Saturday, July 31, 2021
Wall to shut out dalits sparks controversy in TN
Nehru responsible for inflation: MP minister
Mumbai: Holding hand once is not harassment, says court
Man believed to be dead in air crash returns home
Tokyo 2020: India gear up for tricky British challenge
The hockey rivalry between India and Great Britain is steeped in history. On August 12, 1948, almost a year after India gained independence from the British rule, the Balbir Singh Sr led-team blanked the hosts 4-0 at a packed Wembley stadium in London to claim independent India’s maiden Olympic gold. Less than two weeks from the 73rd anniversary of the landmark day, the two teams face off in the quarterfinals at the Oi stadium.
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Navarasa, The Kissing Booth 3, and More on Netflix India in August
No. 1 tag brings more pressure than desired: Gagan Narang
Happy Friendship Day 2021: Pics, quotes, wishes and more
Olympics Live: Sindhu, men's hockey eye history
It's big day for Indian hockey and badminton, as PV Sindhu takes a crack at her second consecutive Olympic medal in the women's singles bronze-medal match and the men's hockey team looks to inch closer to end a four-decade long wait for a medal by entering the semifinals. Stay with Times of India to get all the live updates on Olympics 2021, India Events at Tokyo Olympics, Results, Medal Table and more on Times of India
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Covid: 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.
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LAC row: Leh boosts oxygen infra 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Maharashtra reports first case of Zika virus
Friday, July 30, 2021
FIR against Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma for ‘bid to murder’
Mizo Zirlai Pawl, a student body of Mizoram, has filed an FIR at Vairengte police station in Mizoram against Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and six others in connection with the border flare-up on Monday. As many as 200 unidentified Assam Police personnel have also been booked. Among the charges against Himanta and others are IPC sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 120B (criminal conspiracy).
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Tokyo 2020: Amit Panghal's campaign ends with a shocking loss
Tokyo 2020: Indian archery campaign ends without a medal
Tokyo 2020: US gymnast Simone Biles out of two more finals
24-year-old gymnastics great Simone Biles came to Tokyo seeking five gold medals to equal the Olympic all-time career record of nine, but withdrew during the women's team competition and also skipped her all-around title defence, citing mental health issues.
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Olympics Live: Sindhu, Atanu carry India's hopes
The ninth day of the Tokyo Games is headlined by shuttler PV Sindhu in the women's singles semifinals, the women's hockey team in another must-win game against South Africa, Atanu Das in archery knockout rounds and Pooja Rani in the women's boxing quarterfinals. Stay with Times of India to get all the live updates on Olympics 2021, India Events at Tokyo Olympics, Results, Medal Table and more on Times of India
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With a bronze in the bag, Lovlina sets sights higher
In this enthralling 69kg quarterfinal encounter, Lovlina showed her technical nous, superb game sense and street smartness to prevail over her much-fancied opponent. It was a 4-1 split verdict in Lovlina’s favour. All three rounds went in her favour. Despite a late surge from her opponent, Lovlina had proved insurmountable.
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Live: All universal vaccine programmes to be linked to CoWin
NSO has blocked Pegasus use by some governments: Reports
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.
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Win-win for all: CBSE Class 12 has near-perfect pass score
A pandemic year that confined students to their homes, with the classroom going online, had stoked anxiety and fear. The Class XII students, poised to embrace college life, were on tenterhooks. It turns out that all those fears were misplaced. The results announced by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday revealed that virtually everyone was a winner with few feeling disappointed.
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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.
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Biden names Indian-American to be first Muslim religious freedom ambassador
Supreme Court seeks report from Jharkhand on judge killing
Rising number of attacks on judges and lawyers compelled a worried Supreme Court on Friday to take suo motu cognisance of the alleged killing of Dhanbad additional district judge Uttam Anand and order the Jharkhand chief secretary and the DGP to submit the status of the investigations within a week.
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No deaths due to oxygen shortage in state: Goa health minister
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.
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Movement on stand-off at Hot Springs, Gogra likely today
India and China will hold their next round of top-level military talks on the continuing troop confrontation in eastern Ladakh on Saturday, amidst indications the two sides will move towards completing the stalled disengagement at Gogra and Hot Springs.
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Shilpa’s suit: Press freedom must be balanced with privacy, says HC
In some relief to Shilpa Shetty Kundra, the Bombay high court on Friday asked a TV channel based in Uttar Pradesh to take down a video content which it observed “clearly portrays her as duplicitous at a personal level” and noted that two others—an “online journalist” and a host of an online entertainment channel—have themselves removed their content after the actor filed a defamation suit on Thursday. The two undertook not to upload the content back.
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Hansal Mehta comes out in support of Shilpa Shetty
Hansal Mehta has come out in support of Shilpa Shetty. The actress has been getting trolled over social media since the arrest of her husband Raj Kundra in a pornography case. The actress also filed a defamation suit against several media outlets for defamatory reports. However, the HC has noted that passing a blanket gag order on the media against reporting anything against Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty shall have a "chilling effect on the freedom of the press.
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Thursday, July 29, 2021
Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnobat crash out of women's 25m pistol
Live: Katihar mayor Shivraj Paswan shot dead
Assam build-up & Mizoram bunkers keep border on boil
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.
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Live: Assam Board class 10 and AHM results today
SEBA Assam HSLC result 2021 will be announced by the Assam Board on Friday at 11.00 am. This year, the Board had to call off the HSLC examination for which over 4 lakh students had registered. Once the Board announces results officially, the same would be released at SEBA's portal — sebaonline.org. Stay connected to get latest updates on SEBA HSLC result 2021.
