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Under Pressure, Kerala Govt Eases Covid Lockdown Curbs
Under attack from several quarters for strict lockdown restrictions even as daily Covid cases continue to be high, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday announced easing of curbs. ....
Anil Deshmukh Denies Reports Of ED Attaching His Property Worth ₹300 Crore
Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh on Monday said that his property, seized by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), is worth over ₹4.20 crore and not over ₹300 crore, as claimed in a few media reports. He said that the property was bought by his son Salil Deshmukh back in 2006.....
Assam Builds Youth Team To Help Control Population In Muslim-dominated Areas
Assam is readying a ‘team’ of youth who would visit the lower parts of the state to create ‘awareness’ on measures to control population and supply contraceptives, after chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday termed population explosion as the “root cause of economic disparities and poverty among minority Muslims” in the state.....
UP CM Yogi Adityanath Slams Opposition For Doing 'negative Politics'
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday slammed the opposition for questioning the government on the alleged Pegasus phone hack controversy and for disrupting the Parliament. ....
Israeli Defence Ministry Studying Investigation Into NSO Group
The Israeli Defence Ministry is studying the investigation into NSO Group, Defence Minister Benny Gantz said Tuesday after it was revealed that the Israeli cyber company has been selling spyware to foreign governments to target journalists and activists, Jerusalem Post reported. ....
BJP Legislators To Pick New CM Nominee: Karnataka Minister
Amid talk of a change of leadership in Karnataka, state Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister, K.S. Eshwarappa on Friday said the Bharatiya Janata Party high command will not impose its decision concerning the CM nominee on the party. Instead the party's legislature meeting will elect the new Chief Minister as and when the leadership change takes place in the state, he added. ....
No Moderna Doses For India Till 2022: Report
The Indian government’s discussions with US pharmaceutical major Moderna for making its mRNA technology-based coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine part of the country’s vaccine programme may continue till 2022 because the US company’s supplies of the vaccine are “fully booked till 2021” according to an internal government report.....
89,000 Rendered Homeless In Flood-battered Maharashtra
As rains finally took a break, the flood-ravaged districts of Maharashtra presented a grim scenario with over 89,000 people evacuated and only beginning to grapple with the idea of how to rebuild their lives, officials said here on Saturday. ....
Flood-scarred Maharashtra's Death Toll Zooms To 149, 2.29 Lakhs Evacuated
The death toll in flood-ravaged Maharashtra shot up from 112 to 149 on Sunday while another 64 are still missing, the State Disaster Management Authority said. ....
9 Tourists Killed As Boulders Hit Vehicle In Himachal Landslide
At least nine tourists, including four from Rajasthan, were killed and three others seriously injured in a rockslide in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district on Sunday, the police said. ....
