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Veteran Actor-comedian Jagdeep, best known for his role as Soorma Bhopali in Sholay, died on Wednesday at his residence. He was 81.The actor, real name Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jafri, was not keeping well.He passed away at 8.30 pm at his residence in Bandra. He was not keeping well due to age related...
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A Bharatiya Janata Party leader, his father and brother were shot dead by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district Wednesday night, Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh.Terrorists opened fire on Wasim Ahmad Bari, BJP district president, outside his shop near police station...
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A complete lockdown has been ordered in Patna from July 10 to July 16 due to a sudden spurt in novel coronavirus cases, officials said on Wednesday.An order to this effect was issued by Patna District Magistrate Kumar Ravi.Except for the essential services, markets, offices and other commercial...
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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) should explain the rationale behind dropping certain chapters from the school curriculum, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Wednesday, asserting that the board must have had 'very strong'reasons behind the move.The CBSE on...
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A sweet shop in Coimbatore selling 'special Mysorepak' with 19 herbal ingredients claiming that it would cure coronavirus in just three days was sealed on Wednesday by food safety department officials. The shopowner had put out advertisements through pamphlets, saying that the...
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The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday issued a notification rescinding all movements of Friends of Police (FoP) across the state.The government order was issued after an adverse report was received from the director-general of police, Chennai.As per the orders of Chief Minister Thiru Edappadi K...
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Pakistan's claim that Kulbushan Jadhav refused to initiate review petition is continuation of farce, says military of external affairs on Pakistan media report. Jadhav sentenced to execution through a farcical trial, he was coerced to refuse to file review in his case, the MEA said.India sought...
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Pakistan has claimed that Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav has refused to file a review petition and wants to go ahead with his pending mercy plea. He (Kulbhushan Jadhav) preferred to follow up on his pending mercy petition...Pakistan has offered second consular access to him, said...
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A Bihar court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking registration of cases against Bollywood bigwigs like Salman Khan, Ekta Kapoor, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Karan Johar for allegedly abetting actor Sushant Singh Rajput's suicide, citing jurisdictional limitations.Chief Judicial Magistrate of...
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'Rajgruh', the residence of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar in central Mumbai, will get round-the-clock police protection, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Wednesday.A man entered the premises of the two-storey house in Dadar area on Tuesday night and smashed potted plants, damaged CCTV...
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said it has confiscated assets worth Rs 329.66 crore of diamond merchant Nirav Modi under the fugitive economic offenders law.This is the first confiscation of assets order issued under the law that was brought by the Modi government in 2018 with an...
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Five councillors from Parner in Ahmednagar district, who switched over from the Shiv Sena to Nationalist Congress Party last week, rejoined the Uddhav Thackeray-led party on Wednesday.Some media reports recently claimed there were tensions between the Shiv Sena and its ally NCP over the...
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The annual Amarnath Yatra in the Himalayas will be conducted in a staggered manner and not more than 500 pilgrims will be allowed to visit the sacred cave shrine of Lord Shiva daily due to the coronavirus pandemic, officials said on Wednesday. The issue of pilgrimages to the Amarnath and...
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A Delhi court on Wednesday granted bail to foreign nationals from 21 countries who were chargesheeted for attending Markaz at Nizamuddin in New Delhi by allegedly violating visa conditions, indulging in missionary activities illegally and violating government guidelines following the COVID-19...
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Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister and AIADMK leader P Thangamani has tested positive for coronavirus, a party spokesperson said in Chennai on Wednesday. The minister was admitted to a private hospital for treatment today following the test result, he said. Thangamani, who holds the...
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Two civilians were injured when Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Wednesday, the Army said.Pakistan initiated an unprovoked ceasefire violation along the LoC in Tangdhar sector in Kupwara district on 08 Jul 2020 in...
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The Chinese military removed all temporary structures and almost completed withdrawing its troops from the face-off site in Hot Springs in eastern Ladakh on Wednesday in sync with a decision by the two countries to ensure expeditious disengagement of forces from the friction points, people...
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After consultation, the Chinese government has agreed that WHO will send a team of experts to Beijing to trace the origin of COVID19, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said today.Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, WHO told news agency ANI last week that a thorough...
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Former Station Officer of Chaubeypur, Vinay Tiwari (left) and Beat Incharge KK Sharma (right) have been arrested. They were present during Kanpur encounter but fled the site of incident during the operation, IG Kanpur Range Mohit Agarwal said.As per evidence, it has been found that the two police...
