Day: January 7, 2021

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Facebook bans Trump through Biden inauguration, maybe longer

11:19 pm January 7, 2021

Washington: Facebook will bar President Donald Trump from posting on its system at least until the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, the platform said Thursday. In a post announcing the unprecedented move, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said the risk of allowing Trump to use the platform is too great following the president’s incitement of a mob that touched off a deadly riot in the […]

Bird flu: FSSAI advises consumers not to eat undercooked chicken; says no need to panic

Bird flu outbreak: Central team takes stock of situation in Kerala

11:16 pm January 7, 2021

Kochi: A three-member central team on Thursday took stock of the situation arising out of outbreak of bird flu in Alappuzha and Kottayam districts,officials said here. The team comprising Union Health Ministry’s public health specialist Dr Ruchi Jain, Pune National Institute of Virology scientist Dr Shailesh Pawar and Delhi RML Hospital physician Dr Anith Jindal […]

8 crows found dead in Punjab's Hoshiarpur

10 crows found dead in Haryana’s Jind

11:08 pm January 7, 2021

Chandigarh : Ten crows were found dead in Kalauda village of Jind district in Haryana amid state on high alert due to unusual mortality at poultry farms in Panchkula. The deaths were reported on Thursday, officials said, adding that samples taken from the birds have been sent to a lab in Jalandhar for testing. Officials said the deaths could be caused due to […]

UP: Young couple killed in road accident

9:23 pm January 7, 2021

Hardoi: A young couple was killed after their motorcycle was hit by an unidentified vehicle on Hardoi-Lucknow Road here on Thursday, police said. The accident took place in Kachhauna area near Raiso village that left Atul (30) and Preeti (26) seriously injured, ASP Anil Kumar said. The couple were rushed to the Community Health Centre from where they were referred to Lucknow Trauma Centre, the ASP said While Atul died on the […]

Man stabbed to death in TN over ‘love’ affair; Friends allege honour killing

9:21 pm January 7, 2021

Karur: A 28-year old man was allegedly stabbed to death by the kin of a teenage girl for ‘harassing’her to accept his love and five people, including her father,have been arrested in connection with the killing, police said here on Thursday. The man was beaten up by the relatives of the girl, first year college […]