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Monday, January 18, 2021

Video surfaces of tiger pulling at safari vehicle in Bengaluru’s Bannerghatta Park

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An official at the park has said that the video is from an incident at the park which took place two months ago.
Bannerghatta tiger
A video of a tiger attempting to pull a car created a buzz on social media on Sunday. The video was reportedly shot at the Bengaluru Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBBP). An official at the park has said that the video is from an incident at the park which took place two months ago.  In the video that is now viral, a tiger reported to be around 4-5 years old is seen approaching a safari vehicle with some tourists onboard. The tiger bites the rear bumper and pulls at the vehicle, and even managing it to dragging it back a few inches. Later in the video, it is seen that the bumper is damaged due to the tiger's bite. Tiger pulling tourist vehicle in Bannerghatta park , Bengaluru Recieved on whatsapp pic.twitter.com/TfH8mAiN2b — Mona Patel (@MonaPatelT) January 15, 2021 Vanashree Vipin Singh, the Executive Director of BBBP, told Deccan Herald that the incident took place two months ago. She said that the tiger was not aggressive and approached the vehicle out of curiosity. She added that the vehicle was towed by the rescue team following the incident.  A video of the tiger was posted by Twitter user Mona Patel (@monapatelt), a wildlife enthusiast, on Sunday. The video has over 18,000 views already with many users commenting that the visuals were scary and dangerous.  Bengaluru Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBBP) was carved out of the Bannerghatta National Park. It has various units such as zoo, safari and butterfly park spread over 731.88 hectares. Officials at the park also arrange tours for government school children with the aim of introducing the children to wildlife.  In another incident in Bannerghatta in 2016, a lion leapt at the safari vehicle which did not have safety grills. Vehicles at the park, including the one pulled by the tiger two months ago, had safety grills. 


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Sunday, January 17, 2021

Health officials confident Biden will deliver on promise of 100 million vaccines in 100 days

"There’s no doubt about it that that can be done,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said.

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'Amit Shah only leader to grow in stature of Sardar Patel': BS Yediyurappa

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: "Under Modi and Shah, the ruling BJP will win over 150 seats in the state's next assembly elections in 2023," Yediyurappa said.
Amit Shah and Yediyurappa in a state govt event
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Sunday equated Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, country's first Deputy Prime Minister after India achieved independence and formed its own government at the Centre. "Shah is the only leader who has grown in stature of Sardar Patel. Like Patel, Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are ushering in revolution and taking the country to greater heights," said Yediyurappa in Kannada at a public rally in Karnataka's Bagalkot. Patel (1875-1950) was also the country's first Union Home Minister and like Shah and Modi, hailed from Gujarat. "Under Modi and Shah, the ruling BJP will win over 150 seats in the state's next assembly elections in 2023, as our government is doing its best to ensure all-round development, especially of farmers despite the COVID-19 pandemic," asserted Yediyurappa at the party's Jansevak Samavesh (public gathering). Lauding Yediyurappa's leadership at an official event in Bengaluru on Saturday, Shah said the BJP government would complete its term and return to power with absolute majority in the next assembly elections. Though Yediyurappa formed the government on May 17, 2018, he resigned three days later on May 19, as the BJP fell 9 seats short of simple majority (113) in the 225-member House, as it won only 104 seats in the last assembly elections. Putting rest to speculation over Yediyurappa's continuation in the Chief Minister's post due to allegations against him by 'dissidents' in the party, Shah said the state government had done well in managing the COVID-19 pandemic. "I want to tell all those, including opposition Congress leaders that our government would complete its term under Yediyurappa's leadership and come back to power for another 5 years with an absolute majority," said Shah in Hindi. The Home Minister advised Yediurappa's detractors and critics in the party to work for the people, as the BJP is a party that works for the people's welfare. "As the nodal agency in our fight against COVID-19 across the country, my ministry gets all the data on COVID-19 management from all state governments. I have no hesitation in saying that Karnataka under Yediyurappa's leadership, has done a great work in controlling the pandemic," asserted Shah.


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Bengaluru to face powercuts from Jan 17 to 22: Full list of areas

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Several areas in Bengaluru will have no power between 10 am to 5.30 pm starting Monday till Friday.
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The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) has said that there will be power outages in the city’s southern areas of Konankunte and Puttenahalli from 10 am to 5.30 pm starting Monday (January 18) to Friday (January 22). The outage will be due to maintenance work.  BESCOM said that the areas that will be affected will include Chunchagatta Main Road, Vinayaka Theatre Road, Cup Factory, Glass Factory Road, Krishna Layout, Kothnur Main Road, Sadanandappa Compound, Sharada Nagar, Shivashakti Nagar and DRR Hospital. Even last week, BESCOM had affected scheduled power outages in various areas in HSR Layout in Bengaluru between January 11 and 16. At that time, they were doing  conversion of the 11 kV overhead (OH) line to underground (UG) cables and the laying of optical fibre cables in the area. Apart from scheduled power outages, Bengalureans are facing many unscheduled power interruptions. On Sunday alone there were more than 20 such incidents which meant city dwellers from various areas had to face power cuts for a minimum of one hour.


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Bengaluru to face powercuts from Jan 17 to 22: Full list of areas

Power Cut
Several areas in Bengaluru will have no power between 10 am to 5.30 pm starting Monday till Friday.
Silhouette of power transmission lines
The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) has said that there will be power outages in the city’s southern areas of Konankunte and Puttenahalli from 10 am to 5.30 pm starting Monday (January 18) to Friday (January 22). The outage will be due to maintenance work.  BESCOM said that the areas that will be affected will include Chunchagatta Main Road, Vinayaka Theatre Road, Cup Factory, Glass Factory Road, Krishna Layout, Kothnur Main Road, Sadanandappa Compound, Sharada Nagar, Shivashakti Nagar and DRR Hospital. Even last week, BESCOM had affected scheduled power outages in various areas in HSR Layout in Bengaluru between January 11 and 16. At that time, they were doing  conversion of the 11 kV overhead (OH) line to underground (UG) cables and the laying of optical fibre cables in the area. Apart from scheduled power outages, Bengalureans are facing many unscheduled power interruptions. On Sunday alone there were more than 20 such incidents which meant city dwellers from various areas had to face power cuts for a minimum of one hour.


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The crash landing of 'Operation Warp Speed'

Born as a second Manhattan Project, the Trump administration vaccine program actually achieved most of its goals – until distribution problems marred its success.

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Trump admin enlists private firm to review some Covid-19 tests

The decision cuts scientists at the Food and Drug Administration out of the process.

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