Covid Live News: Issuing an advisory, the Punjab government said all must ensure the wearing of appropriate masks in all educational institutions, government, and private offices, during indoor and outdoor gatherings, malls and public places.
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Mumbai on Saturday recorded 867 COVID-19 cases, which took the tally to 11,31,706, while the death toll stood unchanged at 19,663, a civic official said. Earlier on August 10 and 12 as well, the addition to the tally had breached the 800-mark with 852 and 871 cases respectively, he pointed out.
This caused minor splinter injuries to one CRPF personnel. Cordon and Search operations have been launched to nab culprit(s): Srinagar Police
Anshu Jain died after a five-year battle with duodenal cancer, his family said in a statement Saturday. He was 59. He has been president of Cantor Fitzgerald since 2017 and before that was co-chief executive of Deutsche Bank AG. He was diagnosed in January 2017, his family said.
BJP National President JP Nadda participates in 'Har Ghar Tiranga Campaign' in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh https://t.co/dxcXTbzvKk
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China welcomes Indian students. The first batch of Indian students to resume studies in China in the near future. Concerned departments of both countries are working together: Sun Weidong, Chinese Ambassador to India
More than 2,100 cattle have died while over 60,000 have been affected by lumpy skin disease so far in Punjab, an official said on Saturday. The Punjab government has intensified efforts to check the spread of the disease and has administered goat pox vaccine to more than 1.45 lakh cattle, the official said.
Himachal Pradesh recorded 423 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, taking the infection tally to 3,07,482, officials said. A 45-year-old woman succumbed to the disease in Sirmaur district as the death toll rose to 4,163, they said.
China conducts all activity at borders in accordance with agreements signed between India and China. I have no specific information of any movement; the situation at the border is stable at the moment: Sun Weidong, Chinese Ambassador to India, on reports of military/airforce activity near LAC
Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) on Saturday reported narrowing of its consolidated net loss to Rs 66.11 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. The company had clocked a consolidated net loss of Rs 95.15 crore in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal, it said in a regulatory filing to the BSE
The Sri Lankan government has allowed a high-tech Chinese research ship to dock at the southern port of Hambantota on August 16, official sources said on Saturday. The Chinese ballistic missile and satellite tracking ship, ‘Yuan Wang 5’, was earlier scheduled to arrive on Thursday and remain at the port until August 17 for replenishment.
Odisha’s COVID-19 tally rose to 13,22,183 on Saturday as 403 more people, including 48 children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. The COVID-19 death toll remained at 9,154 as there was no new death. Fifty-three other patients have died due to comorbidities so far, the health department said.
Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital Medical Director Dr Suresh Kumar on Saturday said that Omicron sub-variant BA 2.75 is the dominant variant in Delhi having been found in a majority of cases. LNJP MD mentioned that usual symptoms are sore throat, running nose, low-grade fever, headache and body ache.
Amid an upward trend in COVID19 cases, the Punjab govt’s Home Affairs dept issues an advisory to ensure “wearing of appropriate masks in all educational institutions, govt & pvt offices, indoor & outdoor gatherings, malls, public places, etcetera”.
They have been arrested under various sections including 506, 341, 34 of IPC. Further probe underway, said Madurai Police Commissioner.
The Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2022, was passed unanimously with a voice vote. The bill inserts the reference to “mass conversion”, which is described as two or more people converting at the same time, in the 2019 Act and proposes to increase the punishment for forced conversions to a maximum of 10 years from seven years.
The U.S. Treasury Department told India that an Indian ship picked up oil from a Russian tanker on the high seas and brought it to a port in Gujarat on the west coast, where it was refined and shipped on, said Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Michael Patra.
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has given its approval for the acquisition of Holcim’s stake in Ambuja Ltd and ACC Ltd by the Adani Group. In a tweet on Friday, the watchdog said it has approved the “acquisition of the stake in Holderind Investments, Ambuja Cements and ACC by Endeavour Trade and Investment”.
Russian forces have taken full control of Pisky, a village on the outskirts in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Interfax cited the Russian defence ministry as saying on Saturday. The ministry also said that Russian forces had destroyed a U.S.-supplied HIMARS rocket system near Ukraine’s Kramatorsk and a depot with ammunition for the system, Interfax reported.
Parts of Shaanxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, Henan, Hubei, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia are expected to experience high temperatures of 35 to 39 degrees Celsius, Xinhua news agency quoted the National Meteorological Centre as saying.
Media reports said a young man in his early 20s died after being hit by parts of the stage as it collapsed at the event which had been expected to draw some 320,000 festivalgoers.They also said some of the large structures making up the festival entrance also blew down.
Sri Lanka’s government granted permission on Saturday for a controversial Chinese research vessel to visit the island despite neighbouring India’s concerns that it could spy on New Delhi’s military installations, officials said. The Yuan Wang 5 is described as a research and survey vessel by international shipping and analytics sites, but according to Indian media it is a dual-use spy ship.
A man was detained after a footwear was hurled on the car of Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan in Madurai, when he was returning after paying homage to a slain Indian army soldier hailing from the district.
