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Sunday, August 15, 2021

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma invites ULFA-I chief Paresh Baruah for peace talks

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma invites ULFA-I chief Paresh Baruah for peace talks

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Lord's Test: Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara help India take 154-run lead vs England on Day 4

Lord's Test: India 154 runs ahead of England after Rahane, Pujara fightback on Day 4

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Death toll in Haiti earthquake climbs to 724 as search continues for survivors

Death toll in Haiti earthquake climbs to 724 as search continues for survivors

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2nd Test: England on top despite Pujara-Rahane masterclass

The seasoned duo of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane found much-needed runs as they rescued India from a perilous position, giving their team a fighting chance in the second Test against England. Pujara (45 off 206) and Rahane (61 off 146) thrived under tremendous pressure to bat for almost 50 overs adding a 100-run stand. At the end of Day 4, India were 181/6 and took a lead of 154 runs.

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Shillong violence: Curfew clamped, Meghalaya home min quits

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EPL: Son scores winner as Tottenham stun Man City

Tottenham shrugged off the absence of Harry Kane to give Nuno Espirito Santo a dream start as manager as Son Heung-min's strike beat Premier League champions Manchester City 1-0 on Sunday.

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Saturday, August 14, 2021

After I-Day overture, Ulfa extends truce for first time

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China talks on but be ready for any challenge: Rajnath

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14-year-old boy saves his 6-year-old sister from getting raped by neighbour

14-year-old boy saves his 6-year-old sister from getting raped by neighbour

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In interim order, Bombay HC stays some provisions of new IT rules

In an interim order, the Bombay high court on Saturday stayed some provisions of the government’s new Information Technology rules that pertain to the code of ethics for publishers of online content. The HC stayed Rule 9(1) and Rule 9(3) of the Information Technology (Guidelines For Intermediaries And Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, saying the rules seeks to regulate something the IT Act itself does not.

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August 14 to be Partition Horrors Remembrance Day: PM Modi

"Partition’s pains can never be forgotten. Millions of our sisters and brothers were displaced and many lost their lives due to mindless hate and violence. In memory of the struggles and sacrifices of our people, 14th August will be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day," said the PM as he explained the rationale of the decision in a series of tweets. Pakistan celebrates its independence day on August 14.

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Four Jaish terrorists arrested, major attack averted

Those arrested were also involved in collecting air-dropped weapon consignments and delivering the same to active terrorists in Kashmir Valley, besides carrying out reconnaissance of important targets in other parts of the country, ADGP (Jammu zone) Mukesh Singh on Saturday.

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Chennai, Coimbatore, 15 other districts in Tamil Nadu see surge in Covid cases

Chennai, Coimbatore, 15 other districts in Tamil Nadu see surge in Covid cases

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Independence Day: 8 Maharashtra firemen chosen for gallantry medals

Independence Day: 8 Maharashtra firemen chosen for gallantry medals

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Cylinder explosion inside 'mini truck' kills 10 people in Pakistan's Karachi

Cylinder explosion inside 'mini truck' kills 10 people in Pakistan's Karachi

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30 CBI personnel awarded Police medals on eve of Independence Day

30 CBI personnel awarded Police medals on eve of Independence Day

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Shaurya Chakra conferred on CoBRA commandos for anti-Naxal ops in Chhattisgarh before 2019 polls

Shaurya Chakra conferred on CoBRA commandos for anti-Naxal ops in Chhattisgarh before 2019 polls

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15 August Special | How the arrogance of a British officer made Bankim Chandra pen Vande Mataram

How arrogance of a British officer made Bankim Chandra pen Vande Mataram

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Bihar: Rural Patna ravaged by flood; close to 3 lakh people affected

Bihar: Rural Patna ravaged by flood; close to 3 lakh people affected

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Captain Amarinder Singh inaugurates Jallianwala Bagh Centenary Memorial Park in Amritsar

Captain Amarinder Singh inaugurates Jallianwala Bagh Centenary Memorial Park in Amritsar

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Covid-19: Delta Plus variant claims five lives in Maharashtra; cases rise to 66

Covid-19: Delta Plus variant claims five lives in Maharashtra; cases rise to 66

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Taliban capture Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan's fourth largest city

