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Wayanad: Landslide toll crosses 300; another 300 still missing

August 2, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid incessant rains and difficult terrain, more than 40 rescue teams from various agencies and government departments searched for any survivors in slush and mud left by the killer landslide on Tuesday in the Wayanad district of Kerala where the death toll mounted to over 300 as another 300-odd people were […]

Defence

Wayanad: At least 84 died in Kerala landslide; multi-pronged rescue ops intensified

July 30, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a major tragedy, at least 84 people, including women and children, died in a massive landslide in Wayanad, Kerala, triggered by very heavy rains on Tuesday as rescue efforts were mounted on war footing to save hundreds of others trapped in the mud and debris, the media reported. The landslides […]

Business

COVID-19: Delhi HC directs Patanjali to remove claims that Coronil is a cure

July 29, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday directed Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurveda to remove within three days claims attributing the deaths of people during the COVID-19 pandemic to allopathy doctors while promoting the company’s brand Coronil as a ‘cure’, the media reported. The single-judge Bench of Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani […]

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Centre Rubbishes Report of Excess Deaths in Covid Period

July 20, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, July 20: The Union Health Ministry has rubbished a report in a scientific paper claiming more than a million more deaths during the Covid pandemic period in 2020 and said the report was based on “untenable and unacceptable estimates.” “It is strongly asserted that an extra mortality of about 11.9 lakh deaths reported […]

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Bangladesh: After 100+ deaths, PM Hasina cancels foreign visits as anti-quota stir intensifies

July 20, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Of the over 5,000 Indian students in Bangladesh, 1,000 have returned home while 4,000 are still stuck in the riot-torn neighboring country struggling to control violent anti-reservation agitation, that has claimed over 100 lives this week and forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed to cancel her foreign visits. PM Hasina was […]

Defence

Diplomacy: Dr. Jaishankar opens the first Jan Aushadhi Kendra in Mauritius

July 18, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar inaugurated India’s first overseas “Jan Aushadi Kendra” in the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius, testifying to the “close” bilateral cooperation between the two countries, especially in the key health sector. Dr. Jaishankar was in Mauritius on a two-day visit from July 16, one of the […]

Business

Global warming: Hundreds die as millions in 4 continents suffer from heatwaves

June 21, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Not only in Saudi Arabia, where over 1,000 Hajj pilgrims died of heat strokes in recent days but in other countries also, hundreds have perished and millions suffered with extreme temperatures now roiling four continents in the Northern Hemisphere of the planet in what could go down in history as the […]

Business

Agriculture: Amid heatwaves, farmers are worried as monsoon rains 20% less so far

June 17, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With the new Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan planning ambitious schemes to boost farm production across India, as he did in Madhya Pradesh during his nearly two decades as its Chief Minister, the farmers have a fresh reason for concern: an overall deficit of 20 percent rains since the much-awaited […]

Business

Ukraine: PM Modi meets President Zelenskyy, emphasizes dialogue, diplomacy

June 14, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India believes the way to peace in Ukraine is through dialogue and diplomacy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the ongoing G-7 Summit in Italy on Friday, the media reported. During a bilateral meeting with President Zelenskyy, he assured India’s continued support for a […]

Business

Next pandemic: “It’s absolutely inevitable,” warns top British scientist

May 28, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after Singapore reported FLiRT, a new variant of Omicron, the COVID-19 strain, a British scientist has warned that the next pandemic is “absolutely inevitable.” Stressing learning from the hard-won lessons of COVID-19, Sir Patrick Wallance, former Chief Scientific Advisor to the United Kingdom Government, cautioned, “We are not ready yet,” […]