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After Kerala, Covid spike now in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Olympics LIVE: Rahi, Manu in action in 25m Pistol Rapid
Celebs among 250 hit in sextortion racket
Five youths, two of them engineers and one a minor, were recently arrested for allegedly running a nationwide racket in which they filmed men in the buff, indulged in sextortion and sold the obscene video clips on the internet. Police said the accused had made video clips of nearly 250 men and the money was stashed in bank accounts in India and Nepal. Some of their victims are models and celebrities from the TV and film industry.
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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.
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146% rise in applications for ‘Study In India’ programme
The number of applications and online test takers to avail of the scholarships provided under the Study in India programme grew by 145.6% and 651.9% respectively, giving a major boost to the scheme, which otherwise was struggling to take off for the past three years. The number of countries from which students participated in the programme also grew significantly, from 12 in 2020-21 to 136 in 2021-22.
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2,800 PILs on fundamental rights violation pending in SC
There are currently 2,880 public interest litigations (PILs) with allegations of violation of fundamental rights pending in the Supreme Court, law minister Kiren Rijiju told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. The minister, in a written reply to a query, said about 3,036 such PILs have been filed since 2019.
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Israeli agencies raid NSO offices over Pegasus row
Israeli government agencies have raided some offices of surveillance software vendor NSO Group “to begin assessing” security breach allegations against the company’s Pegasus spyware in the wake of an international media consortium claiming to have blown the whistle on multiple governments snooping on prominent personalities, journalists and political rivals. The Israeli ministry of defence announced the raids through a tweet.
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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.
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OBC, EWS get quotas in all-India med seats
India: POK ‘poll’ can’t hide illegal occupation
India on Thursday rejected the recent "elections" held in PoK, while simultaneously rejecting a reference to the CPEC in a recent Pakistan-China joint statement, saying it lies in India's territory that has been illegally occupied by Pakistan and which is resolutely opposed by India.
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Shilpa files a defamation suit against media outlets
3rd T20I: Hasaranga stars as SL beat India to win series 2-1
Humour: Indian team's poor show in T20Is triggers memefest
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Tokyo 2020: India beat Argentina 3-1 to seal quarterfinal berth
By virtue of this win, India have consolidated their position in the second spot of Pool A with three wins and one loss out of four games, behind Australia. Argentina are struggling at the fifth spot in the six-team pool and need to beat New Zealand in their final preliminary match on Friday to stay in the hunt for a quarterfinal berth.
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Mizoram demands central order to lift blockade by Assam
As Assam's retaliatory economic blockade against Mizoram over Monday's border flare-up stretched beyond 48 hours, the Zoramthanga government on Wednesday wrote to the Centre to get the neighbouring state to immediately reopen road and rail routes “owned and maintained by the government of India”.
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Olympics Live: India men look to enter hockey QFs
The seventh day of Tokyo 2020 will be headlined by ace shuttler PV Sindhu, boxing legend Mary Kom and men's hockey as far as India action is concerned, with all three needing a win to confirm a place in the quarterfinals. Stay with Times of India to get all the live updates on Olympics 2021, India Events at Tokyo Olympics, Results, Medal Table and more on Times of India
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60k Covid cocktail in demand even at small hospitals in Maha
Live: ‘Supplies of vax expected at 19-20cr doses in Sept’
For the third consecutive day this week, the daily cases are higher than the corresponding day of the previous week. If the trend continues like this then the weekly total of cases (week ending Sunday) could rise for the first time since the peak of the second wave. The rise is mainly because of a big surge in Kerala, which continued to account for over 50% of India’s new cases for the second straight day. Stay with TOI for live updates-
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Covid-19: 43k new cases, 50% of them from Kerala
For the third consecutive day this week, the daily cases are higher than the corresponding day of the previous week. If the trend continues like this then the weekly total of cases (week ending Sunday) could rise for the first time since the peak of the second wave.
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Pegasus: Oppn firm on snoop debate, BJP dismissive
As Parliament remained paralysed with the Opposition insisting on a debate on the Pegasus snooping scandal, calling it an issue of “national security and treason” which comes before every other issue, BJP accused them of disrupting proceedings on “manufactured” matters at a time when preventing a possible third Covid wave is the biggest issue before the nation.
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'Privileges, immunity no shield for criminal acts in House'
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that elected representatives can no longer go scot-free for acts of vandalism and violence inside a House and made them liable for prosecution for such acts by blowing away the traditionally misconstrued constitutional shield of "privileges and immunities".
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Mizoram demands central order to lift blockade by Assam
As Assam's retaliatory economic blockade against Mizoram over Monday's border flare-up stretched beyond 48 hours, the Zoramthanga government on Wednesday wrote to the Centre to get the neighbouring state to immediately reopen road and rail routes “owned and maintained by the government of India”.
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Covid: Reopen schools, say academics, docs, lawyers, parents
Over 50 academicians, including professors from IIT-Bombay, IIT-Delhi and Delhi University, doctors, lawyers and parents from Maharashtra, Delhi and Karnataka, have written an open letter to CMs of their respective states, presenting a case to reopen schools.
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'Covid curbs delay Chandrayaan-3 mission by 1 more year'
With the Covid pandemic delaying crucial missions of Isro, the country’s third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 is now “likely to be launched during the third quarter of 2022 assuming normal workflow henceforth”, Union minister for department of space Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday.
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'Privileges, immunity no shield for criminal acts in House'
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that elected representatives can no longer go scot-free for acts of vandalism and violence inside a House and made them liable for prosecution for such acts by blowing away the traditionally misconstrued constitutional shield of "privileges and immunities".
