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PM Narendra Modi most followed active politician on Twitter

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Jyoti B
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the most followed active politician on Twitter. The development comes after Twitter suspended outgoing US president Donald Trump’s account permanently.  

Until a few days ago, the distinction was held by Trump, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter account was only the second in the list of most active politicians with the most followers on Twitter.

Before the suspension of his account, Trump had 88.7 million followers. PM Modi currently has 64.7 million followers.

US President-elect Joe Biden has 23.3 million followers, while Union Home Minister Amit Shah has 24.2 million followers on Twitter. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is also close behind, with 21.2 million followers on Twitter.

While former US President Barack Obama is still the most followed politician on Twitter with 127.9 million followers, US President-elect Joe Biden has 23.3 million followers.

On Saturday, Twitter had permanently suspended the account of Trump due to “risk of further incitement of violence”. The unprecedented move by the California-based social media platform came two days after his supporters stormed the Capitol, bringing disgrace to the country and its democratic institutions. Five people, including a woman and a police officer, died.

Covid-19 update: India reports 16,331 cases, 161 deaths

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Shivani Negi
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With 16,311 new coronavirus infections reported in the last 24 hours on Monday, India recorded the lowest one-day figure in over six months taking country’s overall tally to 1,04,66,595. Before this, the lowest number was recorded on January 5 when 16,375 cases were reported in a day.

The fatality toll too dropped below 200 as 161 deaths were reported in the past 24 hours taking the death toll to 1,51,160, Since the last 17 days, less than 300 new deaths have been recorded in the country.

As per the data provided by Ministry of health and family welfare, till now, 1,00,92,909 have recovered. Currently, there are 2,22,526 active cases. The recovery rate stands at 96.43 per cent while the fatality rate is 1.44 as per cent.

The total number of samples tested up to January 10 are 18,17,55,831 including 6,59,209 samples tested on Sunday, the Indian Council of Medical Research said.

Here’s some more updates related to the virus:

*France has confirmed 15,944 new coronavirus cases, the lowest daily count since January 3, while the fatalities decreased for the seventh-running day to 151, according to data released by the Ministry of Health.

*Japan discovers new strain of coronavirus, which has some similarities to those discovered in the UK and South Africa, The Spectator Index reported.

*Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said the Centre should make the covid-19 vaccine available for free of cost for everyone. “Corona is the biggest pandemic of the century. It is important to protect our people from it. I appeal to the Centre to vaccinate every citizen for free. The expenditure towards carrying this out will save a lot of lives,” he tweeted.

*West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said that the Bengal Government is making arrangements to facilitate the administration of covid19 vaccine free of cost to all the people.

*The Chinese mainland has reported 103 new coronavirus cases, out of which 85 were locally transmitted and the rest 18 arrived from outside, the National Health Commission said on Monday.

*The most-awaited mass vaccination drive is slated to begin from January 16, with approval of two vaccines. The Central government plans to vaccinate nearly 30 crore people in the first phase of drive.

Meanwhile, setting yet another grim milestone, the overall global coronavirus caseload has surpassed the 90 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.92 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

Bird Flu: Over 4k birds found dead in Himachal Pradesh

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Shivani Negi
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The bird flu in India continues to wreak havoc as 4,000 old migratory birds were found dead in Himachal Pradesh. In the same light, many states including Maharashtra have ordered culling of birds.

The carcasses were found piled up in Himachal following which the state government has ordered to closely monitor birds’ habitat. The officials have said that 4,020 migratory birds, 86 crows and two egrets had died in Kangra,Mandi, Bilaspur and Sirmaur district.

Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat have been the most affected states. Among these, Haryana has reported the most number of deaths where more than 4,00,000 have the country due to the avian flu. The state government had ordered culling of over 1.6 lakh birds at five poultry farms began in Panchkula district on Saturday, news agency PTI reported. 

In the latest, it has been reported that Delhi and Maharashtra have also confirmed bird flu amid nationwide efforts to contain the further spread.

