Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Jan 25 (ANI): At least one person died after a roof of under-construction building collapsed near Bhubaneswar airport. One person also received injuries in the incident. Investigation is underway. Further details are awaited.
Coimbatore (TN), Jan 25 (ANI): Coimbatore markets are booming with flags ahead of Republic Day 2020. Tricolour brooches, masks were also seen in the market. Business of market owners saw an increase ahead of the Republic Day. Nation will celebrate the day on January 26. Republic Day this year will be led by Captain Tania Shergill this year, Republic Day parade will be held at Rajpath this year. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will review the parade as Chief Guest.
Bhiwandi (Maharashtra), Jan 25 (ANI): Massive fire engulfed medicine warehouse in Maharashtra's Bhiwandi on January 25. Fire tenders rushed to the spot to douse the flames. No injuries have been reported so far. Further investigation is underway.
Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Jan 25 (ANI): The world's largest cricket stadium is getting built in Gujarat's Ahmedabad. The Sardar Patel Stadium has built at a cost of Rs 700 crore and has a seating capacity of 1,10,000. It has surpassed the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which has a capacity of 1,00,000 people. The Sardar Patel Stadium will open in March 2020. The exhibition match between Asia XI and World XI in March 2020 is likely to be the first match played in the stadium.
New Delhi, Jan 25 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited residence of a BJP worker for dinner in Delhi. BJP worker from Other Backward Class (OBC) Manoj Kumar lives in Yamuna Vihar. Amit Shah was accompanied by Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari. Delhi assembly elections will be held on Feb 08.
Doda (Jammu and Kashmir), Jan 25 (ANI): A full dress rehearsal was held ahead of Republic Day celebrations at Sports Stadium in J-K's Doda. Additional Deputy Commissioner Kishori Lal Sharma unfurled the tricolor. The Republic Day is celebrated to mark the day on which Constitution of India came into effect. The nation is celebrating 71st Republic Day, this year. The Republic Day is celebrated on Jan 26, every year.
Mohali (Punjab), Jan 25 (ANI): After two months since birth, white tigress, Diya and her three cubs are ready to display for public in Punjab's Mohali. Diya was mated with Royal Bengal tiger, Aman. Tigress Diya gave birth to cubs in November. Diya and her cubs survived this winter successfully. After a gap of six years, the employees and workers of Chhatbir Zoo celebrated the birth of cubs.
New Delhi, Jan 25 (ANI): Google will be hosting its I/O developer conference this year from May 12-14. Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai made the announcement in his official tweet. The three-day conference will be hosted at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. It is speculated that Google will showcase the Pixel 4a, new Pixel Buds, new Nest device, and the next OS iteration - Android 11.
New Delhi, Jan 25 (ANI): A recent study has found that consuming natural yogurt on a daily basis may help women to be at lower risk of risk cancer. According to researchers, one of the causes of breast cancer may be inflammation triggered by harmful bacteria. Their idea is yet to be proved, it is supported by the available evidence that bacterial-induced inflammation is linked to cancer. Yogurt contains beneficial lactose fermenting bacteria commonly found in milk, similar to the bacteria - or microflora- found in the breasts of mothers who have breastfed. Several other studies have shown that the consumption of yogurt is associated with a reduction in the risk of breast cancer, which the researchers suggest may be due to the displacement of harmful bacteria by beneficial bacteria. There are approximately 10 billion bacterial cells in the human body and while most are harmless, some bacteria create toxins which trigger inflammation in the body. Chronic inflammation destroys the harmful
Mumbai, Jan 25 (ANI): Fire broke out in Mumbai's Kurla West due to a cylinder blast in Mehtab CHS building. Seven fire tenders reached on the spot. Later, the fire has been brought under control. More details are awaited.
New Delhi, Jan 25 (ANI): People take refuge in a night shelter in Delhi's Nizamuddin. These government supported shelters have become boon for homeless people. They get free pillows and blankets here. The minimum temperature was recorded at 6.1C in the national capital.
