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Bihar Govt formation: 16-17 Ministers likely to be sworn in with CM Nitish Kumar

Around 16 to 17 ministers are expected to be sworn-in along with Chief Minister-designate Nitish Kumar in the oath-taking ceremony on Monday, but it was not clear yet if Sushil Kumar Modi will return as Deputy Chief Minister.

Nov 16, 2020

Normalcy may return by winter 2021, says Covid vaccine creator

Normalcy from the Covid era can only be expected by next year's winter as any Covid vaccine will take to show its effect and will not immediately reduce the number of infections, as per the co-developer of Pfizer's vaccine, media reports said.

Nov 16, 2020

Meet Uğur Şahin, the Muslim founder of BioNTech behind Pfizer's COVID vaccine

BioNTech founder Uğur Şahin, a Turkish Muslim, came across a research paper on the novel coronavirus outbreak in China and realised that the technology he was working on can be very useful in making a viral vaccine. Scroll down to read about his journey.

Nov 15, 2020

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Union Minister Anurag Thakur appointed J&K election incharge for local bodies [list of others]

BJP President JP Nadda appointed Anurag Thakur as the election in-charge for the upcoming local polls in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir. National spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain and Haryana MP Sanjay Bhatia will be co-in charges.

Nov 15, 2020

Congress leader Ahmed Patel admitted to ICU weeks after testing COVID positive

Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel was infected with Covid 19 in the first week of October. His condition is stable and he continues to be under medical observation.

Nov 15, 2020

NYC-based comedian mimics Trump, Biden and other leader's Diwali wishes; Twitter in splits | watch

Feraz Shere, a New York-based comedian is the latest internet sensation after he decided to give a hilarious spin to some of the Diwali messages of leaders like Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Justin Trudeau, Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders

Nov 15, 2020

Manipur CM N Biren Singh tests COVID positive, under home isolation

The Chief Minister of Manipur, N Biren Singh has tested positive for coronavirus. Singh took to Twitter to announce his diagnosis and asked those who came in his contact recently to self-isolate and get tested.

Nov 15, 2020

Biden, Kamala trolled for clubbing Saal Mubarak with Diwali greetings [Rationale explained]

US President-elect Joe Biden and VP-elect Kamala Harris greeted people Happy Diwali and Saal Mubarak but looks like the 'Saal Mubarak' bit did not click with netizens. Scroll down to know more about the usage of the phrase 'Saal Mubarak'

Nov 15, 2020

Sheen Mubarak: First snowfall in higher reaches of Kashmir valley; Srinagar highway shut | Watch

The upper reaches of Kashmir valley witnessed the first snowfall of the season. The weather department has predicted bad weather for a few days.Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh is likely to receive heavy rain and snow which will prevail for few days.

Nov 15, 2020

China has recently found presence of Covid-19 virus on packaged beef and shrimp, imported from Brazil and Saudi Arabia respectively. (Photo: Reuters)

China sounds alarm after detecting coronavirus on packaged beef, shrimp

The country has again sounded an alarm after virus samples were detected in packaged beef and shrimp, imported from Brazil and Saudi Arabia respectively.

Nov 15, 2020

'True Messiah of poor': PM Modi pays tribute to Birsa Munda | Know more about the freedom fighter

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted Jharkhand's people on its Statehood Day and also paid tributes to 19th century freedom fighter and tribal leader Birsa Munda on his birth anniversary.

Nov 15, 2020

Huge coup for China as 15 Asian Nations sign RCEP Trade Pact, world's largest in terms of GDP

Fifteen Asia-Pacific economies formed the world's largest free trade bloc, a China-backed deal that excludes the United States, which had left a rival Asia-Pacific grouping under President Donald Trump.

Nov 15, 2020

Missing MP cop found begging after 15 yrs; was starving, shivering on footpath

Like any movie scene, two Madhya Pradesh policemen found their former colleague begging on the footpath, who had disappeared around 15 years ago. He was found to be mentally disturbed.

Nov 15, 2020

'PAK chose festive occasion to disrupt peace': India summons PAK diplomat over J&K ceasefire violations

India summoned the Charge d'Affaires of the Pakistan High Commission to lodge a strong protest over unprovoked ceasefire violation in Jammu and Kashmir on the festive occasion of Diwali.

Nov 15, 2020

Plane crashes in Sydney just 30km from Indian cricket team's hotel; no fatalities

Cricket and football matches were underway when the plane careened into the field, just missing a sporting shed where about a dozen people were gathered.

Nov 15, 2020

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Bihar Govt formation: 16-17 Ministers likely to be sworn in with CM Nitish Kumar

Normalcy may return by winter 2021, says Covid vaccine creator

Meet Uğur Şahin, the Muslim founder of BioNTech behind Pfizer's COVID vaccine

Union Minister Anurag Thakur appointed J&K election incharge for local bodies [list of others]

Congress leader Ahmed Patel admitted to ICU weeks after testing COVID positive

NYC-based comedian mimics Trump, Biden and other leader's Diwali wishes; Twitter in splits | watch

Manipur CM N Biren Singh tests COVID positive, under home isolation

Biden, Kamala trolled for clubbing Saal Mubarak with Diwali greetings [Rationale explained]

Sheen Mubarak: First snowfall in higher reaches of Kashmir valley; Srinagar highway shut | Watch

China sounds alarm after detecting coronavirus on packaged beef, shrimp

'True Messiah of poor': PM Modi pays tribute to Birsa Munda | Know more about the freedom fighter

Huge coup for China as 15 Asian Nations sign RCEP Trade Pact, world's largest in terms of GDP

Missing MP cop found begging after 15 yrs; was starving, shivering on footpath

'PAK chose festive occasion to disrupt peace': India summons PAK diplomat over J&K ceasefire violations

Plane crashes in Sydney just 30km from Indian cricket team's hotel; no fatalities

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]

Dhanush's Captain Miller has no buyers in Telugu states? Here's why

Deepika Padukone is a sight to behold in velvet gown; attends Academy Museum Gala with Selena Gomez, Dua Lip [see pics]