🔍Explained: Was tornado outbreak related to climate change?
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Explained: Was US tornado outbreak related to climate change?
🔴 Tornadoes ripped through over five US stated on Friday, killing dozens. Here's a look at what's known about Friday's tornado outbreak and the role of climate change in such weather events.
🔍Omicron could cause 75,000 deaths in UK by end of April, warns study
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🔍Explained: How will the world decide when the pandemic is over?
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Explained: How will the world decide when the Covid-19 pandemic is over?
The pandemic may be widely considered over when WHO decides the virus is no longer an emergency of international concern, a designation its expert committee has been reassessing every three months. But when the most acute phases of the crisis ease within…
🔍Explained: Bank deposit insurance programme and norms to access funds
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Explained: Bank deposit insurance programme and norms to access funds
The PM noted that the deposits worth Rs 76 lakh crore were insured under the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) Act providing full coverage to around 98 per cent of bank accounts.
🔍Explained: Why the US will no longer issue astronaut wings for commercial space travellers
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Explained: Why the US will no longer issue astronaut wings for commercial space travellers
Astronaut wings are pins that are given to individuals who fly to space in private spacecraft. The US Federal Aviation Administration has said that instead of issuing astronaut wings, it will now recognize on its website individuals who reach space.
🔍Explained: Differences between Webb and Hubble telescopes
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Explained: Differences between Webb and Hubble telescopes
Though Webb is often called the replacement for the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA said it prefers to call it a successor.
🔍Explained: What Indian women voters want
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Explained: What Indian women voters want
🔴 The Congress has released a ‘pink manifesto’ aimed at mobilising women voters in UP. While a survey shows large numbers of women across the country are keen to join politics, and prefer to vote for women, will it bring about electoral gains for the Congress…
🔍Explained | Kerala row and beyond: Governor’s role in state, central universities
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Kerala row and beyond: Governor’s role in state, central universities
🔴 Khan expressed his desire to step down as Chancellor, alleging political interference in the universities. The CM downplayed the episode, saying 'misconceptions can be sorted out through discussions'.
🔍Increase in prey base and forest cover: How Buxa tiger reserve turned a corner
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Increase in prey base and forest cover: How Buxa tiger reserve turned a corner
The forest department on Saturday shared a camera trap picture of the tiger spotted at the East Damanpur range of the tiger reserve. The news delighted wildlife enthusiasts and ecologists.
🔍Explained: What is changing at the ancient Kashi Vishwanath temple complex?
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Explained: What is changing at the ancient Kashi Vishwanath temple complex?
🔴 The improvement of the infrastructure in Varanasi is expected to give a boost to tourism in the holy city as well as in the region, including the Buddhist pilgrimage site of Sarnath.
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Even as the final decision on recommending a booster Covid vaccine shot is yet to be taken, there is consensus in the country’s top technical advisory body on Covid-19 vaccination that the third dose when administered, should be of a vaccine based on a platform different from that of the first two doses, The Indian Express has learnt. But that doesn't mean that the third dose for an individual who has been double vaccinated with Covishield will be Covaxin, and vice versa.
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Delhi is working on plans to get leaders of five Central Asian countries, three of which share a border with Afghanistan, as chief guests for the Republic Day parade and celebrations on January 26, sources told The Indian Express. An informal outreach has already been made through diplomatic channels, and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is likely to hold a dialogue with the foreign ministers of these five countries over the next weekend — December 18-19.
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In this edition of the Idea Exchange, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia talks about the learning loss in the pandemic, AAP’s poll prospects and whether the BJP has forced parties to shift to the right.
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📰 *From the Front Page*
Cyber security officials will reach out to Twitter and Google as part of the probe into the hacking of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter account for a brief while early Sunday when a tweet on Bitcoin was posted, The Indian Express has learnt. Sources said Twitter will be asked about how the account was not flagged for breach by its automated systems when someone else tried to log in. Google will be asked to furnish details of the blogspot account linked to the Bitcoin tweet, they said.
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In a year marked by the devastating second wave of Covid-19, Kerala’s all-cause mortality numbers, including official Covid deaths, are likely to touch a record high, with 2021 already recording the highest number of January-June deaths in recent years. In the first six months of the year, Kerala registered 1,55,520 all-cause deaths — a 35 percentage jump from the corresponding period in 2020 (1,15,081 deaths), a year of Covid-imposed lockdown, and a 21 percentage jump from the toll in the first six months of the pre-pandemic year of 2019 (1,28,667 deaths).
