A 42-year-old man from Nagaur, Rajasthan, who sleeps for 300 days a year, has been dubbed ‘Kumbhakaran,’ the mythological character from the Ramayan who is known for sleeping for six months without being disturbed. Pukharam, a resident of Bhadwa village, suffers from Axis Hypersomnia, a rare condition that causes him to sleep for 20-25 days […]
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India asked the Chinese Government to allow Indian citizens to travel to China especially those who work or study there. The Ministry of External Affairs M(EA) also said that it was in touch with the Chinese government in order to look for an early resumption of travel by Indian citizens to China.Arindam Bagchi, the MEA […]
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The Indian Premier League was forced into its first coronavirus postponement this season on Monday after two players tested positive despite the tournament’s bio-secure “bubble”. The Kolkata Knight Riders’ match against Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore was called off just hours before its start in Ahmedabad after Varun Chakaravarthy and Sandeep Warrier became infected. The […]
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India marked a grim milestone in the Covid-19 pandemic on Thursday, reporting 314,835 new daily cases, the highest one-day tally anywhere, as its second wave and similar surges elsewhere raised new fears about the ability of health services to cope.Hospitals across northern and western India including the capital, New Delhi, have issued notices to say […]
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India has reported a record 200,000 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday and the financial hub of Mumbai entered a lockdown, as many hospitals treating coronavirus patients reported severe shortages of beds and oxygen supplies.The surge was the seventh record daily increase in the last eight days and comes as India battles a massive second wave […]
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NEW DELHI: Gavi the co-lead in the global vaccine sharing facility COVAX has revealed that India is legally bound to ship coronavirus vaccines to them, the law could harm Serum Institute of India’s (SII) efforts to boost domestic supplies.India, where infections have surged to 13.06 million, suspended all major exports of vaccines last month to […]
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NEW DELHI: Damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t. Name a situation in which Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party had more numbers than its allies but it couldn’t lead the government. Bihar looked poised on Tuesday to go down in history as the state that stole the BJP’s thunder twice in […]
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MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty was granted bail on Wednesday after being arrested nearly a month ago for allegedly buying drugs for her former boyfriend, actor Sushant Singh, who died by suicide, leaving India’s film industry under the spotlight for mental health as well as drug use. Rajput, 34, was found dead in June in his […]
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was featured in TIME’s 100 list for 2020 most influential people, apparently, for all the wrong reasons. The annual list – which puts down 100 of the year’s most influential artists, icons, leaders titans, and pioneers — was released on Tuesday night. In the category for world leaders, Modi was named among the world’s […]
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