Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that the recent surge in coronavirus cases in the national capital can be called the “third wave”. “There has been a rise in Covid-19 cases. We can call this the third wave of Covid cases here. From September-October, the cases began to decline. We are monitoring the situation and will take all necessary actions. There is no dearth of beds in the hospital and medical infrastructure,” he said. The Chief Minister’s remarks came while he was in Hiranki village to inspect the effectiveness of the bio-decomposing process of converting stubble to fertilizer.…
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Two per cent of the 220 million population in Muslim-majority Pakistan is Hindu and most of them reside in Sindh province. A Hindu temple was vandalised once again by an angry mob in Pakistan’s Sindh province. The mob also tried to attack over 300 Hindu families but was stopped by Muslims from entering the century-old neighbourhood. The incident took place on Sunday in Sheetal Das compound, housing 300 Hindu and 30 Muslim families and as per the residents of the neighbourhood hundreds of men assembled outside the compound’s gate with intention to attack the Hindu families. However, the Muslim families,…
https://twitter.com/VishweshwarBhat/status/1323985627814064130?s=20 President of Editors Guild of Bengaluru on Wednesday released a press statement slamming the illegal and forceful arrest of Republic Media Network’s Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami. President Vishweshwar Bhat in a video message condemned Mumbai Police’s act. The press statement said that the Editors Guild of Bengaluru strongly condemns the act of Mumbai Police in a case which was closed a year ago. “We are at loss how can an Editor of repute be thrashed, pulled by hair, physically assaulted and dragged out of his residence and forcefully put inside the police van. Arnab is not a criminal, not a…
https://twitter.com/republic/status/1323945505135587330?s=20 After Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami was arrested, several ministers from the central government have condemned the move by Maharastra government. Protests have erupted in many parts of the country after Maharashtra police barged in the house of Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami to arrest him in a 2018 case that was closed by the court. Decorated war veteran Major General GD Bakshi extended support for Arnab Goswami while holding a protest with veterans at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. Speaking to media Major General Bakshi (R) said, “Arnab, you are the son of a Colonel. You are the son…
To add muscle to Indian Air Force, the second batch of Rafale jets, meant to add muscle to the Indian Air Force, has arrived in India after flying non-stop from France. Four jets were expected to arrive from France in the second lot. The first batch of five jets had arrived in India on July 29 — nearly four years after India signed an inter-governmental agreement with France to procure 36 of these aircraft at a cost of ₹ 59,000 crore. The jets — the first western combat aircraft to join the fleet 23 years after the Sukhoi aircraft from Russia –…
Nine people were killed due to a huge blast and fire in an Ahmedabad cotton mill on Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters have rescued nine others from the site of the blast which razed an entire portion of the building. According to sources from LG Hospital, the hospital superintendent has confirmed deaths of nine persons. “Nine persons were brought dead from the site of the blast. We have admitted nine of the surviving persons, the condition of two of them is critical. One of them is serious and the other suffers from intracranial haemorrhage,” a hospital official A major fire engulfed the…
Diego Maradona has had successful surgery for possible bleeding on his brain but every week after his 60th birthday. It was all successful and it happened needless to say, Maradona’s PR team said during a statement Tuesday night. Maradona had a subdural hematoma, which is an accumulation of blood between a membrane and his brain, his personal doctor, Leopoldo Luque, said. Luque, a neurologist, said the matter likely was caused by an accident, but Maradona said he doesn’t remember the event. The Argentine soccer great will rest in his room during a private clinic outside Buenos Aires for a minimum…
Indian-origin Democratic congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has been re-elected to the United States House of Representatives of Representatives for the third consecutive term. Krishnamoorthi, 47, who was born in New Delhi, easily defeated Preston Nelson of the Libertarian Party. When last reports came in, he had accounted for nearly 71 per cent of the entire votes counted. Krishnamoorthi, whose parents are from Tamil Nadu, was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2016. Meanwhile, congressman Ami Bera is seeking his fifth consecutive win from California and Ro Khanna his third term within the House of Representatives from California. Congresswoman Pramila…
Actor Faraaz Khan, known for starring in movies like “Fareb” and “Mehndi” within the 1990s, gave up the ghost in Bengaluru on Wednesday. He was 46. The news of his demise was shared by actor-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt on social media. “With an important heart I break the news that #FaraazKhan has left us for what I think, may be a better place. Gratitude to all or any for your help & good wishes when he needed it most. “Please keep his family in your thoughts & prayers. The void he has left behind are going to be impossible to fill,”…
Four people were killed, including a possible suspect, in a shooting Tuesday in Nevada, authorities said. The condition of a fifth person who was injured and taken to a hospital wasn’t immediately known, Henderson police Capt. Jason Kuzik told reporters. Kuzik said police hadn’t confirmed the identities of the people involved. Officers found two people who had been shot after someone called 911 and reported hearing gunfire and seeing someone injured in a doorway at 11 a.m., Kuzik said. The shooting occurred west of central Henderson, a city of about 320,000 southeast of Las Vegas. Man arrested after allegedly pushing…