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Raising potential questions of propriety and conflict of interest, Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi has asked a question in the Rajya Sabha on a subject that he has been involved in as a lawyer: government policy on betting and online gaming. Although he denies any conflict, records show that Singhvi, who is also a senior advocate, appeared before the Karnataka High Court for a petitioner company which has challenged the Constitutional validity of the Act that bans all online gambling and betting.
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The closing paragraph of a comprehension passage that several students got in their Class 10 Term 1 CBSE board exam English paper has drawn criticism for being “retrograde” and offensive to women. It reads: “What people were slow to observe was that the emancipation of the wife destroyed the parent’s authority over the children.” Several politicians, including Congress leader Piyanka Gandhi Vadra, took to Twitter to call out the Board, saying that the “government endorses such views on women”.
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As the last of the makeshift homes at the Singhu border were dismantled or packed up, barricades put up by the Delhi Police were being taken apart. Heavy machinery was deployed to clear the concrete blocks while some shipping containers and concertina wires are yet to be removed.
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Even as the final decision on recommending a booster Covid vaccine shot is yet to be taken, there is consensus in the country’s top technical advisory body on Covid-19 vaccination that the third dose when administered, should be of a vaccine based on a platform different from that of the first two doses, The Indian Express has learnt. But that doesn't mean that the third dose for an individual who has been double vaccinated with Covishield will be Covaxin, and vice versa.
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Delhi is working on plans to get leaders of five Central Asian countries, three of which share a border with Afghanistan, as chief guests for the Republic Day parade and celebrations on January 26, sources told The Indian Express. An informal outreach has already been made through diplomatic channels, and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is likely to hold a dialogue with the foreign ministers of these five countries over the next weekend — December 18-19.
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In this edition of the Idea Exchange, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia talks about the learning loss in the pandemic, AAP’s poll prospects and whether the BJP has forced parties to shift to the right.
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📰 *From the Front Page*
Cyber security officials will reach out to Twitter and Google as part of the probe into the hacking of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter account for a brief while early Sunday when a tweet on Bitcoin was posted, The Indian Express has learnt. Sources said Twitter will be asked about how the account was not flagged for breach by its automated systems when someone else tried to log in. Google will be asked to furnish details of the blogspot account linked to the Bitcoin tweet, they said.
https://www.inexp.in/Qf3+8G
In a year marked by the devastating second wave of Covid-19, Kerala’s all-cause mortality numbers, including official Covid deaths, are likely to touch a record high, with 2021 already recording the highest number of January-June deaths in recent years. In the first six months of the year, Kerala registered 1,55,520 all-cause deaths — a 35 percentage jump from the corresponding period in 2020 (1,15,081 deaths), a year of Covid-imposed lockdown, and a 21 percentage jump from the toll in the first six months of the pre-pandemic year of 2019 (1,28,667 deaths).
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Raising potential questions of propriety and conflict of interest, Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi has asked a question in the Rajya Sabha on a subject that he has been involved in as a lawyer: government policy on betting and online gaming. Although he denies any conflict, records show that Singhvi, who is also a senior advocate, appeared before the Karnataka High Court for a petitioner company which has challenged the Constitutional validity of the Act that bans all online gambling and betting.
https://www.inexp.in/lFlaWj
The closing paragraph of a comprehension passage that several students got in their Class 10 Term 1 CBSE board exam English paper has drawn criticism for being “retrograde” and offensive to women. It reads: “What people were slow to observe was that the emancipation of the wife destroyed the parent’s authority over the children.” Several politicians, including Congress leader Piyanka Gandhi Vadra, took to Twitter to call out the Board, saying that the “government endorses such views on women”.
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As the last of the makeshift homes at the Singhu border were dismantled or packed up, barricades put up by the Delhi Police were being taken apart. Heavy machinery was deployed to clear the concrete blocks while some shipping containers and concertina wires are yet to be removed.
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Police have also cleared up most of the tents used by the force that was posted at the site round-the-clock.
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Banks have written off of bad loans worth over Rs 2 lakh crore in the fiscal that ended March 2021 when the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country and the Reserve Bank of India allowed banks to announce reliefs like loan moratorium for borrowers. With this, banks have written off a whopping Rs 11,68,095 crore worth of bad loans, or non-performing assets, in the last ten years with most of the write-offs coming in the last seven years, the RBI said in an RTI reply to The Indian Express.
