine on the basis that batches they tested carried a live version of a common...

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LIVE Updates: Around 1.33 Crore Apply For Covid Vaccination

Nearly 1.33 crore people applied for vaccination on Wednesday as the government's dedicated website, CoWIN, opened for registrations today. Those between 18 and 44 can get Covid shots from May 1...

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Final Phase Of Bengal Polls Today As Covid Reaches Record High: 10 Facts

The eighth and final phase of voting will be held in Bengal today amid the growing menace of Covid that is spreading fast in the state. Election will be held on 35 seats lying across Malda,...

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Criminal killed in Mau encounter, say police



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Tuesday, 27 April 2021

Elon Musk Trolls Jeff Bezos As Space Race Heats Up

The space race between the world's two richest men went into hyperdrive on Tuesday after Tesla chief Elon Musk took a swipe at Jeff Bezos' attempt to challenge a major NASA contract.

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COVID-19: Vaccination registration for all adults starts today - Here's how you can apply

Registration for everyone eligible will begin on the CoWIN platform and Aarogya Setu App from April 28.

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DNA Special: Analysis of '5 Star' lies of politics

The Delhi govt had booked 100 rooms under the COVID-19 Health Facility for High Court judges, staff and their families in the Ashoka hotel.

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Live Updates: Medical Aid Begins To Arrive In Covid-Stricken India

The first emergency medical supplies have arrived in India as part of a global campaign to staunch a catastrophic wave in the latest pandemic hotspot, with the United States also pledging to export...

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Monday, 26 April 2021

COVID-19 news: Puducherry bans sale of liquor amid surge in Coronavirus cases

"All categories of liquor shops to remain closed with immediate effect up to midnight of 30th April," informed the government of Puducherry.

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Mi 11X, Mi QLED TV 75 to Go on Sale in India Today

Mi 11X and Mi QLED TV 75 will go on sale in India today on Xiaomi's website starting 12pm. Both the products were launched in the country last week. Mi 11X features a 6.67-inch full-HD+ (1,080x2,400...

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India to receive first batch of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine on May 1: RDIF

Russia's RDIF sovereign wealth fund, which is marketing Sputnik V globally, has already signed agreements with five leading Indian manufacturers.

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France to supply India with medical aid to meet COVID-19 crisis

France announces solidarity mission to support India and will send oxygen generators, Liquid O2 for 2000 patients for 5 days, ventilators.

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US To Deliver Medical Supplies To India "Within Next Few Days": Pentagon

The Pentagon is working on a war footing to begin delivery of essential medical supplies to India in the next few days, an official said, noting that prominent among these include oxygen-related...

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US Says "Working Nonstop" To Deliver Supplies To India For Covid Fight

The Joe Biden Administration in the US is working nonstop to do all it can to deliver on an urgent basis the supplies most needed by India to combat the deadly COVID-19 wave, the US State Department...

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Live Updates: US, Other Nations To Provide Aid To India Amid Covid Surge

The US, European Union, Germany, France and several other nations have assured India of help to fight the ferocious second surge of the virus that has been infecting more than 3 lakh people for four...

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Kanye West's Sneakers Sold For Record-Breaking $1.8 Million

A pair of Nike Air Yeezy 1s worn by rapper Kanye West sold for $1.8 million, triple the previous record for sneakers, Sotheby's said Monday, as the market for rare sports shoes soars.

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Happy Hanuman Jayanti 2021: WhatsApp wishes, quotes and messages to send on this day

Hanuman Jayanti is an auspicious festival that is celebrated on the 15th day of Shukla Paksha to commemorate the birth of Lord Hanuman.

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DNA Special: How to identify fake Remdesivir

Here are some things which can help you differentiate between fake and real medicine.

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Sunday, 25 April 2021

Oscars: Chloe Zhao Is Only The Second Woman Best Director Ever

Zhao follows in the footsteps of Kathryn Bigelow, who broke the glass ceiling for woman directors in 2010 when she won the prize for The Hurt Locker.

