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News18 Audio Bulletin: Review Pleas on NEET, JEE Dates in Supreme Court Today and Other Top Headlines in 2 Minutes
In today’s wrap: Supreme Court to hear review pleas on NEET, JEE dates; update on coronavirus cases in India; Chinese defence minister seeks meeting with Rajnath Singh; NCB detains Sushant Singh Rajput's aide; another minor raped and murdered in UP’s Lakh...
Democratic Mayors Slam Trump's Defunding Threat
Four Democratic mayors on Thursday said President Donald Trump's threat to pull federal funding from "lawless cities" was unlawful and their communities were not his "political pawns."
No More Tokens When Delhi Metro Resumes Operations
Tokens will not be accepted in the Delhi Metro when its services resume after a gap of over five months on September 7, Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said on Thursday. The minister held a meeting with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Transpor...
Govt Committed to Safety of Bankers, Finance Ministry Says
Earlier in June, a police constable in Surat, Gujarat allegedly manhandled a female employee of Canara Bank. Santoshi Kumari of Saroli branch of Canara Bank was allegedly abused and pushed for not being able to print pass book as the printer was not worki...
Punjab Govt Allows Walk-in Testing for Covid-19 in Govt Hospitals
The state will also explore similar arrangements for Rapid Antigen testing by pharmacists and chemists on the lines of private hospitals and doctors, it said.
Man Held by Delhi Police for Duping Dubai-based Firm of Rs 36 Crore by Posing as IFS Officer
The accused kept changing his residence and told his landlord that he was an IFS officer.
Karnataka to Give 10% Incentive to Private Labs to Upload RT-PCR Covid Test Results within 24 Hours
If the labs delay results for more than 48 hours, they will have to pay a 10% additional penalty fee. They will also have to simultaneously upload the results on the ICMR portal, a practice followed since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
Continued Stand-off in Winter Season Amid India-China Row May Lead to High Economic Costs: Shyam Saran
The comments came amid the Ministry of External Affairs saying on Thursday that the situation witnessed in the border areas in eastern Ladakh over the past four months is a "direct result" of actions taken by China aimed at effecting unilateral change in...
Amid Tensions With India, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Attend Online BRICS Meeting
Announcing Wang Yi's participation in the meeting of the foreign ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a media briefing that the Chinese foreign minister would attend the online meeting...
Covid-19 Patients in Home Isolation Up by 43 Percent in Delhi with Rise in New Cases
Patients under home quarantine saw a marginal increase in the first 15 days of August — from 5,660 to 5,809 — while the number of active cases rose by 893 to reach 11,489.
The Secret Special Frontier Force with Several Aliases Active in Ladakh | In Graphics
Although not a part of Indian Army, the SFF has, over the years, participated in several missions such as the 1971 war, Operation Blue Star, Kargil war and several counter-insurgency operations.
Pune Journalists' Body Calls For Protest Over Reporter's Death
To condemn the deficiencies in the system that led to the death of a reporter with a news channel due to COVID19, a journalists' body here has appealed its members to wear black ribbons while at work. The journalist, admitted to a newlycreated jumbo car...
Novel Vaccine Candidate Shows Promise Against COVID-19, Study Finds
An experimental vaccine that boosts the production of specific proteins could be effective against the novel coronavirus that causes COVID19, according to a study conducted in mice. Scientists at The Ohio State University in the US manipulated a natura...
Non-partisan, Denounce Hate and Bigotry: Facebook Responds to Congress Charge of Political Bias
The Congress accused Facebook of interfering in India’s democratic process and social harmony and being soft on members of the ruling BJP on applying its hate-speech rules.
Exclusive: Biden Garners More Republican Endorsements, This Time From Ex-governors
Nearly 100 Republican and independent leaders will endorse Democrat Joe Biden for president on Thursday, including onetime 2020 Republican presidential candidate Bill Weld and the former Republican governors of Michigan and New Jersey, people involved in...
'Should Do Something But Where to Draw Line?' SC Junks Plea on Benefits to Women Army Officers
The top court said that relief sought by these women officers, in substance amounts to review of its verdict and if it allows the plea then other batches of officers may also seek similar relief.