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7 killed in J&K cloudburst; 9 die in HP flash floods
Seven people died and many are feared missing in Honzar village of J&K's Kishtwar district as a cloudburst swept away houses, a ration depot, a bridge and other properties early Wednesday. In Himachal, nine people died while several were reported missing following flash floods in Kullu, Lahaul-Spiti and Chamba districts on Tuesday night and early Wednesday.
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India ordered 100 crore Covid vaccine doses till July 16: Centre
The government has so far ordered about 100 crore doses of Covid vaccine, two-thirds of that in the last two weeks. This was revealed in a health ministry response to a question in Rajya Sabha. According to the reply, 66 crore doses were ordered on July 16 out of 100.6 crore doses ordered so far by the central government.
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'Taliban taking over Af will make it a pariah state’
If the Taliban took Afghanistan by force and abused the rights of the people, they would make the country a “pariah state” and no international recognition or support would be forthcoming, US secretary of state Antony Blinken said here on Wednesday, in the strongest warning yet to the extremist group amid mounting atrocities and continuing violence in the restive country.
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Eye on China: India deploys its new Rafales on eastern front
India has now deployed its latest omni-role Rafale fighter jets close to the Sikkim-Bhutan-Tibet tri-junction on the eastern front with China, which constitutes a new deterrent just before the next round of top-level military talks between the two countries likely on Saturday.
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2nd T20I: SL beat India to keep series alive
A depleted Indian team, playing with only five batsmen, could not defend a modest target of 133 despite a valiant effort from its players as Sri Lanka kept the three-match series alive with a four-wicket victory in the second T20 International on Wednesday.
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Plane crashes into house in western Ukraine, 4 dead
A light-sport aircraft crashed into the roof of a private villa near Sheparivtsi village in Ukraine's Kolomyia district at around 1:40pm local time on Wednesday. All four people on board the WT-10 Advantic, including the pilot and three passengers died, as a blaze erupted post the crash.
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Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Blockade in Assam cuts off Mizoram
Tokyo 2020: India lose 1-4 to Great Britain in women's hockey
With Bommai as new CM, BJP tries to reassure powerful Lingayat community in Karnataka
The announcement that Basavaraj Bommai will be the next Karnataka chief minister, made by his predecessor BS Yediyurappa, is a significant gesture to reassure the influential Lingayat community that their interests are safe with BJP and the party will not lose sight of them.
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18 killed, many injured as truck hits bus in UP
Live: DHSE Kerala 12th result to be out today at 3 pm
Kerala higher secondary board will release plus two and VHSE result 2021 on Wednesday, July 28. Kerala +2 and VHSE result 2021 will be released at 3.00 pm on keralaresults.nic.in. Students are advised to visit the official website after 3 pm today to download their result. Stay connected with TimeofIndia to get the latest updates on Kerala 12th Results 2021:
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I definitely had Ma Long under pressure: Sharath Kamal
A 39-year-old Sharath Kamal hasn’t ruled out a return to Olympics in 2024. But even if he doesn’t, the Indian great will remember his Olympics swansong as one of his best-ever performances. It wasn’t enough to stop the legendary Ma Long in the third round at Tokyo, but that takes nothing away from the brilliant fight that the Chennai paddler put up, especially in the first three games.
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Olympics Live: India women eye first hockey win
It's the sixth day of the Tokyo Olympics, and leading India's hopes will be shuttler PV Sindhu, archers, rowers and the women's hockey team. But all eyes will be on the archers and the lightweight men's double sculls rowing team as far as the chances of confirming progression to the medal rounds are concerned. Stay with Times of India to get all the live updates on Olympics 2021, India Events at Tokyo Olympics, Results, Medal Table and more on Times of India
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Covid-19: Kerala logs 22,000 cases, first in 50 days to top 20k
Kerala became the first state in the last 50 days to report over 20,000 fresh Covid cases in a single day, as a major spurt in infections took the day’s tally in the southern state to 22,129 on Tuesday. Kerala accounted for more than 50% of all new cases in the country on Tuesday.
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'Mumbai 52nd among 100 on student employability'
'Covishield generates 93% protection'
Covishield generated 93% protection against Covid, whereas mortality due to the infection came down by 98% during the second wave which was driven by Delta variant, officials said citing a vaccine effectiveness study conducted by Armed Forces Medical College.
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Fix standards, rates for hospitals: PIL
At a time when 70% of patient care is provided by private sector healthcare institutions, the Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from the Centre, states and Union Territories on a PIL seeking implementation of minimum standards of healthcare and display of rate chart for treatments by all hospitals as per Clinical Establishments Act, 2010.
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Oppn: Session to go waste if spy probe call not accepted
The political battle over the Pegasus spyware controversy heated up with opposition warning that the entire monsoon session of Parliament could be disrupted unless its demands for a discussion and an inquiry are met and PM Narendra Modi urging BJP MPs to “expose” opponents for not letting Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha function.
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Assam CM links border clash to cow bill, drugs crackdown
The BJP-led Assam government’s crackdown on narcotics smuggling and the new law restricting cattle transportation through its territory might have been triggers for “non-state actors” in Mizoram to engineer Monday’s flare-up in which five cops were killed, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday.
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Can’t take elitist view to ban begging: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would not take an elitist view to ban begging and order removal of all beggars, who are a common sight at almost all traffic junctions in the national capital often harassing commuters by relentlessly pestering for money.
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Yediyurappa’s trusted aide Basavaraj Bommai to be new Karnataka chief minister
Outgoing chief minister B S Yediyurappa's close confidant and state’s home minister Basavaraj Bommai is to be the 20th CM of Karnataka. He will be sworn in on Wednesday. Bommai’s elevation to the top post keeps two key constituents for BJP — Lingayat community and Yediyurappa — happy.
