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The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea which had sought a direction to the Centre to formulate a national mortal remains management and disposal protocol for pandemic and non-pandemic times to be implemented across the country. The plea was filed by a Delhi-based man who had said that body of his mother was mistaken for some other COVID-19 victim and was handed over to another person due to the negligence of a hospital here. The petitioner said that he was denied the sacred right of doing the last rites…

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E-commerce grows by 36 per cent in last quarter in India: Report

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 strong

The last quarter of 2020 saw e- commerce order volume growing by 36 per cent in India with Personal care, Beauty and Wellness (PCB&W) segment being the biggest beneficiary, according to a report. In October to December 2020 period, PCB&W and FMCG & Healthcare (F&H) categories’ volumes grew by 95 per cent and 46 per cent year-on-year (YOY) respectively, said the Q4- 2020 -E-commerce Trends Report’, released by Unicommerce and Kearney. Tier 2 and 3 cities accounted for a 90 per cent YOY incremental volume and value growth, it said.…

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Trial highlights: history lessons, Trump tweets and more

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 strong

Donald Trump will stand trial for impeachment after the Senate rejected arguments from the former president’s lawyers on Tuesday that the chamber cannot move forward because he is no longer in office. Several Republicans joined Democrats in voting 56-44 to proceed. Democrats said if Trump is not held accountable for inciting the violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last month, the impeachment process would be rendered meaningless in effect signaling to all future presidents that they could abuse their power near the end of their term without consequence. “It’s…

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Rescue operation to locate 25-35 workers trapped inside Tapovan tunnel continues

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 strong

Rescuers from multiple agencies like the ITBP, NDRF and Army continued their operation on Wednesday to penetrate deeper through tonnes of silt to reach out to workers trapped inside the Tapovan tunnel as the toll in the Uttarakhand flash floods has mounted to 32 with over 170 missing. The centre of operations, post the Sunday disaster in the border district of Chamoli, remains the large tunnel where an estimated 30-35 workers are believed to have been trapped after the Alaknanda river hurtled down in spate as a result of a…

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Chennai Test: Anderson leaves India on the brink as England move in for the kill

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 strong

Veteran pacer James Anderson bowled England into a winning position, scalping three wickets including two in an over, as India slumped to 144 for 6 at lunch in pursuit of 420 on the final day of the first Test here on Tuesday. India captain Virat Kohli (45 off 51 balls, 5 fours) and Ravichandran Ashwin (2), who copped a few blows on his body and one on the helmet, were at the crease at the interval, still needing 276 for a world record victory. Kohli was the lone hope left…

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SC seeks explanation from NCB for delay in filing plea against HC verdict

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 strong

The Supreme Court has termed as atrocious the manner in which a sensitive matter of narcotics has been sought to be prosecuted, and directed the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to give an explanation over the delay in filing a plea against the Rajasthan High Court verdict in the case. The apex court, which observed that a petition challenging the high court’s December 2018 verdict acquitting the accused persons in a narcotics case has been filed before it after a delay of 652 days, noted the glaring gaps and said the…

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Sensex jumps over 200 pts; Nifty nears 15,200

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 strong

Equity benchmark Sensex jumped over 200 points to scale fresh lifetime high in early trade on Tuesday, led by gains in index heavyweights Infosys, Reliance Industries and HCL Tech amid positive global cues and unabated foreign fund inflows. The 30-share BSE index was trading 233.30 points or 0.45 per cent higher at its record intra-day peak of 51,582.07. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty rose 70.10 points or 0.46 per cent to its lifetime high of 15,185.90. HCL Tech was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging around 2 per…

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Myanmar protesters march again, defying ban on gatherings

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 strong

Demonstrators against Myanmar’s military takeover took to the streets again on Tuesday in defiance of new rules that make their protests illegal. Police were arresting protesters and using water cannons to try to disperse the crowd in Mandalay, and a crowd also gathered in Yangon despite a heightened security presence. The decrees issued Monday night for some areas of the two cities banned rallies and gatherings of more than five people, along with motorized processions, while also imposing a 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. curfew. Yangon is Myanmar’s biggest city…

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U’khand glacier disaster: Toll rises to 28; op to rescue those trapped in Tapovan tunnel on

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 strong

The death toll from the Uttarakhand glacier disaster rose to 28 with the recovery of two more bodies, even as a multi-agency operation to rescue around 30 workers feared trapped inside a swamped tunnel at the Tapovan power project in Chamoli district continued on Tuesday, officials said. Around 170 people are still missing after the Sunday’s disaster apparently caused by a glacier burst, according to the latest data. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said its personnel recovered two bodies from debris in Raini village on Tuesday morning. The workers…

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Toll climbs to 10 in Uttarakhand glacier burst, 143 still missing

February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 strong

IAF teams left for the avalanche-hit areas of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district early on Monday to ramp up relief efforts, while rescuers pulled out three more bodies of the people missing in the glacier burst taking the toll to 10. Uttarakahnd DGP Ashok Kumar said 143 people are still missing, a day after the glacier burst triggered a massive avalanche and floods in the Alaknanda river system The efforts are focussed at the moment on rescuing 30-35 people trapped in a 250-metre long tunnel at Tapovan, he said. A total of…