Tue 13 October 2020: Republic TV and Times Now have covered Rajput’s death and the circumstances around it relentlessly, leading to criticism from journalists and social media users Bollywood’s top producers have filed a lawsuit against two television news channels for painting the film industry as a den of drugs and crime following the death […]
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Mon 12 October 2020: Bhopal: A woman gave birth to her 16th child in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh and died along with the newborn soon afterwards. The 45-year-old woman, Sukhrani Ahirwar of Padajhir village, delivered a baby boy at home on Saturday, a news agency quoted ASHA worker Kallo Bai Vishwakarma as saying. “Soon […]
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Mon 12 October 2020: According to government data, the number of suicides jumped in August by 15.4 per cent to 1,854. Although a smaller proportion, the number of women taking their own lives jumped by about 40 per cent Japan’s suicide rise shows that coronavirus pandemic is taking a toll on women, teenage girls and […]
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Mon 12 October 2020: Lucknow/Hathras: The family members of a 19-year-old Dalit woman, who died after allegedly being raped by four men in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district, will appear before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court amid tight security on Monday. The court will record the version of the victim’s family members in the […]
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Sun 11 October 2020: Last one million cases rise in 13 days India became the second country after the US to cross seven million confirmed Covid-19 cases on Saturday. It also recorded its six millionth recovery on the day and the ninth consecutive day of decline in active cases. With the number of new cases dipping in recent […]
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Sat 10 October 2020: The Mumbai Police said on Thursday that they unearthed a “major racket” of gaming television rating points, or TRPs, by at least three channels, including Republic TV, and arrested four people, contending that the manipulated audience numbers were crucial because they directly translated into advertising revenue. Republic TV is among the […]
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Fri 09 October 2020: Pakistan’s telecom regulator blocked TikTok on Friday for failing to filter out “immoral and indecent” content, another blow to the social media app that has come under increasing scrutiny as its popularity has surged across the globe. The ban comes in view of “complaints from different segments of the society against […]
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Thu 08 October 2020: Some 618 million people traveled within China over past 1 week, according to reports China’s Wuhan city is abuzz with tourists nowadays, a far cry from the desolated look it wore when rising to global infamy last December as the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. The reason is the eight-day holiday, […]
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Thu 08 October 2020: Finance minister says Putrajaya has no intention to bailout virus-hit Malaysia Airlines The Malaysian finance minister said the country has no intention to bailout the struggling national airline as it continues to be in the red despite several major turnover bids. Tengku Zafrul Aziz said the fate of Malaysia Airlines is […]
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Thu 08 October 2020: Critics argue Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party are giving rise to Hindu nationalism, and promoting anti-Muslim sentiment The European Union has called on India to meet its human rights commitments, and conduct an “independent” inquiry into the role of police for failing to prevent deadly […]
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