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Eight people were killed and several others seriously injured when a speeding truck ploughed into a roadside eatery in Bihar's Nalanda district on Sunday, police said. Irate locals set fire to the vehicle and indulged in heavy stone-pelting when police and administrative officials reached the spot, a senior police officer said. The accident took place in Telhada police station area in the evening when the driver of the truck coming from neighbouring Jehanabad district lost control over the vehicle, Deputy Superintendent of Police Krishna Murari Sharan said. Employees of the eating joint and customers are among the deceased, he said. The driver and other occupants of the truck abandoned the vehicle and fled the spot, following which infuriated spectators set it on fire. Police personnel were pelted with stones while they tried to take the bodies for post-mortem examination and the injured to hospitals. The vehicle of the Block Development Officer concerned was also vanda...

Mirzapur:  In a tragic incident, a 12-year-old boy died after his mobile battery exploded on his face on Friday. The incident took place in Matwar village under Halia police station area in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh. The tragic event took place when the boy was testing the battery power after charging it with 'jadoo' charger. The class 6 student identified as Monu died on the spot when the battery exploded on his face leading to severe facial injuries, according to a report in Hindi daily Hindustan. On Friday at 10 am, Monu put his mobile battery into 'jadoo' charger. An hour later, he decided to check the battery power by touching it with his tongue. The battery exploded immediately ripping his face. Hearing the blast, the family members rushed to his room and found him lying in a pool of blood. He was immediately taken to the primary health centre in Matwar where he was declared dead. Later, Monu was cremated without his family informing the polic...

  India has registered a significant achievement in its fight against COVID-19 by crossing six crore vaccination on Sunday. According to the Health Ministry statement, at least 6,02,69,782 vaccine doses have been administered through 9,85,018 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. These include 81,52,808 Health Care Workers (1st dose), 51,75,597 HCWs (2nd dose), 88,90,046 Front Line Workers (1st dose) and 36,52,749 FLWs (2nd Dose), 66,73,662 beneficiaries aged more than 45 years with specific co-morbidities (1st Dose) and 2,77,24,920 beneficiaries aged more than 60 years. Eight states - Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra account for 60 per cent of the cumulative vaccine doses given so far. Each of the eight states has administered more than 30 lakh doses. As on Day-71 of the vaccination drive on March 27, 21,54,170 vaccine doses were given. Of the total, 20,09,805 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 3...

  At least a dozen people were reported injured in clashes between police and Islamist demonstrators in Bangladesh on Sunday, the third day of protests against the visit of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Five people died on Friday, and another six the next day, after police shot at demonstrators in several major districts across the Muslim-majority nation of 168 million people. The protesters -- mostly from the hardline Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam -- were angry at the visit of Modi as Bangladesh marked 50 years of independence, accusing him of stoking communal violence against Muslims in his country.Bangladesh braces for violence after deadly anti-Modi protests At one new protest in Narayanganj just outside the capital Dhaka, Hefazat supporters chanted "action, action, direct action" as they blocked the key highway linking Dhaka with the port city of Chittagong. Hundreds of demonstrators burnt furniture and tyres on the roads as they chanted anti-Modi slogans an...

  A man went on a stabbing spree inside and around a library, killing one woman and injuring six other people in North Vancouver, British Columbia, authorities said. Sgt Frank Jang of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said a suspect was in custody. He said the man is in his 20s and has had interactions with police in the past. Jang said officials didn't have any information yet about a motive. On Twitter, Canadian Public Safety Minister Bill Blair expressed shock and sadness over the incident, calling it a 'senseless act of violence. One witness, Steve Mossop, said he and his partner stopped in traffic when they saw a bloodied woman who told them she had just been stabbed. They then saw several victims within about 100 meters of each other, he said. 'There was a man, there was an older woman, there was a younger woman, a mom — a random group of individuals in the wrong place at the wrong time," Mossop said. "It seemed like he was just running in a directi...

I ndia saw 62,714 new coronavirus infections in a day, the highest single-day rise so far this year, taking the nationwide Covid-19 tally to 1,19,71,624, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. Registering a steady increase for the 18th day in a row, the active cases have increased to 4,86,310 comprising 4.06 per cent of the total infections, while the recovery rate has further dropped to 94.58 per cent, the data stated. The 62,714 new cases were reported in a span of 24 hours, the highest since October 16, 2020, while the death toll increased to 1,61,552 with 312 daily new fatalities, the highest in around three months, the data updated at 8 am showed. The daily death toll of 312 is the highest since December 25, 2020, when 336 new deaths were reported. As many as 63,371 new infections were recorded in a span of 24 hours on October 16. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,13,23,762, while the case fatality rate stood at 1.35 per...

