In focus, 10th Feb 2021, News & Stories from India

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10 Feb 2021

In focus, 10 Feb 2021

Members of the World Health Organisation (Image source: AP)

What the WHO coronavirus experts learned in Wuhan

The visit was politically sensitive for China which is concerned about any allegations it didn't handle the initial outbreak properly

10 Feb 2021 9:45 PM

Entrepreneur and Digital Marketer Gurinder Singh Baasi

Gurinder Singh, An Entrepreneur Who Wants To Bring Change In Digital Marketing World

Gurinder Singh Bassi wonders how brands and companies convey their messages to people

10 Feb 2021 8:45 PM

Nikhil Kumar Jain: The Trendsetter of Digital India

He believes in 'Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value'

10 Feb 2021 8:14 PM

Udit Dixit's 5 skills you need to become better digital marketer

He believes, for taking full advantage of digital marketing, one should opt knowledgeable and experienced digital marketer

10 Feb 2021 8:01 PM

The crime branch traced and arrested 10 Nepalese nationals who had obtained Aadhaar cards (Picture used for representational purposes only)

Ten Nepalese nationals held for obtaining Aadhaar

It was found found that they had helped foreign nationals including those from Nepal and Bangladesh and some Non Resident Indians (NRIs)

10 Feb 2021 7:31 PM

Picture used for reperesentational purposes only (Image source: PTI)

Chinese, Indian border troops start disengagement in eastern Ladakh: Chinese Defence Ministry

There was no comment from the Indian side on the statement made by the Chinese defence ministry spokesperson Colonel Wu Qian

10 Feb 2021 6:37 PM

Screen capture from the shortfilm titled 'Bittu' by a Mumbai based director Director Karishma Dev Dube is now advanced advanced to the next round in Best Live Action Short Film segment of the 93rd Academy Awards

'Bittu' team celebrates 'proud moment' as film advances to next round in Oscars race

It's every filmmaker's dream to be recognised by the AMPAS Academy, and I'm overwhelmed by the gratitude, said Director Karishma Dev Dube

10 Feb 2021 6:24 PM

An act of sexual penetration by an adult on a minor under 15 will be considered a rape, said Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti

French government seeks to set age for sexual consent at 15

A push to set France's first age of consent three years ago in the wake of the global #MeToo movement failed amid legal complications

10 Feb 2021 5:53 PM

JD(S) will not contest upcoming by-polls in Karnataka: H D Deve Gowda

The by-polls are necessitated following the death of Union Minister Suresh Angadi and MLA B Narayan Rao due to COVID in September last year

10 Feb 2021 5:31 PM

The scientists said there is a "remarkable direct linkage" between regions of high aerosol exposure index within the restaurant and the reported infection patterns. (Representational image: Creative Commons - Scientificanimations.com )

Scientists decode how air conditioning spreads coronavirus aerosols

According to the researchers, the current study is the first realistic case modelled and linked directly with the simulation

10 Feb 2021 12:56 PM

NDRF personnel carry the body of a victim who died in the massive floods caused after a glacier broke off in Joshimath in the Dhauli Ganga river, near Raini village in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, Tuesday, February 9, 2021. (PTI/Arun Sharma)

In Uttarakhand, its a race against time

The ITBP has deployed drones and dogs to detect over 170 people missing since the disaster struck the Chamoli region on Sunday

10 Feb 2021 11:51 AM

Four people were injured and they taken to the nearby Cooper Hospital, a civic official said. (Twitter/@anumandloi)

4 injured in fire at cylinder godown in Mumbai's Versova

The blaze erupted around 9.40 am due to a cylinder blast in the godown located on Yari Road in Versova area of the western suburb

10 Feb 2021 11:26 AM

Twitter emphasised that it will continue to advocate for the right of free expression of its users. (AP)

Twitter blocks few accounts, 'to continue advocating right of free expression'

The microblogging platform had been asked by the government to take down multiple accounts that were sharing misinformation

10 Feb 2021 11:23 AM

Pellissery's "Jallikattu" is based on the short story Maoist by Hareesh and stars Antony Varghese, Chemban Vinod Jose, Sabumon Abdusamad and Santhy Balachandran.(Twitter/@Athul16824448)

India's official entry 'Jallikattu' fails to make the cut at Oscars

The film had its premiere on September 6, 2019 at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and received widespread critical acclaim

10 Feb 2021 10:55 AM

Republican US Senator Jim Jordan speaks to the press after the first day of the impeachment trial of former US President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill, February 9, 2021, in Washington, DC. - The US Senate voted on February 9, 2021, to proceed with the impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump, rejecting defense arguments that it was unconstitutional. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP)

Trump trial begins but Republicans signal likely acquittal

The trial is clearly uncomfortable for many Republican senators, who had to flee to safety during the violence

10 Feb 2021 10:47 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gets emotional during his farewell speech for Ghulam Nabi Azad in the Rajya Sabha during ongoing Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. (PTI)

Teary-eyed Modi praises Ghulam Nabi Azad, will take his advice

Calling himself a 'proud Hindustani Muslim' who did not go to Pakistan, Azad recalled how he learnt a lot from Parliament

10 Feb 2021 9:58 AM

Justice Madan Lokur, who retired as a judge of the Supreme Court, has in public remarks expressed his “disappointment” with the manner the top court has conducted itself in the discharge of its constitutional functions. (Representational Image : PTI)

AA Edit | Pay heed to ex-judge’s plea

Criticisms of Supreme Court judgments by retired members of the top judiciary are not unknown

10 Feb 2021 8:36 AM

Sasikala’s impact on Tamil Nadu politics is not to be dismissed though she is ineligible to stand for election. (PTI file photo)

AA Edit | Sasikala the ‘X’ factor in TN’s soap opera politics

Sasikala, who has never been in electoral politics, can be expected to play the role of a disruptor as she seeks the Jayalalithaa legacy

10 Feb 2021 7:44 AM

In this image made from video provided by the Babuskinsky District Court, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage during a hearing on his charges for defamation, in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, on February 5, 2021. (AP)

Skand Tayal | US-Russia ties, already rocky, get worse after Navalny jailing

Biden administration needs a pragmatic foreign policy, overcome its prejudices and arrest the slide of US-Russia ties on this slippery slope

10 Feb 2021 7:33 AM

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel clear debris after a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier snapped off, releasing water trapped behind it in Tapovan, Uttarakhand on Tuesday, February 9, 2021. (AP Photo)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Playing with God’s world: ‘Growth’ has a high price

It is also unclear to what extent the disaster is the outcome of over-exploitation of resources in the back-to-back construction of dams

10 Feb 2021 7:14 AM

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