TV ACTOR PEARL PURI ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY RAPING MINOR The 31-year-old actor was arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl. He has been remanded to police custody and booked for rape and under section of The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Times of India stated in a report. Five others have also been arrested. Pearl is known for starring on popular show Naagin 3. INS CHAKRA, INDIAN NAVY'S LONE NUCLEAR-POWERED ATTACK Indian Navy's only nuclear-powered attack submarine, the INS Chakra, which was taken on lease from Russia, is believed to be on its way back to the country of its origin, people familiar with the development said on Friday. INS Chakra, an Akula class vessel, was taken on lease from Russia in 2012 'TAMIL NADU FACES KASHMIR-TYPE UPRISING': SWAMY WANTS Swamy tweeted, "Tamil Nadu is today under threat of a pre-2019 Kashmir type anti national uprising. TN CM must be given a RAW/IB Dossier on it. Rather than President's Rule in the State, the Centre should post Central forces of CRPF and BSF in three adjacent districts of Madurai." Swamy had previously warned of 'anti-national' activity in

Tamil

ASTEROID AS BIG AS THE EIFFEL TOWER TO PASS NEAR THE EARTH NASA has warned that the earth will have relatively close encounters with asteroids in the coming days. The first of these rogue rocks will zip past the earth on June 1. The ‘potentially hazardous asteroid could be as big as Eiffel Tower, says NASA. The asteroid zipping around the earth on June WHY 'GAIN OF FUNCTION' RESEARCH MUST BE STOPPED: MONALI Why 'gain of function' research must be stopped: Monali Rahulkar. Q/ Was it a lab-made-and-leaked virus? A/ As of now we do not know for sure if they have used RaTG13 sequence as the backbone for genetic engineering to convert it into a Sars-CoV-2-like virus for their experiments. What we know for sure is that the Wuhan Institute of

Virology

COVID-19 SECOND WAVE DRIVES INDIAN PHARMA MARKET GROWTH IN The pharma market in India has grown a robust 51.5 per cent in April 2021 driven by a rebound in volume growth and renewed demand for Covid-19 drugs amid the second wave of the pandemic. The second wave of the Covid-19 outbreak in April had a significant effect on industry volumes. Acute therapy INFERNO ABOARD CONTAINER VESSEL OFF COLOMBO ‘LARGELY By Pradip R Sagar May 28, 2021 18:58 IST. (File) Smoke rises from the container vessel MV X-Press Pearl engulfed in flames off Colombo port, in Sri Lanka | PTI. International firefighting efforts to put out a huge blaze on a container ship off Sri Lanka's coast seems to be finally bearing fruit, with the fire 'largely' contained after four

days.

NETANYAHU THANKED 25 NATIONS FOR SUPPORTING ISRAEL AGAINST Netanyahu thanked 25 nations for supporting Israel against Palestine but India wasn’t one. India has opposed Israeli settlements in Palestine, supports maintaining status quo. Following renewed hostilities between Israel and Palestine and some of the deadliest air strikes on the Gaza Strip since the 2014 war, Israeli Prime Minister

Benjamin

REMEMBERING THE PAKISTANI DICTATOR ACCUSED OF One of the experts dispatched by Pakistan was a brigadier named Mohammed Zia-u-Haq. Zia-ul-Haq would rise to become a general and overthrow civilian rule in Pakistan and rule the country from 1978 to 1988. On September 17, 1970, King Hussein ordered the Jordanian Army to target militants operating from the refugee camps around Amman. CAN OXYGEN MASKS CAUSE MUCORMYCOSIS 'BLACK FUNGUS Mucor is a fungus present in the environment. Mucormycosis, a fungal infection, is also known as black fungus, which is a misnomer. Black fungus technically refers to melanin-producing fungi and not mucormycosis. Mucormycosis is referred to as black fungus perhaps because it devitalises affected tissues, causing them to turn black. TV ACTOR PEARL PURI ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY RAPING MINOR The 31-year-old actor was arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl. He has been remanded to police custody and booked for rape and under section of The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Times of India stated in a report. Five others have also been arrested. Pearl is known for starring on popular show Naagin 3. INS CHAKRA, INDIAN NAVY'S LONE NUCLEAR-POWERED ATTACK Indian Navy's only nuclear-powered attack submarine, the INS Chakra, which was taken on lease from Russia, is believed to be on its way back to the country of its origin, people familiar with the development said on Friday. INS Chakra, an Akula class vessel, was taken on lease from Russia in 2012 'TAMIL NADU FACES KASHMIR-TYPE UPRISING': SWAMY WANTS Swamy tweeted, "Tamil Nadu is today under threat of a pre-2019 Kashmir type anti national uprising. TN CM must be given a RAW/IB Dossier on it. Rather than President's Rule in the State, the Centre should post Central forces of CRPF and BSF in three adjacent districts of Madurai." Swamy had previously warned of 'anti-national' activity in