  Amaravati:   Eight pilgrims from Tamil Nadu were killed in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore district in the early hours of Sunday, police said. A tempo, carrying the pilgrims, rammed into a stationary truck near a petrol bunk at Damaramadugu in Bucchireddipalem mandal. Seven others were injured in the accident and were admitted to a hospital in Nellore. According to the police, the accident occurred around 2 a.m. when a group of people from Tamil Nadu were returning home after pilgrimage to Srisailam temple and other shrines. Front portion of the tempo was badly mangled in the collision. Police rushed to the scene and extricated the bodies and shifted the injured to the hospital. Tempo driver and five others seated in front seats died on the spot. Two others succumbed while being shifted to hospital. The deceased included three women. A total of 15 people were travelling in the tempo. Police suspect that the tempo driver might have slept at the wheel, leading to t...

The 66th Vimal Elaichi Filmfare Awards 2021 Winners’ List:  Filmfare awards is one of the most famous film events in India. The last year 2020 was a tough year for the film industry due to the coronavirus pandemic. Celebrities from the film industry came together as one to come out with a smile post the lockdown. 2020 was a tragic year as we lost Irrfan Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Sushant Singh Rajput, and many more. 66th Filmfare Awards is scheduled to be held on 11 April 2021. Filmfare Awards 2021 celebrates the best of the last year's performances in various cinema-related fields. Taapsee Pannu's  Thappad  swept the trophy in all the major 7 categories such as Best Film, Best Actor Female, Best Story, Best Playback Singer, Best Background Score, Best Editing, Best Sound Design. Not just Thappad, Amitabh Bachchan's  Gulabo Sitabo  too took away 6 iconic black ladies in the field of Best Actor (Critics), Best Actor In A Supporting Actor Role (Female), Best ...

The special court under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act granted bail to a 27-year-old man booked for sexually abusing a 17-year-old girl after considering the video of the minor where she claimed she was forced to implicate him at the insistence of her mother and stepfather. The teenager had recorded a video before lodging a complaint with Dongri police station, stating that her stepfather used to harass her, but her mother did not believe her. She further alleged that her mother made her consume drugs and also forced her to harass the accused. The accused and the teen lived in the same locality and had a physical relationship. It was alleged that the accused was a drug addict and that, without his knowledge, the girl started to steal drugs and consume them. The prosecution alleged that the mother sent her to a rehabilitation centre. After returning, she fled from her house twice and the second time went to the accused. However, the accused left her ...

A man didn't know that he had a knife stuck in his chest for more than a year after getting stabbed while walking home. Kent Ryan Tomao, 36, was attacked in Kidapawan city in the Philippines when he was returning from work in January last year. He got to know about the knife only recently when he went for a health check for his new job. Kent on Tuesday discovered that the knife was lodged next to his rib cage inches away from piercing his lungs. He now claims that the doctors who treated him last year just sewed his wound, leaving the four-inch-long knife in his body. He is demanding the doctors who missed the knife remove it so that he can start his new job as a miner. His new employers think that it would not be safe for him to work with the blade inside his body. "The doctors did not check my wounds properly last year so I believe they are partly at fault about what happened. They should fix this," he was quoted as saying by LADbible. Kent claims that his w...

LPG Cylinder Price The rise in LPG prices might happen as the government announces a change in LPG cylinder prices every month. In March 2021, the LPG price in New Delhi was increased from Rs 769 per LPG cylinder to Rs 819 per LPG cylinder price. Bank merger If a customer has a bank account in these seven public sector banks - Dena Bank, Vijaya Bank, Corporation Bank, Andhra Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, United Bank of India and Allahabad Bank - then their passbook and cheque book will become useless as these banks have merged with other banks. EPF Investments Meanwhile, from now onwards the investments in EPF accounts will also come under the ambit of income tax as Rs 2.5 lakh and above will be taxable in a financial year. TDS The income tax rule for TDS (Tax Deducted at Source) will also be changed from April 1, 2021, and if a person doesn't file an income tax return (ITR), then the TDS rate on bank deposits would double. Leave Travel concession Also, there will be...

