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On September 11, samples sent to Calicut Medical College for testing were confirmed as Nipah virus. But only on September 20, after 323 samples were tested for the virus, did ICMR permit Kerala to use Truenat for Nipah testing. Even the belated permission came only after Kerala “strongly demanded” for Truenat during discussions with ICMR,…
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File photo of Indian cricket team spinner Ravichandran Ashwin© AFP Former Indian cricket team spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan launched a huge attack on Ravichandran Ashwin citing his record against SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia) countries and even suggesting that pitches were ‘doctored’ specifically to help him. Ashwin made a sensational comeback to Team…
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Virat Kohli will be featuring in his fourth ODI World Cup as Team India look to end a 10-year drought for an ICC trophy. Kohli, who made his World Cup debut in 2011, was part of the MS Dhoni-led side that defeated Sri Lanka to lift the trophy in Mumbai. After overcoming a rough patch,…
Aditya-L1 Mission: The fourth Earth-bound maneuvre (EBN#4) is performed successfully. ISRO’s ground stations at Mauritius, Bengaluru, SDSC-SHAR and Port Blair tracked the satellite during this operation, while a transportable terminal currently stationed in the Fiji islands for Aditya-L1 will support post-burn operations. | Photo Credit: ANI ISRO said on Saturday the Aditya-L1 spacecraft has travelled…
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AM Naik joined the company in 1965 as a junior engineer. (File) New Delhi: AM Naik stepped down as the chairman of L&T Group on Saturday. He handed over the reins of the $23 billion conglomerate to SN Subrahmanyan at an event in Mumbai. AM Naik, 81, will now be the chairman of the employees…
The NIA said the accused was radicalised through propaganda material available on social media. (File) New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted the sole accused in the Kerala train arson case that left three persons, including a child, dead and nine injured in April, an official said on Saturday. Sharukh alias Sharukh Saifi,…
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U.S. Central Command forces conducted a helicopter raid in northern Syria on Sept. 28 capturing Mamduh Ibrahim al-Haji Shaykh, an Islamic State facilitator, Central Command said on Saturday. Last week, the Central Command forces said it had captured Abu Halil al-Fad’ani, an ISIS Syria Operational and Facilitation official, who was assessed to have relationships throughout…
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Ethnic violence between Kuki tribes and Meiteis began on May 3; normalcy hasn’t returned yet New Delhi: A terror suspect in Manipur’s hill district Churachandpur has been arrested by the country’s top anti-terror agency in a transnational conspiracy case involving terrorist leaders in Bangladesh and Myanmar. The suspect is being brought to Delhi for questioning…
Dmitry Medvedev is one of Moscow’s most hawkish voices in support of the Ukraine offensive Moscow: Russia’s former leader Dmitry Medvedev suggested Saturday that Moscow may annex more regions of Ukraine, as he marked one year since the Kremlin claimed four Ukrainian territories as its own. Moscow held elections in the four regions this month,…
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Sukhpal Khaira was arrested on Thursday from his Chandigarh residence. (File) Chandigarh: A court in Punjab’s Fazilka district sent Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira to 14-day judicial custody on Saturday in connection with a 2015 drugs case. Amid tight security arrangements, Sukhpal Khaira was produced in the court in Jalalabad after his two-day police remand…
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