Tamil

ASTEROID AS BIG AS THE EIFFEL TOWER TO PASS NEAR THE EARTH NASA has warned that the earth will have relatively close encounters with asteroids in the coming days. The first of these rogue rocks will zip past the earth on June 1. The ‘potentially hazardous asteroid could be as big as Eiffel Tower, says NASA. The asteroid zipping around the earth on June WHY 'GAIN OF FUNCTION' RESEARCH MUST BE STOPPED: MONALI Why 'gain of function' research must be stopped: Monali Rahulkar. Q/ Was it a lab-made-and-leaked virus? A/ As of now we do not know for sure if they have used RaTG13 sequence as the backbone for genetic engineering to convert it into a Sars-CoV-2-like virus for their experiments. What we know for sure is that the Wuhan Institute of

Virology

COVID-19 SECOND WAVE DRIVES INDIAN PHARMA MARKET GROWTH IN The pharma market in India has grown a robust 51.5 per cent in April 2021 driven by a rebound in volume growth and renewed demand for Covid-19 drugs amid the second wave of the pandemic. The second wave of the Covid-19 outbreak in April had a significant effect on industry volumes. Acute therapy INFERNO ABOARD CONTAINER VESSEL OFF COLOMBO ‘LARGELY By Pradip R Sagar May 28, 2021 18:58 IST. (File) Smoke rises from the container vessel MV X-Press Pearl engulfed in flames off Colombo port, in Sri Lanka | PTI. International firefighting efforts to put out a huge blaze on a container ship off Sri Lanka's coast seems to be finally bearing fruit, with the fire 'largely' contained after four

days.

NETANYAHU THANKED 25 NATIONS FOR SUPPORTING ISRAEL AGAINST Netanyahu thanked 25 nations for supporting Israel against Palestine but India wasn’t one. India has opposed Israeli settlements in Palestine, supports maintaining status quo. Following renewed hostilities between Israel and Palestine and some of the deadliest air strikes on the Gaza Strip since the 2014 war, Israeli Prime Minister

Benjamin

REMEMBERING THE PAKISTANI DICTATOR ACCUSED OF One of the experts dispatched by Pakistan was a brigadier named Mohammed Zia-u-Haq. Zia-ul-Haq would rise to become a general and overthrow civilian rule in Pakistan and rule the country from 1978 to 1988. On September 17, 1970, King Hussein ordered the Jordanian Army to target militants operating from the refugee camps around Amman. CAN OXYGEN MASKS CAUSE MUCORMYCOSIS 'BLACK FUNGUS Mucor is a fungus present in the environment. Mucormycosis, a fungal infection, is also known as black fungus, which is a misnomer. Black fungus technically refers to melanin-producing fungi and not mucormycosis. Mucormycosis is referred to as black fungus perhaps because it devitalises affected tissues, causing them to turn black.

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KERC announcing a

EURO 2020: ENGLAND SEEKS ELUSIVE FIRST WIN IN OPENING 2 hours ago · There's an indicator of why England has never won the European Championship. In nine attempts, it's never won an opening match at the tournament. Not even when its first match was at Wembley in 1996. A quarter-century on, England opens another continental campaign at its national stadium against the AGRITECH STARTUPS ON THE RISE DESPITE PANDEMIC YEAR Despite a pandemic-hit year, agritech startups in 2020 saw over $300 million of investments. The number of such startups has shown steady growth with around 600-700 startups dominating the Indian agritech ecosystem. According to a Ken Research report, the Indian Agritech market was expected to DJOKOVIC BEATS NADAL IN FRENCH OPEN THRILLER TO REACH 6 hours ago · Novak Djokovic stopped Rafael Nadal's bid for a 14th French Open title and handed the King of Clay just his third loss in 108 matches at the tournament by coming back to win their thriller of a semifinal 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-2 on Friday night. Terrific as the play was for most of the four hours PM MODI MEETS AMIT SHAH, NADDA AMID CABINET RESHUFFLE BUZZ 18 hours ago · Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday, held deliberations with Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J.P. Nadda amid speculation about a reshuffle in the Union cabinet, an exercise Modi has not undertaken since forming the government for a