Taliban capture Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan's fourth largest city

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Gujarat Maritime Board scam: ED attaches assets of over Rs 134 crore of Ahmedabad-based firm

Gujarat Maritime Board scam: ED attaches assets of over Rs 134 crore of Ahmedabad-based firm

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2nd Test: Joe Root 180 not out gives England 27-run lead after Mohammed Siraj 4-wicket haul at Lord's

2nd Test: Root leads strong reply with 180 not out as England take 27-run lead vs India

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J&K cop honoured posthumously with Ashoka Chakra - India's highest peacetime gallantry award

J&K cop honoured posthumously with Ashoka Chakra - India's highest peacetime gallantry award

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Mumbai free of Covid-19 containment zones, says BMC

Mumbai free of Covid-19 containment zones, says BMC

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Ahead of IPL, T20 World Cup, Sharjah Cricket Stadium announces new practice facility among major upgrades

Ahead of IPL, T20 World Cup, Sharjah Cricket Stadium announces major upgrades

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Sonam Kapoor in anarkali kurta is elegant as ever with Anand Ahuja at Rhea Kapoor’s wedding

Sonam in anarkali kurta is elegant as ever at Rhea Kapoor’s wedding

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2nd Test: Root helps England take vital 1st innings lead

England captain Joe Root continued his dream run with an artistic 22nd ton to ensure a morale boosting first innings lead of 27 as the second Test against India is poised for an interesting finish in the next couple of days. Root (180*), who scored his second successive hundred, took England from a position of weakness to strength with the first innings total of 391 after India scored 364 in their first essay.

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Friday, August 13, 2021

Twitter is biased, listens to what govt says: Rahul

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At 100GW, India now fourth in solar, wind energy capacity

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Life’s come full circle, BJP reminds Rahul Gandhi

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West Bengal: BSF saves woman who was forced into prostitution

West Bengal: BSF saves woman who was forced into prostitution

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Bombay High Court to pass order on interim stay of new IT Rules on Saturday

Bombay High Court to pass order on interim stay of new IT Rules on Saturday

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Fitness to be criterion to scrap vehicles: PM Modi

PM Modi on Friday said fitness and not age would be the criteria to scrap old vehicles. Private vehicles of more than 20-year vintage and commercial vehicles older than 15 years will be scrapped if they don’t pass the fitness test. While launching the National Vehicle Scrapping Policy, PM Modi said the move would help create wealth from waste, a concept followed in developed countries.

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New IT rules restrict liberty of thought: HC

The Bombay high court on Friday reserved for interim orders, two public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the validity of the new digital media ethics code and intermediary guidelines under the Information Technology Rules, 2021, asking the Centre “How can protection under substantive law be taken away by a delegated legislation?’’

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Grenade attack on BJP neta in J&K kills 2-year-old

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UP: Three booked under NSA for cow killing freed

Observing that 'slaughtering a cow in the secrecy of one's own house probably because of poverty or lack of employment or hunger, would perhaps only involve a law and order, and not public order, issue', a Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court has quashed a detention order passed under the National Security Act ( NSA) against three Sitapur residents.

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Rhino injured in road accident in Assam's Kaziranga National Park

Rhino injured in road accident in Assam's Kaziranga National Park

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Covid: Govt releases Rs 7,200cr to get 3rd-wave-ready

The ministry is hopeful that all 1,755 PSA oxygen generating plants will get commissioned by the end of August. If oxygen plants to be set-up by PSUs are also taken into account, a total of 2,200 such plants will be functioning in the near future. At present, around 375 plants have been commissioned across states and 500 are at an advanced stage and likely to be set-up soon, official sources said.

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Taliban take Kandahar, Kabul just 40km away

The fall of Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second-largest city and the former headquarters of the Taliban movement, in the south to the insurgents in the early hours of Friday was followed by the swift retreat of government forces from at least six other provincial capitals. These stunning, and rapid, victories have brought the insurgents to 40 km from the national capital, Kabul. The Taliban now control 18 of the country’s 34 provincial capitals.