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Bihar reported its highest single-day spike of 749 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the state health department said here. The state's tally now rose to 13,274, the department said in its daily update. This is the first instance of the state's coronavirus count crossing the 700-mark in one day. PTI...
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Pakistan initiated an Unprovoked Ceasefire Violation (CFV) along the LoC in Tangdhar Sector, Kupwara, North Kashmir today in the afternoon hours by firing mortars and other weapons. Befitting response being given. Two civilians injured: Chinar Corps, Indian Army.
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Patna to remain under lockdown from 10th July to 16th July, orders District Magistrate. Odisha government issues an order, asking government employees, who are commuting from places other than municipal limits of Cuttack and Khordha, not to attend offices in Bhubaneswar till July 31 in view...
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The Cabinet approved the extension of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana for further five months under which 203 lakh tons of grains will be distributed among 81 crore people.In view of the need for continuous support to the poor and needy, Cabinet approves extension of Pradhan Mantri Garib...
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Snapping its five-day rising streak, equity benchmark Sensex closed 346 points lower after a highly volatile session on Wednesday, dragged by losses in index heavyweights Reliance Industries, Infosys and TCS amid weak cues from global peers. After opening on a positive note, the 30-share index...
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Neurological complications of COVID-19 may include delirium, brain inflammation, stroke, and nerve damage, according to a study which says some of these symptoms may not be a direct consequence of the novel coronavirus infection but due to the immune system acting on healthy cells. The...
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Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar says Cabinet has approved the extension of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana till November.
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Some non-Covid news to lift your spririts: Sir Philip Barton today presented his credentials to President Ram Nath Kovind, in a virtual ceremony, as British High Commissioner to India. Barton said, It is the greatest honour and privilege of my diplomatic career to represent the UK in this...
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Small and medium enterprises stand destroyed and large companies are under severe stress, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed on Wednesday and said he had warned of an economic tsunami in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a tweet, Gandhi also claimed that banks are in distress and...
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India may record about 2.87 lakh projected cases of the novel coronavirus per day by the end of winter 2021 in the absence of a COVID-19 vaccine or drug interventions, according to a modelling study by the researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Using data for 84...
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At a time when there's all-round jubilation that India has managed to push back the Chinese at the LAC, comes a cautionary newspaper frontpage from 1962 (accompanying image). It is part of a viral meme that says '97 days after this banner headline, the 1962 war happened'....
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Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren has placed himself under home quarantine, also requested all officers and staff of CMO to undergo home quarantine. Entry to CM residence prohibited. CM had come in contact with state minister Mithlesh Thakur who tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday, say reports.
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Pregnant women's request for COVID-19 test should be met immediately and the its results be declared quickly, the Delhi High Court told the AAP government on Wednesday. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan said there ought not to be any time lag between receipt of...
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Unlike his predecessor Sushma Swaraj, who was easily one of India's most Twitter-friendly ministers , External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar is more conservative in his tweets, which are anyway few and far between.There is no banter with his following and tweets are strictly...
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Indian Army Sources tell news agency ANI that disengagement between troops of India and China has been completed today at Patrolling Point 15. The Chinese troops have moved back by approximately 2 km. Yesterday, the disengagement process between the Indian and the Chinese Army began at Hot...
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The latest research report from State Bank of India's Economic Research Department, authored by Dr Soumya Kanti Ghosh, SBI's group chief economic adviser, points out that India's import dependence from China in numbers is maximum in low-value imports, 6844 products at $65.3 bn. ...
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Karnataka Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar on Wednesday said the surge in the number of COVID-19 cases that the city is witnessing now was expected by July end, but there is no need for worry as the government is prepared to handle the situation.In Bengaluru we were aware that there would...
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Hitting out at Pakistan for peddling false narratives against it, India has asked Islamabad that it must introspect about why it is universally acknowledged as the international epicentre of terrorism and the best safe haven for terrorists. Mahaveer Singhvi, head of the Indian delegation, made...
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Reward for the arrest of Vikas Dubey, involved in killing eight UP cops, increased from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 5 lakh Vikas Dubey is the main accused in Kanpur encounter and has been absconding since the incident, where eight Policemen were shot dead by criminals. The Uttar Pradesh Special Task...
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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has directed Delhi Health Secretary to share a detailed analysis of factors behind all COVID-19 deaths in the capital city in the last two weeks.The objective is to take measures to further reduce COVID-19 deaths in the national capital. So far, 3,165 fatalities have been...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said the state government has taken serious note of vandalism at Dr B R Ambedkar's house 'Rajgruh' in Mumbai and the guilty will not be spared.Two persons threw stones on glass windows, and damaged CCTV cameras and potted plants at...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs the Union Cabinet meeting at his 7 Lok Kalyan Marg residence.
