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We are not decision makers in Maharashtra, says Rahul Gandhi Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday sought to distance himself from reports suggesting a rift within the ruling coalition in Maharashtra amid the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) frequent attacks for its “poor handling” of the Covid-19 pandemic in the state which has the highest number of coronavirus cases in the country with over 52,000. “I would like to make a differentiation here. We are supporting the government in Maharashtra, but we are not the key decision maker in Maharashtra,” Gandhi said at a news conference held via video conference...

JK Rowling Wants to Pay One Year’s Salary to Pranskter Who Trolled UK Govt on Twitter A sneaky tweet posted anonymously from an official government handle on Twitter created an uproar in the United Kingdom on Sunday and even attracted the attention of Harry Potter creator JK Rowling. On Sunday, the UK Cabinet Office’s official handle took to Twitter to inform that an “unauthorised tweet” had been posted from a government-run handle on Sunday without the knowledge of supervisors. The government also informed that the tweet had since been removed and that the matter was being investigated. While it was...

Mukesh Ambani’s JioMart expands to 200 Indian cities in challenge to Amazon and Flipkart Hong Kong (CNN Business) An online grocery business backed by Asia’s richest man is expanding to hundreds of cities across India — a move widely seen as a challenge to Amazon and Flipkart. JioMart, the grocery platform owned by Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Platforms, expanded services to 200 cities over the weekend. It had previously been piloting deliveries in three areas in and around Mumbai. The move comes just days after Jio — a part of Ambani’s sprawling conglomerate Reliance Industries — secured more cash to fuel the billionaire’s tech ambitions. The...

Virtual courts cannot replace open court hearing: Justice Chandrachud NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Judge and e-committee chairman Justice D Y Chandrachud on Sunday said virtual courts cannot replace open court hearings as it constitutes the spine of the judicial system but emphasised that pandemic warranted reliance on technology would continue to play a major role in speeding up justice dispensation. In a webinar with students of NALSAR University, Hyderabad, Justice Chandrachud said, “I don’t think virtual courts are going to replace open court hearing. I don’t think any Judge or expert in technology is going to tell that. I want...

AIIMS sanitation chief dies of COVID, never missed a day of duty Senior sanitation supervisor at AIIMS, New Delhi, Heera Lal never missed a day on duty—until COVID-19 struck him last Tuesday and took him away on Monday morning. An ever-smiling professional, whose job required him to be in constant touch with disinfection staff, cleaners, and ward boys, Lal developed early disease symptoms on Tuesday and was gone in a week off. Speaking to The Tribune, Kuldip Singh, General Secretary of AIIMS New Delhi SC, ST Association lamented that the Institute only conducted a blood test on Heera Lal when...

Hockey legend and triple Olympic gold medallist Balbir Singh Sr passes away at 95 Three-time Olympic gold medal-winning hockey legend Balbir Singh Sr died here on Monday after battling multiple health issues for over two weeks. The iconic player was 95 and is survived by his daughter Sushbir and three sons Kanwalbir, Karanbir, Gurbir. “He died at around 6:30 this morning,” Abhijit Singh, Director Fortis Hospital, Mohali, where he was admitted on May 8, told PTI. Balbir Sr was in a semi-comatose state since May 18 and had developed a blood clot in his brain after being first admitted to...

Mukesh Khanna on his struggle before Mahabharat: ‘People labelled me as a flop actor, I was deeply disappointed’ Mukesh Khanna, who shot to fame as the Bhishma Pitamah of BR Chopra’s Mahabharat before making it big as Shakiman, has credited the show for bringing about a massive change in his acting career. The actor has revealed he was so disappointed with his series of flops that he refused to face people. The actor told Times of India in an interview, “Before bagging the role in Mahabharat, I had done many films that were big flops. People labelled me as a flop actor and I...

From a tyre warehouse with Rs 25K, this IIT grad built a Rs 140 Cr turnover coaching institute Soon after graduating from IIT Delhi in 1993, Pramod Maheshwari found himself in a dilemma. Like most other IIT graduates, the Kota-based 22-year-old had the option of either taking up a well-paying job in an MNC or go abroad for higher studies. However, Pramod couldn’t bring himself to leave his family and move to a different city for a job or for studies. He started giving his career aspirations a second thought. This gave birth to an idea in his mind –...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg got richer by $30 billion in two months The global economy has been hit quite badly since the middle of March when the coronavirus pandemic started to spread its tentacles across the world. Almost every industry/sector has been hit yet there’s one man who has seen his wealth grown tremendously in the last two months. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, as per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, has added $30 billion to his wealth in the last two months. Sometime in the middle of March, Zuckerberg had an estimated wealth of close to $57.5 billion but now his...

Japanese wrestler and Netflix star Hana Kimura dies at 22 Tokyo: Japanese professional wrestler Hana Kimura, who appeared in the latest series of Netflix’s reality show Terrace House, has died at the age of 22. While the cause of death is yet to be ascertained, Kimura had posted a number of troubling social media posts in recent days. Kimura’s last post on Instagram was a picture of herself and a cat with the message: “I love you, have a long, happy life. I’m sorry.” Kimura is said to have been the target of hundreds of abusive tweets on a daily...