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Indian Tricolour to be hoisted at New Yorks Times Square on August 15
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A leading diaspora group in the United States of America will hoist India’s national flag at the iconic Times Square in New York on August 15 Indian Independence Day. This will be the first time in the history that the tricolour will be hoisted at the famous New York City destination.
The Federation of Indian Associations (FIA) of the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut in a statement said that the association will be ‘creating history’ on August 15, 2020, by hosting the tricolor to celebrate India’s 73rd Independence Day. The statement read: It will be the first time ever that India’s tricolour will be unfurled at the iconic venue in all its glory.
The flag hoisting ceremony will take place along with the annual tradition of lightening up the Empire State Building in shades of the tricolour – saffron, green and white. The Empire State building lightning ceremony will be held on August 14. The Times Square flag hoisting ceremony is a testament to the Indian-American communitys growing patriotism and is a fitting tribute to the FIA, which is celebrating its golden jubilee year, the organisation informed.
Established in 1970, the FIA annually organises its flagship event – the India Day parade – to mark India’s Independence Day in August. Every year various US political leaders, lawmakers as well as distinguished members of the Indian-American community and celebrities from India participate in the annual parade conducted in Manhattan. However, due to the outbreak of COVID-19, no parade will be held this year.
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Devendraji (Fadnavis) takes pride in me earning more than him: Amruta Fadnavis interview
Banker, social activist and singer Amruta Fadnavis, in a freewheeling chat on Nation Next Adda, speaks about her latest song, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, her courtship and marriage with husband and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis and much more.
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Elderly couple mauled by tiger on their way from Narsinghpur to Nagpur
Representational image (Picture by Sarosh Lodhi)
An elderly couple was mauled by a tiger in Chor Bawali on January 25 while on their way from Narsinghpur (Madhya Pradesh) to Nagpur on January 25. The couple was accompanied by their 25-year-old son in a car. Following the tiger attack, the couple was admitted to Kingsway Hospital in Nagpur.
While on their way to Nagpur, the family of three stopped near Chor Bawali for passing urine. When the 58-year-old woman got out of the car, the tiger, which was probably wounded by a previous vehicular assault, caught hold of the woman’s hand and bit her thumb. When the woman’s husband stepped out of the car to help his wife, the tiger attacked him as well and injured his right leg. A terrfied son started throwing stones at the tiger, who eventually ran away.
The couple was given first aid by the bystanders before being driven to Nagpur by the son to Kingsway hospital. Speaking to Nation Next, treating surgeon Dr Prakash Jain informed that the family was terrified when it arrived at the hospital. Dr Jain said: “The couple is now stable. Tiger mauling is always serious. The couple was lucky to have sustained minor injuries in the incident.”
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‘Dolo 650’ memes take social media by storm as 3rd COVID wave boosts paracetamol sales
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has made terms like ‘oximeter,’ ‘saturation level,’ ‘quarantine,’ and ‘N95’ a part of our daily vocabulary. Another thing, which has gained immense popularity over the last two years is the paracetamol tablet ‘Dolo 650,’ which has been prescribed by doctors during 1st, 2rd and now the 3rd wave of the pandemic in India.
The popularity of tablet, which is manufactured by Micro labs, has led several to several memes on the internet. Dilip Surana, Chairman and Managing Director of Micro Labs, expressed his surprise at the unexpected popularity of the drug in an interview with Money Control. He said: It has always been a popular brand among doctors across India. However, we did not expect the kind of popularity that Dolo-650 gained recently because we have never advertised the tablet directly to the public.
Here are some of the hilarious ‘Dolo 650’ memes doing rounds on the internet:
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