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Reports quoted witnesses as having heard a loud explosion before flames engulfed the residence. Kenneth Yousaf said he and his family heard a big bang. The Peel Police too said they believe that the fire was not accidental.
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They are mostly from the Middle East and Africa trying to reach Greece and Italy via Turkey in search of livelihood. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Mediterranean has become the deadliest route for illegal migrants to Europe.
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'Oppenheimer' won seven Oscars, 'Poor Things' four and 'Barbie' only one. The Best Director is Christopher Nolan and Best Actor is Cillian Murphy (both for Best Picture 'Oppenheimer').
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Another young man, 25, dies of heart attack; wife follows by suicide
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Drone delivering chicken crashes in Gurugram's residential area
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Did Sunny Leone apply for UP police constable recruitment examination?
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Kovind panel submits report, recommends 'one-nation, one-election'
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The much-touted 'one-nation, one-election' argument was purportedly to prevent wasteful expenditure of the people's money, manpower and deceleration of development, but the committee report when implemented will end up paving the way for holding more elections than currently being held. Because of the logistics and democratic limitations involved, the committee was not expected by commonsense to be out of a loose end either! Those who are alive at that time, and further for ten more years thereafter, can count the rounds and compare with the present numbers. Therefore, either the agenda is different or the 8-volume presentation is faulty/made-up!!!
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Mouth freshener with dry ice sends diners to hospital: Gurugram cafe manager arrested
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The manager has defended himself saying that dry ice got mixed with mouth freshener by the negligence of the staff...After taking the mouth freshener the customers felt a burning sensation and started vomiting blood. Five of them were hospitalised. Two are in critical condition.
Harmful effects of dry ice: Ingested, dry ice can burn your mouth, esophagus and stomach as it sublimates on contact with the moisture of the organs and turns into CO2, apart from other damaging physical and chemical changes it induces. The pressure building up in the stomach due to sublimation can also rupture the stomach muscles. It turns lethal. In normal direct handling it leads to frostbite due to the cold temperature.
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Two shot dead inside salon in south-west Delhi's Najafgarh
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One of them is seen in CCTV being shot at close range. The motive is suspected to be personal enmity.
TAILPIECE: Almost every other day we hear of shootings in one place or other in the country. India will very soon replace the US as the world's No 1 in the incidence of mass shooting. It will eclipse terrorism as a source of concern. Who can help? At least, has it occurred to anyone's mind?
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India shines at Grammys with Best Global for 'Shakti' fusion
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'This Moment' of Shakti fusion won the Best Global Music Album at the Grammys. Zakir Hussain has won two other awards too. In a great victory for Indians, five of them have won the Grammys this time. In other sections, Taylor Swift got her fourth Album of the Year award and Miley Cyrus got an award for the first time.
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Climate protesters attack Mona Lisa in Louvre, spray pumpkin soup
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“Two activists from the environmental movement ‘Riposte Alimentaire’ sprayed pumpkin soup on the armoured glass protecting the Mona Lisa, this Sunday, January 28, 2024, around 10 am (4aET),” a statement from the museum said.
It is not understood how undesirable elements are allowed to get so close to her
and play havoc with the artwork. Several times over this has happened in the
past, deranged minds masquerading as tourists and cultists venting their frustration.
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TRAVEL ALERT: Dog attacks on the rise in Delhi-NCR; woman mauled by three strays
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Two days earlier, in a similar incident in the area, a domestic help was bitten by a pet dog in the lift when she was going for work.
Tailpiece: Sometimes appearing to outnumnber men and women on the streets, the stray dogs are turning more and more daring with sections of anti-social elements out there to feed and protect them in order to find a window for their unfulfilled love! There is an all-pervading feeling of lack of authority.
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Tamil Nadu police arrest ED official for accepting Rs 50 lakh bribe
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Ankit Tiwari had told the employee that “instructions had been received
from the Prime Minister’s Office to conduct an enquiry” and reopen the
“already disposed of” case and asked him to appear before the ED office
at Madurai on October 30, DVAC said. The doctor was allegedly
threatened with arrest and told to pay a bribe of Rs 3 cr to avoid the ED
probe, which was later negotiated down to Rs 50 lakh.
Tailpiece: We are made to believe RBI, CBI, ED, Judiciary as sacrosanct
and all others like railways, transport, revenue, education, PWD
departments are composed of us the mortals, absolutely corrupt! As if in
the sacrosanct places the angels descend from the heavens to work in the
night and fly away before day-break! Let's be true to ourselves, we are all
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Centre blocks Mahadev Book, 21 other online betting apps
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Betting through Dubai-based Mahadev Book in India is conducted through a countrywide network. Probes reveal that the online gambling is worth several millions and top politicians, officials and celebs have been beneficiaries.