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Cyrus Mistry Seeks Review Of Supreme Court Judgement Backing Tata Group

Cyrus Mistry's Shapoorji Pallonji Group has urged the Supreme Court to review its judgment that backs the Tata Group's decision to remove him as the chairman.

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Oscars 2021: Amanda Seyfried To Zendaya, The Red Carpet Looks We Loved

Oscars 2021: Red, gold and a thousand shades of style

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Week-long curfew imposed in Dehradun district in wake of rising Covid cases

As per Dehradun District Magistrate, Dr Ashish Kumar Srivastava, curfew will be imposed in Dehradun district`s Rishikesh, Dehradun municipal areas.

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West Bengal Election 2021: Voting for Phase 7 today, 284 candidates in fray

In Phase-VII, 34 assembly constituencies spread across five districts will go to polls.

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"What A Man": Daniel Kaluuya On Role That Won Him Oscar

Oscars 2021: "I am humbled to be nominated for portraying a man whose principles I deeply respect and for guiding me to walk in his footsteps," he added.

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Phase 7 Polling In Bengal Today, Minister Firhad Hakim Among Heavyweights

The power battle in West Bengal reaches the penultimate stage with polling for the seventh phase of the state assembly elections today. Thirty-four assembly constituencies spread across five districts...

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Ex-chief of SSB Arun Chaudhary dies of Covid



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Oscars 2021: First Win To 'Promising Young Woman'

Oscars 2021: Here are the winners of the 93rd Academy Awards. This list is being updated as awards are announced

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Live Updates: US To Send Medical Supplies To India Amid Covid Surge

The US will "immediately" make available sources of raw materials required to scale up production of the Covishield coronavirus vaccine - of which there is a critical shortage as India fights daily...

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16 Critical Covid Patients Rescued After Fire At Hospital In Gujarat

A total of 16 critical COVID-19 patients were rescued and shifted to safer places after a fire broke out in the ICU of a private hospital in Surat, Gujarat, on Sunday night, officials said.

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Bengal Votes Today In 7th Round Amid Covid Crisis

Bengal is voting for the 7th time today in the longest ever assembly election any state has seen, that too in the middle of the second wave of a pandemic that many are calling a tsunami. More than...

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Bengal Votes For 36 Seats In 7th Phase Amid Steady Rise In Covid Cases

Bengal votes today in the seventh, and penultimate, phase of its Assembly election, amid a steady spike in Covid cases over the past weeks. Mamata Banerjee's former seat - Bhabanipur - and three...

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Saturday, 24 April 2021

11 Covid deaths in Mohali, 802 test positive



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Centre approves supply of 4.35 lakh vials of Remdesivir to Maharashtra; CM Thackeray thanks PM Modi

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had drawn the attention of the Center to the problem created by the shortage of Remdesivir in the state.

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What lies in the serpent’s arsenal



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Done being serious, time to get silly



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Covid Vaccine Doses Pass One-Billion Mark As Global Cases Hit New Record

The number of Covid-19 jabs administered globally surpassed the one-billion mark on Saturday, offering hope after months of pandemic misery, even as the number of coronavirus cases worldwide hit a new...

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Send AstraZeneca Doses To India, Other Nations: Indian-American Lawmaker

Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi on Saturday called on US President Joe Biden's administration to release doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to countries, including India, currently...

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Live Updates: Amid Covid Surge In India, Hospitals Face Oxygen Shortage

India reported the highest daily surge in the world with over 3.46 lakh Covid infections on Saturday, which took the country's caseload to 1.66 crore.

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Friday, 23 April 2021

No New Patients In Top Delhi Hospital After SOS On Oxygen Shortage

Moolchand hospital chain in Delhi sent out an SOS this morning over oxygen shortage as it appealed for urgent help from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minsiter Arvind Kejriwal and Lt Governor...

