Day: August 27, 2020

Men have 30 pc higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than women: Study

Fear of missing out impacts people of all ages, study finds

11:46 pm August 27, 2020

Washington: Fear of missing out (FOMO) — the social anxiety that other people are having fun without you — can have an impact on any, irrespective of age. In fact, not age, but aspects of self-perception–namely loneliness, low self-esteem, and low self-compassion–were more closely associated FOMO, according to a recent study by Washington State University researchers published […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Dozen motorbikes crushed as tree falls

11:41 pm August 27, 2020

Thane: At least a dozen parked motorbikes were crushed when a huge tree fell on them in Shree Nagar locality here in the small hours of Thursday. Two cars were also damaged, said chief of Regional Disaster Management Cell Santosh Kadam. But nobody was injured, he added. Kadam also said that a six-storey building in Thakur Pada of Mumbra area tilted on Thursday afternoon and was declared […]

Controversy erupts after channel questions entry of minority aspirants into civil services

11:39 pm August 27, 2020

New Delhi: A controversy erupted on Thursday over a promotional clip released by a TV channel about an ‘expose’ done by them on what they described as an “increasing number of Muslims” getting into civil services. The Jamia Millia Islamia university and several public figures, including serving and retired civil servants, condemned the insinuation against the minority community. […]

Heavy rainfall in several parts of Kerala

Heavy rains lash Kolkata, coastal districts; 1 missing

11:36 pm August 27, 2020

Kolkata: Heavy rains lashed Kolkata and the coastal districts of West Bengal on Thursday, inundating low-lying areas, officials said. Several thoroughfares were waterlogged in different parts of Kolkata, including BT Road, Central Avenue, College Street, Amherst Street and EM Bypass, due to the showers that began on Wednesday evening, the weather office said. However, there […]

Sunny Leone’s name on merit list of Kolkata college

11:29 pm August 27, 2020

Kolkata: Bollywood actor Sunny Leone’s name “mischievously” made it to the top of the merit list for admission to an undergraduate programme of a Kolkata college on Thursday. The first list for the admission to BA (Honours) in English at Asutosh College posted on its website had the actor’s name at the top. Application ID and roll number accompanied the name on the […]

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