Iran will give a “calculated and decisive” response to the killing of its top nuclear scientist, said a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, while a hardline newspaper suggested Tehran’s revenge should include striking the Israeli city of Haifa. “Undoubtedly, Iran will give a calculated and decisive answer to the criminals who took Martyr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh from the Iranian nation,” Kamal Kharrazi, who is also head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said in a statement. Fakhrizadeh, long suspected by Western and Israeli government of masterminding a secret nuclear weapons program, was ambushed on a highway near Tehran on…
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India’s coronavirus tally breached the 94-lakh mark after 38,772 new infections reported in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s data on Monday. The overall coronavirus cases reached 94,31,692 including 4,46,952 active cases and 88,47,600 recoveries. With 443 new deaths, the cumulative toll mounted to 1,37,139. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the total number of tests for COVID-19 conducted in the country reached 14,03,79,976, of these, 8,76,173 COVID-19 tests were done yesterday. Today is the 23rd day when India reported less than 50,000 cases in a day. The last…
Narendra Modi on Monday will interact with three teams involved in developing a vaccine for COVID-19 via video conferencing. According to a statement by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), he will interact with the teams of the Gennova Biopharma, Biological E, and Dr Reddy’s, who are involved in developing a COVID-19 vaccine. “Tomorrow, on November 30, 2020, PM Narendra Modi will interact, via video conferencing, with three teams that are involved in developing a COVID-19 vaccine. The teams he will interact with are from Gennova Biopharma, Biological E and Dr Reddy’s,” the PMO tweeted on Sunday. Minister Modi had visited…
Farmers decided to stay at the Gazipur-Ghaziabad (Delhi-UP) border on Sunday late night as their protest against Central Government’s farm laws continues. A group of farmers was seen sleeping on the road while others were seen sitting closely in a group around a bonfire amid cold weather. Farmers also stay put at the Singhu border (Delhi-Haryana border). The farmers are protesting against The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020. Meanwhile, Union ministers Amit Shah and…
Narendra Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi on Monday to launch the Varanasi-Prayagraj highway project and participate in Deepotsav celebrations at the Ganges ghats. As the city prepared for the Prime Minister’s visit, security personnel, along with the dog squad, were seen checking boats at the ghats. They were thoroughly checking other locations near Rajghat as well, according to news agency ANI. Modi will inaugurate the six-lane widening project of the Handia (Prayagraj) – Rajatalab (Varanasi) section of National Highway 19 during his visit. The 73-km stretch of the newly widened and six laned NH19, made with a total outlay…
A 30-year-old youth was killed when the bike he was riding was hit by an unknown vehicle on NH-33 early on Saturday. The accident happened at Saharbera under Chandil thana area of the adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district, about 25 km away from Jamshedpur. The victim, identified as Gunjan Kumar, was killed within one minute of his conversation with his father, PK Lal over the phone. Chandil thana OC, Uday Prasad Gupta confirmed that an unidentified vehicle had caused the mishap, resulting in the death of the youth. “Several heavy vehicles pass through the NH-33 every minute, but some local villagers had…
In a first of its kind, the Jharkhand Police have released a cybersecurity awareness handbook on Friday, sources have said. It was released by the DG headquarters Ranchi Ajay Kr Singh in the state capital. The Telegraph Online managed to access a copy of the 35-page handbook, written in two languages. A senior police officer, who wished to remain anonymous, said it took a month to prepare the handbook. According to sources, around 500 cases of cyber crime are registered annually in Jharkhand, an act that prompted DGP MV Rao to instruct the police to prepare the handbook. A senior…
Tata Main Hospital (TMH) has declared that Covid-19 treatment will be a paid service from December 1. The charges will range from Rs 8,000 to Rs 12,000 per day depending on the condition of the patient. Tata Main Hospital, which is a Covid-19 hospital run by Tata Steel has provided treatment to 3,986 patients free of cost. During an online conference call in the city on Friday, Dr. Rajan Chaudhry, advisor, Medical Services, Tata Steel, said, “Patients admitted to the hospital till November 30 can avail free treatment. But, from December 1 Covid-19 patients will have to pay for the…
Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) is thinking of amending trade licence and other rules pertaining to commercial establishments to allow punitive provisions for violation of Covid safety norms, mayor Asha Lakra announced after holding a marathon meeting with trade organisations on Saturday. The civic body has decided to roll out an aggressive week-long awareness drive to reinforce Covid safety norms among traders and shoppers from Sunday. Lakra said she would hold another meeting early in December to chalk out modalities of including punitive provisions in the Jharkhand Municipal Trade License Regulations-2017 and other rules for shops and markets. “Saturday’s meeting was aimed at…
The East Singhbhum administration has rolled out a two-day mass testing drive from Saturday and has set a target of conducting 15,000 antigen tests in 48 hours. DC Suraj Kumar said, “Anyone with symptoms of Covid-19, like fever, cough and cold, etc., should get themselves tested.”“People who have returned to the district from other cities and towns should also get themselves tested,” additional chief medical officer Sahir Pal, who is also the surveillance officer of the district, said.