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Rajnath may meet Chinese counterpart in Dushanbe
Monday, July 26, 2021
Tokyo 2020: Naomi Osaka crashes out after error-strewn display
'Anticipating arrest Raj Kundra threw away old phone'
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Kundra case live: Sherlyn Chopra to move court for anticipatory bail
Assam, Mizoram CMs cross swords on Twitter over border row
The inter-state boundary dispute between Assam and Mizoram saw a rare faceoff on Twitter between their chief ministers who sought to blame each other’s police and people for the tension in Cachar. The Centre, meanwhile, tried to de-escalate the matter by directly engaging with the two CMs and advising them to resolve the issue peacefully.
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6 Assam cops killed in border violence with Mizoram
Six Assam cops were killed and around 80 people, including officials, were injured in firing by Mizoram police and alleged Mizo intruders along the inter-state border in Cachar’s Lailapur on Monday as a boundary dispute festering for 25-odd years escalated into full-blown violence involving security forces and civilians on either side.
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Manu, Saurabh fail to enter 10m AP Mixed Team final
Pair of Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker failed to qualify for the medal match in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event after finishing the Qualification stage 2 at the seventh spot here at the Asaka Shooting - 10m Range. Chaudhary and Bhaker shot a total of 380 in Qualification stage 2 and hence they bowed out of the Olympics in the mixed event.
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Chanu had a 'painful' night before winning silver
A day before the competition in Tokyo, Mirabai seemed in fine fettle, lifting good weights during training sessions. Later in the day, however, she developed menstrual cramps, forcing the coaching staff to completely abandon their plans and revisit their weightlifting strategy for the day.
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Olympics LIVE: India hope to win mixed team shooting medals
Covid live: Vaccine numbers cross 44cr after July slump
I-T has filed 107 cases on black money stashed overseas: Govt
The government on Monday told Parliament that the income tax department has filed over 10,000 cases with 107 related to black money stashed overseas. Responding to a question in Lok Sabha, junior minister for finance Pankaj Choudhury said till the end of May, in the Panama Papers cases, undisclosed credits of Rs 20,078 crore have been detected, with another Rs 246 crore detected in the Paradise Papers cases.
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'Big part of Rs 3.4L cr petroleum cess used for free vax, poor'
The government earned Rs 3.4 lakh crore in financial year 2020-21 from central excise duty and cess on petroleum products, petroleum minister Hardeep Puri informed the Lok Sabha on Monday, adding that it used a large part of the money to provide free vaccines and relief to the poor through the PM Garib Kalyan Yojana, under which free ration was given to 80 crore beneficiaries during April-November in 2020 and May-June this year.
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Sr ED officer, former Kejriwal aide on Pegasus
Rajeshwar Singh, a senior ED officer who led several high-profile investigations conducted by his agency, was selected as a probable target for surveillance by an Indian client of the Israeli spyware firm NSO Group, an investigation of leaked data by The Wire and its media partners on the Pegasus Project has revealed.
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Those with high BP most likely to get post-Covid problems
People with hypertension, or high blood pressure, are most likely to develop complications when infected by Covid-19, says an analysis of medical records of over 1,800 patients admitted to hospitals run by the Mayo Clinic in the United States. A similar study of 18,000 Covid patients by Max Healthcare also established the role of hypertension in complications.
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Delta infecting even fully vaccinated at a greater rate
The Delta variant is the fastest, fittest and most formidable version of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 the world has encountered, and it is upending assumptions about the disease even as nations loosen restrictions and open their economies, according to virologists and epidemiologists.
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With B S Yediyurappa on board, BJP confident of smooth transition in Karnataka
While the resignation of B S Yediyurappa has the political circles speculating about the fallout in terms of how he has taken it and in the context of possible resentment among his fellow Lingayats, the BJP leadership is confident of managing the transition well.
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Sunday, July 25, 2021
Redmi Note 10T 5G Set to Go on Sale for the First Time Today
Magnitude-4 earthquake strikes near Hyderabad
Landslide kills 9 tourists in Himachal Pradesh
Olympics: Indian men's archery team sets up QF vs Korea
Landslide kills 9 tourists in Himachal Pradesh
Olympics live: Fencer Bhavani wins her first Olympic match, beats Tunisia's Nazia
Indian Fencing made its Olympic debut today with Bhavani Devi, who went on to win he first match in the women's Sabre event. Later, the men's archery team takes a shot at a medal, while Manika Batra will look to continue her scintillating run to an Olympic podium. Stay with Times of India to get all the live updates on Olympics 2021, India Events at Tokyo Olympics, Results, Medal Table and more on Times of India
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Gaganyaan: More than 2 uncrewed missions on cards
Maharashtra rain toll hits 149, 64 still missing
The rain wrecked Konkan belt of Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts saw its death toll rise to 83 while 50 remained missing on Sunday. Flood and landslide deaths across the state rose to 149 while 64 were still missing. CM Uddhav Thackeray visited some of the affected parts and learnt that the locals were still asking for food, water, medicines and fodder for animals.
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Students can now get 40% of univ credits from e-courses
Come the 2021-22 academic session, students of 149 universities would be allowed to earn upto 40% of their required credits from among the over 800 online courses available on the Swayam platform. The academic bank of credit (ABC) would also become functional from the forthcoming academic session, which will be a repository of the credits earned by a student. Once the student fulfils the total credits required, he or she will be granted the degree.
