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08 Aug 2021
Aadhaar CardEPF-Aadhaar card linking now mandatory. How to do it?
Employees Provident Fund (EPF) subscribers must link their Aadhaar card with their Provident Fund (PF) accounts by September 1, 2021, according to the retirement fund manager EPFO.
08 Aug 2021
Jammu And KashmirJ&K: NIA conducts raids in terror funding case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday conducted raids at more than 45 locations in 14 districts across Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a terror funding case.
08 Aug 2021
UttarakhandKumbh fake testing: SIT sends teams to arrest lab owners
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Haridwar Police, which is probing the Mahakumbh fake COVID-19 testing case, has sent two teams to Noida and Nainital to arrest the owners of Max Corporate Services.
07 Aug 2021
PunjabYouth Akali leader shot dead in Punjab, 20 rounds fired
A leader of the Shiromani Akali Dal's (SAD) youth wing was shot dead in Mohali district of Punjab this morning, in a chilling crime caught on camera.
07 Aug 2021
Health & WellnessJ&J's one-dose COVID-19 vaccine gets the nod in India
India has approved Johnson & Johnson's single-dose coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, the Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced today.
07 Aug 2021
Jammu And KashmirAfter new policy, J&K finalizes investments worth Rs. 23,000 crore
Jammu and Kashmir has finalized investment projects worth Rs. 23,000 crore, four months after a new industrial policy was notified, and more investments are on the way.
07 Aug 2021
IndiaCOVID-19: The R-naught of coronavirus in India surges to 1.01
The highly infectious Delta variant of the COVID-19-causing virus, SARS-CoV-2, in India has triggered a rise in the R-value or R-naught—which denotes the effective transmission factor—to more than one.
07 Aug 2021
Narendra ModiModi to hold 3-day meet to plan remaining 3 years
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to hold a key three-day meeting with his council of Ministers to plan for the remaining three years of his government's term, sources in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) told the media.
06 Aug 2021
Indian ArmyIndia, China disengage in Gogra after 12th round of talks
India and China have agreed to disengage in the Gogra region of eastern Ladakh, the Indian Army said today, marking a breakthrough following the latest round of discussions between the neighboring countries.
06 Aug 2021
Rahul GandhiParliament adjourned; Opposition leaders join farmers' protest at Jantar Mantar
Both the Houses of the Parliament were adjourned early for the day amid constant sloganeering by Opposition parties, a trend that has continued for the past two weeks.
06 Aug 2021
MaharashtraMaharashtra: Twenty-six container homes to provide accommodation to landslide victims
The district administration of Raigad district in Maharashtra has received 26 container houses to provide temporary accommodation to the residents of Taliye village, which were affected by a devastating landslide last month, an official said on Friday.
06 Aug 2021
JharkhandSupreme Court pulls up CBI over Jharkhand judge's death case
The Supreme Court of India on Friday issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the alleged murder of a Jharkhand judge.
06 Aug 2021
DelhiJ&J applies for EUA of COVID-19 vaccine in India
Global healthcare major Johnson & Johnson on Friday said that it has applied for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine in India.
06 Aug 2021
LucknowIll-gotten properties of gangsters worth Rs. 1,800cr attached in UP
In order to break the backs of gangsters and mafia and discourage their activities, the Uttar Pradesh Police has attached or demolished their ill-gotten properties worth over Rs. 1,800 crores in UP.
06 Aug 2021
Supreme Court Of IndiaSupreme Court rules in favor of Amazon in Future-Reliance case
The Supreme Court of India today ruled in favor of Amazon in the high-profile case involving the e-commerce giant and Reliance Industries over a business merger.
05 Aug 2021
KarnatakaKerala CM Vijayan flays Karnataka's fresh travel curbs on passengers
Days after neighboring Karnataka imposed travel restrictions on persons from the state in view of the COVID-19 situation, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday said the fresh curbs were against the directive of the Centre in this regard.
05 Aug 2021
Madhya PradeshMP rains: Not seen such devastation in 70yrs, says CM
With heavy rains ravaging the Gwalior-Chambal region in Madhya Pradesh, leaving two people dead and damaging bridges and other infrastructure, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said the state has "not seen such devastation in the last 70 years."
05 Aug 2021
Union Health MinistryCoronavirus: India asks states to consider local curbs during festivals
The Indian government has urged its states to impose local curbs ahead of festivals as there has been a marginal increase in the transmission factor of COVID-19.
05 Aug 2021
Supreme Court Of IndiaPegasus case: Snooping allegations serious if true, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the allegations emerging in the Pegasus snooping scandal are serious if they are correct.
04 Aug 2021
PuneDrunk woman blocks traffic by lying on road in Pune
A young woman, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, blocked traffic by creating a ruckus on a road in Pune last night.
04 Aug 2021
IndiaAmid third wave fears, Covishield proven highly effective against Delta
The Delta variant is highly-transmissible and possibly leads to a more severe disease of COVID-19.
