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IAS officer highlights Gutkha menace at Howrah bridge, tags SRK, Ajay Devgn, Akhay Kumar

The controversy surrounding the new tobacco advertisement featuring Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Akshay Kumar is not dying down. After Akshay Kumar`s public apology and Ajay Devgn`s defence on his "personal choice" of starring in a tobacco brand`s elaichi product ad, an IAS officer from West Bengal has come down heavily on actors like SRK, Ajay and Amitabh Bachchan. https://ift.tt/zLGkwS8

Delhi: Main accused in Jahangirpuri violence does `Pushpa, main jhukega nahi` move during arrest - WATCH

Main accused in Jahangirpuri violence, Ansar, was seen doing Pushpa movie's famous 'Main jhukega nahi' (I won't bow down) move while getting arrested. Ansar, the main accused, allegedly led a 4-5 people to the Shobha Yatra where he entered into an argument with the mob. Ansar is also an accused in east Delhi riots that broke out in 2020. https://ift.tt/loTLRf5

95% of online responses to parliamentary panel oppose raising women`s marriage age; `conspiracy` suspected

Nearly 95 percent of the email representations received by a parliamentary panel examining a Bill to raise the legal age of marriage of women from 18 to 21 have opposed it, with sources in the committee on Wednesday expressing apprehension that it could be part of a conspiracy to defeat the landmark government initiative. https://ift.tt/4uCX7DB

Fourth wave scare! XE variant of Covid-19 in India - all we know about new variant and its symptoms

The XE variant is a recombinant of BA.1 and BA.2, the sub-lineages of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes Covid-19. In addition to those, it has three other mutations which were not there in Omicron or BA.1 or BA.2. XE is 10 per cent more infectious than Omicron, says experts. https://ift.tt/3sWq49u