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Tokyo Olympics: Ravi Dahiya brings 2nd Silver for India

August 5, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: Thursday became a red-letter day in Indian sports history when, after a 41-year-hiatus, the men’s hockey team redeemed national honor by winning a Bronze, while Ravi Dahiya won a Silver in wrestling. With these, India has so far won three Bronze and two Silver Medals at the ongoing Olympic Games in Tokyo. Earlier, […]

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Roving Periscope: Broke Naya Pakistan to rent out PM Imran’s official residence!

August 5, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Imagine loud Punjabi music blaring out and ecstatic baaratis dancing their way with gay abandon right into the Prime Minister’s official residence in Islamabad, where the bride’s family, friends, and relatives anxiously await their frenzied guests. No. Pak PM Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi is not marrying a fourth time. He […]

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Tokyo Olympics: Lovlina gets Bronze, Neeraj sails into javelin finals

August 4, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: Wednesday was a mixed day for Team India in the Tokyo Olympics as Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) signed off with a Bronze Medal in the Games, but Argentina beat India 2-1 in the women’s hockey semi-finals. After a comprehensive 0-5 loss to reigning world champion Busenaz Surmeneli, Lovlina, the 23-year-old from Assam, became only […]

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Covid-19: Long-lasting virus symptoms rare in children, says Lancet

August 4, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Children seem to be relatively safer from the Covid-19 pandemic as long-lasting symptoms of the disease are rare in their cases, The Lancet has said. Most coronavirus-infected kids usually recover after six days, and the number of those experiencing symptoms beyond a month is low, according to a study published […]

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Wild life: Police bust pangolin smuggling racket, arrest 2 in Odisha

August 3, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: Odisha Police busted a pangolin smuggling racket and arrested 2 people from the Balasore district on Monday. The Special Task Force of the Crime Branch and Balasore Forest Division officials arrested the duo from Batapada Natapada, Balasore. The policemen disguised as customers to nab them. Police also confiscated 3 kg of pangolin scales. […]

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Tokyo Olympics: Indian men’s hockey team to face Germany for bronze

August 3, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: Indian men’s hockey team lost the first Olympic semifinals to Belgium 2-5 at the Oi Hockey stadium in Tokyo on Tuesday. Now India will play against Germany, who defeated Austria in another semifinal, for the bronze medal on August 5. The Belgian team started aggressively as drag-flicker Loick Luypaert scored for his team […]

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Covid-19: As Delta spreads, new variant Epsilon emerges in 34 nations

August 2, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Even as the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, causing Covid-19, has spread to over 130 countries, a new strain, Epsilon— vaccine-resistant and highly transmissible–has surfaced in 35 nations. It has also infected people in neighboring Pakistan where, as in the US and China, restrictions are being re-imposed due to an increase […]

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Muslim women: Triple talaq cases down 80%, says Naqvi

August 2, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Avya Mathur New Delhi: Within two years of the law against triple talaq, which Parliament passed on July 30, 2019, the number of divorce cases involving Muslim women has come down by around 80 percent, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said here on Sunday. Before Parliament passed the Muslim Women (Protection […]

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Roving Periscope: Mask up again as deadlier Delta has “changed the war”

July 31, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Don’t be complacent nor throw caution to the wind. In fact, be all the more cautious now. First of all, wear the mask again and get fully vaccinated at the earliest. The next wave of the pandemic may be round-the-corner, waiting to catch the careless unawares. Some countries, including India, […]

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Wild life: Bison found dead at Kanan Zoo in Chhattisgarh

July 31, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: A bison was found dead at the Kanan Zoological Garden in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, on Friday. Veterinarians, who conducted a postmortem, could not ascertain the cause of death and decided to send the animal’s viscera to the Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary College, Jabalpur, for further investigation. The zoo employees saw the bison writhing in agony […]