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Amid the coronavirus outbreak, a man insisted that his wife should go in for institutional quarantine instead of returning home, police said. The woman had recently returned from Punjab. After police intervention, the man allowed his wife into the home. The incident took place in Varthur police...
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Farmers from Rajasthan are on their way to Delhi from Dudu, to protest against the Centre's crop procurement policies. Kisan Maha Panchayat's Rampal Jaat says, Centre has procured only 6 lakh tonnes of Chana out of total 26.75lakh tonnes.This is against slogan of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat.
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The Shiv Sena on Wednesday asserted there are no differences among the ruling MVA allies in Maharashtra, and said if coalition governments fall over controversies on some transfers and promotions, it would imply that the national politics is on a weak foundation. An editorial in Sena mouthpiece...
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An inter-ministerial team has been set up by the government to coordinate probe into the alleged violation of various laws like money laundering and foreign contributions by three Nehru-Gandhi family linked trusts, including the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.. A Home Ministry spokesperson said a...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday wished Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro a speedy recovery from COVID-19. Bolsonaro had on Tuesday said that he has tested positive for coronavirus. My friend President @jairbolsonaro (Jair Bolsonaro), my prayers and best wishes for your speedy...
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A 32-year-old man, who recently returned from India and tested positive for the deadly coronavirus on Wednesday, will be charged with absconding from a managed isolation facility in Auckland to go to a supermarket, according to media reports. The man, New Zealand's latest new case of...
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With 22,752 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's COVID-19 caseload increased to 7,42,417 on Wednesday, while the death toll climbed to 20,642 with 482 people succumbing to the disease,according to the Union Health Ministry data. The number of recoveries stands...
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A Union Cabinet meeting will be held today at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence. On June 24, the Union Cabinet had approved the setting up of an Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) amounting to Rs 15,000 crore. After the Cabinet meeting, Minister of...
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Former cricketer and legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar today inaugurated a plasma donation center at Seven Hills Hospital, for the treatment of Covid patients.
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A crucial meeting of Nepal's ruling communist party to decide the political future of embattled Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli was on Wednesday postponed once again for Friday, amidst intra-party rifts and calls for his resignation over his style of functioning and anti-India statements. The...
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Mumbai police have registered an FIR against unknown persons following vandalism at Rajgruh, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's house, an official said on Wednesday.Two persons threw stones on glass windows, and damaged CCTV cameras and potted plants at Rajgruh in Dadar area in Mumbai on Tuesday night, the...
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India reports a spike of 22,752 new COVID19 cases and 482 deaths in the last 24 hours. This is the sixth consecutive day that COVID-19 cases have increased by more than 20,000.The number of recoveries stands at 4,56,831, while there are 2,64,944 active cases of coronavirus infection...
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Boundary between Bhutan-China is under negotiation and has not been demarcated, Royal Bhutanese Embassy in India has said.24 rounds of ministerial-level boundary talks held, 25th round delayed due to COVID. All disputed areas to be discussed in next round, to be held as soon as mutually...
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A 65-year-old woman was killed and another critically injured on Wednesday in heavy shelling by Pakistan Army on forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The shelling from across the border in Balakote and Mendhar sectors...
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The use of hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus patients has become highly politicized in the United States but it is used widely in India, a top White House official has said, asserting latest research showed the malaria drug is highly effective in early stages of COVID-19.It's the...
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Several Congressman and top educational institutions decried the policy change that will require international students who are in the United States with an F-1 visa to take at least one in-person course or else face the prospect of being deported.But the the State Department asserted that many...
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The Uttar Pradesh special task force on Wednesday killed an aide of gangster Vikas Dubey who was involved in an ambush in Kanpur last week in which eight policemen died, a senior official said. Amar Dubey, who carried a reward of Rs 25,000, was killed in an encounter in Maudaha village in...
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The Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations of its decision to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization, officials said, breaking off ties with the global health body amid the expanding coronavirus pandemic.The US has accused the WHO of siding with China...
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A Delhi court Tuesday granted bail to 122 Malaysian nationals, who were charge sheeted for attending Markaz at Nizamuddin in the national capital, by violating visa conditions, indulging in missionary activities illegally and violating government guidelines, issued in the wake of COVID-19...
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