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⌛ *And Finally...*
The racing gods smiled upon Red Bull’s Max Verstappen as a safety car incident in the 53rd lap of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix allowed the Dutchman to beat race leader Lewis Hamilton in the final lap of the final race of the season to win his first World Championship. The Red Bull driver, following his overtake to clinch the top spot, kept his cool and closed off any gaps that could have been exploited. As he turned into the final corner, Verstappen took the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, as well as his first World Championship.
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Until tomorrow,
Leela Prasad G and Rounak Bagchi
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Banks have written off of bad loans worth over Rs 2 lakh crore in the fiscal that ended March 2021 when the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country and the Reserve Bank of India allowed banks to announce reliefs like loan moratorium for borrowers. With this, banks have written off a whopping Rs 11,68,095 crore worth of bad loans, or non-performing assets, in the last ten years with most of the write-offs coming in the last seven years, the RBI said in an RTI reply to The Indian Express.
https://www.inexp.in/GEQ9st
⌛ *And Finally...*
The racing gods smiled upon Red Bull’s Max Verstappen as a safety car incident in the 53rd lap of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix allowed the Dutchman to beat race leader Lewis Hamilton in the final lap of the final race of the season to win his first World Championship. The Red Bull driver, following his overtake to clinch the top spot, kept his cool and closed off any gaps that could have been exploited. As he turned into the final corner, Verstappen took the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, as well as his first World Championship.
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Until tomorrow,
Leela Prasad G and Rounak Bagchi
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Delhi: Protest ends, clean-up begins
🔴 Barricades, barbed wires being dismantled at protest sites, roads may open this week: Delhi Police
🔍ExplainSpeaking: Should India reverse economic reforms to reduce widening inequalities?
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ExplainSpeaking: Should India reverse economic reforms to reduce widening inequalities?
If inequality is still rising rapidly then it only implies that the government needs to bring in more economic reforms because such alarming levels of inequality could easily drag down the domestic growth story.
🔍UK declares ‘Omicron emergency’, to give booster shots to all above 18 from this week
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UK declares ‘Omicron emergency’, to give booster shots to all above 18 from this week
🔴 Israeli researchers have reported a significant increase in protection against the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus in people who have received a third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine
🔍Explained: Why has Grofers rebranded itself as Blinkit
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Explained: Why has Grofers rebranded itself as Blinkit
After losing significant market share to BigBasket over the years, Grofers decided to pivot its business model from conventional grocer model to the quick-commerce model — where goods are delivered in a shorter period of time.
🔍Explained: The q-commerce model, how your order is delivered in minutes
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Explained: The q-commerce model, how your order is delivered in minutes
After losing significant market share to BigBasket over the years, Grofers decided to change its business model from the conventional grocer model to the quick-commerce model, in which goods are delivered in a much shorter time.
🔍Explained: What is ‘co-lending’, allowed by RBI — and why has it come in for criticism?
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Bank-NBFC co-lending: how it works, and the concerns it raises
Several banks have entered into co-lending 'master agreements' with NBFCs, and more are in the pipeline. This, however, has come in for criticism from several quarters.
🔍Explained: What to watch in the Karnataka Legislative Council election results on December 14
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Explained: What to watch in the Karnataka Legislative Council election results on December 14
The BJP is wary of the Congress (which has 29 seats) joining hands with the JD(S) to oppose any contentious legislation drafted by the BJP government, such as the proposed law to ban religious conversions in the state.
🔍Explained: Saudi Arabia’s ban on the Tablighi and Da’wah group
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Explained: Saudi Arabia’s ban on the Tablighi and Da’wah group
Saudi Arabia has banned the Tablighi and Da’wah group, also known as Al Ahbab, calling it a 'danger to society'. A look at the roots of this group, which is active in more than 150 countries and is the largest Islamic missionary movement.
🔍Explained: Why the Log4j vulnerability has tech firms worried
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Explained: Why does the Log4j vulnerability have tech firms worried?
A new vulnerability named Log4Shell is being touted as one of the worst cybersecurity flaws to have been discovered. What is it, and is it being exploited by hackers? What have affected tech companies said?
🔍Explained: Why Julianna Pena beating Amanda Nunes is UFC’s biggest upset ever
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Explained: Why Julianna Pena beating Amanda Nunes is UFC’s biggest upset ever
The shocker was a 10-to-1 upset, and as per betting odds, MMA has seen bigger.