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Govt finalises 3 tweaks for state OBC powers
Aiming to overturn the Supreme Court judgment and restore the rights of states to identify the OBCs for local purposes, the Modi government is embracing the very changes to the 102nd Constitutional amendment that it had rejected from the opposition during the parliamentary process.
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Raj cabinet rejig likely soon, Pilot may be shifted out
TMC-Congress ties warm up as Mamata’s Delhi trip starts today
A tweet on Sunday morning from Congress’s official Twitter handle on the Pegasus snoopgate featuring Trinamool’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, saying how he was targeted because of the Bengal polls, found a response from TMC’s Rajya Sabha leader Derek O’Brien with the “Khela Hobe” slogan.
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Waiting for leadership’s signal on my future as CM: BSY
Covid claims to exceed 50% of Q1 health payouts
India pushes back against US human rights discourse
OnePlus Nord 2 5G Goes on Sale: Price in India, Specifications
'US to continue air strikes supporting Afghan troops'
1st T20I: Surya, Bhuvneshwar star in easy India victory
Saturday, July 24, 2021
Tokyo Olympics: Manu, Yashaswini miss 10m air pistol finals
Both Manu Bhaker and Yashaswini Singh Deswal were appearing in their maiden Olympics and the pressure got the better of them in crunch moments. Manu was pegged back by a technical glitch involving her gun after an impressive start saw her take one of the places in the top eight. An opening of 98 was followed by 95, 94 and a 95 as the young shooter dropped out of the top-10.
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How to Use Automated Captions for Voice Tweets on Twitter
In a first, TRS MP Maloth Kavitha convicted for bribing voters
TRS Lok Sabha MP Maloth Kavitha and her associate were on Saturday convicted by the special sessions court for MP & MLA cases at Nampally. They were sentenced to undergo six-month imprisonment. However, the judge granted them bail to file an appeal before a higher court.
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Cops finds hidden cupboard in Raj Kundra's office : Reports
In the ongoing investigation of the pornography case linked to Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra, Mumbai's Crime Branch has found a hidden cupboard. Reportedly, the cupboard was discovered during the search process conducted at Kundra's Viaan and JL Stream office in the Andheri region.
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Tokyo Olympics: PV Sindhu makes a winning start
Olympics LIVE: 10m AP Women's Qualification at 5.30 am
Live: Kerala Covid cases hit 51-day high, India’s tally tops 40k
ED may join probe against Raj Kundra
The Enforcement Directorate is likely to investigate the money laundering angle in the porn movie production case involving businessman Raj Kundra as the Mumbai crime branch found suspicious financial transaction between him and the South African bank account of Mercury International company (online betting and casino gaming). Kundra’s wife Shilpa Shetty has denied any role, police said.
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China ‘ban’ on entry of Indian sailors, says seafarers’ body
ISC pass percentage jumps from 96.8 to 99.7
Over 99% of the 3.1 lakh students have cleared Class X (ICSE) and Class XII (ISC) under the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE). While the board could not hold examinations this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the marks for both the classes were calculated on the basis of earlier exams and assessments. The results declared on Saturday showed the pass percentage in Class XII seeing a big jump from 96.8% in 2020 to 99.7% this year.
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37% of 10-year-olds on FB, over 24% on Instagram: Survey
A new study on the effect of smartphone and internet use based on a survey of over 3400 school going children shows that a significant 42.9% respondents confessed to having a social networking account. Drawing attention to the ease with which children could create an account and asserting on the need to ensure their safety to prevent harassment and abuse, the study commissioned by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights also brings into focus a bigger concern that a large proportion of 10 years olds have social media accounts.
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Must watch Chinese inroads into Myanmar: Bipin Rawat
India needs to closely monitor the emerging situation in Myanmar, where China is making further inroads after international sanctions were imposed on the country following the military coup in February, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said on Saturday.
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Use of spyware tech to snoop on critics, journos concerning: US
'Govt officials world over among 1.4k WhatsApp users targeted'
Senior government officials from across the world, including individuals in high national security positions who are “allies of the US”, were targeted by governments using the NSO Group spyware in a 2019 attack against 1,400 WhatsApp users, according to the messaging app’s chief executive officer, The Guardian reported.
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Shilpa refrains from commenting on Raj Kundra case
Yesterday, Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra were part of the search and investigation party that visited their residence in Mumbai, looking for further evidence and information in the on-going case against the latter. Raj Kundra was arrested on July 20 for an alleged case that involves the production and distribution of pornographic content.
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Friday, July 23, 2021
Rains wreak havoc in Maha, 129 feared killed
As many as 129 people have died in rain-related incidents, including multiple landslides, in Maharashtra over the last two days, while 84,452 people under the Pune division were shifted to safer places on Friday as heavy showers continued to wreak havoc in the state, officials said.
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Olympics: Deepika-Pravin qualify for quarters in mixed team
OLY: Apurvi , Elavenil fail to qualify for 10m AR final
India vs England: BCCI flying in replacements to England
The BCCI is getting ready to send replacements to England in the wake of three injuries. All-rounder Washington Sundar and standby pacer Avesh Khan suffered finger injuries during the course of India’s warm-up game against a Combined County XI this week and have been ruled out of the entire series.
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Olympics: Bhutan's archer Karma waits to challenge Deepika
For a nation that measures welfare through happiness, Bhutanese are happiest shooting arrows in the sun. Known as ‘Dha’ in the Himalayan kingdom, archery, their national sport, holds unique significance for the population and is an integral part of its cultural legacy.