04 Aug 2021
RajasthanIncessant rain causes flooding in parts of Rajasthan
Incessant rainfall has caused flooding in many areas in the Hadauti region of Rajasthan and cut off road connectivity to over 100 villages.
04 Aug 2021
Yogi AdityanathUP administers 27 lakh vaccines in a day, crosses 5cr-mark
Uttar Pradesh has become the first Indian state to cross five crore coronavirus vaccine dose mark as more than 27 lakh shots were administered on Tuesday - the highest one-day count for any state in the country.
04 Aug 2021
West BengalWB planning to conduct genome sequencing of fully vaccinated people
With reports of people getting infected even after being administered two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, the West Bengal Health Department has decided to strengthen the surveillance throughout the state and to prepare a chart of such individuals, an official said on Wednesday.
04 Aug 2021
MaharashtraCoronavirus: India reports 42K+ new cases, up 40% from yesterday
India on Wednesday reported over 42,000 new COVID-19 cases, a near 40% rise from the single-day infections reported on Tuesday.
04 Aug 2021
COVID-19India mulls mixing Covishield, Sputnik doses; no recommendation yet
India is considering allowing the mixing of different COVID-19 vaccine doses in what could be the first mix-and-match inoculation.
03 Aug 2021
Government of IndiaCOVID-19 'still raging,' 8 states show rise in R-factor: Government
The coronavirus pandemic is "still raging" in the country, the Indian government warned on Tuesday, calling it a significant problem.
03 Aug 2021
Supreme Court Of IndiaEditors Guild of India approaches SC seeking probe into Pegasus
The Editors Guild of India (EGI) on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court, seeking a probe into alleged surveillance mounted on Indian citizens by using the Pegasus spyware.
03 Aug 2021
MumbaiPune traders protest against COVID-19 curbs, say will violate rules
Hundreds of traders in Pune today held a protest against the curbs imposed by the state government over COVID-19.
03 Aug 2021
Mansukh MandaviyaFour more Indian pharma firms expected to start vaccine production
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday said in Parliament that four more Indian pharma firms are expected to start anti-coronavirus vaccine production by October-November that will accelerate the inoculation drive.
03 Aug 2021
Himachal PradeshDamaged roads prevent Lahaul-Spiti farmers from taking produce to mandis
With roads and bridges damaged after heavy rains and landslides last week, over 1,500 Farmers of the Udaipur sub-division in Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul-Spiti district are worried about not being able to take their ripe crops to mandis this year.
03 Aug 2021
Lok SabhaNo arrests yet in 2020 JNU violence, Centre tells Parliament
The Centre on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that no one has been arrested in connection with the violence that broke out at Jawaharlal Nehru University last year.
03 Aug 2021
OdishaGiant sea waves swallow centuries-old temple in Odisha
The marauding sea that had been eroding the coastline in Odisha's Kendrapara district for decades, devouring one village after another, recently razed to the ground the centuries-old Ma Panchubarahi temple dashing hopes of locals who often offered prayers there seeking respite from the scourge of Mother Nature.
03 Aug 2021
Delhi9-year-old allegedly gang-raped, killed, and forcibly cremated in Delhi
A nine-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped, killed, and forcibly cremated in national capital Delhi over the weekend.
03 Aug 2021
JharkhandJharkhand: In a first, primitive tribe girl passes matric exam
A 16-year-old girl of the Birhor tribe, which is on the verge of extinction, became the first female from the primitive tribe in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh to pass the matriculation examination, an official said on Tuesday.
03 Aug 2021
Tamil NaduDU researchers discover new frog species in Western Ghats
A team of researchers from Delhi University has recently discovered a frog species from the Western Ghats and named it after former vice-chancellor Professor Deepak Pental, according to a statement.
03 Aug 2021
Delhi PoliceWrestler murder case: Probe reveals victims beaten for 40 minutes
Olympic medalist wrestler Sushil Kumar and his associates beat up former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar and others with sticks, hockey, and baseball bat for 30-40 minutes after bolting the gate of Chhatrasal Stadium from inside, according to the Delhi Police charge sheet in the murder case.
03 Aug 2021
KeralaCoronavirus: India reports 30K+ cases; infections rise in 13 states
India on Tuesday reported over 30,000 new COVID-19 cases, recording a significant drop in infections.
03 Aug 2021
Madhya PradeshMP: Five rescued in Shivpuri; efforts underway to save others
Five people were rescued from the flood-hit Piproudha village in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district on Tuesday morning while efforts were on to save three others stranded on a tree following heavy rains in the area for the last two days, officials said.
03 Aug 2021
NashikToddler suffering from genetic disorder receives life-saving injection for free
The upcoming second birthday of Shivraj Daware, who hails from Nashik in Maharashtra, will be very special for his parents who claimed that the toddler, suffering from a rare genetic disorder, had become the first such patient from India who was given a Rs. 16 crore life-saving injection by a US firm for free.