Bird flu cases confirmed in Delhi after testing eight samples from dead crows and ducks. All the samples tested positive for avian flu: Animal husbandry department, Delhi

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thakceray will also chair a meeting to review the bird flu situation in the state, today.

In Kerala, tens of thousands of birds were culled last week after 12,000 ducks died and were confirmed to have Avian influenza.

Meanwhile, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture has summoned senior officials of the Ministry of Animal Husbandry to evaluate the availability of animal vaccines in the country. The meeting is scheduled take place at 3 pm today.

Bird Flu case reported in Delhi, poultry owners scared

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Harshit
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Bird Flu case has been reported in the National Capital Delhi. The Delhi government on Monday stated that eight of the 109 samples sent for Bird Flu were found positive.

“Eight of the 109 samples sent to various laboratories tested positive for avian influenza on Monday morning. We do not have to wait for more confirmed reports as the protocol comes into force the moment a single case is reported in the city,” said Dr. Rakesh Singh of the animal husbandry department.

According to the developments more than 140 birds, mostly crows have been found dead across Delhi.

Meanwhile, Delhi is the ninth state to register a bird flu case and there are speculations by the health officials that it might result in the next pandemic.

The parliamentary standing committee on Agriculture has called the higher officials of the Animal Husbandry Ministry to examine the availability of animal vaccines in the country and the meeting will take place at 3 PM today on the bird flu surge.

Watch the video of our correspondent at Gazipur Mandi where he spoke to peoples and poultry owners on the bird flu scare.

Sydney Test: Australia bounce back after Pant-Pujara 148 run stand

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Harshit
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On the last day of play in Sydney, the Indian team was on top as Rishabh Pant and Pujara stood for a brilliant 148 runs partnership after Captain Ajinkya Rahane got out early.

The partnership was looking good at the time and the Indian team was on top with this partnership. Rishabh scored 97 runs before he got out to Nathon Lyon. The competition between Lyon and Pant was the talking point on Day 5. Pant went for boundaries against Lyon and later he got out to him in an attempt to score hit another big towards long-on.

After Rishabh got out, Pujara too couldn’t sustain longer he got bowled to Josh Hazlewood after playing a knock of 77 runs.

Hanuma Vihari and Ravichandran Ashwin are on the crease in the last session with Australia needing 5 wickets to win and India still needs more than 100 runs to win.

BB-14 updates: Jasmin Bhasin says ‘I Don’t Mind Getting Married with Aly’

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Jyoti B
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Jasmin Bhasin who have got evicted from Bigg Boss 14 left fans heartbroken shocked. Superstar host Salman Khan was also in tears. What moved everyone was how Aly Goni broke down on seeing Jasmin Bhasin being evicted.

Upon learning Jasmin’s eviction, Aly Goni had an asthma attack and started crying inconsolably. He kept requesting Salman to let him leave the show with Jasmin. Salman also got emotional and asked Aly to breathe and stay strong.

Jasmin Bhasin is considered as one of the most loved faces on television today, while speaking to Times of India after exit from Big Boss House she mentioned that if things go well, she’s going to tie the knot with Aly this year. 

Actors Jasmin Bhasin and Aly Goni have been attracting much limelight in the ongoing season of the controversial reality show Bigg Boss. The duo, who had maintained that they are just good friends, have earlier accepted their relationship on national television and have also been discussing marriage plans.

Jasmin also mentioned that her parents are not against her relationship with Aly and they are happy seeing her with a man who loves her so much.

She also cleared that her parents were misunderstood when they came to visit her in the house, Jasmin said, “My parents were misunderstood. They asked me to focus on my game, jo bhi kaha unhone woh game ke liye kaha. Why will my parents have any problem with our relationship? I have had a discussion with them and they are very happy”. 

During the interview, the actress also revealed that she was sad about her eviction and called it ‘shocking’.

She mentioned she will miss Aly as she was used to getting up and seeing him the first thing in the morning. Jasmin also mentioned that after leaving the show, she decided to not go to her home, but instead visited her friends Bharti Singh and Haarsh Limbachiyaa. She mentioned she felt lighter after meeting the couple and enjoyed a hearty meal too, meeting them. 