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Cops quiz Shilpa Shetty in hubby’s pornography case
The Mumbai crime branch carried out a search of actor Shilpa Shetty’s house in Juhu in connection with the pornography case involving her husband Raj Kundra on Friday. Shetty was a director in Kundra’s Viaan Industries which is under the scanner. A police team recorded Shetty’s statement on when and why she resigned from the post.
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Rs 9,725 crore spent so far on vaccination drive
Olympics Live: India hope to start its medal count today
The India action officially got underway yesterday with the rankings rounds in Archery, but the medal possibilities, or say the chances to be in the medal rounds, open up from today. Stay with Times of India to get all the live updates on Olympics 2021, India Events at Tokyo Olympics, Results, Medal Table and more on Times of India.
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90 dead, 70 missing as rains wreak havoc across Maha
At least 90 people have died and nearly 70 are missing after rain-related tragedies — largely landslides — reported across the state on Friday following incessant, and sometimes record-drowning, showers. Raigad, the worst affected district, reported 60 deaths in three landslide incidents, including the worst at Taliye village in Mahad taluka that has claimed 49 lives.
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Picked TMC parl party chief, Didi in national arena
HC: Meat ban matter of fundamental rights
In a country where 70% of the population eats non-vegetarian food, the matter of banning meat is one that concerns the fundamental rights of citizens and isn’t a majority versus minority issue, the Uttarakhand high court said on Friday while hearing two petitions against a ban on slaughterhouses in Haridwar.
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Zomato market cap crosses Coal India, M&M on debut
Sidhu bats on front foot at photo-op with CM Amarinder
The much-awaited photo op of Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh with Navjot Singh Sidhu finally happened with the CM hosting the newly appointed PCC chief and other Congress MLAs and MPs over tea at Punjab Bhawan on Friday and the two warring factions of the state Congress projecting a united face.
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My No. tapped, claims Rahul; BJP dares him to allow probe
Claiming that Intelligence Bureau officers had told him that his phone was being tapped, Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused PM Narendra Modi of treason for snooping on the opposition and institutions, drawing a strong riposte from the saffron party which demanded that the Congress MP hand over his phone to the investigating agencies so that a proper investigation could be conducted.
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HC quashes UP police’s notice to Twitter India MD
Surfeit of 95%-plus scores forces CBSE result revision
The CBSE board is faced with a unique problem this year: A sudden spike in high achievers. After the board’s software pored over the data submitted by schools, it recently found the count of candidates with 95%-plus had zoomed way above the previous years’ numbers.
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Xi ‘secretly’ visits Tibet, first trip by a China president in 3 decades
In a development that raised eyebrows across the world, Chinese President Xi Jinping made an unannounced visit to Tibet this week, including to Nyingchi located close to Arunachal Pradesh. This was Xi’s first visit to Tibet since taking over as president in 2013.
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After e-tron launch, Audi preparing for 'EV marathon'
3rd ODI: SL bag consolation win; India clinch series 2-1
Shilpa resigned from Raj Kundra’s co, cops investigating
Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra spent 6 long hours today evening as officials from Mumbai's Crime Branch searched through their sprawling home looking for key evidence. Sources close to the investigation have revealed that Shilpa’s involvement in the case is being probed into right now.
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Over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report
Some Delhi-based Kashmiri journalists and over 25 people from the Kashmir Valley were selected as potential targets for surveillance between 2017 and mid-2019 by an yet unidentified government agency that is also believed to be a client of the Israeli company NSO Group, The Wire reported on Friday.
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Thursday, July 22, 2021
Live: BIEAP Intermediate 2nd year results today
Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education (BIEAP) will release AP Intermediate 2nd year results today at 4 PM. BIEAP Inter results 2021 will be released on the official website of the Board - bie.ap.gov.in. Stay connected with the TimesofIndia.com for the latest updates on AP Inter 2nd Year results 2021:
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Realme Watch 2 Pro, Buds Wireless 2 Neo India Launch Today: How to Watch Live
Xi Jinping makes rare visit to Tibet amid border tensions with India
Xi arrived in the regional capital Lhasa on Thursday, the official Xinhua News Agency said on social media. Xi inspected the operation of the Sichuan-Tibet railway during his visit. The region has been at the center of ongoing border tensions with India.
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Tokyo Olympics LIVE: Archer Deepika 9th in ranking round
Stay with Times of India to get all the live updates on Olympics 2021, India Events at Tokyo Olympics, Results, Medal Table and more on Times of India. Star Indian archer Deepika Kumari finished ninth in the women's individual ranking round as the country's Olympic campaign kickstarted at the Yumenoshima Park. The world No.1 finished with 663 points. The opening ceremony will start at 4.30 pm (IST) today.
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Poco F3 GT Is Launching in India Today: How to Watch Livestream
Tokyo Olympics 2021: Live updates
Covid live: 'Relax travel restrictions for Indians'
How Can You Live Stream the Tokyo Olympics?
Amarinder to attend Sidhu’s installation ceremony
Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday agreed to attend the installation ceremony of the new Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu, putting an end to speculations that he may boycott the event on Friday. The CM will also host party MLAs and MPs over tea before Sidhu assumes charge. Amarinder had earlier put a precondition that Sidhu should publicly apologise for his ‘derogatory’ tweets before he agrees to meet Sidhu.
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Second-hand flat buyers have same rights: SC
In a major relief to homebuyers who purchased flats from original allottees but were not delivered the apartments, the Supreme Court on Thursday said a builder cannot deny their right to get possession within a reasonable period of time and that they are also entitled to get a refund of their money.
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High positivity in some states could spur next wave: Govt
Even as the overall Covid positivity rate has been less than 3% for over a month now, states like Kerala, Manipur, Rajasthan, Mizoram, Nagaland and Meghalaya still have large number of districts with weekly positivity significantly above 10%, causing concern in the Centre that this may trigger the next wave in the absence of stringent micro-level containment.
