In India, 11.9 lakh excess deaths occurred in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, 17 per cent higher compared to 2019, an international study has found. The estimate is about eight times higher than the official COVID-19 deaths in India, and 1.5 times the World Health Organization’s estimates, researchers, including those from the University of Oxford, UK, said. Using data of over 7.65 lakh individuals, the study estimated changes in life expectancy at birth, by gender and social group between 2019 and 2020 in India, a country where one-third of global…
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ED seizes over Rs 1-Cr cash, undisclosed assets during raids against Cong MLA, others | India News
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday said it has seized Rs 1.42 crore in cash, documents related to more than 30 “undisclosed” flats and land during searches against Haryana Congress MLA Rao Dan Singh, his son and some business entities as part of a bank-loan fraud-linked money-laundering investigation. The raids were launched on Thursday (July 18) in Mahendragarh and Gurugram in Haryana, apart from Delhi and Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), against the legislator, his family, a linked company called Suncity Projects Private Limited, another company called Allied Strips Limited (ASL) and its…
Blushing linked to brain regions being set off when feeling ‘exposed’ | Life-style News
Blushing – the reddening and warming of cheeks when one becomes self-conscious – could come from increased activity in brain parts involved in emotional arousal when one feels “exposed,” a study has found. Researchers said that little is known about what is going on underneath while we are blushing – famously described by biologist Charles Darwin as “the most human of all expressions.” The team, including researchers from the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, turned to girl teenagers performing karaoke to find out if blushing was a rapid, spontaneous emotional…
Scourge of the pink bollworm, and why cotton farmers struggle to deal with it | Explained News
For nearly four years now, the deadly pink bollworm has ravaged cotton crops in the northern states of Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan. Cotton cultivation in these states has fallen from around 16 lakh hectares last year to only 10 lakh hectares this year, as of the first week of July. The pink bollworm (PBW), known among farmers as gulabi sundhi, damages the cotton crop by burrowing its larvae into the cotton bolls. This results in the lint being cut and stained, making it unfit for use. While there exist effective…
Calcutta HC Grants Relief for Non-Receipt of GST SCN U/S 73 Due to Technical Glitches
The Calcutta High Court asked the applicant to contest the order before the appellate authority as the failure to Receive show cause notice ( SCN ) u/s 73 of the Central Goods and Service Tax ( CGST ) Act 2017 was due to GST Portal Issue. The applicant Mitali Saha, filed the writ petition contesting the notifications issued u/s 168A of the CGST/WBGST Act, 2017. The applicant said he does not wish to proceed with the challenge. The petition is now limited to the challenge of the show cause notice…
Anant Ambani’s Bundi jacket was painted by ‘3 pichwai artists in 110 hours using 100 real gold leaves’ | Fashion News
The Ambani wedding has been a lesson for fashion enthusiasts worldwide in terms of Indian artisanry and craftsmanship. From Bandhani to Kasheeda, Pichwai to Zardosi, the women of the Ambani family have left no stone unturned when it comes to donning embroidery techniques, not so surreptitiously throwing light on the rich heritage and handiwork of Indian weavers. Having said that, the Ambani men weren’t any less spectacular. For his wedding ceremony, Anant Ambani looked regal in a red bespoke, hand-painted Bundi jacket by Manish Malhotra. Adorned with gold vark and…
Kalki 2898 AD box office collection day 23: Prabhas-starrer crosses Rs 600 crore mark, becomes third highest-grosser for the actor | Bollywood News
Kalki 2898 AD box office collection day 23: Nag Ashwin’s multi-starrer film Kalki 2898 AD has successfully entered its fourth week and has crossed the Rs 600 crore mark, becoming the fifth highest-grosser of all time in India. Kalki 2898 AD is now just Rs 38 shy of crossingJawan’s lifetime India nett collection. The top four films are Baahubali 2 The Conclusion (Rs 1020.42 crore nett), KGF Chapter 2 (Rs 859.7 crore), RRR (Rs 782.2 crore) and Jawan (Rs 640 crore). This also makes Kalki 2898 AD the third biggest…
A dummies guide to the great CrowdStrike outage | Technology News
This Friday, a global tech hiccup threw the world into chaos, hitting office work, airports and industries of all shapes and sizes. Wondering how? It all traces back to Microsoft Azure and a sneaky software update from CrowdStrike that decided to stir things up. Thankfully, CrowdStrike didn’t sit back and swiftly fixed the issue. Should you be freaking out? No. Unless you are using CrowdStrike’s services, you are in the clear. The chaos primarily hit systems running Windows with CrowdStrike software. So if that’s not you, go ahead and breathe…
BJD hopes to turn up the heat on BJP in Rajya Sabha, starting with Budget session | India News
The Biju Janata Dal Friday elected Naveen Patnaik as Chairman of its Parliamentary Party – a decision taken at a party meeting to discuss its strategy ahead of the Budget session, starting July 22. Patnaik, the BJD chief, chaired the meeting, which was attended by its nine Rajya Sabha members. “As part of our resolve to aggressively raise the voice of Odisha in the Parliament, all the MPs that requested our president be the chairman of the Parliamentary Party,” BJD Rajya Sabha member Sulata Deo told The Indian Express. Patnaik,…
Confirmed CHPV cases rise to 7, 58 suspected to be infected, says govt | Ahmedabad News
Seven confirmed cases of the Chandipura virus (CHPV) have been detected in the state, while the suspected cases across various districts rose to 58, the Gujarat government said Friday. It has also reported 20 deaths of suspected patients in the state, so far. According to the medical bulletin of the state government, seven positive CHPV cases have been confirmed, including one each in Sabarkantha, Aravalli, Panchmahal, Morbi and Vadodara districts and two in Mehsana. Of these, the cases from Aravalli and Vadodara have succumbed to the infection, while the government…