Meanwhile she also thanked her fans and supporter and everyone for making her BB-14 journey beautiful and much easier through instagram. She has now asked them to support Aly and help him win the trophy.




Row over racial abuse gets bigger with Ashwin and Harbhajan’s comment

By
Harshit
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India vs Australia, Racial Abuse, Mohammad Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah,

The row over the racial abuse in Australia heats up, Ashwin said – We need to deal strictly with the audience.

The case of racial abuse came during the Sydney Test in Australia. On the fourth day, crowd made a racist comment against fast bowler Mohammed Siraj. Meanwhile, India’s off-spinner R. Ashwin has given a big statement. He said that this is not the first time such behavior has happened in Sydney, it has been happening before.

During the press conference after the end of the fourth day of play, Ashwin said that as a society we have developed a lot and in this way such behavior is quite wrong. We should deal with this issue strictly and take care that it does not happen from the future. I was also a victim of 2011 racial comment.

Earlier, star spinner Harbhajan Singh also wrote on social media that this has happened to him many times as well. He was targeted for religion. Bhajji wrote in tweeting, “I have personally heard a lot from the audience about my religion and color while playing in Australia.” Bhajji further wrote by tweeting, ‘Many things were said against me on the field in Australia. This is not the first time the crowd of spectators in Australia is being insolent. How will you stop them?

DRDO develops products to help Indian army

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Jyoti B
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With over 50,000 Indian troops are deployed in Eastern Ladakh to fight against China, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed multiple products such the Him-Taapak heating devices and snow melters to help the soldiers fight the enemy in form of the extremely low temperatures.

DIPAS, which conducts physiological and biomedical research to improve human performance in extreme and wartime environment has also developed ‘Alocal cream’ that helps in preventing frostbite chilblains and other cold injuries to soldiers deployed in extremely cold areas.


DRDO’s Defence Institute for Physiology and Allied Sciences Director Dr Rajeev Varshney said that the Him Tapak space heating device (Bukhari) has been developed for the Indian Army deployed in Eastern Ladakh, Siachen and high altitude areas and it has placed an order of more than Rs 420 crores for these appliances.

He said device will ensure that there are no deaths of jawans due to backblast and carbon monoxide poisoning.

“The Indian Army has placed orders worth Rs 420 crores to the manufacturers of this device and they would be deployed in all new habitats of Army and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), where the temperature is low,” Varshney was quoted as saying by ANI.

“We have developed one improved space heating device named Bukhari. It has three improvements. First is oil consumption in this device is almost half and as per our calculation, we will be able to save almost Rs 3,650 crore in a year. Very soon it will be deployed all the deployment point of Army,” he said.

“Second, as high altitudes with high wind speed there is a backblast. With this design, there is no backblast. Even if some air is coming to this, the device has three horizontal double-layered plates which can cut the air, so there be no blast. It is a blast-proof Bukhari. The third is that the device is 6 litres capacity device, and combustion is 100 per cent. So, there is no chance that it will produce carbon monoxide and other hazardous gas,” he added.

Sydney Test: India in trouble after Australia sets a massive target of 407

By
Harshit
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The Indian team is in trouble in the Sydney Test. Australian has set the target of 407 runs in front of the visitors with the heroics of Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, and Chris Green.

In the last innings when the Indian team came out to bat then the openers gave a good start with 71 run opening partnership. Rohit Sharma went on scoring a half-century and by the end of the day, India lost two wickets at 98 runs.

“It is very important that we play a good first session tomorrow,” he said in the presser. “A very ideal and a good first session will be to not lose a wicket. And these two gentlemen have proven through their careers about how good they are in this format of the game and how important they are. Ajinkya got a century at MCG. Puji (Pujara) got a fifty in the first innings. We are all hopeful that they will put a good performance,” he added.