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'Pegasus row aimed at derailing data protection bill'
Junior external affairs minister Meenakshi Lekhi on Thursday said the Pegasus controversy was linked to a report of a parliamentary committee headed by her that examined the Personal Data Protection Bill, and was an attempt to prevent such a legislation.
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'Centre never sought oxygen death data'
Two Congress-led states on Thursday refuted the Centre’s statement in Parliament that “no deaths due to lack of oxygen were specifically reported by the states” during the second wave of Covid-19. The health ministers of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh claimed their states were never asked to submit the relevant data and hence did not report the number of Covid deaths medically attributed to oxygen shortage.
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Ready to go: Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa
Phones of ex-CBI chief Alok Verma too on snoop list: Report
After the government decided to remove Alok Verma as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chief, his three phone numbers were allegedly noted by an unnamed agency which was known to be a user of the Pegasus spyware, a web portal said in a report on Thursday.
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IT searches Dainik Bhaskar, oppn calls it attack on press
In a major action, income tax (I-T) officials on Thursday conducted searches on 30 premises across several cities, including Indore, Bhopal, Jaipur, Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Korba and Ahmedabad, against the Bhaskar media group and its promoters in the Panama paper leak case.
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Anil Ambani may also have been surveilled: Report
Pegasus row: MP snatches, tears IT min’s papers in Parl
High drama unfolded in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday afternoon when Trinamool Congress MP Shantanu Sen snatched papers from IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw just as the minister stood up to make a statement on the Pegasus snooping row, setting off a heated exchange of words with BJP benches.
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Shilpa Shetty's first post since Raj Kundra’s arrest
Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra has been arrested for creating pornography content for mobile applications. He has been sent to police custody till Friday. Also, the latest reports stated that Shilpa will not be served a summon in the Raj Kundra case which was being speculated in the last few days.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Magnitude-4.8 earthquake hits Rajasthan's Bikaner
Israeli ministers to look into NSO spyware charges
Two Olympic athletes test positive for Covid-19: Organisers
Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony director fired
Taliban routing drugs to West via India: DRI
A Taliban link to drug smuggling to the West via Hyderabad and other Indian cities has emerged in the probe by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). Heroin consignments are frequently being caught at airports in the past few weeks, with three cases in Hyderabad alone.
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Kangana moves Bombay HC against defamation case
India in extended troika on Af? Russia yet to decide
Big dip in J&K terror incidents in 2021
Jammu & Kashmir recorded a significant decline in terror-related incidents this year, which fell to 67 till July 16, 2021 from 105 till June 30 last year. Local terror recruitment too was lower at 57 cases till July 16 this year as compared to 73 in the first half of 2020.
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Israeli ministers to look into NSO spyware charges
Delta causing most post-vaccine infections
Genome sequencing of recent samples from across the country shows that the Delta variant continues to be the dominant lineage causing new Covid-19 cases though there is strong evidence that vaccination offers a high level of protection, the Indian SARS-CoV2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) said.
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China woos young Tibetans to join PLA
China has further cranked up efforts to recruit young Tibetans in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and local militias as well as to act as guides along the border, even as it continues to consolidate its military positions and upgrade its airbases facing India.
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Didi tries to rally opposition for 2024 but says no PM aspirations
“We have to unite, for our people, for our country. People will never forgive us if we don’t,” said Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday, using the “July 21 Martyrs’ Day” platform to pitch for a united “front” of opposition parties to take on BJP in the 2024 general election.
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India, Pakistan forces exchange Eid sweets
The Indian Army and Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday exchanged sweets and pleasantries with their Pakistani counterparts on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha at different border posts in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab for the first time since the Pulwama attack in 2019.
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Sidhu hosts '62 MLAs' in show of strength
Navjot Singh Sidhu’s meeting with “62 MLAs” at his residence on Wednesday, followed by a trip to the Golden Temple to pray, MLAs in tow, was seen as a major show of strength by the newly appointed Punjab Congress chief in his running feud with chief minister Amarinder Singh.
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UP seeks SC okay to install statues in public places
Drones spotted near Jammu Air Force station
Wrong entries in health App raise Covid alarm in Indian camp
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Magnitude-5.3 earthquake hits Rajasthan's Bikaner
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Haryana, Punjab have 4% of India's population, 40% of Oly squad
Athletes from Haryana and Punjab are once again leading the way for the country at the Olympics. The two states, with just 4.4% share of India’s population, have together sent 50 athletes to the Tokyo Games, accounting for 40% of the Indian contingent. Haryana has 31 athletes in the contingent, nearly 25% of the total, while Punjab has 19.
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India’s first bird flu death reported at AIIMS-Delhi
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Live: Kerala's daily Covid-19 cases at 45-day high
India’s tally was back to nearly 40,000 on Tuesday, a day after the country had reported the fewest daily cases since March 16. In the northeast, new cases surged to an all-time high of 806 in Mizoram while Manipur recorded 1,127, just short of the state’s highest count of 1,171 reported last Saturday. Numbers were also high in Arunachal (508), Meghalaya (500) and Tripura (488). Stay with TOI for all the updates
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Raj Kundra sold app to cover up porn trail, say police
To mislead investigating agencies, businessman Ripu Sudan Balkrishna Kundra alias Raj Kundra (45), arrested on Monday for production of pornographic films, sold his app ‘Hotshots’ to the UK-based company Kenrin Pvt Ltd owned by his brother-in-law Pradeep Bakshi but controlled activities from Mumbai, police said on Tuesday.
