https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1340634041607880705?s=20 In an attempt to boost the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) campaign ahead of the 2021 elections to the West Bengal Assembly, Union Home Secretary Amit Shah arrived in Kolkata at about 1 a.m. on Saturday for his two-day visit to the district. The second day of Shah’s two-day visit to West Bengal began on Sunday. Shah first visited Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan, where he paid tribute to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore at the university campus. https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1340610232175628288?s=20 Shah later conducted a road show in the town of Bolpur in the district of Birbhum. Huge cuts were made by Shah, Prime…
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Microsoft confirmed that it has added the Together Mode’ option to Skype, which launched in Teams. According to the article, in the newest iteration of Skype (Skype 8.67), Together Mode is one of a handful of new features available for different versions of Skype. ‘Together Mode’ is a viewing option that makes it appear as if all meeting participants are located in the same physically shared space instead of via a traditional grid view. As per the reports, Microsoft officials have said they believe ‘Together Mode’ will help alleviate virtual-meeting fatigue and make meetings feel more real. Other new features…
https://twitter.com/jbellamar/status/1339826744270835712?s=20 Nurse at a Chattanooga hospital in Tennessee, the United States fainted at a news conference after getting the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine injection. The nurse, Tiffany Dover, was attending a news conference when she raised her hand to her head, apologised, and said she was feeling dizzy. “Sorry, I’m feeling really dizzy,” the nurse is heard saying before walking away and fainting on live TV. In the video, she can be seen fainting as doctors catch her and lower her to the ground. When attending the press conference, Tiffany Dover said, “All of my staff, you know, we are excited…
Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari today dissolved the country’s parliament on the advice of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli after a constitutional stalemate over an executive order released last week. The decision to order the suspension of the House of Representatives was made at the Cabinet emergency meeting this morning. The Nepalese House of Representatives, elected in 2017, has 275 members. The next general election was scheduled in the Himalayan nation in 2022. President Bhandari declared today that the national elections will be held between April 30 and May 10, 2021, according to ANI, quoting a statement from the President’s…
Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar, in his response to the notice issued by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), has claimed that no drug was consumed during a celebration at his house last year, a politician said on Friday. The anti-drugs agency had issued the notice to Johar over a viral video allegedly showing drugs being consumed at a celebration hosted at his residence, the official said. “Johar was asked to offer details of the party. Accordingly, the NCB on Friday received a reply from him to the notice,” he said. “In the reply, Johar maintained that no drug was consumed at…
The Indian cricket team on Saturday suffered the ignominy of being restricted to its lowest ever total in Test cricket, collapsing to 36/9 within the terminated second innings against Australia on the third morning of the primary Day/Night Test here. India’s earlier lowest score was 42 at the Lord’s in 1974 against England, known in Indian cricket parlance as “Summer of 42”. To make matters worse, star pacer Mohammed Shami’s series could rather be over thanks to a wrist injury from a brief ball from Pat Cummins, which could potentially be a fracture. Shami couldn’t continue and therefore the Indian…
Actor Kriti Sanon on Saturday said she has tested negative for COVID-19. The 30-year-old actor, who had recently returned to Mumbai after wrapping up the draw a bead on her upcoming film with Rajkummar Rao in Chandigarh, had tested positive for coronavirus last week and was under home quarantine. In to Twitter post, Sanon expressed gratitude to the doctors, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and every one those that prayed for her healthiness . “Happy to tell everyone that I even have finally tested negative for COVID-19! an enormous many thanks to @mybmc officials, respected Assistant commissioner @mybmcwardKW Mr. Vishwas Mote…
A Hindu woman has been robbed, raped and blackmailed by a Muslim man who pretends to be Hindu. The lady, accompanied by a few Hindu activists, approached the Munninager Police Station in Ujjain on Friday to lodge a complaint against Wasim Akram, accusing him of rape, torture and extortion under the pretext of love and marriage. The woman said that Wasim Akram had concealed his identity and presented himself as Vikas Rajput, who had been trapping her two years earlier. He had claimed to marry her by having her wear a mangalsutra (a black beaded necklace worn by a Hindu…
Former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal has urged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to promote the re-opening of the Kartarpur corridor as soon as possible, saying that Sikhs all over the world are striving not to visit Guru Nanak Dev’s last resting place on his 551th Parkash Parab last month. Mrs Badal raised the matter at the meeting of the Committee on Foreign Relations, of which she is a member, on Friday. She said that she had not received a sufficient response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as to why the corridor was still closed. “External Affairs Minister S…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be engaging with farmers on the anniversary of the birth of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 25 December, the BJP said, adding that the party will organise “kisan samvad” in over 2,500 locations in Uttar Pradesh. The party claimed in a statement released on Saturday that it had stepped up its preparations for it. UP BJP President Swatantra Dev Singh and party leader Radha Mohan Singh held a virtual meeting in this regard with party officials from parts of the province. Radha Mohan Singh said the Narendra Modi-led government is committed to the…