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(Byline: Debasree Banerjee. She is a TOI Write India winner and author of ‘A Place Called Eden’.) The year 2021 marks the birth centenary of renowned auteur, polymath, litterateur, composer, illustrator and designer, Satyajit Ray. There isn’t much unanalyzed about Ray’s film-making. His eye for perfection, poignancy, profound understanding of both the content and technique, […]
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We all know that drinking can be injurious to health. While drinking occasionally might not have any side effects, drinking while you are on antibiotics can lead to some adverse side effects. Mixing alcohol with antibiotics can trigger and complicate the side effects of your medication. Here are other reasons why you must not drink
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AMRITSAR :Despite claims of strict safety measures taken post November 2nd Wagah , Pakistan, suicide bomb blast, the security officials here recovered 7.480 kilogram heroin from goods train that arrived from Pakistan on Wednesday. Sources seeking anonymity informed that the contraband was recovered on the specific intelligence input of Border Security Force. The heroin packets
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NEW DELHI: On the day TOI highlighted the worsening state of Delhi’s air, the National Green Tribunal cited the report and issued a slew of directions to immediately address the problem. Among the 14 measures ordered by the green court on Wednesday was a ban on petrol and diesel vehicles older than 15 years —
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PUNE: The ministry of Home Affairs has invited suggestions for proposed amendments in the Prevention of Damage to Public Property (PDPP) Act, 1984. The proposed amendments seek to deter the prospective violators from vandalizing and destroying public/private property during agitations and other forms of protests. The proposed amendments will also deter the office-bearers of these
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Image used for representational purpose only GURUGRAM: Amid spike in Covid-19 cases in Gurugram, the district administration has allowed upscale condominiums, gated housing societies and NGOs to set up small Covid care centres while using their own resources. Deputy Commissioner Yash Garg, said in his order: “Requests have been received from gated housing societies to
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CHENNAI: In a reprieve to 186 brick kilns in Coimbatore which were sealed by the district administration for allegedly encroaching the elephant corridor in the area, Madras high court has set aside the closure orders. Passing the order in a batch of pleas moved by the owners of the brick kilns, Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana made
LONDON: Patients are at an estimated 44 per cent greater risk of neurological and mental health diagnoses after Covid-19 than after flu, and a 16 per cent greater risk than with other respiratory tract infections, the largest study of its kind by the University of Oxford revealed on Wednesday. Overall, the estimated incidence of being
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NEW DELHI: Ola Electric is looking at taking its electric scooter to international markets, including countries like France, Italy and Germany, this fiscal, a top company executive said. The company, which is working on setting up a ‘Hypercharger Network’ for its electric vehicle, is slated to launch its electric scooter in India in July this
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MyGov Corona Helpdesk on WhatsApp can now be used to find the nearest vaccination centre. As announced by the MyGovIndia Twitter handle in a post, one needs to simply type ‘Namaste’ at 9013151515 on WhatsApp. The chatbot will generate an automated response. To locate the nearest covid vaccination centre, one will have to type in
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WASHINGTON: US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday tamped down concerns that President Joe Biden‘s plans for infrastructure, jobs and families will cause inflation, saying the spending will be phased in over a decade. “It’s spread out quite evenly over eight to 10 years,” Yellen, former Federal Reserve chair, said in an interview with NBC’s
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The central government on Sunday announced several relief measures for tax compliance amid the raging second wave of coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Here is a list of measures taken under the Goods & Services Tax (GST) law to ease the compliance of taxpayers in the face of a national health crisis. > The due date for