Rumita Patel
BHUBANESHWAR / KONARK: Confined to her home for most of the pandemic since March last year, when Savitri Rout, 70, finally had the chance to go on a weekend getaway with her children and grandchildren in January, the family chose an ‘eco retreat’ along the Chandrabhaga beach in Konark. Sitting with her granddaughter in the…
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CALCUTTA: Germany-based Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s daughter Anita B Pfaff chose her 125th birth anniversary on Saturday to paint the person behind the legend as “a devout Hindu,” though “tolerant of all others. religions “. “He inspired his followers, members of the Indian National Army, his friends and his family, to respect other religions and…
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As India celebrated the 125th birthday of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, far away in Malaysia, KR Somasundram wistfully recalled how at age 14 he convinced INA officials that he was ready, fit and 16 years old, the minimum age. required. to join the Azad Hind Fauj. “Possibly my behavior misled them, or my enthusiasm convinced…
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She is an atrocious cook, an annoying driver, and an annoying early riser. He is obsessed with his hair, a keen sense of symbolism in the movies, and a kitchen diva who likes lemons cut “lengthwise.” If it weren’t for Covid-19, Vijeeta Balasundaram and her husband Viswanath Ravi would hardly have been so fluent in…
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BENGALURU: What do you do when job from home becomes monotonous and exhausting? If you are Bakcen George, Allwyn Joseph or Ratish Bhalerao, you are most likely logging into your workstation from a dhaba highway. When Covid-induced work from home got boring, the three friends took off on their bikes, pedaling more than 1,600 km…
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BIJNOR: The UP police have put many of them under house arrest in Bijnor and Muzaffarnagar and have arrested hundreds of farmers who were marching in tractors to Delhi from Baghpat. Several districts in western UP have witnessed tractor drills. In Shamli, they held a march to the Haryana border. On Saturday protests were reported…
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BENGALURU: Dr. AP Nirmal Raj, Bengaluru dental science professor working in Uttar Pradesh, is among the thousands of Indians who have received the Covid vaccine so far. But he’s not just a medical professional whose vaccine inspires public trust: The 47-year-old has undergone a kidney transplant twice and says the related comorbidities he suffers from…
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NEW DELHI: World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday for the country’s support for the global response to Covid-19. Thank you India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for your continued support of the global Covid-19 response. Only if #ACCJuntos, including knowledge sharing, can stop…
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NEW DELHI: Up to one lakh of central paramilitary personnel can be deployed to West Bengal for the upcoming assembly elections, surpassing the nearly 75,000-80,000 employees who stood guard during the state’s 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Although the Electoral Commission and the Ministry of the Interior have yet to find a balance between the central…
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NEW DELHI: As the first historic, albeit largely symbolic, UN treaty banning nuclear weapons came into force on Friday, India said it is neither party to nor does it support it. India is not alone. None of the nuclear weapon states is party to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Even NATO…
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