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No new year parties, DJ nights in Bengaluru; Karnataka bans NYE 2021 celebrations

Due to the prevailing Covid-19 situation, the Karnataka government issued an order prohibiting mass gatherings between December 30 and January 2 at clubs, pubs, restaurants and other places for the new year celebrations.

Dec 18, 2020

India's next surgical strike on China hits where it hurts most with new telecom directive

India has approved National Security Directive on Telecommunication Sector, which could scrutinize Chinese telecom equipment providers on the grounds of national security.

Dec 18, 2020

IAS aspirant, 15-year-old Priya Kour from Srinagar wins Rs. 25 lakh in KBC

Priya aspires to become an IAS officer and is of the view that one has to be a good person to bring about a change in society

Dec 18, 2020

Mini PMO on sale: PM Modi's Varanasi office offered for sale on OLX; 4 held

Four people have been taken into custody for offering Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office on for sale on OLX website in Rs 7.5 crores in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

Dec 18, 2020

Coronavirus update: US FDA advisory panel sets stage for Moderna vaccine authorization

A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration overwhelmingly endorsed emergency use of Moderna Inc's coronavirus vaccine, virtually assuring a second option for protecting against COVID-19 for a pandemic ravaged nation.

Dec 18, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic gives India reality check on digitization

The coronavirus pandemic has shown how the lack of nationwide digitization has deprived a massive population of basic needs such as education.

Dec 18, 2020

Earthquake of magnitude 4.2 hits Delhi; tremors felt in parts of capital

Earthquake hits India's capital as tremors felt in some parts of Delhi NCR. No major damage reported, but reactions galore on social media.

Dec 18, 2020

India pushes for National Health ID; what about privacy

India's National Digital Health Mission aims at providing unique health IDs for all medical purposes, which will be the largest centralized health data storage system in the world.

Dec 17, 2020

Ex-CIA Director opens up about UFOs..

The infamous tic-tac UFO screeched across the skies defying all laws of physics, and it made many people believe that aliens are real

Dec 17, 2020

Bangladesh, a key pillar in India's neighbourhood first policy: Modi

The summit was held just a day after India celebrated its 50th anniversary of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.

Dec 17, 2020

Upset over getting less onion salad', labourer stabs another after heated argument

A 60-year man was stabbed and critically injured after an argument with a vagabond over the distribution of onion salad in South Delhi's Fatehpur Beri, police said on Thursday.

Dec 17, 2020

Breaking: French President Emmanuel Macron tests positive for COVID

French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for Covid-19, the French Presidency said on Thursday.

Dec 17, 2020

'Kidney on sale': Kashmiri car dealer puts kidney on sale to repay loan amid economic slump

A 28-year-old car dealer from south Kashmir's Qazigund has given an advertisement in a newspaper to put one of his kidney on sale to repay his debt of around Rs 91 lakh.

Dec 17, 2020

Farmers' Protest: UK MP Gill writes to visiting British foreign secretary

Preet Kaur Gill, UK's Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, has written a letter to her country's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab over farmers' protest. Raab is currently on a 4-day visit to India.

Dec 17, 2020

Trump aide Kash Patel files $50M defamation suit against CNN

Kash Patel's lawsuit claims that CNN published a series of articles from Nov. 24 through Dec. 4, with "false and defamatory statements" about him

Dec 17, 2020