“Sometimes, when you play to the merit of the ball. You put yourself in a situation where in the last session, where you can take a dash at it. You don’t go in the morning and say ‘chalo, hum log 300 bana lenge’. Last time, when we got it at Adelaide (2014), everybody got off to a good start and the game paced that way and we did believe that the score was in our range. Tomorrow also, the batsmen walking in will believe they can do it. That belief is very important when you walk out to the park tomorrow morning.”

The Indian team will miss the likes of Ravindra Jadeja as the all-rounder will not come bat in the second innings for the Indian team after suffering an injury.

Can India make a statement against Australia in Day 5?

By
Harshit
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India vs Australia, Rahane, Pujara,

The Indian team is without is Ravindra Jadeja as he won’t be coming out to bat again in the final innings after suffering an injury in the first innings.

As of now, Chateshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane are on the crease and they will have the choice of taking the team towards draw or win. The safe choice is definitely taking the team towards a draw.

Well, Rishabh Pant will come to bat and it will also be a good opportunity for Hanuma Vihari as well to showcase his talent and stay on at the crease as much as he can on the final day.

The Australian team is leading in this game till now but anything can happen all the three possibilities are still possible as we have seen it happening in the past as well which is the beauty of Test cricket.

Deepika Padukone, Hrithik Roshan to star togther in Fighter

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Shivani Negi
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After dropping subtle hints, Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone has finally announced their first project together – Fighter. Directed by Siddharth Anand, the film was announced on the occasion of Hrithik’s birthday.

Fighter is being promoted as an intense espionage thriller. Hrithik took to Instagram to share the first glimpse of the movie and wrote, “Presenting a glimpse of the MARFLIX vision as #Fighter! Looking forward to my first flight alongside the exceptional @deepikapadukone. All buckled up for this Sid Anand joyride.

Fighter also marks the production debut of Sidharth Anand’s company Marflix. Talking about the same, Hrithik said, ” “It is an honour for me as an actor to introduce and be a part of Mamta and Sid Anand’s first production Fighter for Marflix! This one is special as it deepens my association with a director and a friend whose journey I have witnessed from being an AD on my sets to directing me in Bang Bang and War. And now as he turns producer for Fighter, I can’t seem to contain my excitement. This one is pure adrenaline for the heart and mind. So here goes! Boom! Thank you Sid for believing in me and making me your co-passenger yet again. Here’s to your journey towards the sky!”

Time and again, Deepika has expressed her willingness to work with Hrithik, who had left her smitten with his performance in War. Sharing the first look on her Instagram, she wrote, “Dreams really do come true.”

Both Deepika and Hrithik have previously worked with Siddharth. While Deepika collaborated with him for Bachna Ae Haseeno, Hrithik worked with him in Bang Bang and War.

Maruti-Toyota to collaborate for a new SUV above Vitara Brezza

By
Shivani Negi
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The collaboration between Japanese manufacturers Toyota and Suzuki has taken over the automobile world with storm. In India, the partners established their dominance with two cars in the market, namely Toyota Glanza and Toyota Urban Cruise, based on Maruti Suzuki Baleno and Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza respectively.

In the recent, the carmakers have announced to launch a number of products, including a new crossover product codenamed D22 which could be positioned above the Vitara Brezza in Maruti Suzuki’s Indian Line-up.

The details about the car are still kept under wraps. However, according to several reports, the car could receive an-all wheel drive variant. It will be produced at Toyota’s manufacturing plant in Bangalore.

Notably, the product will not be mid-size SUV and will be positioned under that segment which currently constitutes of the cars such as Kia Seltos, Hyundai Cretas, Nissan Kicks, Renualt Duster and MG Hector among others.

Interestingly, Maruti-Suzuki will introduce the next-gen Vitara Brezza in the first half of 2022 which will be a reprised version of the existing one.

Of late, there have been multiple reports about the two companies launching new products in collaboration. Recently, it was reported that Maruti Suzuki can also launch a new crossover called YTB. The new model is being called a sister version of Baleno.

With the new introductions, the companies can surely look forward to establish themselves into the SUV market.

