An RTI journalist was arrested by the police in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh on March 3 for possessing opium and brown sugar and got him to “confess” to the crime. Then, two days later, the cops found that the contraband was planted, leading up to five arrested for setting him up. Two confessional statements in less than…
Amid a fresh surge of COVID-19, Delhi recorded 312 new cases of coronavirus with three deaths on Friday. This is the highest number of cases in nearly one-and-a-half month's time. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.53% after authorities conducted 59,122 tests. This takes the Capital's infection tally to 640,494 and fatalities to 10,918. Daily infections crossed the…
The farmers' agitation against the Centre's farm laws on Saturday will complete 100 days. The protests, which started on November 26, are still going on as eleven rounds of talks held between the government and the protesting farmer unions over their demand to repeal farm laws yielded no results. To commemorate the day, plans are…
An RTI journalist was arrested by the police in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh on March 3 for possessing opium and brown sugar and got him to “confess” to the crime. Then, two days later, the cops found that the contraband was planted, leading up to five arrested for setting him up. Two confessional statements in less than…
Amid a fresh surge of COVID-19, Delhi recorded 312 new cases of coronavirus with three deaths on Friday. This is the highest number of cases in nearly one-and-a-half month's time. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.53% after authorities conducted 59,122 tests. This takes the Capital's infection tally to 640,494 and fatalities to 10,918. Daily infections crossed the…
The farmers' agitation against the Centre's farm laws on Saturday will complete 100 days. The protests, which started on November 26, are still going on as eleven rounds of talks held between the government and the protesting farmer unions over their demand to repeal farm laws yielded no results. To commemorate the day, plans are…
Gov. Cuomo made sexual harassment training mandatory for state employees in 2018. But in 2019, Cuomo skipped it and had a staffer complete it for him, a former aide says. That aide is also one of three women who have accused Cuomo of sexual harassment. Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. In…
Twitter's Birdwatch feature lets users flag tweets they believe are misleading or need additional context. The Birdwatch feature is in pilot mode and is only available to select users in the US. Birdwatch is Twitter's latest method of cracking down on the rapid spread of misinformation on the platform. Twitter has introduced a series of…
An RTI journalist was arrested by the police in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh on March 3 for possessing opium and brown sugar and got him to “confess” to the crime. Then, two days later, the cops found that the contraband was planted, leading up to five arrested for setting him up. Two confessional statements in less than…
Amid a fresh surge of COVID-19, Delhi recorded 312 new cases of coronavirus with three deaths on Friday. This is the highest number of cases in nearly one-and-a-half month's time. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.53% after authorities conducted 59,122 tests. This takes the Capital's infection tally to 640,494 and fatalities to 10,918. Daily infections crossed the…
The farmers' agitation against the Centre's farm laws on Saturday will complete 100 days. The protests, which started on November 26, are still going on as eleven rounds of talks held between the government and the protesting farmer unions over their demand to repeal farm laws yielded no results. To commemorate the day, plans are…
Gov. Cuomo made sexual harassment training mandatory for state employees in 2018. But in 2019, Cuomo skipped it and had a staffer complete it for him, a former aide says. That aide is also one of three women who have accused Cuomo of sexual harassment. Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. In…
Twitter's Birdwatch feature lets users flag tweets they believe are misleading or need additional context. The Birdwatch feature is in pilot mode and is only available to select users in the US. Birdwatch is Twitter's latest method of cracking down on the rapid spread of misinformation on the platform. Twitter has introduced a series of…
By: PTI | Kota | Updated: March 6, 2021 11:54:28 am The accused has been booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. A 14-year-old girl who was allegedly abducted by her distant relative, raped repeatedly and forced to work at a construction site…
PTI New Delhi, September 23, 2020 15:06 IST Updated: September 23, 2020 15:59 IST PTI New Delhi, September 23, 2020 15:06 IST Updated: September 23, 2020 15:59 IST The agency is carrying out searches at 13 locations. Photo used for representation purpose only. File | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar The agency is carrying…
The CBI has registered an FIR against former Visva Bharati University vice-chancellor Sushanta Duttagupta for alleged corrupt activities during his tenure at the historic university, officials said on Wednesday. The action comes after a two-year-long preliminary enquiry (PE) into the allegations levelled against him during 2012 and 2013. It is alleged that during his tenure…
According to a press release issued by the Hyderabad-based vaccine maker, it owns the rights to distribute the vaccine in all markets except the US, Japan and Europe. "It is prudent for Bharat to be involved in diverse but tenable projects to provide a much-needed vaccine against COVID-19 reaches all citizens of the world,” says…
Coronavirus LIVE Updates: India's Covid-19 case tally crossed the 56-lakh mark today with a spike of 83,347 new cases and 1,085 deaths in last 24 hours.The total case tally stands at 5,646,011 including 9,68,377 active cases. The number of people have been cured, discharged or have migrated is 45,87,614, while the total number of fatalities…
Parts of the Arctic region are turning greener due to increased plant growth driven by warmer air and soil temperatures, according to a study that used satellite images to track global tundra ecosystems over decades. "The Arctic tundra is one of the coldest biomes on Earth, and it's also one of the most rapidly warming,"…
A one-day monsoon session of the Uttarakhand Assembly was held here on Wednesday amid strict compliance with COVID guidelines. The session, originally scheduled to be held from September 23-25, had to be curtailed to one day because of rising cases of coronavirus in the state. As decided earlier, only MLAs who had tested negative for…
Opposition MPs protest in the well of the Rajya Sabha against the farm bills. (Twitter/@ANI) He also said that there would a social security fund to cover around 40 crore unorganised sector workers. Over 29 labour laws have been merged into four codes and one (Code on Wages Bill, 2019) of them has already been…
Pune-based Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) developed the ATGM in association with High Energy Materials Research Laboratory and Instruments Research and Development Establishment (IRDE).(Representative Image) The laser-guided anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) is likely to significantly enhance the fire-power capability of the Indian Army particularly along the frontiers with Pakistan and China, the officials said.…
An RTI journalist was arrested by the police in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh on March 3 for possessing opium and brown sugar and got him to “confess” to the crime. Then, two days later, the cops found that the contraband was planted, leading up to five arrested for setting him up. Two confessional statements in less than…
Amid a fresh surge of COVID-19, Delhi recorded 312 new cases of coronavirus with three deaths on Friday. This is the highest number of cases in nearly one-and-a-half month's time. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.53% after authorities conducted 59,122 tests. This takes the Capital's infection tally to 640,494 and fatalities to 10,918. Daily infections crossed the…
The farmers' agitation against the Centre's farm laws on Saturday will complete 100 days. The protests, which started on November 26, are still going on as eleven rounds of talks held between the government and the protesting farmer unions over their demand to repeal farm laws yielded no results. To commemorate the day, plans are…
Gov. Cuomo made sexual harassment training mandatory for state employees in 2018. But in 2019, Cuomo skipped it and had a staffer complete it for him, a former aide says. That aide is also one of three women who have accused Cuomo of sexual harassment. Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. In…
Twitter's Birdwatch feature lets users flag tweets they believe are misleading or need additional context. The Birdwatch feature is in pilot mode and is only available to select users in the US. Birdwatch is Twitter's latest method of cracking down on the rapid spread of misinformation on the platform. Twitter has introduced a series of…