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‘Covid ICU costs equal to 7-month pay for avg Indian’
The cost of hospitalisation in the ICU for Covid-19 treatment in India is equivalent to seven months or more of earnings for the average salaried, self-employed or casual worker, with the burden on casual workers equivalent to a year and three months’ income, a study has concluded.
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Kerala easing curbs for Eid a sorry state of affairs: SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday passed a stricture against the Pinarayi Vijayan administration in Kerala for succumbing to traders’ pressure to relax Covid lockdown norms for Eid shopping even when the ‘God’s own country’ had a high Covid positivity rate with more than 1.2 lakh active cases.
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'Karnataka netas picked for possible surveillance'
Mobile phone numbers of former Karnataka deputy chief minister G Parameshwara and the personal secretaries of former chief ministers H D Kumaraswamy and Siddaramaiah were alleged to have been selected for possible surveillance ahead of the toppling of the state government in July 2019, The Wire reported on Tuesday.
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68% of Indians have Covid-19 antibodies, 1/3rd vulnerable
At least one-third of Indians are still vulnerable to Covid-19 infection, health officials have said, while sharing the findings of the fourth national sero survey, which shows 67.6% of the general population have antibodies against the SARS-CoV2 virus.
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France launches probe into Pegasus spying row
No deaths due to lack of oxygen reported by states: Centre
The government on Tuesday told Parliament that there were no deaths due to lack of oxygen specifically reported by states and UTs during the second wave of Covid-19. Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted that the data was based on reports from the states and UTs. He also said, during a discussion on the pandemic in the Rajya Sabha, that the states had been urged to report all cases and deaths.
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2nd ODI: Chahar scripts India's series-sealing win over SL
Tail-ender Deepak Chahar brought India back from the dead with a steely 69 off 82 balls and script the visiting team's series-sealing victory in the second ODI against Sri Lanka. Chasing 276, India were down and out at 193 for seven before Chahar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (19 not out off 28) forged an unbeaten 84-run stand to seal a memorable win for the visitors
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'Centre, states should work as team to combat Covid pandemic'
With some opposition parties including the Congress skipping an all-party meeting on the COVID-19 management, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called for the Centre and states to work together as a team and rise above politics to combat the pandemic.
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Raj Kundra, kin 'masterminded' porn racket: Police
The Mumbai Police on Tuesday made a shocking revelation that arrested businessman Raj Kundra and his brother-in-law Pradeep Bakshi are the alleged masterminds of an international porn films racket perpetrated through their content production companies based in India and the United Kingdom.
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Monday, July 19, 2021
Live: West Bengal WBBSE 10th results today
WB Madhyamik Result 2021 will be announced by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) on Monday through a press conference. Once announced, students can check their results on the official portal of WB Results — wbresults.nic.in. This year, there will not be a merit list as the exams were cancelled. Stay connected to get the latest updates on the WB 10th result 2021 here.
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Hospitals have become a big industry, laments SC
Made aware of the hefty hospital bills footed by Covid patients during the second wave that pushed health infrastructure to the brink, the Supreme Court on Monday said hospitals have become a big industry instead of discharging their responsibilities to provide succour to distressed patients.
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Journey has just begun: Sidhu on meeting spree with netas
Declaring that his journey has “just begun”, Punjab Congress’ new president Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday pledged to work with every “member of the Congress family” to fulfil the ‘Jittega Punjab’ mission, a day after being appointed to the key post after months of a bitter, polarising spat between him and CM Amarinder Singh.
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Manipur frees activist after SC gives it 6 hours to comply
In another order that protects liberties, the Supreme Court on Monday gave the Manipur government six hours to release activist Leichombam Erendro, detained since May 13 for a social media post on the inefficacy of cow dung and urine against coronavirus after state BJP president Prof Tikendra Singh succumbed to Covid
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Govt pushes back as fresh allegations of snooping emerge
With Congress and other parties protesting in Parliament, the main opposition said Shah must step down and Prime Minister Narendra Modi be investigated over news reports of alleged illegal hacking of cell phones of several Indian politicians, journalists and constitutional functionaries.
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Two Union ministers, Rahul Gandhi, Prashant Kishor on Pegasus list: Report
The names are part of a cache of around 1,000 numbers from India of which around 300 have been verified, according to the report. The Wire, which is part of the ‘Pegasus Project’, involving media outfits across several countries, reported that at least two phone accounts used by Gandhi as well as numbers used by his aides and friends were on the leaked database.
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Shilpa Shetty's husband arrested in pornography case
'Tatas welcome to invest in Bengal, no enmity with group'
Bopanna, AITA in spat over Olympics 'non-entry'
On Monday, Rohan Bopanna accused the All India Tennis Association (AITA) of misleading "the players, government, media and everyone else" by saying that he and Sumit Nagal had "a good chance" of making the Olympics cut instead of the original nomination of Bopanna-Divij Sharan.
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Sunday, July 18, 2021
Live: Tamil Nadu Class 12th results today
Tamil Nadu Class 12 results 2021 will be released on Monday, July 19. TNDGE +2 results 2021 will be released on the official website of the Board - tnresults.nic.in. Candidates are advised to stay connected with us to get the latest updates on the same.
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Rain fury kills 33 in Mumbai, cripples air, rail, road traffic
Torrential rains wreaked havoc in the city on Sunday leaving 32 dead and six others injured in five separate incidents of landslides, electrocutions and a house collapse. The downpour began in the early hours of Sunday and continued through the day. A landslide in Mahul’s Bharat Nagar claimed the most lives with 19 people reported dead till evening; rescue operations were on at time of going to press
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