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Can't Waste A Single Minute: Gurgaon NGO Gives Oxygen Cylinders For Free

As India battles an acute oxygen emergency and hospitals put out SOS alerts on social media amid a massive spike in cases, changemakers and individuals on the ground are helping desperate and helpless...

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Updates: Hospitals Overwhelmed As Covid Cases Hit Record High In India

Hospitals in India have launched desperate appeals for oxygen as the nation's Covid crisis spirals -- India logged over 3.32 lakh COVID-19 cases on Friday, the highest-ever daily count recorded in the...

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Weekend lockdown in Odisha from today, check what's allowed, what's not

Civic authorities and police will ensure that COVID-19 protocols are strictly enforced and stringent action will be taken against violators.

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DNA Special: Dual protection with double masking?

A study by the CDC states that if people wear two masks, it can reduce the chances of COVID-19 infection by 96.4 percent.

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Punjab announces reduction in exam fee



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Thursday, 22 April 2021

Fire at Covid-19 hospital in Vasai kills 13



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Maharashtra: Fire breaks out at COVID centre in Palghar, 13 dead

According to ANI report, other patients are being shifted to nearby hospitals.

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How Long Will You Ignore Climate Crisis: Greta Thunberg To Politicians

Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg assailed powerful politicians on Thursday for "ignoring" climate change, as she demanded an end to fossil fuel subsidies and implored the current generation of...

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A Black Hole Dubbed 'The Unicorn' May Be Galaxy's Smallest One

Scientists have discovered what may be the smallest-known black hole in the Milky Way galaxy and the closest to our solar system - an object so curious that they nicknamed it 'the Unicorn.'

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Puducherry to go under complete weekend lockdown from today - what's allowed, what's not

The order of the lockdown comes after the night curfew order that came on Tuesday. Puducherry had earlier imposed a night curfew from 10 om to 5 am.

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Indigo to suspend flight services between Kolkata and Shillong from today

The airport authorities have urged customers to contact Indigo airlines regarding any queries on rescheduling or refund.

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DNA Special: Why COVID-19 patients are gasping for oxygen despite enough production

There is no shortage of oxygen in the country and it is being produced more than consumption.

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India's Cumulative Covid Vaccination Coverage Exceeds 13.23 Crores

The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 13.23 crore, as part of the world's largest vaccination drive, the union health ministry said on Thursday.

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Free Covid Vaccine For People Above 18-Years In Jharkhand: Hemant Soren

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday night said that his government will provide COVID-19 vaccine to people above 18 years of age for free.

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Seven dead, 931 test positive in Mohali



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CPM leader Sitaram Yechury's eldest son Ashish Yechury dies due to COVID-19

The CPM leader made the announcement on Twitter and thanked all those who gave the hope and treated him.

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Petrol, Diesel Rates Remain Constant On Thursday

In the national capital Delhi, petrol is priced at Rs 90.40 per litre and diesel is sold at Rs 80.73 per litre, according to Indian Oil Corporation

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Earth Day's Google Doodle: Plant The Seed To A Brighter Future

Earth Day 2021: Google Doodle, on Earth Day today, wished all a Happy Earth Day 2021! Today's Doodle is an animation highlighting ''how everyone can plant the seed to a brighter future - one sapling...

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US Shares Details Of Sanctions It's Ready To Lift With Iran

The United States has shared with Iran details of the sanctions it is prepared to lift under a return to a nuclear accord, a senior official said Wednesday.

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Covid LIVE Updates: India Sees Biggest Daily Spike Of 2,95,041 Cases

Coronavirus has infected 2,95,041 people in India and left 2,023 dead in the last 24 hours, in a grim new record for the country.

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NASA's Perseverance Rover Makes Oxygen On Mars For First Time

NASA's Perseverance rover keeps making history. The six-wheeled robot has converted some carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into oxygen, the first time this has happened on another planet, the...

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