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UN-LED KEY COMMITTEE SAYS 350,000 IN FAMINE IN TIGRAY 23 hours ago · A high-level UN-led committee that focuses on rapid responses to humanitarian crises estimates that some 350,000 people in Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region are facing famine conditions, a UN official said late Wednesday. A note from the meeting said TV ACTOR PEARL PURI ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY RAPING MINOR The 31-year-old actor was arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl. He has been remanded to police custody and booked for rape and under section of The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Times of India stated in a report. Five others have also been arrested. Pearl is known for starring on popular show Naagin 3. WHY 'GAIN OF FUNCTION' RESEARCH MUST BE STOPPED: MONALI Why 'gain of function' research must be stopped: Monali Rahulkar. Q/ Was it a lab-made-and-leaked virus? A/ As of now we do not know for sure if they have used RaTG13 sequence as the backbone for genetic engineering to convert it into a Sars-CoV-2-like virus for their experiments. What we know for sure is that the Wuhan Institute of

Virology

'TAMIL NADU FACES KASHMIR-TYPE UPRISING': SWAMY WANTS Swamy tweeted, "Tamil Nadu is today under threat of a pre-2019 Kashmir type anti national uprising. TN CM must be given a RAW/IB Dossier on it. Rather than President's Rule in the State, the Centre should post Central forces of CRPF and BSF in three adjacent districts of Madurai." Swamy had previously warned of 'anti-national' activity in

Tamil

INFERNO ABOARD CONTAINER VESSEL OFF COLOMBO ‘LARGELY By Pradip R Sagar May 28, 2021 18:58 IST. (File) Smoke rises from the container vessel MV X-Press Pearl engulfed in flames off Colombo port, in Sri Lanka | PTI. International firefighting efforts to put out a huge blaze on a container ship off Sri Lanka's coast seems to be finally bearing fruit, with the fire 'largely' contained after four

days.

COVID-19 SECOND WAVE DRIVES INDIAN PHARMA MARKET GROWTH IN The pharma market in India has grown a robust 51.5 per cent in April 2021 driven by a rebound in volume growth and renewed demand for Covid-19 drugs amid the second wave of the pandemic. The second wave of the Covid-19 outbreak in April had a significant effect on industry volumes. Acute therapy REMEMBERING THE PAKISTANI DICTATOR ACCUSED OF One of the experts dispatched by Pakistan was a brigadier named Mohammed Zia-u-Haq. Zia-ul-Haq would rise to become a general and overthrow civilian rule in Pakistan and rule the country from 1978 to 1988. On September 17, 1970, King Hussein ordered the Jordanian Army to target militants operating from the refugee camps around Amman. NETANYAHU THANKED 25 NATIONS FOR SUPPORTING ISRAEL AGAINST Netanyahu thanked 25 nations for supporting Israel against Palestine but India wasn’t one. India has opposed Israeli settlements in Palestine, supports maintaining status quo. Following renewed hostilities between Israel and Palestine and some of the deadliest air strikes on the Gaza Strip since the 2014 war, Israeli Prime Minister

Benjamin

FIVE YEARS BEFORE PANDEMIC, CHINESE SCIENTISTS DISCUSSED A paper, purportedly written by People’s Liberation Army scientists and quoted in an upcoming book, suggests Chinese military scientists were discusisng ways of weaponising coronaviruses five years before the COVID-19 pandemic struck the world. A report in the Australian cites the paper, titled

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UN-LED KEY COMMITTEE SAYS 350,000 IN FAMINE IN TIGRAY 23 hours ago · A high-level UN-led committee that focuses on rapid responses to humanitarian crises estimates that some 350,000 people in Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region are facing famine conditions, a UN official said late Wednesday. A note from the meeting said TV ACTOR PEARL PURI ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY RAPING MINOR The 31-year-old actor was arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl. He has been remanded to police custody and booked for rape and under section of The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Times of India stated in a report. Five others have also been arrested. Pearl is known for starring on popular show Naagin 3. WHY 'GAIN OF FUNCTION' RESEARCH MUST BE STOPPED: MONALI Why 'gain of function' research must be stopped: Monali Rahulkar. Q/ Was it a lab-made-and-leaked virus? A/ As of now we do not know for sure if they have used RaTG13 sequence as the backbone for genetic engineering to convert it into a Sars-CoV-2-like virus for their experiments. What we know for sure is that the Wuhan Institute of

