Sunday, May 23, 2021

Lifting spirits: Assam folk singer offers songs on call for COVID-19 patients

Silchar-based Bikramjit Baulia gave a musical spin to his 2020 campaign for using the phone to maintain psychological intimacy while practising physical distancing
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Lathika Subash, former Kerala Mahila Congress president, to join NCP

She announced her resignation from the AICC and KPCC recently after being denied a party ticket in Ettumanur during the recently held Assembly election.
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Decision on CBSE Class 12 exams, entrance tests today

CBSE has suggested exams only for major subjects, considering shorter papers: official
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COVID-19 surge: A look at how Bengaluru’s celebrities are doing their bit during the crisis

Arranging hospital beds, oxygen cylinders, medicines, distributing food among other essentials for those affected by the second wave keep them busy.
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First session of 15th Kerala Assembly from Monday

Election of Speaker on May 25, Governor’s address on May 28 and revised 2021-2022 budget to be presented on on June 4
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After complaints of police highhandedness, Telangana govt. swings into action

The Telangana police was criticised for enforcing the COVID-19 lockdown with the use of force.
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Chidambaram asks Centre to explain why number of daily vaccination is going down if States have stocks

‘Several States, including Karnataka and Delhi, have stopped vaccinating the 18-44 age group citing shortage of vaccines,’ says the former Finance Minister.
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Documentary on Auroville’s afforestation project to be screened at ChangeNow summit

‘I am excited and proud that my film will be screening alongside Sir David Attenborough’s new documentary Breaking Boundaries,’ says Aurovillian Christoph Pohl.
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Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar arrested

He is wanted in a kidnapping and murder of a 23-year-old wrestler inside Chhatrasal Stadium in North West Delhi.
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COVID-19 surge: Govt. prioritises vulnerable segment for vaccination in 18+ age group

Newspaper boys, milk vendors, autorickshaw and taxi drivers, bus drivers and conductors, construction workers are among those who will be given priority.
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Morning Digest: Over 18 million doses of Sputnik V to be made available from Aug., Gujarat emerges as a hotspot for Mucormycosis, and more

A select list of stories to read before you start your day.
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Extreme cold weather in China kills 20 in ultramarathon

The 100-km cross-country race was held in the Yellow River Stone Forest, a scenic tourist site in Jingtai county under the jurisdiction of Baiyin.
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Ex-CM to stay in same house

The DMK government has allowed Leader of Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami to stay in the government bungalow where he stayed as Chief Minister [2017
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Former CM objects to plea for remission to Rajiv case convicts

Former Chief Minister of Puducherry V. Narayanasamy has taken strong objection to the demand for remission of sentence to the seven life convicts in t
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Fishermen demand action against officials

Fishermen community leaders on Saturday staged day-long hunger fasts in their homes and offices demanding that action be taken against the officials r
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TAFE’s free tractor rental scheme for small farmers

Around 50,000 of them will benefit
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U.T. sees marginal dip in daily cases, death rate remains high

Region registers 30 deaths and 1,445 new cases
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Youth held for hoax bomb threat

Personnel from the Teynampet police station on Saturday apprehended a youth for allegedly threatening to detonate a bomb at Chief Minister M.K. Stalin
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Assam to introduce cow protection bill

Governor Jagdish Mukhi also underlined the government’s commitment to protecting satras from encroachment
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Ministers will oversee implementation of lockdown

CM designates Ministers to 20 districts with high infection rate
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Ex-J&K Bank chairman Nengroo gets bail in graft case

An official he was granted interim bail with a surety bond of ₹1 lakh
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Assam Rifles soldier killed in encounter with suspected insurgents

Two others injured; gunfight continuing in Arunachal Pradesh near the border with Myanmar
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Volcano erupts near Congolese city of Goma; residents flee

Mount Nyiragongo’s last eruption, in 2002, left hundreds dead and coated airport runways in lava.
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