However, distributing the vaccines in India’s first mass vaccination campaign for adults could be a daunting task. It will require expanding India’s existing cold chain capacity at breakneck speed, especially in some of the most densely populated parts of the country, where such infrastructure is very limited. It will also …
Read More »Neetu Kapoor, Varun Dhawan tests positive for COVID-19
Mumbai: Veteran star Neetu Kapoor and actor Varun Dhawan tested positive on Friday for coronavirus in Chandigarh. The two Bollywood actors, along with Anil Kapoor and Kiara Advani, were filming their next movie “Jug Jugg Jeeyo” in the city. According to a source close to the family, Neetu, 62, is …
Read More »1,914-page indictment filed against Arnab Goswami | India News
MUMBAI: Republic TVit is Arnab goswami and two other businessmen delayed payment or did not pay interior designer Anway Naik’s firm, crippling his financial position and leading him to commit suicide, Alibaug police said in their charge sheet filed Friday in the complicity case to the suicide recorded against Goswami …
Read More »RBI maintains rates, projects positive GDP growth in the third quarter, higher inflation
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday celebrated stable interest rates, forecast a lower GDP contraction for the second half of the year, and strongly elevated inflation projections, stating that growth will return to positive territory in the third and fourth quarters of fiscal year …
Read More »Student, scientist, baker: meet Gitanjali Rao, Time’s first ‘kid of the year’
15-year-old Gitanjali Rao, selected from more than 5,000 nominees as Time’s first ‘Girl of the Year’, was chosen for her “amazing work” and her use of technology to address problems from contaminated drinking water to opioid addiction and cyberbullying. Time said Rao, a sophomore at STEM School Highlands Ranch in …
Read More »Stan Swamy gets handjob, sips in jail, and files new petition to find his purse
Advocate for activist Stan Swamy, charged in the case of links between Elgar Parishad and the Maoists, told a special court here on Friday that the Taloja prison authorities have given Swamy a straw and a sip. Swamy, 83, submitted three new requests on Friday seeking instructions to the National …
Read More »Virat Kohli: Cricket captain put son’s birth before Australia series and told Indian men fatherhood matters
Dhoni had skipped the birth of her daughter to compete in the World Cup in Australia, saying: “I’m on national duties so I think everything else can wait.” Five years later, the same dilemma faces another Indian cricket captain. Only this time Virat Kohli has put his family before his …
Read More »Karnataka: Pro-Kannada Outfits for Watching Bandh Across the State Today Here’s What You Need to Know
A KSRTC bus stop in Bangalore. | Stock Photo | Photo credit: PTI Key points The government’s decision to establish a Maratha corporation in Karnataka has infuriated the Kannada teams Activists demand that the government withdraw the order The government warned of strict actions against the forced closure of businesses …
Read More »Farmers up the ante, call for Bharat bandh on December 8 | India News
NEW DELHI / BATHINDA: Seeking to increase pressure on the Center ahead of Saturday’s fifth round of talks, farmers unions opposing the new farm laws have called for a Bharat bandh December 8th. They will also go ahead with planned anti-government protests across the country on Saturday. A decision on …
Read More »Corey Anderson Confirms Withdrawal from New Zealand; signs with the US MLC
NEWS FROM NEW ZEALAND Anderson last played for New Zealand in a T20I, in November 2018. © Getty Corey Anderson left New Zealand cricket with immediate effect after accepting a three-year contract with the upcoming Major League Cricket T20 in the US. Confirming the development of Cricbuzz, Anderson said: “It …
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