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“National Emergency”: A Look Inside Kerala’s Omicron Testing Centre

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Genome sequencing at this centre can take up to a maximum of 72 hours and an additional day or two for bioinformatic details when full capacity. Thiruvananthapuram:  After confirming the first case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Kerala is running the genome sequencing tests on 30 more samples at the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology in Thiruvananthapuram. As NDTV stepped into the laboratory – where the initial 8-hour preparatory work on the samples is done – the team members were seen wearing Personal Protective Equipment or PPE kits, working…

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People aware of my work in Bengali cinema thanks to OTT, says Parambrata Chatterjee

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Actor Parambrata Chatterjee says streaming platforms have introduced his work in the Bengali film industry to fans who know him only through Sujoy Ghosh-directed “Kahaani” or his other Hindi projects. The 2012 thriller featured Vidya Balan as a pregnant woman searching for her missing husband in Kolkata during the Durga Puja festival. She finds help from the cop Satyoki ‘Rana’ Sinha, played by Chatterjee. The actor has had an incredible career in the Bengali film industry with films such as “Hemanter Pakhi”, “Hemlock Society”, “Shonar Pahar”, “Samantaral”, “Hercules”, “Hawa Bodol”,…

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“Tamil Thai Vazhthu” is prayer song, not Anthem: HC

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The ‘Tamil Thai Vaazhthu’, an invocation, is only a prayer song and not a National Anthem and hence, there is no need for every one to remain in standing posture when it is rendered, the Madras High Court bench here has ruled. Justice G R Swaminathan gave the ruling recently while quashing an FIR registered against “Nam Tamilar Katchi” (NTK) functionaries by the Remeswaram police in Ramanathapuram district, in 2018. The then Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit released a Tamil-Sanskrit dictionary at a function held in Music Academy, Chennai in…

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Sensex sheds over 150 pts in early trade; Nifty slips below 17,500

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Equity benchmark Sensex declined by more than 150 points in early trade on Friday, tracking losses in index majors Reliance Industries, HDFC twins and TCS amid a negative trend in global markets. The 30-share index declined by 186.36 points or 0.32 per cent to 58,620.77 in opening trade. Similarly, the Nifty slipped 46.65 points or 0.27 per cent to 17,470.20. Tech Mahindra was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding around 1 per cent, followed by Axis Bank, Reliance Industries, Titan and HCL Tech. On the other hand, Asian…

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US commander: Al-Qaeda numbers in Afghanistan up ‘slightly’

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The al-Qaeda extremist group has grown slightly inside Afghanistan since U.S. forces left in late August, and the country’s new Taliban leaders are divided over whether to fulfill their 2020 pledge to break ties with the group, the top U.S. commander in the region said Thursday. Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, said in an interview with The Associated Press that the departure of U.S. military and intelligence assets from Afghanistan has made it much harder to track al-Qaeda and other extremist groups inside Afghanistan. We’re probably…

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Kolkata civic polls: Left pins hope on Red Volunteers to recover lost ground

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Pushed to the margins of West Bengal politics, the CPI(M)-led Left Front is pinning hopes on its young brigade of ‘Red Volunteers’ to recover lost ground among the urban electorate in the upcoming Kolkata civic polls. The Left Front, which had ruled the state uninterrupted for three decades, has for the first time failed to open its account in the 294-member House during the assembly polls held earlier in the year. It had last won civic polls in the metropolis in 2005. Faced with an existential crisis, the CPI(M), this…

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Empowering Babar, instilling fearless approach brought positive outlook: PCB chief Raja

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PCB chairman Ramiz Raja said empowering skipper Babar Azam and instilling a fearless approach has helped Pakistan cap off a successful two-month tour of the United Arab Emirates and Bangladesh. Pakistan won eight of their nine T20Is, which included victories in all the group matches at the ICC T20 World Cup, and two Tests in Bangladesh. “…I want to emphasis on the fact that leadership matters. When you empower a leader and give him confidence then he starts to own everything; from decisions, team, performances to disasters. He becomes brave!…

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SC takes note of slight improvement in air quality, permits panel to decide on easing curbs

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The Supreme Court Friday took note of slight improvement in air pollution level in Delhi-NCR and permitted the commission on air quality management to take a decision on various representations seeking easing of curbs, like ban on construction activities, within a week. A special bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices D Y Chandrachud and Surya Kant asked Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan to comply with its earlier order by which it had asked the National Capital Region states to pay minimum wages to construction workers from the cess,…

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Sensex sheds over 150 pts in early trade; Nifty slips below 17,500

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 Equity benchmark Sensex declined by more than 150 points in early trade on Friday, tracking losses in index majors Reliance Industries, HDFC twins and TCS amid a negative trend in global markets. The 30-share index declined by 186.36 points or 0.32 per cent to 58,620.77 in opening trade. Similarly, the Nifty slipped 46.65 points or 0.27 per cent to 17,470.20. Tech Mahindra was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding around 1 per cent, followed by Axis Bank, Reliance Industries, Titan and HCL Tech. On the other hand, Asian…

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Court rejects Trump’s efforts to keep records from 1/6 panel

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A federal appeals court ruled Thursday against an effort by former President Donald Trump to shield documents from the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. In a 68-page ruling, the three-judge panel tossed aside Trump’s various arguments for blocking through executive privilege records that the committee regards as vital to its investigation into the run-up to the deadly riot that was aimed at overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election. Judge Patricia Millett, writing for the court, said Congress had a uniquely vital interest in…

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