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Saturday, July 31, 2021
Cases top 40k for 5th day in a row, Kerala still driving surge
Kerala reported more than 20,000 fresh Covid-19 cases for the fifth day running while the rising trend in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka continued, as India logged more than 42,000 new cases of the virus on Saturday. For the fifth straight day, India’s daily count stayed over the 40,000-mark as 42,052 were recorded on Saturday. Kerala accounted for 20,624 new cases, while Maharashtra logged 6,959.from https://ift.tt/3idW5yN
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Amid LAC row, Leh boosts oxygen infrastructure in forward areas
Amid continued stand-off with China, the Leh administration is augmenting oxygen supply in the forward areas by adding new plants, a move that will boost the fight against Covid-19 in ‘zero-mile’ villages and far-flung settlements along northern and eastern Ladakh.from https://ift.tt/3fAcTyD
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Districts hit by 2nd Covid wave may not see intense 3rd wave: ICMR
Districts that were severely impacted by the second Covid wave may not see an equally intense third wave, an analysis by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said. Experts from the top science body said states should conduct district-level heterogeneity assessments — that include variations in spread and population — to plan public health measures based on local data.from https://ift.tt/37cU2Vu
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Parliament worked for 18 hours out of 107 in 2 weeks
As the deadlock over the Pegasus controversy continues in Parliament, the two Houses are heading towards a less productive zone in terms of business with more than 85% of working hours being wasted in the first two weeks of the session. Of the possible 107 hours in the past two weeks, Parliament has functioned merely for 18 hours, wasting 89 hours because of ongoing disruptions due to the deadlock over the opposition demand for a discussion and inquiry into the Pegasus affair.from https://ift.tt/2WL6zhb
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Kharif sowing hits ‘normal’ level as rainfall deficit dips
As the cumulative monsoon rainfall over the country touches almost ‘normal’ level with the deficit reduced to less than 1% on Saturday, the overall acreage of Kharif (summer-sown) crops in India crossed the ‘normal’ sown area threshold by over 8 lakh hectares.from https://ift.tt/3liQlpp
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Court backs CBI’s clean chit to Sengar in Unnao girl’s car crash
A Delhi court on Saturday said it had “no hesitation in holding the findings” of the CBI’s final report, which said there was no case against jailed former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar to proceed against him for the offence of murder in an accident case, as correct. Currently, Sengar is serving a life sentence for raping a minor girl in Unnao in 2017.from https://ift.tt/3BXslOR
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Tokyo Olympics: Full schedule of Indian events on August 1, start times and top medal contenders
India at Tokyo 2020: PV Sindhu, Indian men's hockey team in focus on August 1SOURCE: https://ift.tt/3BTvSNU
Kolkata: NCB busts drug racket smuggling 'world's strongest marijuana' from US to India
Kolkata: NCB busts drug racket smuggling 'world's strongest marijuana' from US to IndiaSOURCE: https://ift.tt/3ygB1gF
HC pulls up NIA judge for not hearing bail plea for 6 months, sets date
A delay of six months in hearing the bail plea of a 60-year-old man jailed under the stringent UAPA law has prompted the Delhi high court to fix a date for the special judge to hear it. A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Anup J Bhambhani took a dim view of the failure of the special NIA judge, Patiala House, to take up the bail plea filed in February this year, despite a direction by HC earlier to decide it expeditiously.from https://ift.tt/3jc0Yru
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Covid-19: Centre wants stricter containment in 10 states with high positivity
Concerns over dependence on home isolation and failure to impose micro-containment zones have prompted the Centre to advise that 46 districts in 10 states reporting above 10% positivity rate need to impose strict restrictions on movement of people and gathering of crowds.from https://ift.tt/3rKW6gO
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Pulwama attack key conspirator, aide killed in J&K encounter
Two Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists, including Lamboo, a Pakistani commander of the outfit and a key conspirator in the 2019 fidayeen attack in Pulwama’s Lethpora that left 40 CRPF troopers dead, were killed in an anti-terror operation in Pulwama’s Dachigam area on Saturday.from https://ift.tt/3C1H5w0
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Police find pangolin on Noida street, hands it over to forest department
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North, central India to receive intense rainfall over next four days: IMD
The Parts of north and central India will witness intense rainfall activity over the next four days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday. Due to a well-marked low-pressure area and a monsoon trough, fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely over east Madhya Pradesh on July 31-August 1 and over Chhattisgarh and east Uttar Pradesh on July 31.from IndiaTV India: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3zVOrPU
Border clash: Assam's all-party delegation to visit Delhi, urge Centre to resolve Mizoram boundary dispute
A 19-member all-party delegation of Assam assembly, headed by Speaker Biswajit Daimary, on Saturday decided to visit Delhi and urge the Centre to resolve the state's boundary dispute with Mizoram at the earliest.from IndiaTV India: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3fgEp3W
Delhi-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor will pass through Gurugram
