Saturday, January 23, 2021

Willow wielders by the side of a bungalow

There is a touch of Malgudi to Aruna Cricket Club: it began as a neighbourhood team centred around Nungambakkam, but though its Playing XI has long ceased to be packed with youngsters from the locality, it still maintains a connection with the area in so many other ways
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PM pays tributes to Bal Thackeray on his birth anniversary

Thackeray founded the Shiv Sena, a party wedded to the “Marathi manoos” cause, and later, to Hindu nationalism.
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Coronavirus live updates | 12.72 lakh healthworkers vaccinated in country so far: Health Ministry

A total of 2,28,563 beneficiaries were vaccinated till 6 p.m. on Friday through 6,230 sessions, the seventh day of the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination, said the Health Ministry in a release.
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HC gives green signal for VTU’s offline semester exams

The petitioners wanted them to be held online
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Vijay Mallya applies for ‘another route’ to stay in the U.K.

It is likely that the reference is to an asylum route, which, according to legal experts, would depend upon whether Mallya applied for asylum prior to the extradition request or after.
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Hong Kong locks down thousands for compulsory COVID-19 testing

The government said there were 70 buildings in the “restricted area” of Jordan and that it aims to finish the process within about 48 hours.
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Morning Digest: 12.72 lakh healthworkers vaccinated against COVID-19 in country so far; Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict Perarivalan pardon plea to be considered by T.N. Governor in a week, and more

A select list of stories to read before you start your day
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Government scales down assessment patterns

The move has been welcomed by school managements, parents and students
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Integrated display of Surya Kiran and Sarang to be highlight of Aero India 2021

The newly inducted Rafael aircraft will be part of the inaugural fly past
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Displaced families protest at Slum Board

They want alternative land or housing facilities
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IISc. researchers develop software platform for ‘smart’ video tracking

It could help track missing persons and be used for traffic control
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Study reveals no cardiac involvement post-COVID-19

The study involved 280 recovered healthcare workers of Jayadeva hospital
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Aero India 2021: Extra caution in the light of 2019 mishap

Around 300 cars were gutted in a fire in the previous edition
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Man held for planting bomb under car

Country-made bombs seized
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There is no dissatisfaction over Cabinet reshuffle, says Vijayendra

‘Personal reasons made some skip Cabinet meeting’
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Pfizer to supply 40 million COVID-19 shots for poor countries

The deal is a boost to the global program known as COVAX, as wealthy nations have snapped up most of the millions of coming shots.
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30,000 more health workers get COVID-19 vaccine shot in Bengal

Eleven cases of adverse event following immunization, mostly minor were reported, according to Health officials
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YouTube bans German channel that spread virus misinformation

Google says it has banned a prominent German user of its YouTube video platform who had repeatedly posted false claims about the coronavirus outbreak
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New UK variant of coronavirus may be more deadly, says Boris Johnson

But the British PM stresses that the two vaccines being administered in the UK are effective against all strains
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Interpol issues Purple Notice against investment frauds

Interpol has issued a Purple Notice to its 194 member countries warning them against investment frauds via dating applications. Through such malicious
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J&K private schools’ body moves SC for 4G Internet

Children have already lost two academic years because it is impossible to conduct online classes using 2G: plea
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Violence as locals oppose Jammu corporation anti-encroachment drive

Officials say locals swarmed main road at Nawabad and threw stones at JMC team
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Volunteer forces won’t be involved in Bengal polls

No civic police involved, clarifies CEC
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