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20-30 pc COVID-19 patients in ICU have ‘brain involvement’: Doctors
Hyderabad: About 20-30 percent of COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit have some form of brain involvement, say leading neurologists. Apart from four broad categories of brain involvement in Covid, the secondary…
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Sonu Sood to set up O2 plants in over 16 states across India
Mumbai: Actor Sonu Sood, who has been relentlessly trying to help people who have been affected by Covid-19, has announced that he will set up oxygen plants across the country in almost 16-18…
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Lakshadweep admin implementing Sangh Parivar agenda: Congress
Thiruvananthapuram: Lakshadweep Pradesh Congress Committee president Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed has slammed the Union Territory administrator Praful G. Patel for his acts in the island, accusing him of implementing the agenda of the…
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Telangana: Like Bengal, BJP looking to poach leaders from TRS?
Hyderabad: Facing a tough regional leader in Telangana, will the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here adopt a similar strategy like it did in West Bengal to try and take on Trinamool Congress…
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Sentenced to death in UAE, Indian expat returns home after Lulu group chairman’s help
Abu Dhabi: A 45-year-old Indian expat returned home on Wednesday after languishing in prison for nine years awaiting the death penalty in the United Arab Emirates. The man was awarded the death…
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China’s birth control policies to cut down birth of Uyghur Muslims: Report
China has always been tough with its birth control policies. A recent report by a German scholar, Adrian Zenz, reveals that the Chinese birth control policies could cut between 2.6 to 4.5…
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India’s daily COVID-19 positivity rate dips to 4.66 pc, recovery rate at 94.55 pc
New Delhi: As the country records less than one lakh cases for the second successive days, the daily positivity rate of India has declined to 4.66 per cent, informed to the Ministry…
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Carry out ‘surgical strike’ on coronavirus: Bombay HC to Centre
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said the Centre’s approach against coronavirus, which is the society’s biggest enemy at present, should be “like a surgical strike” instead of standing at the borders…
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Eight killed in Israeli airstrikes on Syria
Beirut: At least eight members of the Syrian government forces and their allied militiamen are dead after Israeli airstrikes on central and southern Syria, a monitoring group said on Wednesday. The Britain-Based Syrian…
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Rakesh Tikait to meet Mamata Banerjee today at 3 pm
Kolkata: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait will meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday at 3 pm in Kolkata and deliberate on issues involving agriculture, health, education and…
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Petrol price may soon breach Rs 100 mark in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Petrol price continues to sour in Hyderabad as it has reached Rs. 99.31 per liter. The price is just a few paisa away from Rs. 100 per liter mark while, the…
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Breaking: Telangana govt cancels intermediate second-year exams
Hyderabad: After postponing the conduct due to the surge in COVID-19 cases in the state, Telangana government on Wednesday announced its decision to cancel exams for intermediate second-year students. A decision regarding…
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Telangana: Schools plan to start online classes from June 16
Hyderabad: As the Telangana State government extended the summer vacations till June 15, the educational institutions plan to start online classes for the next academic year on June 16. The Central Board…
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Annular solar eclipse on June 10: Know everything about it
Kolkata: An annular solar eclipse is going to occur on Thursday but it will not be visible in India except in some parts of Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh for a few minutes before…
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Telangana: COVID-19 positivity rate drops further
Hyderabad: The COVID-19 positivity rate in Telangana dropped further to 1.42 per cent as the state reported 1,897 positive cases during the 24 hour period ending 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday. A total of…
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UN chief calls killing of Muslim family in Canada ‘heinous attack’
New York: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that he is “appalled” at the murder of a Muslim family in a targeted car crash attack in the Canadian province of Ontario…
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INS Tarkash brings medical supplies to Mumbai from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia
New Delhi: As part of the ongoing Operation ‘Samudra Setu II’ to support the nation’s fight against coronavirus, Indian Naval Ship (INS) Tarkash on Tuesday arrived in Mumbai with critical medical supplies…
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Good news for Govt. employees as state cabinet approves PRC
Hyderabad: Finally after a long wait the Government employees have a good news as the State Cabinet has also approved PRC. The decision was taken during a five The statement given by…
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Nine food processing zones to come up in Telangana
Hyderabad: Nine special food processing zones will come up in Telangana, the state Cabinet decided at its meeting on Tuesday. The zones will come up in old districts, except in Hyderabad. Rice mills…
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COVID-19: UAE extends ban on flights from India till July 6
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday extended the suspension of flight services from India till July 6 as part of measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
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Govt sets maximum price of vaccines for private hospitals
New Delhi: The government has set the maximum price private hospitals can charge for the three COVID-19 vaccines currently available in the country — Covishield Rs 780 per dose, Covaxin Rs 1,410 and…
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Saudi Arabia extends visas of expats for free till July 31
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Tuesday announced to extend the validity of Iqamas (residency permits) and visas automatically free of cost for expats till July 31, the Saudi press…
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Class XII: 60 percent students against using internal marks for score, reveals survey
New Delhi: While 80 per cent of Class XII students are relieved and pleased that the board examinations have been cancelled, nearly two-third of them are concerned about the use of internal school…
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Telangana: Relaxation hours extended till 5pm; lockdown for ten more days
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Tuesday evening announced that lockdown will be extended for ten more days, starting June 10. However, the relaxation hours have been extended until 5 pm; with an…
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French President Macron slapped on face during walkabout
Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped by a man during a walkabout session with a crowd in the Drome region in southeastern France on Tuesday, an aide said. Videos going viral…
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Efficacy of Covaxin, Covishield, Sputnik V more or less equivalent: Guleria
New Delhi: Data available till now shows clearly that efficacy of all vaccines — whether Covaxin, Covishield or Sputnik V — are more or less equivalent, AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria said amid rumours…
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Continued and sharp decline in daily Covid cases: Govt
New Delhi: There has been a continued and sharp decline in daily new coronavirus cases in the country, the government said on Tuesday, but stressed on following COVID-19-appropriate behaviour to avert any future…
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Maharashtra MP Navneet Kaur fined for submitting fake caste certificate
Mumbai: Navneet Kaur Rana, independent MP from Maharashtra has been fined Rs. 2 Lakh by the Bombay high court for submitting a fake caste certificate on Tuesday. The first-time Member of Parliament…
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‘Targeted because of their Islamic faith’, Muslim family run over by truck in Canada
Ontario: In a targeted attack on Muslims, a 20-year-old driver ran over an entire Muslim family with his pickup truck killing four out of the five members of the family in the…
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US govt lab in 2020 concluded Covid-19 leaked from Wuhan: Report
Washington: The US government’s national laboratory had in a 2020 report on the origins of Covid-19 concluded that the virus leaked from a Chinese lab in Wuhan, the Wall Street Journal said on…