For the second time in three weeks, terror struck France, this time with the gruesome beheading of a history teacher on a street in a Paris suburb. The alleged attacker was shot and killed by the police. French President Emmanuel Macron denounced what he called an “Islamist terrorist attack” and …
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Written by Anuradha Mascarenhas | Pune | Updated: October 17, 2020 7:13:22 am Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, chief scientist at the World Health Organization, said that a Covid-19 vaccine should be ready by the second quarter of next year. (Representative image) India can receive a Covid-19 vaccine by March 2021, provided …
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PK Jaiswar and Gurbaxpuri Bhikhiwind, October 16 Comrade Balwinder Singh (Sandhu) Bhikhiwind (62), awarded by Shaurya Chakra, was shot dead today by two unidentified assailants at his residence and on the school premises, months after the government removed his security cover. Sit down to investigate, CM promises action CM Amarinder …
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A 70-year-old man, born in Punjab and living in Ireland for more than 40 years, has claimed a Guinness World Record after completing what he calls his Earth Walk, which covers more than 40,075 kilometers or the equivalent of the circumference of the Land in less than 1,500 days, without …
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US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, which is developing a possible coronavirus vaccine with BioNTech, has said it could have the vaccine in November. Pfizer Inc has announced that it could apply for US authorization for the vaccine in November. Meanwhile, the Russian vaccine against the coronavirus (Sputnik V) that suffered a …
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Coronavirus Cases in India: Daily cases have fallen from a high of almost 100,000 in mid-September. New Delhi: India has climbed an “unprecedented” peak as active coronavirus cases fell below the 8 lakh mark for the first time in 1.5 months, the Health Ministry said this morning as the country’s …
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Written by Liz Mathew | New Delhi | Updated: October 17, 2020 7:33:42 am The president of the LJP, Chirag Paswan. (Proceedings) AS Lok Janshakti Party chief Chirag Paswan continues to reiterate his admiration for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ties to the National Democratic Alliance in the Center, …
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Up to 246 people have booked through the virtual queue system for darshan on Saturday. Thiruvananthapuram: The Sabarimala temple in Kerala reopened to the public on Saturday, during a five-day monthly pooja, after seven months of closure due to the Covid shutdown. Devotees wishing to visit the hilltop shrine must …
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Delhi (75.5%) registered the highest percentage of qualification with respect to the number of candidates in the state, followed by Haryana with 72.9%. A total of 85.6% of the nearly 16 lakh candidates who signed up for the exam turned up for the test held on September 13 after being …
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Seven people died and at least 30 others were injured when a bus they were traveling in collided with an SUV in Puranpur in the Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. Pilibhit Police Superintendent Jai Prakash said the bus was heading to Puranpur from Lucknow. “The bus rolled down …
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