Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Mehul Choksi's brother met Dominica opposition leader, promised to donate for polls: Report

Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi's elder brother Chetan Chinu Bhai Choksi had met the Leader of Opposition of Dominica, Lennox Linton, and agreed on a deal that in exchange for token money and promise of election donation, the opposition leader will press Choksi's matter in the Parliament, Associate Times, a news outlet based in the Caribbean island nation, reported on Tuesday.

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At 17.6 deg C, Delhi records lowest ever temperature in June

Delhi recorded a minimum of 17.6 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, 10 notches below normal and the lowest temperature ever logged in the month of June, the India Meteorological Department said. The maximum temperature in the national capital settled at 33.6 degrees Celsius, seven notches below normal, it said. Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the IMD's regional forecasting centre, said Delhi recorded an all-time low for June on Tuesday owing to overnight rainfall, thunderstorm and gusty winds under the influence of a western disturbance.

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Vietnam's new COVID variant, hybrid of India and UK strains, replicating quickly

 Vietnam's 'very dangerous' new COVID-19 hybrid variant may be fuelling its worst outbreak so far as it is replicating quickly. On Saturday, the Vietnamese authorities revealed they had discovered a "very dangerous" new coronavirus variant that combined mutations first found in India and the UK, and which spreads quickly by air, reported The Telegraph.

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UP: 7 dead, 14 injured as roof collapses after cylinder blast in Gonda village

Seven people lost their lives and 14 others were injured after the roof of a two-storey building collapsed due to a cylinder blast in the Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh, news agency ANI reported. The deceased include three children.

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Provide pregnant women Covid jabs on priority, say Tamil Nadu doctors

Doctors, including gynecologists and immunisation experts, and public health experts in Tamil Nadu say that pregnant women need to be vaccinated on a priority basis as a number of pregnant women/new mothers are dying due to Covid-19 in the second wave.

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Andhra Pradesh Govt spent Rs 1,30,000 cr in schemes for public welfare in last 2 years: Minister

Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister Kurasala Kannababu on Tuesday said that the state government spent Rs 1,30,000 crore through various schemes for the public welfare in the last two years, unlike the previous government who left a debt of Rs 1,50,000 crore by using for personal needs under the name of public welfare.

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Bihar: Salary of 200 cops stopped in Muzaffarpur

Around 200 policemen, including nine SHOs, in Bihar's Muzaffarpur has been penalised for inefficient work, as seen from rising incidents of crime in their respective jurisdictions. Muzaffarpur's Senior Superintendent of Police, Jayant Kant, has stopped the salaries of these police personnel, including the SHOs of Bela, Sahebganj, Hatauri, Peeyar, Mushari, Hatha, Panapur, Sikandarpur, and Bariyarpur.

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Republic Day 2024: French band, marching contingent and Rafale jets participate in parade | WATCH

Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...