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‘Running Out Of Food & Water’: Indian Students In China Amid Virus Scare

Eight Indian students in Wuhan university in China have appealed to Indian government for early evacuation due to continued shutdown in the city after coronavirus outbreak.

Taniya Shergil, The First Woman Officer Parade Adjutant In The History Of Army Day & Republic Day Parade.

Supreme Court Verdict On Kashmir : Curbs On Internet Subject To Scrutiny, Judges Say

Lost Phone? Delhi Gets Web Portal to Enable Blocking, Unblocking of Stolen or Lost Mobile Phone

PUBG Mobile Addiction: 20-Year-Old Drinks Chemical Instead of Water While Playing Game

A 20-year-old, who was engrossed in playing the PUBG Mobile game, died when he mistakenly consumed a jewellery-polishing chemical instead of water while travelling in a train. According to the Agra Cantonment Government Railway Police (GRP), the deceased, identified as Saurabh Yadav, was travelling with his friend Santosh Sharma who is an ornament-dealer. Sharma had a chemical in his bag which he used to polish jewellery. The two men had a common bag and Santosh was travelling to Agra in connection with his ornament polishing business, said Vijay Singh, in-charge GRP station, Agra Cantt railway station, in a public statement. “According to Santosh, the deceased was busy playing PUBG on his mobile phone while travelling. Reportedly, he was so occupied that instead of taking out the water bottle, he mistakenly took out the bottle of chemical and drank from it without checking,” Singh said.

WhatsApp Spyware - Activists, Lawyers, Scholars Targeted in India

WhatsApp Syware: 17 Confirmed Cases of Activists, Lawyers, Scholars Targeted in India

Seventeen individuals including human rights activists, scholars and journalists have so far confirmed to Scroll.in that they were targeted by a spyware on the messaging platform WhatsApp. Some of them suggested that Indian government agencies may have been involved in the surveillance, as they were told by a Canada-based cyber security group that is assisting WhatsApp in investigating the spyware attack.

Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, next Chief Justice of India

Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde appointed next Chief Justice of India.

Justice Bobde, 63, will take oath as the CJI on November 18, a day after incumbent Ranjan Gogoi demits office

Delhi authorities sprays water on roads to control post-Diwali pollution.

In a video from Monday, the day after Diwali, an East Delhi Municipal Corporation vehicle can be seen sprinkling water as it moves along the roads of Laxmi Nagar. Early this month, the capital breathed its cleanest air in five years. But around October 10, air quality slipped back to the “poor” category.

Bihar floods: Donate to help dislocated people

Lakhs of people have been dislocated in the Bihar floods. Donate now to help them survive.

All the 38 districts in Bihar have been severely affected by floods. Heavy downpour is causing all the major rivers in the state to flow above the danger mark, flooding and submerging over 200 villages so far. It has already claimed over 35 lives and displaced more than 70 lakh people. People, there are in desperate need of relief. Please come forward to help them survive until they can rebuild their lives.

Heavy rainfall predicted in Patna, Vaishali, and Khagaria

The IMD has predicted heavy rainfall in Patna, Vaishali and Khagaria districts. Restoration works have been on in full-swing since the last spell of rains.

New Delhi: An orange alert has been issued for several regions of Bihar including Patna for October 3 and 4 by as heavy rainfall is expected in these areas. The relentless rains and deluge that took place between September 27 and 30 have left parts of the state in a dire condition with the death toll touching 55.