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26 Aug 2021
Jyotiraditya ScindiaDrone Rules 2021: Centre eases rules for usage of drones
The Centre on Thursday passed the Drone Rules 2021 to "liberalize" the norms governing drone usage in India.
26 Aug 2021
AfghanistanAll-party meeting: MEA Jaishankar says Afghanistan situation 'critical'; evacuation priority
At the all-party meeting convened by the Centre on Afghanistan, External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar said the situation there is "extremely critical" after the Taliban captured power on August 15.
26 Aug 2021
MaharashtraNagpur: Prostitution banned in red-light area for next two months
Days after imposing Section 144 of CrPC in a prominent red-light area in Nagpur in Maharashtra following complaints of open solicitation by commercial sex workers (CSWs), the police have now issued a notification banning prostitution to be carried out in that area for the next two months, an official said on Thursday.
26 Aug 2021
DronesAviation ministry eases rules to operate drones in India
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has eased the rules regarding drone operations in India by reducing the number of forms that need to be filled to operate them from 25 to five and decreasing the types of fees charged from the operator from 72 to four.
26 Aug 2021
OdishaPolice personnel cremate monkey as per Hindu rituals
A dead monkey was cremated as per Hindu rituals by personnel of a police station in Odisha's Jajpur district.
26 Aug 2021
KeralaCoronavirus: India reports 46K+ new cases; 70% in Kerala alone
India witnessed a rise in COVID-19 cases, reporting over 46,000 fresh infections on Thursday. Nearly 70% of infections reported on the day were concentrated in Kerala, which has been leading the latest surge.
25 Aug 2021
West BengalSupreme Court to pass comprehensive order on Pegasus next week
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it will pass a comprehensive order on the Pegasus surveillance scandal next week.
25 Aug 2021
Zydus CadilaNTAGI to devise roadmap to introduce ZyCoV-D into inoculation drive
The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) will soon hold a meeting to devise a roadmap for introducing Zydus Cadila's COVID-19 vaccine in the inoculation drive and prioritizing beneficiaries focusing on those aged 12-18 years with comorbidities.
25 Aug 2021
GujaratMan seals private parts with adhesive to avoid pregnancy; dies
A 25-year-old man in Gujarat allegedly died after using a strong epoxy adhesive to seal his private parts instead of using a condom during sex.
25 Aug 2021
GujaratRajkot royal family member moves court over property dispute
A bitter dispute has broken out in the Rajkot royal family of Gujarat over the ancestral property worth hundreds of crores with one of the members moving city civil court.
25 Aug 2021
AfghanistanAll Afghans must travel to India on e-Visa: Government
The Union Home Ministry on Wednesday announced that all Afghan nationals henceforth must travel to India only on e-Visa in view of the prevailing situation in Afghanistan.
25 Aug 2021
World Health OrganizationCOVID-19 may be entering endemic stage. What does it mean?
Coronavirus in India might be entering the "endemic stage," World Health Organization's (WHO) Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said in an interview with The Wire.
25 Aug 2021
ChhattisgarhChhattisgarh: Class 9 student stabbed to death in school
A 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death allegedly by two minors in a government school in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh city, police said on Wednesday.
25 Aug 2021
Union Health MinistryCoronavirus: India reports 37K+ cases; daily infections surpass recoveries again
India on Wednesday reported roughly 37,600 new COVID-19 cases, surpassing the number of daily recoveries (over 34,000).
25 Aug 2021
AfghanistanAfghanistan crisis: 16 of 78 new evacuees test COVID-19 positive
Sixteen of the 78 evacuees from Afghanistan, who had landed in India on Tuesday, have tested positive for the coronavirus, reports say.
24 Aug 2021
IndiGoWhen AirAsia, IndiGo flights came shockingly close to each other
AirAsia India's Ahmedabad-Chennai flight and IndiGo's Bengaluru-Vadodara flight came within eight kilometers of each other with 300 ft vertical separation between them over Mumbai airspace on January 29, according to an Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) report.
24 Aug 2021
Mukhtar Abbas NaqviUrdu poetry symposium to be held on August 28: Naqvi
The Ministry of Minority Affairs will hold an Urdu poetry symposium on August 28 as part of the Amrit Mahotsav celebrations to mark 75 years of Independence, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Tuesday.
24 Aug 2021
KochiKerala HC questions Centre about 84-day gap between Covishield doses
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre whether the 84-day gap between two doses of Covishield was based on the availability of the vaccine or its efficacy.
24 Aug 2021
Union Health MinistryCoronavirus: India reports 25K+ cases; active infections drop under 1%
India on Tuesday reported over 25,000 new COVID-19 cases, along with over 350 fresh deaths.
24 Aug 2021
DelhiNSG commandos undertake mock counter-terrorist drills across country
Multiple cities in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and the Delhi NCR region are hosting synchronized commando drills as part of a national mock exercise being carried out by the counter-terrorist force NSG to check its response time and reaction to hostage and hijack-like situations.