PM Modi to meet CMs of all state on Monday to discuss Covid-19 vaccine rollout

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Shivani Negi
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting with the chief ministers of all states on January 11, a few days before India kick starts its vaccination drive. India will commence inoculating people from January 16. The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) gave restricted, emergency-use approval to two vaccines — Oxford Astrazeneca’s vaccine known as Covishield in India, locally manufactured by Pune’s Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin.

The meeting will be held through a video-link on Monday evening. “At 4 PM on Monday 11th January, PM Narendra Modi will interact with Chief Ministers of all states via video conferencing. They will discuss the Covid-19 situation and the vaccination rollout.”

India recently culminated  three rounds of the dry run across the country which was conducted to oversee preparedness for the nationwide vaccine drive.

 “Being the pharmacy of the world, India has supplied important medicines to all those in need in the world in the past and is also doing so now. The world is not only waiting for Indian vaccines but is also watching how India runs the world’s biggest vaccination programme,” PM Modi had said said while speaking at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas on Saturday,

Happy Birthday Hrithik: Ex-wife Sussanne, Subhash Ghai and others pour in wishes

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Shivani Negi
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Today marks the 47th birthday of Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan. Famously called as the Greek God, the actor is blessed with one of the most handsome faces in Bollywood. Owing to his looks and acting skills, the actor has garnered massive fan following in his career spanning over two decades.

To make the day special for him, his fans, family and friends have showered him with love and blessings.

The actor also got a special birthday wish from ex-wife Sussanne Khan. She posted a video on Instagram on the occasion.

Sharing it, she wrote: “Happy happiest birthday Rye.. wish you the warmest and most beautiful parts of life to look forward to.. have a meaningful blessed 2021 #bestdadintheworld #love #prosperity #joy #bigsmiles #manylaughoutlouds”

The video showed Hrithik spending some priceless moments with his sons – Hrehaan and Hridhan. There are images from one of their beach vacations. In some, Hrithik is seen walking or posing by the white sands while in others, the trio seems to enjoy cycle rides.

Tiger Shroff, who has expressed his admiration for the birthday boy time and again, also penned down a special note for his idol. Posting a video capturing action scenes from War, the actor wrote, “Hope you have a kickass year ahead guru ji! Wish you the best of health and happiness life has to offer! Happy birthday!”

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Filmmaker Subhash Ghai had also wished Hrithik on social media and shared, “Happy birthday to my beloved person friend actor star human I always admire for his unfading passion for films. @iHrithik Who breathes in cinema and will stay in cinema as young as ever. My blessings on his Happy birthday.”

Vicky Kaushal posted a throwback photo with Hrithik and wrote, “Happy birthday to you Sir @hrithikrioshan”

Urmila Matondkar took to Twitter and posting a photo with the actor, tweeted, “Happy Birthday supremely talented n extremely humble human being @iHrithik May your extraordinary journey of Cinema continue as brilliantly forever #HappyBirthdayHrithikRoshan.”

Hrithik started his career in Bollywood with his dad Rakesh Roshan’s film Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai and ever since then, he has managed to thrill the box office. In his 21-year-old career, the actor has given many hits including blockbuster War which remains India’s highest grossing film ever.

Up next, the actor will be seen in Krrish 4.

Cricket Australia backs Indian players over racial abuse

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Harshit
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BCCI has officially lodged complaint against the crowd at Sydney Cricket Ground over racial abuse at two of their players Mohammad Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah in the third Test against Australia.

The massive outrage started at the end of the third day of the play. Senior players like Ajinkya Rahane and Ravichandran Ashwin went to the match official Paul Reiffel and Paul Wilson about the entire controversy.

Meanwhile, Cricket Australia has condemned the entire picture of discriminatory behaviour from the Sydney crowd and stated that they will not spare such acts and there is a zero-tolerance policy towards such behaviour.

“Cricket Australia has reaffirmed its zero-tolerance policy towards discriminatory behaviour in all forms following the alleged racial abuse of members of the Indian cricket squad by a section of the crowd at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday,” said Cricket Australia in a statement.

Many senior players had also raised their voice against the act by the Australian crowd and demanded for an action by the BCCI and Cricket Australian soon

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