Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to Swedish scientist Svante Paabo for research on evolution

Stockholm, October 3 This year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Swedish scientist Svante Paabo for his discoveries on human evolution. Thomas Perlmann, secretary of the Nobel Committee, announced the winner on Monday at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. Paabo has spearheaded research comparing the…

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PM Modi to visit Himachal on October 5; to inaugurate AIIMS Bilaspur, participate in Kullu Dussehra

New Delhi, September 3 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Himachal Pradesh on October 5 and will participate in the Kullu Dusehra festivities besides inaugurating projects worth over Rs 3650 crore. The visit comes days after a previous scheduled tour of the PM to Mandi had to be cancelled…

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Film crew shooting at Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Pakistan with shoes on sparks outrage among Sikhs

GS Paul Amritsar, October 3 A film crew invited the ire of the Sikh community after they entered the premises of Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Pakistan with their shoes on and started shooting. In a video that emerged on social media, a group of men with movie cameras and their…

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Punjab govt to fill posts of 990 firemen, minister says in Vidhan Sabha

Chandigarh, October 3 The Punjab Vidhan Sabha session on Monday began with Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan announcing the call-attention motion. MLA Narinder Kaur Bharaj drew the House’s attention towards inadequate staff and equipment in the fire stations of the state. She spoke about a fire incident in Ludhiana in 2017…

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IAF scrambles jets from Punjab, Jodhpur after bomb scare on Iranian-origin civil aircraft: Statement

New Delhi, October 3 The Indian Air Force on Monday morning scrambled its fighter jets to intercept a Mahan Air commercial flight that had taken off from Tehran in Iran and headed to Guangzhou in China. While the flight was transiting through the Indian airspace, the pilot of the Mahan…

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2 labourers killed after 3-storey building collapses amid demolition in Gurugram

Gurugram, October 3 Two labourers were killed while two rescued alive after a three-storey building collapsed amid demolition here on Monday. The incident occurred in Udyog Vihar Phase-I at around 8 am in plot 257. 3-storey building collapses amid demolition in Gurugram. Tribune photo: S Chandan …

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‘Bomb threat’ on board Iranian plane over Indian airspace triggers alert, IAF jets scrambled from Punjab, Jodhpur

ANI New Delhi, October 3 Indian Air Force fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a foreign aircraft with its origin in Iran that was moving towards the New Delhi airspace. According to sources, inputs were received by security agencies in Delhi about the possibility of a bomb on board, which…

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India alleges another hate crime in Canada; misunderstanding, say local police

Sandeep Dikshit New Delhi, October 3 Amidst the ongoing diplomatic spat between India and Canada, the Indian High Commission in Toronto has raised an alarm over an alleged hate crime in Brampton on Gandhi Jayanti but the local authorities suggested that it was a misunderstanding. “We condemn the hate crime…

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Ahead of Amit Shah’s visit to JK, ultras kill cop, injure CRPF man

Samaan Lateef Srinagar, October 2 On the eve of Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Jamp;K, a policeman was killed and a CRPF constable injured when militants attacked a joint checkpost laid by security forces in Pulwama district. Attack hours after ultra shot in Shopian Checkpost attack…

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Sidhu Moosewala Killing: Accused gangster Deepak Tinu gives Mansa cops the slip

Sukhmeet Bhasin Mansa, October 2 An accused in the Sidhu Moosewala murder case, gangster Deepak Tinu, who is said to be an accomplice of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, escaped from the custody of the CIA unit of the Mansa police late last night. No hope of justice, says singer’s mother…

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