The proposed Delhi-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor will pass through Gurugram, for which a detailed project report (DPR) is being prepared.from IndiaTV India: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3BZzrCn
Odisha relaxes COVID curbs, malls, cinema halls to reopen from August 1
In the wake of improving Covid situation in Odisha, the state government on Saturday announced the reopening of shopping malls, parks, and cinema halls among several relaxations in all the districts, barring three cities where coronavirus caseload is relatively high.from IndiaTV India: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3zTeAPe
Friday, July 30, 2021
Covid-19: Over 2 lakh pregnant women take first dose in a month
In a major boost for the vaccination programme, over 2.3 lakh pregnant women have received first dose of anti-Covid jabs in less than a month since vaccination against the infection was allowed for them, the government said.from https://ift.tt/3laHztP
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India’s 7-day average of Covid cases crosses 40,000 again
Kerala reported a slight drop in fresh Covid-19 cases on Friday but numbers rose for the second straight day in Tamil Nadu even as India’s daily case count dipped marginally but remained above 41,000 for the fourth day running. India reported 41,454 fresh cases of the virus on Friday, down from 44,681 on the previous day, breaking a three-day streak of rising infections in the country.from https://ift.tt/3lciBdx
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Mizoram CM says no harm to anyone, but armed cops stay put
Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga has assured that there will be “no restrictions” and “no harm” to non-Mizos entering the state. However, the CM’s assurance on Friday coupled with his reiteration from his Twitter handle that “NorthEast India Will Always Be One” came even as his government refused to withdraw its armed policemen deployed at Vairengte town on the outskirts of Cachar (Assam) border.from https://ift.tt/3BZMe7B
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NSO has blocked Pegasus use by some governments: Reports
Israeli surveillance software company NSO Group has temporarily blocked several government clients around the world from using its Pegasus spyware as the company investigates its possible misuse, Washington-based non-profit media outlet NPR reported.from https://ift.tt/3xp9hFL
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In U-turn, Goa health minister says no deaths due to oxygen shortage in state
In a major U-turn on the floor of the assembly, Goa health minister Vishwajit Rane, who was the first to announce that many Covid-19 patients were dying in the state due to oxygen interruption at the state’s premier hospital Goa Medical College (GMC) during the second wave, on Friday denied any oxygen shortage-related deaths.from https://ift.tt/3zKtgAa
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Border row escalates: FIR against Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, 6 top officials in Mizoram | All that happened
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Wanted gangster Kala Jathedi, who had wrestler Sushil Kumar on his hit list, arrested from UP's Saharanpur
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9 killed as heavy rains lash parts of North, East India; red alert issued for Rajasthan
9 killed as heavy rains lash parts of North, East India; red alert issued for RajasthanSOURCE: https://ift.tt/3790dd4
Border row: Mizoram Police issues notice to Assam govt officials, asks them to join probe
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Himanta Ji is like my brother, we should resolve dispute peacefully: Mizoram CM Zoramthanga | Exclusive
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Pandemic will end when world chooses to end it. It’s in our hands: WHO chief
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Thursday, July 29, 2021
Eye on 2023 polls, Karnataka CM may have 5 deputies
With the 2023 assembly elections in focus, the new Karnataka chief minister, Basavaraj Bommai, is likely to opt for five deputy chief ministers and induct six to eight young new faces in his cabinet which can have a maximum of 34 members.
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PM Modi focuses on tech education in mother tongue in NEP speech
This emphasis on mother tongue as the medium of instruction will instil confidence in the students from poor, rural and tribal backgrounds.from https://ift.tt/3laWBQ4
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Mizoram bunkers, Assam build-up raise tensions on disputed border
Bunkers built by suspected Mizo trespassers just across the inter-state boundary in Barak Valley’s Karimganj district and an allegedly massive mobilisation of state forces by Assam to counter the move kept the border pot boiling for the fourth successive day since the violence in Cachar last Monday.from https://ift.tt/3labvX1
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Over 9 lakh kids, most from UP, acutely malnourished
Over 9.3 lakh severely acute malnourished children between six months and six years have been identified in the country till November. Out of this number, Uttar Pradesh accounted for over 4 lakh such children. This data was shared by the women and child development ministry in response to a question in Rajya Sabha.from https://ift.tt/3xclPA3
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391 plaints of sex harassment from ministries, RS told
The ministry of women and child development informed Rajya Sabha on Thursday that out of these 391 complaints, about 150 were received since January 1, 2020.
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Expert panel recommends study on mixing Covid vaccines, trials of Biological E jab on kids
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Raj Kundra porn films case: From a Bollywood dream to adult content, how an actor was exploited
Raj Kundra case: From a B'wood dream to adult content, how an actor was exploitedSOURCE: https://ift.tt/3BTvJds