DH Evening Brief: January 29, 2022
The melody vs the gutter speech of UP's Kairana
Kairana, the small town in west Uttar Pradesh, has a glorious and melodious linkage to the most influential gharana of Hindustani classical music. The name, Kairana gharana, which thrives in Maharashtra and Karnataka, comes from the west UP town where the founder of the gharana, Ustad Abdul Karim Khan, was born in 1872. He is acknowledged as one of the artists who defined Hindustani classical music (he died in 1937).
Is 'NeoCov' virus dangerous? All you need to know
A team of scientists in China's Wuhan has warned of a lethal variant called 'NeoCov' detected in bats triggering widespread panic as some reports suggestedthat it requires only one mutation to infiltrate human cells.
Karnataka to withdraw night curfew from January 31, Bengaluru schools to reopen
With the third wave of Covid-19 receding, Karnataka decided Saturday to remove most of the curbs, including revoking the daily night curfew and allowing schools to resume physical classes.
Pegasus spyware and missile system 'centrepieces' of $2-billion deal between India and Israel: Report
Union Budget likely to see higher divestment target; more focus on NMP
India's Union Budget FY23 is likely to set a higher divestment target for the coming fiscal with more focus being set on the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP).