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The 27-year-old from Chafford Hundred in Essex, south-east England, threatened his victims that if they didn't send him nude images of themselves, he would post intimate images of them to their friends and family.

The memorandum of cooperation on a basic framework for partnership pertaining to "Specified Skilled Worker" between India and Japan was cleared at a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Chief Minister also directed the officials to a step-up vigil at poultries in the districts where bird deaths have been reported.

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, which observed that there is no improvement on the ground regarding farmers' protests, was informed by the Centre that healthy discussions are going on between the government and farmers over these issues.

According to the WHO, people coming in close contact with infected alive or dead birds can contract the H5N1 bird flu, but it usually does not spread from person to person.

The study, which is yet to be peer-reviewed, said that when the Covid-19 patients spend longer in a room, the virus is found in air for more than two hours, even further than two metres from the patient.

The Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for the third consecutive day following heavy snowfall and multiple landslides, even as over 250 stranded vehicles, mostly carrying passengers, were cleared after the arterial road was briefly opened for...

The study group will also suggest short and long-term measures for sustained solutions and submit its report within a month.

Britain began its third COVID19 lockdown on Tuesday with citizens under orders to stay at home and the government calling for one last major national effort to stem the virus before mass vaccinations turn the tide.

A resident of Hathorha village under Roza police station, the man had allegedly laid himself down on the tracks with the intention of killing himself, police said. Police have sent the body for post-mortem examination.

On Tuesday, Special Judge P R Sitre granted exemption to Thakur after her lawyer J P Mishra filed a written application, citing the MP's difficulty in travelling here regularly due to health and security concerns.

The Monthly Economic Recovery for December by the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) also noted that the impending vaccination is set to spur the momentum in economic activity globally.

Bird flu cases were reported from some parts of Kottayam and Alappuzha districts, and the government has ordered culling of ducks, hens and other domestic birds.

The virtual inauguration ceremony will also be attended by the Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, along with their Karnataka counterparts and Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan.

The ETPBS facility is already extended to service voters that include members of the Armed forces and para-military forces as well as government employees serving abroad.

Aparna Yadav said that the Covid-19 vaccine should be welcomed wholeheartedly as the scientists have worked round the clock to make the vaccine.