Gondia (Maharashtra), Jan 25 (ANI): Speaking on Bhima-Koregaon case, Home Minister of Maharashtra, Anil Deshmukh said, "Central government has handed over the investigation of Bhima-Koregaon case to National Investigation Agency (NIA) without the state government's permission. As the Home Minister of the state, I am raising my objection to it." On reports of withdrawal of NCP Chief Sharad Pawar's security, Deshmukh said, "Sharad Pawar had Z+ security, he has served as the chief minister of Maharashtra for several years. Decision to withdraw his security is politics by the central government, this is not good."
New Delhi, Jan 24 (ANI): Ahead of Delhi Assembly elections, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said they only do caste-based politics and in Delhi this politics will not work. He said, "BJP indulge in Jat vs non-Jat in Harayana, Maratha vs non-Maratha in Maharashtra, Hindu-Muslim in Gujarat." "Now Amit Shah has started talking about schools and WiFi, because caste-based politics will not work in Delhi," he added.
New Delhi, Jan 24 (ANI): Knight Frank India Executive Director - North Mudassir Zaidi on January 24 explained the reasons of slowdown in residential housing sector. He said, "Residential housing sector is going through a huge slowdown and at the moment it is going through a crisis of existence. The main issue is in regard to availability of liquidity." To end the slowdown he suggested two solutions, first is availability of liquidity and second is to help increase demand.
New Delhi, Jan 24 (ANI): Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said that the Khurda-Bolangir is a very ambitious and long awaited railway project in Odisha. He further said, "I am so happy and grateful to Prime Minister for taking up the matter in his 1st PRAGATI of 2020. With his intervention, I think the project will see the light of the day."
Jaipur (Rajasthan), January 24 (ANI): Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot inaugurated the 13th edition of Jaipur Literature Festival. During the inaugural function of the 5-day event, CM Gehlot and other guests released the English title 'Timeless Tales from Marwar' of 'Batan Ri Phulwari'. On this occasion, CM said, "I hope that discussions and sessions on literature, culture and various other subjects in this event will inspire the new generation." CM Gehlot said that the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) has completed 12 years of its journey and during this period, the festival has carved its niche not only in India, but in the entire world. He said that every year the authors and litterateurs, readers and art lovers wait for this festival and they come here to listen to each other and share about literature through dialogue.
Sopore (J-K), Jan 24 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on January 24 said that the Centre will try to make Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore a good tourist attraction of the state. He also instructed administration to make Sopore's mandi an E-mandi.
New Delhi, Jan 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 24 interacted with Republic Day Parade 2020 tableaux artists, tribal guests, cultural artists, NCC cadets and NSS volunteers. He said, "When a rich tradition of discipline and service through NCC (National Cadet Corps) and NSS (National Service Scheme) is witnessed on Rajpath, crores of youth of the country are inspired and encouraged.
New Delhi, Jan 24 (ANI): While speaking to ANI, AIIMS Delhi Director, Dr Randeep Guleria on coronavirus outbreak said that the hospital has the capacity to increase isolation facilities and we can able to provide more and more facilities if required. He furthers said, "AIIMS has an isolation ward. All precautionary measures are also in place for healthcare workers such as masks and hand sanitizers so that infection does not spread." In December, public health officials from China informed the World Health Organization (WHO) that they had a problem. An unknown new virus was causing pneumonia-like illness in the city of Wuhan. They quickly determined that it was coronavirus which was rapidly spreading through and outside of Wuhan. The majority of the illnesses are in Wuhan, but cases have been reported in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Macau, Hong Kong, and the US.
Kathmandu (Nepal), Jan 24 (ANI): Indian Mission in Nepal has organised a-month- long yoga course, in which people from various walks of life participated. The yoga course which concluded recently was conducted by Swami Vivekananda Cultural Center, Indian Embassy in Kathmandu and distributed certificates to the participants on Friday. Various yoga Asanas were showcased during the program organized inside the MP Hall of Indian Mission in Nepal.