 More than 90 people were killed across Myanmar by security forces on Saturday in one of the bloodiest days of protests since a military coup last month, said news reports quoting witnesses. The lethal crackdown came on Armed Forces Day. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the junta leader, said during a parade in the capital Naypyitaw to mark the event that the military would protect the people and strive for democracy. State television had said on Friday that protesters risked being shot “in the head and back”. Despite this, demonstrators against the February 1 coup came out on the streets of Yangon, Mandalay and other towns. The Myanmar Now news portal said 91 people were killed across the country by security forces. The killings quickly drew international condemnation, with multiple diplomatic missions to Myanmar releasing statements that mentioned the killing of civilians Saturday, including children. This 76th Myanmar Armed Forces Day will stay engraved as a day of te...

Shenxianju : A bridge in the Zhejiang The bridge's snippet went viral on all social media platforms recently. According to mirror.co.uk, several people were taken by surprise. While some were stumped by how it was constructed, some thought that it was just 'computer imagery' there it was 'too crazy to be true.' Some even wanted to walk on this rather terrifying bridge as well. "I'd want better handrails," one user chimed in. Another one was game to just see it and go through the walkway. Back in November 2020, a Canadian astronaut named Chris Hadfield posted the video of the Ruyi bridge. Many netizens took to the comments section to say that it just cannot be real.province of China has baffled people so much that they think that it is not real. The Ruyi glass bridge stands 140 meters above the ground and it is known as the 'bending' bridge because of how it looks. The wacky architecture that went behind in creating this is throwing ...

A day after Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced night curfew in the state, various districts have started announcing lockdowns or restrictions to control the spread of the novel coronavirus. Post a meeting with divisional commissioners and other senior police and administrative officers, the Chief Minister had announced a night curfew from Sunday midnight. Thackeray also spoke about further steps which would mean a lockdown if there's no dip in the number of cases soon.Maharashtra has been reporting over 35,000 cases each day since the last week and is the highest contributor to the country's Covid-19 caseload. Many districts have already started clamping curbs on movement, with some going in for full-fledged lockdowns. Nanded's district collector, Dr Vipin Itankar, has put his district under a 10-day lockdown to curb the rapid rise in cases. Itankar has also taken to rationalise hospital admissions to ensure only serious and critical patients ...

New Delhi : The Delhi Metro services will not be available till 2.30 PM on Holi, Monday (March 29), the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation said in a tweet. 'Holi Update: On Holi (29th March 2021), metro services will not be available till 2:30 PM on all lines of Delhi Metro, including Rapid Metro/Airport Express Line,' the body tweeted. In view of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, the Delhi Metro has intensified its drive to ensure commuters maintain social distancing and wear masks inside trains and on station premises. As per the existing COVID-19 safety protocol, it is mandatory for all passengers to enter station premises after thermal screening, hand sanitisation and with a face mask on.

Gold is purchased for a number of purposes, such as savings, inflation hedge, asset allocation, and so on. Gold has a high emotional quotient, as well as a high perceived value. Although most Indian families own gold, they must be aware of the maximum amount of gold that can be legally held in India. Gold jewellery is considered a good investment option because it protects you from inflation. Gold does not depreciate in value the way paper money does. As compared to stocks, gold does not have the same chance of losing its value.Given that there is no limit to how much gold a person can own, gold appears to be a popular investment choice for many people. Gold does not only refer to jewellery in this context; it also refers to gold coins, gold bars, and other types. How much gold can you hold? There is no limit! Yes, that is right. There is no limit on the amount of gold jewellery or ornaments you can own as long as you can justify where they came from. According ...

Pune: Over 500 shops were burnt down in a fire that broke out at the Fashion Street market in Pune. The authorities said on Saturday (March 27) that they managed to contain the fire and douse it but many shop owners suffered major property damage. No casualties have been reported as of now. However, hawkers and shop owners have suffered heavy losses. As per the fire department, the fire had broken out around 11 pm and around 16 fire tenders as well as two water tankers were utilised to douse the fire on Friday(March 26) night. The fire is now under control, informed the Chief Fire Officer of the Pune Municipal Corporation on Saturday." At around 1:06 am, the fire was brought under control.Cooling operations are on. About 60 fire officials including 10 officers are at the spot," informed Prashant Ranpise, Chief Fire Officer of Pune Municipal Corporation, according to news agency ANI. "Fire has been controlled. No casualty has been reported so far but there was...