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Tough action likely against oppn MPs for RS scuffles

Discussions held with officials by Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairperson M Venkaiah Naidu have led to the assessment that the pulling and shoving in the House was initiated by a set of opposition MPs determined to approach the officials' table and physically disrupt proceedings.

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Amid growing storm, Twitter transfers its India director to US

Manish Maheshwari, who was leading Twitter’s India operations over the past two years, will now be in-charge of Twitter’s “Revenue Strategy and Operations” for new markets worldwide. This caps a tumultuous tenure in the country where he saw multiple FIRs and police cases being filed against him over a variety of legal issues following the rollout of new IT Rules.

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Odisha’s ruling BJD announces 27 per cent quota for OBC candidates in all state polls

Odisha’s ruling BJD announces 27 per cent quota for OBC candidates in all state polls

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Mumbai cyber police opposes CBI's plea seeking crucial evidence against Anil Deshmukh

Mumbai cyber police opposes CBI's plea seeking crucial evidence against Anil Deshmukh

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Rhea Kapoor and Karan Boolani to get married on August 14 at Anil Kapoor's Juhu home

Rhea Kapoor and Karan Boolani to get married on August 14 at Anil Kapoor's Juhu home

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Won’t recognise any Afghan government imposed by force: India

After a regional conference in Doha, India joined Qatar and several other countries in declaring that there will be no recognition of any military takeover of Afghanistan and in calling for an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire. According to Qatar, China and Pakistan were among the countries who said they won't recognise any violent takeover in a separate meeting in Doha on August 10 this week.

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Raj Kundra files appeal in Bombay HC against sessions court's decision to reject his bail plea

Raj Kundra files appeal in Bombay HC against sessions court's decision to reject his bail plea

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Lamborghini Countach is back: 100 kmph in 2.8 sec

With its aspirated V12 engine combined with Lamborghini’s hybrid supercapacitor technology, the Countach LPI 800-4 retains the inimitable V12 experience and sound from its Longitudinale Posteriore (LP) mounted powerplant combined with the hybrid (I) technology developed for the Sián.

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2nd Test: Joe Root, Rory Burns fight back after Mohammed Siraj strikes, England 245 behind India on Day 2

2nd Test: Root stands tall in England reply after Anderson 5-wicket haul, India 245 ahead

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India's late strike leaves 2nd Test evenly poised

India evened things up with a massive breakthrough in added time but skipper Joe Root continued to bat gamely and keep England in the hunt in the second Test at Lord's on Friday. At stumps after an engrossing second day's play, England were 119 for three after batting for 45 overs, having bowled India out for 364 in their first innings. Root was batting on 48 and giving him company was Jonny Bairstow on 6.

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Why Royal Enfield not in a hurry to get into EV space

Royal Enfield, which is a part of Eicher Motors, currently sells bikes ranging between 250cc to 750cc in the domestic and international markets.

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Thursday, August 12, 2021

Development works worth Rs 10,757 crore completed in Noida in 4 years: Noida Authority

Development works worth Rs 10,757 crore completed in Noida in 4 years: Noida Authority

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Centre accords 'Z' category security cover to Suvendu Adhikar's brother Soumendu Adhikari

Centre accords 'Z' category security cover to Suvendu Adhikar's brother Soumendu Adhikari

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US has decided that India is a strategic ally: Pak PM

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan told foreign journalists late Wednesday night that he believed the US had picked India to partner with in the subcontinent. "I think the Americans have decided that India is a strategic partner. Maybe that’s why Pakistan is being treated differently. Pakistan is just considered to be useful only in the context of settling this mess (Afghanistan)," Khan was quoted by Dawn (online) as saying at an interaction with foreign media at his home here

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23 Twitter handles, 7 accounts linked to Congress suspended

A Twitter spokesperson said the action was initiated because the handles violated Twitter rules and that accounts will be restored once objectionable content is deleted. The handles had put up pictures of the family of a child victim whose death is being alleged to be a case of sexual assault.

