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Poulomi Ghosh

Poulomi Ghosh is a journalist with Hindustan Times, New Delhi.

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Vande Bharat and other special trains back on track | All you need to know

Vande Bharat express between Delhi and Katra has not yet resumed. Varanasi-Delhi Vande Bharat saw low occupancy on day one.

Unlock 4 brings several trains on track.(PTI)
Updated on Sep 13, 2020 04:00 PM IST
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No nationwide lockdown from September 25, Centre calls viral order fake

NDMA has not urged the Centre for reimposing a 46-day lockdown from September 25, clarifies Centre

No fresh order for a nationwide lockdown from September 25 has been passed. Centre calls viral message fake.(PTI)
Updated on Sep 13, 2020 12:42 PM IST
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Why rest of Bollywood is silent, Shiv Sena trains gun on Akshay Kumar

Bollywood stars are keeping their heads down like Pandavas did while witnessing Draupadi’s disrobing, Sanjay Raut wrote in his editorial.

Sanjay Raut questions the silence of other Bollywood stars in his Sunday editorial in Saamana, names Akshay Kumar in particular.(ANI)
Updated on Sep 13, 2020 11:50 AM IST
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Serum Institute to resume Covid-19 vaccine trial after DGCI gives nod

Good news, tweets Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla, after Astrazeneca announced it has got a go-ahead from British regulators.

Covid-19 vaccine trials in India will begin only after India’s drug controller gives a nod, says Serum Institute of India.(Reuters)
Updated on Sep 13, 2020 12:12 AM IST
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After Adhir Ranjan’s ‘Bengalee Brahmin’ tag, Cong takes out rallies for Rhea Chakraborty

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury had said SSR was an Indian actor, but the “BJP turned him into a Bihari actor” only to score electoral brownie points ahead of Bihar elections.

Congress activists take part in a demonstration to protest against the arrest of actress Rhea Chakraborty, in Kolkata on Saturday.(ANI)
Updated on Sep 12, 2020 09:07 PM IST
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Kangana to meet Maharashtra Guv BS Koshyari tomorrow

The actor is believed to apprise the governor of the situation before she leaves Mumbai on September 14. The meeting is scheduled at 4.30pm.

Kangana Ranaut will meet Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyari on Sunday before she is scheduled to leave Mumbai on Monday.(PTI)
Updated on Sep 12, 2020 07:00 PM IST
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‘Even if they try hard to scare me’, Kangana shares meme. Uddhav is depicted as Ravana

The meme, sent to the actor by director Vivek Agnihotri, depicts Kangana as a fighter whom Shivaji Maaharaj is giving a sword.

Kangana Ranaut shares a meme on Twitter that depicts Uddhav Thackeray as Ravana.(Satish Bate/HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 12, 2020 09:06 PM IST
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No carelessness till Covid-19 medicine is developed, urges PM Modi

Animal trials of Covaxin have been successful and the results showed positive immune response.

People should not lower their guard against coronavirus until an effective medicine is found, PM Modi said. (Photo: PTI)
Updated on Sep 12, 2020 04:57 PM IST
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Mumbai locals to allow NEET 2020 candidates, other examinees with I-cards, hall tickets

Candidates must have valid identity cards and hall tickets, which are to be displayed at the stations. Additional booking counters will also be opened. However, Mumbai locals are not yet open for others, the Central Railway has reiterated.

Mumbai locals will allow exam candidates with valid I-cards and hall tickets to board trains. (Photo: HT)
Updated on Sep 12, 2020 06:18 PM IST
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What Kangana Ranaut has said so far on joining politics

Both Kangana and her sister Rangoli are vocal supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But the actor had no plans to join politics, as she tweeted in August, this year.

In August, the actor tweeted that she had no plans to join politics, though she received offers from the Congress after the release of her movie Gangster, and from the BJP after the release of Manikarnika (Photo: PTI)
Updated on Sep 12, 2020 03:55 PM IST
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More foreign airlines for Indian flyers under travel bubbles | All you need to know

In the fourth phase of unlocking, several foreign airlines are operating in India under air bubbles. Here is a complete list of these airlines.

United Airlines has recently announced non-stop flights to and from Delhi and Bengaluru, which will start between December 2020 and January 2021. Several other foreign airlines have already started operations in India. (Photo: Reuters)
Updated on Sep 12, 2020 01:42 PM IST
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No lockdown in Punjab on September 13 for NEET 2020 exam

Punjab is still observing Sunday lockdowns, which will continue till September 30. But there will be no restrictions this Sunday, the government has announced.

No restrictions in Punjab this Sunday as NEET 2020 is scheduled to be held. (Photo: PTI)p
Updated on Sep 11, 2020 09:09 PM IST
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Swami Agnivesh passes away at 80, was suffering from liver disease

Social activist Swami Agnivesh, who was critically ill and was hospitalised due to liver cirrhosis early this week, passed away on Friday. He was 80.