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has made an important announcement for students who have contracted COVID-19. As per the CBSE circular if a student has tested positive then he/she need not worry about his/her lab practical exams. Exams for such students will be postponed and can be done either in April or even after written exams are over. CBSE circular says such students should just be advised to take rest and be in isolation at home. The office of the CBSE has said that if any candidate tests positive for COVID-19 and 'is not in a position to appear in the practical exam', the practical for that student can be held at a later date.Heads of at least two schools said that this decision will reassure parents and students. City schools said the numbers were again on the rise at a time when the Board practical exams had started. Several schools in Kolkata have either started the Class XII board practicals or will start soon amid rising Covid cases. Three ci...

Mahindra Bolero has been one of the oldest cars still in production. Once upon a time, the Bolero remained the best-selling vehicle among all the utility vehicles in the market. However, with the rising competition, the Bolero is no more the best-selling UV. Mahindra is now planning to rebrand the TUV300 as a Bolero Neo in the Indian market. It will be sold as the Bolero NEO to capture more customers and to take advantage of the Bolero name. Here is a rendering image that shows what the new Bolero Neo will look like when launched in the Indian market.  The Bolero Neo in the rendered image indicates what the vehicle will look like in the production version. This image is based on the multiple spy pictures of the Bolero Neo testing across India for quite some time now. The image shows that the front-end of the vehicle gets a different design compared to the standard Bolero. The grille is new and so is the front bumper. It also gets a sleeker air dam. The design of the bum...

There is a good news for students who are set to appear in the CBSE Class 10, Class 12 board exams 2021.  The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has allowed students of CBSE Class 10 and Class 12 to appear in the improvement exam in the same year. Previously, students had to wait for the next year exam if they had to appear in the improvement exam. But now Class 10 and 12 students will get to take the exam in the same academic year. The students will be allowed to sit in the compartment exams, conducted soon after CBSE class 10, class 12 board exams and best of the two marks will be considered in the final scorecard.   "However, this will be restricted to only one subject. This arrangement has been made in line with the National Education Policy (NEP)," said the CBSE notification.  This comes as a big relief for CBSE class 10 and class 12 students who will appear in their board exams, starting May.   Under the National Educ...

Karnataka logged 2,566 new COVID-19 cases and 13 related fatalities, taking the caseload to 9.81 lakh and the toll to 12,484, the Health department said on Friday. This is the fourth consecutive day that the state has reported over 2,000 fresh cases. On Thursday, it registered 2,523. Bengaluru Urban continued to top the list of cases, with 1,490 infections The day also saw 1,207 patients getting discharged after recovery. Cumulatively 9,81,044 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 12,484 deaths and 9,48,988 discharges, the Health department said in a bulletin. With Bengaluru continuing to witness a steady surge in new Covid-19 cases, BBMP identified has identified 23 active containment zones in the city as on Thursday. While most of these (9) are in locations that fall under the Dasarahalli zone, Yelahanka zone has seven others of them. At Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport. (Express photo) Meanwhile, as Bengaluru's local civic bod...

New Delhi:  India on Saturday reported over 62,000 corona cases—62,258 to be specific, the highles single-day hike since October 18, 2020. This took the country’s total COVID-19 caseload to 1,19,08,910. “India reports 62,258 new COVID-19 cases, 30,386 recoveries, and 291 deaths in the last 24 hours. Total cases: 1,19,08,910 Total recoveries: 1,12,95,023 Active cases: 4,52,647 Death toll: 1,61,240 Total vaccination: 5,81,09,773”, said the Union Health Ministry. Earlier this week, the Union Health Ministry had said that a total of 771 variants of concerns (VOCs) have been detected in a total of 10,787 positive samples shared by the states and union territories, including a new double mutant variant. These include 736 samples positive for viruses of the UK (B.1.1.7) lineage, 34 samples of the South African (B.1.351) lineage and one sample of the Brazilian (P.1) lineage. Meanwhile, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare yesterday rushed two high-level multidiscipli...

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand has lost over 4,000 hectares of forest ecosystem to 765 wildfires in the past six months alone. The highest incidence was recorded in reserved forests, where in 642.11 ha were lost to 473 wildfires. While areas under civil soyam and van panchayat witnessed lesser incidence, the 291 incidents gutted a whopping 3,546 ha. The state government on Monday last decided to induct 10,000 fire fighters, including 5,000 women under a two-prong strategy of tackling the outbreak of fire and empowering women in one go. Enumerating the losses sustained in the six months gives some startling figures. While the spark for the wildfires could be both natural and human, the forest department has been into an overdrive to amalgamate public participation through social media since 2019. People are encouraged to share photos, videos and location of the blazes on the official pages such that swift action could be taken. The state machinery is already banking on toll free numb...

