The first family of US television do have the habit of breaking the internet. We are talking about the Kardashian-West/Jenners. From Kim to Kylie and Kanye, they have had some of the most viral internet moments. Kanye West recently had one more such moment when he announced that he will be running for the President of the United States in 2020 elections on Twitter. He will challenge the current President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival and former Vice President Joe Biden. https://twitter.com/grandayy/status/1279587860455329792?s=20 https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/1279575273365594112?s=20 https://twitter.com/KarluskaP/status/1279578771117543426?s=20 He wrote, “We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our…
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Sri Lanka batsman Kusal Mendis has been arrested by the police in Horethuduwa for running over a pedestrian, who eventually succumbed to his injuries, with his car early on Sunday morning. Mendis’s car hit a 64-year-old man who was traveling on a bicycle early morning on July 5 in the Colombo suburb of Panadura. The man was a local resident who died as he was being admitted to hospital, according to reports. Mendis is set to be produced before a magistrate later today, police said. It is yet to be ascertained whether either of the two were under the influence…
America loves India!,” Donald Trump tweeted. On Saturday, PM Modi tweeted: “I congratulate @POTUS @realDonaldTrump and the people of the USA on the 244th Independence Day of the USA. As the world’s largest democracies, we cherish freedom and human enterprise that this day celebrates. @WhiteHouse” https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1279469749567655936?s=20 Earlier in the day, Donald Trump vowed to “safeguard our values” from enemies within — leftists, looters, agitators, he said — in a July 4 speech packed with all the grievances and combativeness of his political rallies. Donald Trump watched paratroopers float to the ground in a tribute to America, greeted his audience of…
As experts cautioned against rushing the method for developing a COVID-19 vaccine after the ICMR stated it plans to launch one by Assumption, the apex health research body on Saturday stressed that it’s acting in accordance with the globally accepted norms to fast-track vaccine development for diseases of pandemic potential. The ICMR said that the letter by Director General of ICMR Dr Balram Bhargava to principal investigators of the clinical test sites was meant to chop unnecessary bureaucratic procedure, without bypassing any necessary process, and speed up recruitment of participants. Bhargava had on July 2 written to principal investigators of…
Amid border tensions between India and China, Indian Air Force (IAF) Apache attack helicopter at a forward airbase on July 04 carried out air operations near India-China border. The Indian Air Force on Saturday carried out air operations at a forward base near India-China border. Visuals on ANI showed Su-30MKI fighter aircraft and Apache attack helicopter moving in and out of the airbase near the border with China. Apaches are prominent as they carry out regular sorties with their only mandate of a combat role in the Eastern Ladakh sector. The American-origin attack chopper along with its heavy-lift counterpart Chinook…
Kanpur district administration today used bulldozers to demolish a house belonging to Vikas Dubey, the main accused in the cold-blooded murder of eight UP cops on Friday and a notorious criminal mastermind charged in 60 criminal cases. The demolition was done in the presence of Uttar Pradesh police officers. Vikas Dubey remains missing, over 36 hours after the bloodbath in Bikru village, which is around 150 km from state capital Lucknow. In visuals of the demolition, a group of armed police officers (some with what appear to be assault rifles) stand guard as a lone black-and-yellow bulldozer breaks down the…
Taking serious note of incidents of men using naval uniforms or badges for allegedly posing as Navy officers in Kerala, the Indian Navy on Saturday said it will approach the state government seeking a ban on unauthorised sale of Armed forces uniforms in the state. Impersonation of service personnel by others is a cognizable offence and those indulging in such activities would be subject to stringent measures in order to avoid anti-national elements from utilizing this method for ulterior motives, which pose a potentially grave threat to national security, the navy said in a statement. The Navy noted that District…
With a vision to support the transgender community and give them better opportunities, Zoya Khan became India’s first transgender operator of a Common Service Centre in Gujarat to provide tele-medicine consultation. The Common Service Centres (CSC), under the Digital India programme, are access points for delivery of essential public utility services, social welfare schemes, healthcare, financial, education and agriculture services, apart from host of services in rural and remote areas. As part of the tele-medicine services, patients can get consultation through video calling from their nearest centre. Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Zoya Khan is India’s first…
Researchers, led by an Indian scientist, have developed a cheap, electricity free centrifuge to separate components in patient saliva samples for the detection of the novel coronavirus, an advance that may increase accessibility of COVID-19 diagnostics in poor regions of the world. According to the scientists, including Manu Prakash from Stanford University in the US, the ”Handyfuge” device spins sample-containing tubes at very high speeds, enough to separate the virus genome from patient saliva samples, without needing electricity. They said the cheap centrifuge, described in a yet-to-be peer-reviewed study published in the platform medRxiv, can be assembled using readily available…
More than 25 teams have been formed by the UP Police to arrest notorious criminal Vikas Dubey who was yet to be apprehended 36 hours after eight police personnel were gunned down by criminals during an attempt to arrest him. Inspector General of Police, Kanpur, Mohit Agarwal on Saturday told PTI, “To arrest Vikas Dubey and his accomplices, as many as 25 teams have been formed which are conducting raids in different districts of the state and other states as well.” Police officials also said the surveillance team was scanning over 500 mobile phones and efforts were on to retrieve…