A new flu virus strain, identified among pigs in China, is becoming prevalent among workers in the swine industry, according to a study which says the pathogen has "all the essential hallmarks of a candidate pandemic virus."
If democracy falls victim to an ‘autocratic’ virus, its first symptoms are seen in the police department. When the police repeatedly take law into their own hands, it should alert us about the state of the heart of our democracy – the Constitution. If the behavior of the police with the common man in various parts of the country is observed over the past five years, people are forced to question whether the police are working as protectors of the Constitution or whether they are rowdies clad in khaki uniforms. Added to this, the police are seen increasingly playing a direct role in communal riots.
TikTok on Tuesday said it is in the process of complying with the government's order on blocking of the app, and asserted that it has not shared information of Indian users with any foreign government, including that of China.
With 18,522 people testing positive for COVID-19 in a single day, India's case count reached 5,66,840 on Tuesday while the death toll rose to 16,893 with 418 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
Observing that the refusal to wear 'shaka' (conch shell bangle) and ‘sindoor' (vermillion) as per customs by a Hindu married woman amounted to her refusal to accept the marriage, the Gauhati High Court has granted divorce to a man.
Two people were killed and four others were taken ill after benzene gas leaked at a pharmaceutical company at Parawada near here early on Tuesday morning, official sources said.
Two unidentified militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, police said.
Bengaluru: KPCC president D K Shivakumar has demanded that a case be booked against Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and ministers B Sriramulu and Eshwarappa, who violated the government guidelines on COVID-19.
Mangaluru: A man who tested positive for Coronavirus on Monday, attempted suicide while being taken to hospital on ambulance. The man has been identified as a migrant labour worker hailing from Uttarakhand.
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Monday recorded over one thousand fresh cases of COVID-19 in the state for the second consecutive day. The state reported 1,105 new cases and 19 deaths on Monday, a health bulletin from the Health and Family Welfare Department Department.