24 Aug 2021
PunjabSGPC to print Guru Granth Sahib's 'saroops' abroad
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) in Amritsar, Punjab has decided to set up presses abroad to print saroops, copies of holy scriptures Guru Granth Sahib.
24 Aug 2021
Jammu And KashmirKathua: Search operation for missing Army pilot enters 21st day
The ongoing search operation to trace one of the two missing pilots of an Indian Army helicopter that crashed into the Ranjit Sagar Dam lake in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir entered the 21st day on Monday without any luck, officials said.
24 Aug 2021
DelhiSultanpur: Autopsy of man who died under mysterious circumstances ordered
The district administration of Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh has ordered the post-mortem examination of a 33-year-old man, whose body was kept in a deep freezer by his father after he died under mysterious circumstances.
23 Aug 2021
Madhya PradeshIndore: Bangle seller beaten; minister says he gave fake identity
A 25-year-old man selling bangles on the streets was beaten up by a mob after allegedly asking his name in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city.
23 Aug 2021
Tamil NaduTN: Multiplexes, theaters to welcome guests from August 27
Multiplexes and theaters in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu will start receiving film lovers from August 27, nearly four months after cinema halls were closed owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tamil Nadu Theater and Multiplex Owners Association said on Monday.
23 Aug 2021
AfghanistanSikh scripture copies, 75 people being flown in from Kabul
Three copies of Sikh scripture Guru Granth Sahib and 75 people, including 46 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, are being evacuated from war-ravaged Afghanistan on an IAF plane, people coordinating the evacuation efforts with the Indian government said on Monday.
23 Aug 2021
GujaratOver 15,000 jewelers in Gujarat join nationwide strike against HUID
Over 15,000 jewelers across Gujarat kept their businesses shut on Monday as they joined the nationwide strike against the implementation of Hallmarking Unique ID (HUID) system, industry stakeholders claimed.
23 Aug 2021
MizoramTheft case: Mizoram will not file lawsuit against Assam cops
Mizoram police will not initiate legal proceedings against their Assam counterparts in a case of alleged theft of construction material, a senior official said on Monday, a day after the things were handed back.
23 Aug 2021
National Register of CitizensAnti-CAA protests: Sharjeel Imam denies inciting violence
JNU student Sharjeel Imam, arrested for allegedly making inflammatory speeches during the protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register for Citizens (NRC), told a Delhi court on Monday that he cannot be hammered with sedition as his speeches did not call for violence.
23 Aug 2021
Union Health MinistryCoronavirus: India reports 25K cases; third wave likely by October
India on Monday reported a little over 25,000 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest single-day spike in 160 days.
23 Aug 2021
Andaman & NicobarVSI Airport terminal building to be ready by June 2022
The construction of the new integrated terminal building of the Veer Savarkar International Airport in Port Blair is likely to be completed by June next year, a top airport official said.
23 Aug 2021
Bombay High CourtBombay High Court stays police probe against Sony Pictures
The Bombay High Court on Monday, through an interim order, stayed an ongoing probe by Pune police against Sony Pictures in a case of alleged criminal defamation and copyright infringement in its Scam 1992 web series.
23 Aug 2021
Government of IndiaCOVID-19 third wave by October; panel says pediatric facilities inadequate
An expert committee set up on the direction of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has said that the third wave of COVID-19 may hit the country by October.
23 Aug 2021
MizoramMore than 300 schools reopen in Mizoram
Over 300 schools in Mizoram's COVID-19 free areas have been allowed to reopen for the new academic session 2021-2022, an official of the school education department said.
23 Aug 2021
Narendra Modi28-year-old walking from Srinagar with hopes to meet PM Modi
Fahim Nazir Shah is walking to Delhi from Srinagar, hoping that his around 815-km journey will get the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he'll get an opportunity to meet him.
23 Aug 2021
MuslimsHometown Muslims recall Hindutva icon Kalyan Singh with fondness
Kalyan Singh might have been a Hindutva icon, under whose watch the Babri Masjid was demolished, but some Muslims in and around his native village in the Aligarh district remember the veteran BJP leader for some of his other qualities.
22 Aug 2021
InfosysGovernment summons Infosys CEO over glitches in I-T e-filing portal
The Finance Ministry has summoned Infosys MD and CEO, Salil Parekh, over the failure of the company to address issues pertaining to the glitches in the new Income Tax e-filing portal.
22 Aug 2021
Union Health MinistryAfter second wave, COVID-19 group suggests preparing for 23% hospitalizations
A government COVID-19 task force has recommended preparing for a 23% hospitalization rate in the event of a surge in infections.
22 Aug 2021
Zydus CadilaCOVID-19 vaccine trials for ages 3-12 soon: Zydus Cadila MD
After receiving emergency use approval for its COVID-19 vaccine, Zydus Cadila will now submit an application to start vaccine trials for children aged 3-12 years, Managing Director Dr. Sharvil Patel said Saturday.
22 Aug 2021
KeralaCoronavirus: India reports 31K new cases; 55% in Kerala alone
India on Sunday reported nearly 31,000 new COVID-19 cases, with around 55% of the daily infections concentrated in Kerala alone.