TAILPIECE: Polling dates for some States are round the corner. Top
politicians have begun their acrimonious debate who looted more, even as
Mahadev is washing their dirty laundry in the open ghat. Come what may,
one needs to seize power to amass "thy wretched pelf!" One simple
question is, why else one should spend lakhs or crores to get elected! A
question every Indian should ask to oneself at least once a day!
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State Govt-Guv ding-dong reaches Supreme Court's door: Kerala joins
TN... |
His inaction amounts to defeating the rights of the people of the State to
welfare measures sought to be implemented through the Bills, the Kerala
Government's petition submitted, while the State of Tamil Nadu remarked
that its "Governor is acting as a political rival."
Tailpiece: Coming up back to back, the petitions in their totality seem to question the provision of Raj Bhavan, and not motives of a Governor as a
person.
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Kamala Harris: "I will be thinking about my mother, who is
looking down from heaven." |
At that momentous event, "I will be thinking about my
mother (the late Shyamala Gopalan), who is looking down
from heaven," Harris said. The scaled back presidential
inauguration this time will have no precedent with a
devastating coronavirus locking down everything and a
heightened security bandobast with reports of armed Trump
protesters likely to re-enact the Capitol episode posing the
gravest threat to Biden, the President-elect, and others. |
The hand that rocked the cradle... |
"We were taught to see a world beyond just ourselves. To be
conscious and compassionate about the struggles of all people."
- Kamala Harris, Vice-President-elect, United States of America.
She is releasing a series of her reminiscences of her early
period, of people and events that had deep influence on the
course of her life and thoughts, in the coming days leading up to
her inauguration as the Vice-President of America, the first
woman ever to occupy a position that high in the greatest
democracy yet. |
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Ayurveda Consultation for Chronic Diseases like Spondylitis, Arthritis and other Lifestyle illnesses
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Travel Destinations in India: How to Reach, Where to Stay, What to Eat
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Embassies & Consulates in Delhi
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Another Indian woman worker dies of alleged torture in Saudi | Yet another helpless Indian woman having had to go to Saudi Arabia in search of work as maid servant has reportedly died of physical and mental torture
by her employer, it has been alleged. However, the Indian Foreign Ministry has
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Travel Destinations |
RAJASTHAN
Jaipur, Udaipur, Mount Abu, Ajmer, Pushkar, Bharatpur, Jaisalmer, Ranthambore, Sariska |
SIKKIM
Nathula Pass, Tsomgo Lake, Baba Mandir, Khangchendzonga
(Best time: March-May) |
KERALA
Thiruvananthapuram, Kovalam, Kumarakom, Sabarimala, Thekkady, Munnar, Kochi(Cochin), Muziris
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KASHMIR
Vaishno Devi temple, Dal lake, Shalimar Gardens, Hazratbal, Sankaracharya temple, Gulmarg, Pahalgam, Sonamarg, Indus river, Amarnath temple |
DELHI
Red Fort, Jama Masjid, Asoka pillar, Humayun's tomb, India Gate, Qutab Minar |
HIMACHAL
Shimla, Kangra, Jwalamukhi, Dharamshala, Kullu, Manali, Rohtang Pass |
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PUDUCHERRY (PONDICHERRY)
Promenade Beach, Paradise Beach, Auroville Beach, Serenity Beach, Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Church of the Capuchins, Manakula Vinayagar Temple, Thirukaameeswarar Temple (Periya Koil), Aurobindo Ashram, Auroville, French War Memorial, Romain Rolland Library, Governor's Palace, Bharati Park (Government Park), Light House, Chunnambar Beach, Backwater Resort
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KARNATAKA
Bangalore (Bengaluru), Whitefield, Mysore, Cauvery, Bagalkot, Halebeedu, Mangalore
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Supreme Court issues contempt notice to Patanjali Ayurved over misleading advts
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NEW DELHI, Feb 28: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued contempt notice to Patanjali Ayurved and its Managing Director Acharya Balkrishna for publishing false advertisements of products in violation of the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954 despite an undertaking given to the court in November last. "The Government is (also) sitting with its eyes closed (against these violations)," the Supreme Court said.