Two trains collided Friday in southern Egypt on Friday, causing three passenger cars to flip over killing 32 people and leaving 66 injured, health authorities said. Dozens of ambulance vehicles were rushed to the scene of the crash which took place in the southern province of Sohag, said a statement by Egypts heath ministry. Local media displayed videos from the scene showing flipped wagons with passengers trapped inside and surrounded by rubble. Some victims seemed unconscious while others could be seen bleeding. Bystanders carried bodies laying them out on the ground near the site of the accident.BREAKING: 50 people injured in collision of two trains in Upper Egypt: official from the Health Ministry to local media#EgyptToday Egypt's railway system has a history of badly maintained equipment and poor management. Official figures show that 1,793 train accidents took place in 2017 across the country. In 2018, a passenger train derailed near the southern city of Aswan, in...

New Delhi : As West Bengal goes for polling for the first phase of assembly elections on Saturday, here is a look at several key candidates from the state. The election for West Bengal’s 30 Assembly constituencies during the first phase covers all constituencies from the districts of Purulia and Jhargram and some constituencies from Bankura, Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipur. Sudip Mukherjee In, West Bengal’s Purulia, sitting MLA of Congress Sudip Mukherjee who joined the BJP recently is contesting. In the last assembly election, Mukherjee had defeated Jyoti Prasad Singh Deo of TMC. In 2021 polls, Congress has fielded Partha Pratim Banerjee and TMC has fielded Sujoy Banerjee.Shantiram Mahato Shantiram Mahato, Minister for Self Help Group and Self-employment and P.U.P department is contesting from Balarampur constituency from Purulia district, while Uttam Kumar Bandyopadhyay is contesting from Congress. Sushanta Mahato (TMC) vs Ashutosh Mahato (AJSU) vs Nepal Mahata (Con...

PUBG Mobile which was launched worldwide in the year 2018 has been downloaded 100 crore times outside China. Chinese tech company Tencent was quoted as saying that PUBG Mobile has crossed the 100 crore accumulated download mark outside China. The game which has millions of followers has in this way achieved another milestone that puts it in the league of some of the greatest games worldwide. PUBG Mobile which was launched as the mobile version of the Playerunknown's Battlegrounds was launched in the year 2018 and since then remained unbeaten by its competitors and ruled the hearts of the younger generation.India citing concerns against Chinese applications had however banned the PUBG Mobile in India last year. The game which allows a group of players playing from different locations play at the same time as competitors concludes when only one of the combatants has survived neutralising all others. If the latest download figures released by the company are anything to go...

  A team of international and Chinese scientists is poised to report on its joint search for the origins of the coronavirus that sparked a pandemic after it was first detected in China over a year ago - with four theories being considered, and one the clear frontrunner, according to experts. The lengthy report is being published after months of wrangling, notably between US and Chinese governments, over how the outbreak emerged, while scientists try to keep their focus on a so-far fruitless search for the origin of a microbe that has killed over 2.7 million people and stifled economies worldwide. The Wuhan trip is billed as Phase 1 in a vast undertaking to flesh out the origins of the virus. Representive image It wasn't immediately clearwhen the report will be released after its publication was delayed earlier this month. By many accounts, the report could offer few concrete answers, and may raise further questions. It will offer a first glance in writing from 10 international epid...

  Shares opened higher in Europe after gains in Asia on Friday driven by hopes for a strong recovery from the pandemic. Paris, London and Tokyo advanced and US futures also were higher. Investors appeared to be shrugging off a resurgence of coronavirus cases in many areas and focusing on signs economies are on the mend. Hopes that economies will regain ground lost since last year's first outbreaks of coronavirus thanks to Covid-19 vaccinations and huge amounts of government have helped support stocks. 'Although very much in the price, investors did take solace as the positive outlook for vaccines amid President Joe Biden's plan for an 'economic rejuvenation,' which underpinned risk overnight," Stephen Innes of Axi said in a commentary. Germany's DAX rose 0.9% to 14,7521.53 and the CAC 40 in Paris climbed 0.7% to 5,990.86. Britain's FTSE 100 jumped 0.7% to 6,722.31. The futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow industrials both gained 0.3%. In Asian tradin...