‘Cheugy,’ ‘omicron’ among 2021’s most mispronounced words

National The list identifies the words that proved most challenging for broadcasters to pronounce this year. This combination of 2021 photos shows Philadelphia Eagles’ Jason Kelce, left, and Billie Eilish in London. The grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and Eagles center have something in common — broadcasters have difficulty pronouncing their names. The Associated Press By WILLIAM…Continue Reading

Grant 2500 Afghan students visas to complete studies, Afghan envoy urges India

Afghanistan’s envoy to India, Farid Mamundzay, has urged Indian government to grant visas to 2,500 Afghan students so that they can come back and complete studies in India. These students have been studying in Indian universities such as University of Delhi, Osmania, JNU and lot of them in cities like Pune. Many of these students are…Continue Reading

Omicron may cause third wave in India by February, scientist warns

As the Omicron variant cases increase steadily in India, an IIT scientist has warned that the third wave of coronavirus could reach its peak by February. Manindra Agarwal, an IIT scientist who is involved in the mathematical projection of the trajectory of COVID-19, had warned that the Covid cases can reach upto 150,000 per day…Continue Reading

As Omicron surges around world, India records lowest Covid daily infections

India reported the lowest Covid cases since May 2020 on December 07, 2021. The health ministry reported a total of 6,882 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday. The new infections have taken the total tally of Covid cases to 3,46,48,383 and the active cases have decreased to 95,014, which is the lowest in 554 days. Union Health Ministry…Continue Reading

Deliveries of Russian S-400 missile system have begun, will continue to happen: India

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said that supplies of the Russian S-400 missile defence system “will continue to happen”. Shringla was addressing press after Russian President Vladimir Putin visited New Delhi on Monday (December 6).  Russia has begun deliveries of its long-range S-400 ground-to-air missile defence system to India, which prompted fears of US sanctions.…Continue Reading

DA Case: Vigilance Arrests PEO For Possessing Assets Worth Over Rs 1 Crore

The Vigilance wing of the Odisha Police on Tuesday unearthed assets worth around a whopping Rs 1.12 Crore owned by Achyutananda Khuntia, the Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO) of Jhankarpali Gram Panchayat in Sambalpur district.Four teams of the anti-corruption wing led by 2 DSsP, 3 Inspectors, 2 ASIs and other staff on the strength of search…Continue Reading

Four Women Stripped, Dragged Through Faisalabad Market In Pakistan

The police in Pakistan have arrested five men on charges of assaulting, stripping and filming four women in Faisalabad’s Bawa Chak Market, the Dawn reported.The matter had surfaced after a video of the four women went viral on social media.According to the FIR, the complainant, a garbage-picker, went to the Bawa Chak Market with three…Continue Reading

NEET PG: Health Ministry Asks SC To Expedite Matter, Medicos Continue Stir

The Union Health Ministry has requested the Supreme Court for early listing and hearing of the matter on the EWS quota so that counselling for the NEET PG could start, as the resident doctors’ strike protesting against the delay entered its 11th day on Tuesday.The NEET PG counselling will not start until the top court…Continue Reading

Omicron Scare: All Eyes Set On Genome Sequencing Reports Of 246 Covid Patients

In the backdrop of the Indian Medical Association’s warning of a massive third wave of Covid pandemic, people in Odisha have set their eyes on the result of genome sequencing reports of 246 Covid positive patients in the State. At a time when the number of Omicron positive cases in the country is increasing with each…Continue Reading