Pritinanda Behera

China detects its first monkeypox

September 17, 2022

According to state media reports, China has detected its first monkeypox infection in a patient quarantined for Covid-19 in the southwestern city of Chongqing, but the risk of community transmission is low. "The patient was an international arrival, and the monkeypox was discovered during Covid-19 quarantine," according to the reports...

Karnataka CM: Sanitation workers to get free electric two-wheelers

September 17, 2022

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai launched an electric two-wheeler vehicle distribution drive for sanitation workers on Friday, announcing that the scheme has been expanded to ten municipal corporations across the state. Bommai emphasised the importance of making sanitation workers' lives easier by providing them with all necessary amenities and "infusing...

Former President Ram Nath Kovind launches a book named “Ambedkar and Modi: Reformer’s Ideas, Performer’s Implementation”

September 16, 2022

Former President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday released a book titled 'Ambedkar and Modi: Reformer's Ideas, Performer's Implementation.' The book, compiled by Bluekraft Digital Foundation, explores Dr. BR Ambedkar's life and works while drawing parallels with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiatives and reforms to put the social reformer's ideals into...

China will support India for the presidency next year: Xi Jinping

September 16, 2022

China will back India for the presidency next year, Xi Jinping said on Friday, shortly after Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Uzbekistan. The Chinese president congratulated New Delhi on hosting the summit next year, saying, "We will support India for its presidency next...

India-Bhutan border to open almost after 2.5 years

September 16, 2022

After a two-and-a-half-year hiatus caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the India-Bhutan border gates at Samdrup Jongkhar and Gelephu along the Assam border will reopen to tourists on September 23. Bhutan's government has officially announced that the international border with India will reopen on September 23rd, following the resolution of the...

Congress workers attack Kerala’s shop owner amid “Bharat Jodo Yatra”

September 16, 2022

A vegetable shop owner in Kerala's Kollam district was allegedly attacked and threatened on Friday by Congress workers demanding 2,000 for the party's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra.' S Fawaz told that he had given 500, but three party workers thought it was insufficient; Fawaz claimed they vandalised his shop and spoiled...

Adani becomes the second richest man in the world

September 16, 2022

Gautam Adani, a billionaire tycoon, has surpassed Bernard Arnault on the Forbes list to become the world's second richest man. The net worth of the Adani Group chairman has increased to $155.5 billion (12.37 lakh crore). Adani's net worth increased by $5.2 billion, or 3.49 per cent, according to the...

Cop arrests two killers of Sidhu Moose Wala

September 16, 2022

During an intelligence-based operation in Kukranwala village and Jandiala Guru town in Amritsar district on Friday, Punjab Police arrested two gangsters linked to the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala. Mandeep Singh, alias Tufan, and Manpreet Singh, alias Money Rayya, are associates of notorious gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria and prime...

8 of 11 Congress MLAs join BJP in Goa

September 15, 2022

Amid chanting of ‘Congress Todo, BJP Jodo’, eight Congress MLAs, including former Goa CM Digambar Kamat and Leader of Opposition Michael Lobo on Wednesday joined the ruling BJP. The other MLAs who have joined are Delilah Lobo, Rajesh Phaldesai, Kedar Naik, Sankalp Amonkar, Aleixo Sequeira and Rudolf Fernandes. They joined...

6 bikers reportedly shot a silk trader in Bhagalpur

September 15, 2022

Six bike-riding assailants allegedly gunned down a silk trader late Wednesday night in Bihar's Bhagalpur district. The incident occurred only 400 metres from the local police station. Mohammad Afzal Ansari (35), a Momin Tola resident, was identified as the deceased. The incident occurred around 10:30 p.m., as Afzal was returning...

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