Pakistan will attend the international counter-terrorism exercise scheduled in October this year under SCO’s Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure (RATS), The Express Tribune newspaper quoted Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesman Asim Iftikhar as saying on Friday at the weekly briefing. This will be the first time that Pakistan will be attending such drills in India.
“She came positive yesterday. A team of doctors are treating her now,” revealed Medical Director of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital Dr Suresh Kumar. She reportedly had travelled to Nigeria.
A patient was admitted in LNJP & her sample tested positive for monkeypox y’day. At present, 4 patients are admitted, 1 discharged. Total 5 cases have yet been reported here. Team of doctors is treating her, said Dr Suresh Kumar, MD LNJP hospital.
“It was in 2018 he came in online contact with Hakimullah, member of JeM in Pakistan, who introduced him with another member, Saifullah. He created virtual IDs from India & sent them to Pak handlers so he may hide his digital footprint.”
Tax collected on income of companies surged by 34 per cent in the first four months of the current fiscal that began in April, indicating that a simplified tax regime with low rates is yielding results, the Income Tax Department said.
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India’s foreign exchange reserves fell $897 million to $572.978 billion in the week ended August 5, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) bulletin weekly statistical supplement. The fall was witnessed after it rose during the week ending July 29 after falling for the four consecutive weeks earlier.
Any possible seizure of Russian assets by the United States will completely destroy Moscow’s bilateral relations with Washington, TASS quoted the head of the North American Department at the Russian foreign ministry as saying on Saturday.
Natwar Singh said Rajiv Gandhi govt’s decision to ban Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ was justified, and was taken purely for law & order reasons. Singh said it was part of decision to ban ‘The Satanic Verses’. He told then PM book should be banned as it could cause law & order issue. The former foreign minister of India said that he was very distressed with attack on Salman Rushdie. “He is one of great writers of 20th century.”
According to Patra, India need to raise investment in infrastructure to 6% of GDP to become 5 trln economy. “India’s global presence should reflect in the INR by 2030,” Patra added.
J&K | Golden joint of world's highest Chenab railway bridge to be launched today This has been a long journey. The… https://t.co/ljszsv1GrA
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University Grants Commission (UGC) says examination for 11,000 candidates has been postponed from August 17-20 to August 30 to accommodate city choice for centre.
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Calling the assailant “jihadi”, Kangana wrote, “Another day another appalling act by jihadis. The Satanic Verses is one of the greatest books of its time… I am shaken beyond words. Apalling.”
“Today, the country and the world witnessed a reprehensible attack against the writer Salman Rushdie. This act of violence is appalling,” Sullivan, National Security Advisor to the US President, said hours after the writer was attacked on stage moments before he was to deliver a speech in New York.
“You keep yourself busy in kite-flying, we will allocate the portfolios and it will be done soon,” Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis was quoted as saying by ANI.
The 24-year-old man detained in connection with the stabbing of Mumbai-born controversial author Salman Rushdie was sympathetic to “Shia extremism” and the causes of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to a media report. The New York State Police identified the suspect as Hadi Matar from Fairview, New Jersey while the motive behind the act is still unknown.
Syed Abdul Mueed, son of Pak-based Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, were among the four J&K employees who have been dismissed, according to PTI.
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The death toll, due to consumption of spurious liquor in Chhapra, has jumped to five. Three people are admitted to a hospital, according to ANI.
Popular comedian-actor Raju Srivastava continues to be on ventilator in the intensive care unit of AIIMS here and his condition has not improved, hospital sources said on Friday. The 58-year-old stand-up comic was admitted to the hospital after suffering a heart attack on Wednesday and underwent an angioplasty the same day.
The training will include air support, strikes on ground targets and small and large-scale troop deployment, the Chinese Defense Ministry said in a statement posted on its website.
Eight more bodies recovered with the help of Police & divers; 11 bodies recovered so far. Process of identifying bodies & search operation underway. A boat, going from Fatehpur to Marka village, capsized in the Yamuna river on Aug 11.
Faced with criticism over not featuring the national flag on its social media, ahead of the 75th Independence Day, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Saturday uploaded a picture of the tricolour as its display picture (DP) on its Twitter, Facebook and other social media accounts.
India reports 15,815 fresh cases and 20,018 recoveries in the last 24 hours. There are now 1,19,264 active cases while daily positivity rate stands at 4.36%.
Thane district of Maharashtra has reported 314 new coronavirus positive cases, which raised its overall infection count to 7,36,343, a health official said.
North Korea has lifted a mask mandate and eased other virus restrictions, days after leader Kim Jong Un declared ‘victory’ over Covid-19. The announcement comes after Pyongyang earlier this week blamed Seoul for causing the Covid-19 outbreak in the North and threatened to wipe out the South Korean authorities, if necessary.
A man went on a shooting rampage in the streets of this western Montenegro city Friday, killing 10 people, including two children, before being shot dead by a passerby. Montenegrin police chief Zoran Brdjanin said in a video statement shared with media that attacker was a 34-year-old man he identified only by his initials, V.B.
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The New York State Police have identified the suspect, who attacked Salman Rushdie, as Hadi Matar, 24, from Fairview, New Jersey while the motive behind the act is still unknown.
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India is at the forefront of the global debate on whether large video content providers, or apps, should contribute to the building of digital infrastructure th