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‘Modernisation with focus on passenger safety, comfort’

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Indian Railways is looking for a quantum jump in technology upgrades to infrastructure, especially in terms of rolling stock and maintenance, by inviting private parties to run modern train services in select routes in a few years’ time.

“Railway technology globally has undergone tremendous changes. Last time we had a major upgrade was 13 years ago, when we got the German-made LHB…

IIT, AIIMS Bhubaneswar predict rise in COVID-19 spread towards winter

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Fall in temperature with seasonal progression towards winter will environmentally favour COVID-19 transmission in India, says a collaborative study conducted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar.

As per the study titled ‘The COVID-19 spread in India and its dependence on temperature and relative humidity’…

Harikrishna triumphs in Chess Festival

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P. Harikrishna won the Chess960 event of the 53rd Biel International Chess Festival in Switzerland.

It is the first major chess tournament taking place over the board since the coronavirus outbreak.

The World No. 26 from Guntur, who is now living in Prague, scored 5.5 points from seven rounds to top the field of 8 players. Chess960 is one of the three events of the main section of the…

Three technicians, tworesidents booked

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Three technicians from Tamil Nadu who had come to a private medical college in Sullia to service MRI scanning machine and two Sullia taluk residents were booked for alleged violation of home quarantine norms.

The Sullia Police gave the names as Wanons, Devaraman, Prem Kumar G. from Tamil Nadu, Praveen George from Gandhi Nagar of Sullia town and Shruti C.S. from Bellare of Sullia taluk.

T…

Kerala gold smuggling case: Dry runs heralded movement of contraband

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The international network that smuggled contraband gold into the country via air cargo shipments addressed to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) consulate here had gone through a dry run of the exercise in June last year, according to senior customs investigators.

The accused had rehearsed the smuggling operation to gain an understanding of how Customs inspectors at the air cargo complex at…

Pessina breaks Atalanta hearts

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Matteo Pessina grabbed the equaliser to help Hellas Verona hold his high-flying parent club Atalanta 1-1 in Serie A on Saturday.

Atalanta moved level on points (71) with second-placed Inter Milan, but is six points adrift of Serie A leader Juventus.

Pessina, on loan, scored just before the hour-mark in Verona, minutes after Colombian striker Duvan Zapata had put the visitors ahead.…

Karim resigns as BCCI cricket operations chief

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Saba Karim has resigned as the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s general manager — cricket operations. The former India wicketkeeper is understood to have submitted his resignation hours before the apex council meeting on Friday.

During his two-and-half year stint, Karim was responsible for senior domestic cricket, all , cricket hosted in India and the women’s cricket wing of the…

SASTRA increases Tiruchi-Thanjavur quota for 2020-21

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SASTRA Deemed-to-be-University has allotted 30 % of its B.Tech seats for students of Tiruchi and Thanjavur districts for 2020-21, effecting a 10 percentage point rise from last year, so as to accommodate local students in more numbers, in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.

Hitherto, the institution used to admit 20% (10% each from Trichy and Thanjavur). For 2020-21 session alone, additional…

Coronavirus | DCGI notice to Glenmark over overpricing of antiviral drug Fabiflu

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The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has, earlier this week, issued notice to Glenmark Pharmaceuticals asking it to respond to allegations of overpricing and claim that its antiviral drug Fabiflu is effective in COVID-19 patients with co-morbidities.

The DCGI has sought a response from the company.

“It has been mentioned in representation that Glenmark has claimed that this drug…

England vs West Indies | Brathwaite and Hope on song

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Kraigg Brathwaite and Shai Hope proved a thorn in England’s flesh as the West Indies lost just one wicket on the fourth morning of the second Test at Old Trafford on Sunday.

The visitors reached 118 for two at lunch, with Brathwaite unbeaten on 41 and Hope on 25. The two had scored three hundreds between them when West Indies defeated England by five wickets in the second Test at…

₹3 lakh given to policeman’s family

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Minister for Dairy Development K.T. Rajenthra Bhalaji on Sunday handed over asssitance of ₹3 lakh to the family of a head constable, Ayyanar, who recently died due to COVID-19.

Accompanied by Virudhunagar Superintendent of Police P. Perumal, the Minister visited Ayyanar’s house and consoled the family members. He also handed over relief of ₹3 lakh from his personal funds to them.…

Megalithic antiques said to date back to 1,000 BC discovered near Kollur

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A team of archaeologists led by T. Murugeshi recently discovered a menhir, a cupule, a well cut in round shape in hard laterite, and pottery of the megalithic period on the foothills of Mookasura Betta, near Kollur, in Udupi district.

Prof. Murugeshi, an associate professor of Ancient History and Archaeology with Mulki Sundar Ram Shetty Memorial College, Shirva, in Udupi district, said…

Number of active cases crosses 2,000 mark in Virudhunagar

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The number of active COVID-19 cases went past the 2,000-mark to reach 2,071 in Virudhunagar with the addition of 265 fresh cases on Sunday. The total number of positive cases in the district rose to 3,393.

The death toll in the district rose to 27 with the death of a 62-year-old man with diabetes mellitus admitted to a private hospital on Saturday afternoon.

Madura…

OBC man thrashed for ‘stealing’ pesticide in Guna; 2 held

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The Guna police have registered a case and identified two persons who allegedly thrashed a man belonging to an other backward class (OBC) community after he was reportedly caught selling stolen pesticide at a local market.

“We have caught two of the accused and are questioning them. Others involved are being identified,” said Guna SP Rajesh Kumar Singh.

The incident took place on July…

₹ 6.95 crore for horticulture development

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A total of Rs. 6.95 crore has been allocated to Madurai district under the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture for 2020-21.

In a press release, Deputy Director of Horticulture (in-charge) S. Kalaiselvan said ₹ 2.41 crore has been allocated to promote cultivation area expansion of hybrid vegetables, drumstick, high-density mango and guava, papaya, loose flowers and…

No decision to declare areas outside cantonments as strategic areas: J&K govt.

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The J&K administration on Sunday clarified that there was no decision “to either transfer any new land or declare areas outside cantonments or army land as strategic”.

The clarification comes a day after the J&K’s regional parties, including the National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), described the recent proposal of amending the Control of Building Operations…

Classes telecast through TV hailed

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Teachers in Madurai district welcome classes telecast through Kalvi TV since July 15 terming it as an alternative form of learning for government school students during the pandemic.

Though the classes have reached a majority of students, those who do not have DTH connections, have been left out, say teachers.

A headmaster of a government school in Usilampatti block says that some…