Swami Agnivesh was suffering from liver cirrhosis and was critically ill for the last few days.(ANI photo)
Updated on Sep 11, 2020 10:53 PM IST
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Kim Jong Un showed off headless body of his executed uncle | All you need to know about Jang Song Thaek

Jang Song Thaek’s execution was one of the major purges that Kim Jong Un undertook after he came to power in 2011. Pyongang accused Jang of plotting to overthrow the government.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the killing of his uncle Jang Song Thaek in 2013, two years after he came to power. Jang’s headless body with the head sitting on the chest was displayed to the senior officials, US President Donald Trump has revealed. (Photo: Reuters)
Updated on Sep 11, 2020 07:44 PM IST
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Balasaheb’s biggest fear was one day Shiv Sena will become Congress, says Kangana Ranaut, shares old interview

In the video interview, shared by Kangana, Balasaheb can be heard saying that he didn’t believe in elections or democracy. “Because I am there the party has survived. Otherwise, it would have become congress,” Balasaheb said in the interview.

How would Balasaheb Thackeray have felt today, had he seen Sena’s present condition, Kangana asks on Twitter. (Photo: PTI)
Updated on Sep 11, 2020 07:09 PM IST
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Delhi Metro to resume normal operation timing from tomorrow

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation resumed its services on September 7 in a phase-wise manner. On September 12, the gradual opening will be completed with the reopening of the Airport Express line.

DMRC resumed operations after a gap of almost six moths on September 7. (Photo: PTI)
Updated on Sep 11, 2020 05:28 PM IST
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South Western Railway increases platform ticket price in Bengaluru by 400 per cent

Instead of ₹10, a platform ticket in Bengaluru will now cost you ₹50. The move is temporary, aimed at controlling the crowds at stations, the South Western Railway has said.

Platform tickets have become dearer in Bengaluru so that people accompanying passengers don’t unnecessarily crowd station areas. (Representative image: PTI)
Updated on Sep 11, 2020 04:52 PM IST
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RBI lays down guidelines for banks to appoint chief compliance officers

Observing that the banks follow diverse practices in this regard, the RBI said guidelines are meant to bring uniformity in approach followed by banks, to align the supervisory expectations on CCOs with best practices.

According to an RBI circular, the CCO should be appointed for a minimum fixed period of three years in the rank of a general manager or not below two levels of the rank of CEO. (In Photo: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, Reuters)
Updated on Sep 11, 2020 04:05 PM IST
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NEET 2020: Delhi Metro to start trains from 6 am this Sunday

Generally, services used to start at 8 am on Sundays before the lockdown. The schedule will continue from September 20 as well. The timing change is only a special arrangement for September 13.

Delhi metro will start its services as early as 6 am this Sunday. NEET-2020 is scheduled to be held on Sunday.
Updated on Sep 11, 2020 03:11 PM IST
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Do not block oxygen supplies for Covid-19 patients, Centre tells states

Several states are forcing oxygen suppliers to serve only in the particular state, the health ministry said.

The health ministry said a few states are prohibiting oxygen supplies to other states. (Photo: PTI)
Updated on Sep 11, 2020 02:23 PM IST
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Covid-19 symptomatic candidates may not be allowed to take exams, says revised SOP | All you need to know

Previously, the ministry said symptomatic candidates can take the exams under isolation. But now the decision to whether allow them or not has been left with the examination conducting authorities.

Several national-level entrance exams and college, university final year examinations are scheduled to be held in September. (Photo: PTI)
Updated on Sep 11, 2020 01:43 PM IST
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Will welcome Kangana if she joins BJP or RPI, says Ramdas Athawale

Athawale, president of the Republican Party of India (A), has been a staunch supporter of the actress in the Kangana versus Shiv Sena episode.

Kangana Ranaut doesn’t intend to join politics, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale said after meeting the actress at her Mumbai residence on Thursday. (Photo: Hindustan Times)
Updated on Sep 10, 2020 08:41 PM IST
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Indian Railways: 80 new trains from September 12, tickets available from today

These new trains are being introduced keeping in mind the migrant workers who are now travelling back to their workplaces as unlocking has entered the fourth phase in September.

Passengers stand in a queue to buy tickets from a railway station reservation centre in Guwahati, onThursda. (Photo: PTI)
Updated on Sep 10, 2020 07:15 PM IST
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Cigarette, beedi butts are not toxic, claims study

Some studies suggest cigarette butts are toxic to microbes, insects, and fish etc. But the recent CSIR-IITR study claims that arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, chromium, and cobalt were either below the level of detection or many fold lower than the threshold value in the brands they tested.

Burnt and unburnt butts of 10 cigarette brands and beedi brands were used in the study, according to CSIR-IITR. ( Representative Photo: Reuters)
Updated on Sep 10, 2020 06:48 PM IST
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4th day of Delhi metro services resumption, Magenta, Grey lines from tomorrow: All you need to know

From September 12 onwards, services on all lines of Delhi Metro will be available throughout the day.

A commuter seen inside a Metro coach at Subhash Nagar Metro station, in New Delhi, India, on September 9. (Photo by Sanchit Khanna / Hindustan Times)
Updated on Sep 10, 2020 05:33 PM IST
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