Virology

'TAMIL NADU FACES KASHMIR-TYPE UPRISING': SWAMY WANTS Swamy tweeted, "Tamil Nadu is today under threat of a pre-2019 Kashmir type anti national uprising. TN CM must be given a RAW/IB Dossier on it. Rather than President's Rule in the State, the Centre should post Central forces of CRPF and BSF in three adjacent districts of Madurai." Swamy had previously warned of 'anti-national' activity in

Tamil

INFERNO ABOARD CONTAINER VESSEL OFF COLOMBO ‘LARGELY By Pradip R Sagar May 28, 2021 18:58 IST. (File) Smoke rises from the container vessel MV X-Press Pearl engulfed in flames off Colombo port, in Sri Lanka | PTI. International firefighting efforts to put out a huge blaze on a container ship off Sri Lanka's coast seems to be finally bearing fruit, with the fire 'largely' contained after four

days.

COVID-19 SECOND WAVE DRIVES INDIAN PHARMA MARKET GROWTH IN The pharma market in India has grown a robust 51.5 per cent in April 2021 driven by a rebound in volume growth and renewed demand for Covid-19 drugs amid the second wave of the pandemic. The second wave of the Covid-19 outbreak in April had a significant effect on industry volumes. Acute therapy REMEMBERING THE PAKISTANI DICTATOR ACCUSED OF One of the experts dispatched by Pakistan was a brigadier named Mohammed Zia-u-Haq. Zia-ul-Haq would rise to become a general and overthrow civilian rule in Pakistan and rule the country from 1978 to 1988. On September 17, 1970, King Hussein ordered the Jordanian Army to target militants operating from the refugee camps around Amman. NETANYAHU THANKED 25 NATIONS FOR SUPPORTING ISRAEL AGAINST Netanyahu thanked 25 nations for supporting Israel against Palestine but India wasn’t one. India has opposed Israeli settlements in Palestine, supports maintaining status quo. Following renewed hostilities between Israel and Palestine and some of the deadliest air strikes on the Gaza Strip since the 2014 war, Israeli Prime Minister

Benjamin

FIVE YEARS BEFORE PANDEMIC, CHINESE SCIENTISTS DISCUSSED A paper, purportedly written by People’s Liberation Army scientists and quoted in an upcoming book, suggests Chinese military scientists were discusisng ways of weaponising coronaviruses five years before the COVID-19 pandemic struck the world. A report in the Australian cites the paper, titled DONKEYS IN JORDAN FACE ‘UNEMPLOYMENT’ AS COVID-19 AFFECTS 21 hours ago · Donkeys in Petra, Jordan were a means of livelihood for several people. Hordes of the hardworking beasts would carry tourists on the rocky paths. But, numbers have dropped considerably due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the animals are left without COVID-19: CHINA SUSPENDS IMPORT OF FROZEN SEAFOOD FROM 6 16 hours ago · China on Thursday suspended the import of frozen seafood products from six Indian marine export companies for a week after Chinese customs claimed they found traces of coronavirus were detected on the packaging. Since early last year, China has been testing imported frozen food products from all ASTRAZENECA COVID VACCINE LINKED WITH SMALL RISK OF LOW 28 minutes ago · The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, known in India as Covishield, may be associated with a very small risk of developing a blood condition characterised by low platelet counts, according to a nationwide study in the UK. The increased risk of the condition, known

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SHILPA SHETTY, HUSBAND WELCOME BABY GIRL BORN THROUGH SURROGACY The couple has a seven-year-old son Viaan

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February 21, 2020 12:10 IST Samisha Shetty Kundra was born on February 15, posted Shilpa Shetty on social media Actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra and her husband Raj Kundra on Friday announced that they have become parents to a baby girl, born through surrogacy. The couple welcomed their second child on February 15. "Our prayers have been answered with a miracle. With gratitude in our hearts we are thrilled to announce the arrival of our little Angel. Samisha Shetty Kundra. Born on 15th February 2020 Junior SSK in the house," Shilpa said. Shilpa and Raj got married in November 2009 and welcomed their first child—son Viaan—in May 2012.

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