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TELANGANA SEES FIRST ZERO COVID DEATH DAY IN OVER 8 MONTHS

February 12, 2021

HYDERABAD : For the first time in more than eight months, Telangana reported no death due to Covid-19 on Thursday. Health officials said no death due to Covid was reported during the last 24 hours. The first fatality in the state was reported on March 28 and the state has...

NITIN GADKARI TO LAUNCH INDIA’S FIRST CNG TRACTOR TODAY

February 12, 2021

NEW DELHI: India’s first-ever diesel tractor, converted to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), will be formally launched by the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari on February 12. The conversion, carried out jointly by Rawmatt Techno Solutions and Tomasetto Achille India, will help farmers increase their income, by...

Farm laws in the interest of farmers: Nitish after meeting PM Modi

February 12, 2021

After a courtesy meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital on Thursday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that the new farms laws are in the interest of farmers. He said that the Central government had taken the right path to hold talks with the farmers to...

Domestic flight ticket prices to go up as govt raises cap by up to 30%

February 12, 2021

To give more pricing flexibility to the airlines, the Centre has expanded the airfare cap, sources said on Thursday. Accordingly, the lower fare band has been increased by 10 per cent, while the upper cap has been raised by 30 per cent. This means that passengers will have to spend...

UK KENT VARIANT OF COVID-19 WILL ‘SWEEP THE WORLD’, SAYS SCIENTIST

February 12, 2021

The Covid-19 variant, which was first detected in the UK’s Kent last year, is set to become the dominant strain and is going to sweep the world, the head of the UK’s genetic surveillance programme said. “The new variant has ‘swept the country’ and ‘it’s going to sweep the world,...

Do business, make money but follow Indian laws: Govt amid Twitter row

February 12, 2021

Amid an ongoing face-off with microblogging platform Twitter, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad told Parliament on Thursday that strict action would be taken if social media was misused to spread fake news and fuel violence. Specifically naming Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, and LinkedIn in the Rajya...

CAA will be rolled out after Covid vaccination, Mamata can’t stop it: Shah

February 12, 2021

The centre’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will start rolling once the Covid-19 vaccination is over, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday, adding that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will not be able to stop its implementation. “As soon as vaccination drive will conclude and we become corona-free,...

GULZAR, ZAKIR HUSSAIN JOIN HANDS FOR PRATIBHA SINGH BAGHEL’S ALBUM ‘BOLE NAINA’

February 11, 2021

NEW DELHI: Music legends Gulzar, Zakir Hussain and Deepak Pandit come together for Pratibha Singh Baghel’s first album ‘Bole Naina’. Sufiscore presents ‘Bole Naina’ (Silences Speak), an album that is a collaborative effort of musical legends and young talent that is epic in its musical sweep. The title song ‘Bole...

KRITI SANON, TIGER SHROFF REUNITE FOR ‘GANAPATH’

February 11, 2021

NEW DELHI: Kriti Sanon was on Wednesday confirmed as the lead actress of the upcoming action film ‘Ganapath’, opposite Tiger Shroff. This is the first time the two stars will be seen together on screen after their 2014 debut film ‘Heropanti’. Tiger announced on Instagram: “Khatam hua intezaar @kritisanon. Super...

SHOOTING ‘LIVE TELECAST’ WAS FRIGHTENING FOR KAJAL AGGARWAL

February 11, 2021

MUMBAI: Kajal Aggarwal claims she did not sleep while filming the horror series ‘Live Telecast’ because she would be scared and would often wake up petrified. Venkat Prabhu’s series narrates the story of a TV crew that gets trapped in a haunted house. “I think the venue where we were...

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