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Two fake call centres busted in Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar, Subhash Place

Two fake call centres busted in Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar, Subhash Place

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Maharashtra: Young weather enthusiasts bringing awareness in landslide hit villages

Maharashtra: Young weather enthusiasts bringing awareness in landslide hit villages

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They danced on table, manhandled women MPs: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi | Interview

They danced on table, manhandled women MPs: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi | Interview

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Covid may become a mostly childhood disease in few years: Study

Covid may become a mostly childhood disease in few years: Study

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Government slams ‘lies’, ‘violence in RS’; opposition protests ‘assault’

The opposition and government exchanged heated words, blaming each other for the pushing and shoving between opposition MPs and Parliament security staff on Wednesday during the passage of the general insurance bill. The Centre fielded seven ministers on Thursday and demanded that a high-level committee should review videos of the chaotic proceedings in the Rajya Sabha and take strong action against those MPs who had indulged in “violence”.

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Gujarat: 7 workers trapped inside chimney of cement factory in Porbandar

Gujarat: 7 workers trapped inside chimney of cement factory in Porbandar

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Elgar Parishad accused Surendra Gadling gets temporary bail in 2016 case, to walk out of Taloja jail on Friday

Elgar Parishad accused Surendra Gadling gets temporary bail in 2016 case, to walk out of Taloja jail on Friday

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Why no FIR against suppliers registered yet in 2015 Chikki scam? Bombay HC asks Maharashtra govt

Why no FIR against suppliers registered yet in 2015 Chikki scam? Bombay HC asks Maharashtra govt

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PM Modi to address Investor Summit in Gujarat today

PM Modi to address Investor Summit in Gujarat today

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Three Kolkata Police sub-inspectors get Home Minister’s medal for excellence in investigation for 2021

Three Kolkata Police sub-inspectors get Home Minister’s medal for excellence in investigation for 2021

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98-year-old freedom fighter invited by Rashtrapati Bhavan for 75th Independence Day celebrations

98-year-old freedom fighter invited to Delhi for 75th Independence Day celebrations

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ED files chargesheet against former Maharashtra MLA Vivekanand Patil in bank fraud case

ED files chargesheet against former Maharashtra MLA Vivekanand Patil in bank fraud case

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2nd Test: KL Rahul 127 not out after Rohit Sharma's 83 puts India in command on Day 1 vs England at Lord's

2nd Test: India in driver's seat on Day 1 after Rahul 127*, Rohit 83 vs England at Lord's

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Roads flooded with vehicles: Bombay HC seeks Maharashtra govt's response on its parking policy plan

Roads flooded with vehicles: Bombay HC seeks Maha govt's response on its parking policy plan

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Maharashtra govt launches e-pass facility for travel in Mumbai suburban trains | Here’s how to apply

Maharashtra govt launches e-pass facility for travel in Mumbai suburban trains | Here’s how to apply

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2nd Test: Rahul dazzles with ton as India score 276/3

The enormously talented KL Rahul scored one of the most technically accomplished hundreds after the gifted Rohit Sharma oozed elegance, putting India in a comfortable 276 for 3 against England on the opening day of the second Test on Thursday.

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Lookout notice issued against former Mumbai top cop Param Bir Singh in Thane extortion case

Lookout notice issued against former Mumbai top cop Param Bir Singh in Thane extortion case

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Nehru family's contributions find no match in BJP, says Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar

Nehru family's contributions find no match in BJP, says Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar

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Govt allows 7.5% more domestic flights

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Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Skip RT-PCR for travellers with full vaccination: Govt to states

The tourism ministry has urged states and Union territories to do away with RT-PCR tests for fully vaccinated people who opt for inter-state travel and show their certificates upon arrival. “The ministry on Wednesday sent a written communication to state secretaries, urging states/UTs to adopt a uniform travel protocol during Covid,” Rupinder Brar, additional director general, tourism ministry, told TOI.

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10 killed, 30 missing in 2nd HP landslide in a fortnight

A second major landslide in Himachal Pradesh in just over 15 days left 10 people dead, including a child and five women, and 13 others injured on Wednesday. The massive landslide between Chaura and Nigulsari, along NH-5 in Kinnaur district, occurred at about 12.30 pm. The death toll is likely to increase as around 50 people were feared trapped under the debris and around 30 others are missing. On July 25, a mountain-slide near Batseri village, in Kinnaur, had killed nine people.

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