The NIA arrested nine terrorists associated with a Pakistan-sponsored module of the al-Qaeda on Saturday after conducting simultaneous raids at several locations in Kerala and West Bengal, an official said. The raids were conducted in the early hours at Ernakulam in Kerala and Murshidabad in West Bengal. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had learnt about an inter-state module of al-Qaeda operatives at various locations in India, including West Bengal and Kerala. The group was planning to launch terror attacks at vital installations in the country with an aim to kill innocent people, the official said. The NIA registered a case…
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An international research team on Monday described evidence of potential microbes residing in the harshly acidic Venusian clouds: traces of phosphine, a gas that on Earth is produced by bacteria inhabiting oxygen-free environments. It provided strong potential evidence of life beyond Earth. The US space agency in February shortlisted four proposed missions that are now being reviewed by a NASA panel, two of which would involve robotic probes to Venus. One of those, called DAVINCI+, would send a probe into the Venusian atmosphere. “Davinci is the logical one to choose if you’re motivated in part by wanting to follow this…
https://twitter.com/advmonikaarora/status/1306879790700539910?s=20 The details of Delhi riots that converted into a social and political upheaval in the national capital has been penned by author Monika Arora. Though Bloomsbury India, unprofessionally called off the publication of the book ‘Delhi Riots 2020: The Untold Story’ by authors of Monika Arora, Sonali Chitalkar and Prerna Malhotra. Authors Monica Arora took to Twitter to share a few anecdotes from her book, revealing that the Delhi riots were not a spontaneous outburst. https://twitter.com/advmonikaarora/status/1306901640037896192?s=20 Arora narrates the incident of Chand Bagh of Northeast Delhi when DCP Amit Sharma and his colleagues were attacked by the rioters after…
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked officials to formulate a strategy and bring an ordinance if required to prevent “religious conversions in the name of love”, an official said on Friday. “It has been seen in the recent past that women have been made to convert in the name of love and marriage and later subjected to cruelty and even murder,” the official who did not wished to be named said. “Taking a serious note of such incidents, the CM has directed that a concrete strategy be made to control such incidents,” he added. “It has often been…
sculptor from West Bengal has made a wax statue of the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Susanta Ray, who has a wax museum in Asansol, West Bengal, unveiled the Madame Tussauds-like statue of the actor on Thursday. He shared a video of the unveiling with the caption, “Big day for us…Today we are inaugurating wax statue of #Sushant_Singh_Rajput in our Museum at Asansol (sic).” https://twitter.com/IndiaToday/status/1306581940150001671?s=20 Sushant Singh’s statue made by Susanta Ray can be seen standing next to a chair. All the visitors can come and sit on the chair for the photo opportunities. This is Susanta’s tribute to Sushant…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said there was an approval by the Central government on use of Remdesivir and Fabiparivir as medicines to treat COVID-19. The top court was hearing a plea seeking registration of an FIR by the CBI against ten Indian pharmaceutical firms for manufacturing and selling these two medicines for treating COVID-19 patients allegedly without valid licences. Remdesivir and Favipiravir are antiviral drugs and their efficacy in treating COVID-19 patients are a matter of debate among doctors . A bench comprising judge S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian mentioned the New Drugs…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the ‘Kosi Rail Mahasetu’ along side a slew of other rail projects for Bihar and hit out at the previous UPA government for the “slow” progress within the development of railways within the state during its rule. The prime minister dedicated the ‘Kosi Rail Mahasetu’ to the state and inaugurated via video conference various projects associated with electrification and new rail lines. Kosi rail mega bridge was ‘dream project’ of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and therefore the then Railway minister Nitish Kumar, but after the Vajapyee government, speed on this project…
Israel has imposed full lockdown on Friday to try to contain the coronavirus outbreak that has steadily worsened for months as its government has been plagued by indecision and infighting. The three-week lockdown, which began at 2 PM (1630 IST), will require the closure of many businesses and strict limitation on movement and public gatherings. The closures coincide with the Jewish High Holidays, when people typically visit their families and gather for large prayer services. Addressing late Thursday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that even stricter measures may be needed to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed. There are currently more…
Nepal has introduced new text books in the school curriculum that include the country’s revised political map showing three strategically-important Indian areas as part of its territory, amidst a border dispute with India. India has already termed as untenable the “artificial enlargement” of the territorial claims by Nepal after its Parliament unanimously approved the new political map of the country featuring Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura areas which India maintains belongs to it. The curriculum Development Centre, under the Ministry of Education, recently published the books with the revised map, information officer at the centre Ganesh Bhattarai told PTI. The new…
A member of the Parliament in Thailand was left red-faced after he was caught looking at pornographic images on his smartphone. Ronnathep Anuwat was supposed to be paying attention to a budget reading when shocked reporters spotted him scrolling through explicit images on his phone, reports the Daily Mail. The politician reportedly spent around 10 minutes viewing the images on his phone on Wednesday evening. The whole thing was caught on camera by reporters sitting in the gallery of the parliament in Bangkok. The reporters snapped pictures of the MP, who represents Chonburi province for ruling military Palang Pracharath Party,…