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Justice AM Khanwilkar appointed chairperson of Lokpal
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NEW DELHI, Feb 28: Former Supreme Court judge AM Khanwilkar was appointed as the chairperson of the anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal on Tuesday. The post was lying vacant for two years. Justice Lingappa Narayana Swamy, Justice Sanjay Yadav, Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Sushil Chandra, Pankaj Kumar and Ajay Tirkey have been appointed members.
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Godrej Properties wins bid for 6.45-acre group housing plot in Noida for Rs 506 cr
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NEW DELHI, Feb 28: Real estate developer Godrej Properties has won the bid for a 6.45-acre (26,000 sq mtr) group housing plot in Noida for Rs 506 cr, it was reported. The Noida Authority's group housing plot is located in Noida Sector 44. Godrej Properties and Max Estates participated in the e-auction on February 26.
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15 killed, 44 injured in fire in apartment complex in Nanjing, eastern China
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NANJING (Jiangsu province, China), Feb 24: Fifteen people were killed and 44
were injured in a fire in an apartment complex in Nanjing in eastern China on
Friday morning. The fire is said to have started from an electric bicycle in
the parking slot. Electric bicycles were being stored on the first floor of
the building.
The blaze engulfed the 34-floor building. Twenty-five fire engines and 130
firefighters were sent to tackle to the blaze.
A month ago 13 schoolchildren, aged nine and 10, were killed after a fire broke
out in a school dormitory in China's Henan province.
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Jammu-Srinagar highway remains closed after massive landslide: One dead
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SRINAGAR: A labourer identified as Desh Pal hailing from Uttar Pradesh died in a massive landslide in Ramban district along the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Thursday. The highway has been closed since Monday. Hundreds of vehicles are stranded on either side.
Ramban: The district in Jammu division is known for its sulphur springs. It is on the banks of the Chenab river, halfway on the 300 km Jammu-Srinagar National Highway-NH44.
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Karnataka Assembly passes Bill to collect 10% of temple income to provide for welfare of staff
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BENGALURU, Feb 23: The Karnataka Assembly on Wednesday passed the Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowment (Amendment) Bill to collect 10% of the income of temples which have revenue of more than Rs 1 cr a year. The fund collected will be used for temple amenities and welfare of the employees and their families.
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Shooting at Kansas City Super Bowl victory rally: One dead, 22 injured
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KANSAS CITY, Feb 15: Gunfire at a rally celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory marked by speeches by players and coaches in downtown at Union Station after a long-winding parade through the city claimed one life and injured 22 others on Wednesday. There were about one million people at the rally. More than 800 police officers were providing security for the event. Several firearms were recovered from the scene.
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Bangkok enveloped in haze: City staff told to work from home
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BANGKOK, Feb 15: The employees in the city have been told to work from home to avoid harmful air pollution as a layer of noxious haze blanketed the Thai Capital since Thursday. The air monitoring website IQAir ranked Bangkok among the 10 most polluted cities in the world. Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin told reporters that crop burning was the main culprit behind the spike. A taxi driver said, "breathing isn't easy."
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Passenger on Bangkok-Munich Lufthansa vomits litres of blood, dies |
BANGKOK, Feb 12: A passenger on a Lufthansa flight LH773 from Bangkok to Munich died during flight, coughing up a lot of blood. The 63-year-old German national had boarded the plane with his wife on Thursday and was soon seen struggling to breathe and sweating heavily. "It was absolute horror, everyone was screaming," a passenger said. The man spat out "litres of blood" through the nostrils and mouth. The walls of the plane were splattered. He was pronounced dead by a doctor on board. The Airbus A380 plane then returned to Thailand's Capital. The passengers were given bookings on alternative flights.
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'Absconding' US citizen's email threat to blow up US consulate in Mumbai
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MUMBAI, Feb 12: The US consulate-general in Mumbai has received an anonymous email threat to blow up its building. An FIR was registered on Saturday under Sections 505(1)(b) and 506(2) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The sender has identified himself in the email as an absconding US citizen. Security has been stepped up around the premises. The consulate is located in Bandra Kurla. According to the police, the email was sent from the address rkgtrading777@gamil.com around 3:50 am on Saturday.
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Uddhav demands dismissal of Eknath Shinde Govt, President's Rule |
MUMBAI, Feb 10: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has demanded dismissal of Eknath Shinde-led Government, President's Rule and elections following a spurt in crimes in the State, especially murder of Sena leader Abhishek Ghosalkar.
Ghosalkar, 40, son of Sena (UBT) leader Vinod Ghosalkar, was shot dead during a Facebook Live by local businessman and social activist Mauris Noronha in Dahisar on Thursday. Noronha later killed himself.
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