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  Raja Parba, a three-day festival in Odisha, is a celebration of menstruation and womanhood. It is based on the belief that Mother Earth menstruates for those three days and she is given a ceremonial bath on the fourth day. For those three days, no agricultural activity like ploughing or sowing takes place as Mother Earth is expected to be going through rejuvenation. In a country where it is common to shun women from social life when they are menstruating, Odisha stands out. According to  The Hindustan Times , social activist Manjo Jena said, “Everyone who thinks women are impure during their periods should see how Odisha celebrates Raja. Those who believe the menstrual blood to be impure should know that the same kept a life on for nine months inside the mother’s womb.” The first day of the ceremony is called Pahili Rajo, the second day is Mithuna Sankranti, and the third is Bhu Daaha or Basi Raja. Each day signifies a different phase of celebration with the second...

  Nothing will be the same: YouTuber Bhuvan Bam breaks down after losing parents to COVID-19 New Delhi : YouTube star Bhuvan Bam took to social media on Saturday evening to share the sad news that he has lost his parents to COVID-19 the last one month. Mourning the demise of his father Avnindra Bam, who passed away on May 11, and mother Padma Bam, who breathed her last on June 10, Bhuvan shared in an Instagram post: "Lost both my lifelines to covid. Aai aur Baba ke bina kuch bhi pehle jaisa nahi rahega. Ek mahine mein sab bikhar chuka hai. Ghar, sapne, sab kuch. Meri aai mere pass nahi hai, baba mere saath nahi hain. Ab shuru se jeena seekhna padega. Mann nahi kar raha. (Nothing will be the same without Aai and Baba. Everything has been shattered in the past one month. My home, my dreams everything. My aai is not with me, neither is baba. Now I will have to learn from the beginning how to live and I don`t feel like.)" "Was I a good son? Did I do enough to save them? I`ll...

  India reports 80,834 new COVID-19 cases, 1,32,062 patient discharges, and 3,303 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry. Total cases: 2,94,39,989 Total discharges: 2,80,43,446 Death toll: 3,70,384 Active cases: 10,26,159 Total vaccination: 25,31,95,048 Daily COVID-19 count in India remains below one lakh mark India reported 80,834 fresh COVID-19 cases, the lowest after 71 days The daily positivity rate further dropped to 4.25 per cent The active cases further declined to 10,26,159 comprising 3.49 per cent of the total infections Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought the G7's support for the proposal moved at the WTO by India and South Africa, for a TRIPS (The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) waiver on COVID related technologies.

  After taking COVID vaccine shots, few people complain of side effects such as fever and body ache. We have heard these complaints from the people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19. However, a man from Maharashtra’s Nashik has made a bizarre claim about vaccine side effects. Arvind Jagannath Sonar, a 70-year-old man, living in Nashik’s Shivaji Chowk has taken the side-effects of vaccines to a whole new level as he claimed to develop magnetic powers after taking the second dose of vaccine. This has come at a time when India is speeding up its COVID vaccination drive that began on January 16. The senior citizen has claimed that metal objects are easily getting stuck on his body parts after taking the second dose of COVID vaccine, a few days ago. To justify and prove his claims, Sonar made a video that has gone viral on social media. In the video, coins, plates, and spoons can be seen sticking to his body. Same Case has been reported in Odisha Balasore..

 

  India captain Virat Kohli and his actor wife Anushka Sharma have donated ₹2 crore to a fund-raising project, which will raise a total of ₹7 crore to support the country's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The two are raising money through crowd-funding platform Ketto. "...Virat Kohli and Bollywood superstar Anushka Sharma are aiming to raise Rs. 7 crore for COVID relief in India," a press release from the celebrity couple stated. "They are kickstarting a fundraising campaign #InThisTogether on the crowd-funding platform Ketto and are putting Rs. 2 crore for this initiative." The campaign will run for seven days on Ketto and the proceeds will be directed to ACT Grants, the implementation partner which will work towards providing oxygen, medical manpower, vaccination awareness and tele-medicine facilities all through the pandemic and the amount.