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Canada-based pro-Khalistani outfit behind Twitter toolkit used by Greta Thunberg: Report
Delhi Police, to further investigate the case, is going to take Google’s help to trace the IP address of the authors who uploaded the toolkit on the ongoing farmers’ protest in the national capital. The Delhi Police said that more than 300 social media accounts, which were seen spreading malicious content on farmers’ protest, have been identified.
Indian Navy receives 3 Mark III Advanced Light Helicopters from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
The helicopters are fully loaded multi mission helicopter is fitted with an array of advanced sensors. This will augment the Navy's responsibility for coastal security placed on it by the government after 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks that claimed the lives of 166 people and left 300 others injured.
Covid-19 Update: India logs 12,408 new cases, tally reaches 1,08,02,591
For over a week, the country has recorded less than 15,000 single-day cases. On January 19, India had reported 10,064 new cases, the lowest this year. Last year, the lowest 9,633 cases were recorded on June 3, 2020. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that there were 120 more Covid-19 fatalities in the last 24 hours, taking the overall death toll to 1,54,823.
Aero India 2021: Not fighter jet but infantry combat vehicle is showstopper
It is only because a startup company Tonbo Imaging has come up with solution challenges thrown up during Defence India Startup Challenge under government's iDEX (Innovation for Defence Excellence) initiative. The force stated that dust, smoke, fog, camouflage and even darkness used hamper vision of BMP-II Sarath on battlefields. They placed the challenge before the startups.
Supreme Court grants interim bail to comedian Munawar Faruqui
A bench headed by Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman noted that the Madhya Pradesh Police flouted the top court judgment in Arnesh Kumar versus Bihar of 2014, during Munawar's arrest. The bench also issued notice to Madhya Pradesh government in the matter Faruqui's counsel argued that allegations are vague.
Pfizer withdraws application for Covid-19 vaccine in India
A Pfizer spokesperson said, "In pursuance of the Emergency Use Authorisation of its Covid-19 vaccine, Pfizer participated in the Subject Expert Committee meeting of the Drug Regulatory Authority of India on February 3. Based on the deliberations at the meeting and our understanding of additional information that the regulator may need, the company has decided to withdraw its application at this time."
Ghazipur seems like India-Pak border: MPs write to Lok Sabha Speaker
The MPs who signed the letter to Birla included DMK's K. Kanimozhi and Tiruchi Siva, Trinamool Congress' Saugata Roy, Nationalist Congress Party's Supriya Sule, Shiromani Akali Dal's Harsimrat Kaur Badal, RSP's N.K. Premchandran, CPI's M. Selvaraj, National Conference's Hasnain Masoodi, VCK's Thol Thirumavalavan and Ravi Kumar, and CPI-M's A.M. Ariff and S. Venkateshan.
'Perverse Interpretation': NCW moves Supreme Court against skin-to-skin verdict
The top court stayed this judgment on January 30, after Attorney General K.K. Venugopal described the judgment as disturbing and having potential to set a dangerous precedent. The commission said it is aggrieved by this order, and the perverse interpretation adopted by the High Court that the term "physical contact" in Section 7 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) means only "skin to skin touch".
Population exposed to Covid-19 could be thrice the tally: ICMR
As per the survey findings released on Thursday, over 21 per cent of the population, aged 10 years and above, showed evidence of past exposure to Covid-19. It noted that a large proportion of people are still vulnerable to the infection. The seroprevalence percentage translates to roughly 27.9 million people who were likely exposed to novel coronavirus in India, as per the ICMR serosurvey.
New Light Combat Aircraft deal takes HAL's order book to Rs 83,000 crore
Designed and developed by the city-based Aircraft Development Agency (ADA) of the government's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Tejas is the world's only light combat aircraft (LCA) in the 4.5 generation category.
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