With over 87,000 new cases, India’s tally has now surged past the 4-million mark. This is the third consecutive day when the country has recorded over 80,000 cases in a single day. India is only a notch away from replacing Brazil as the second-most affected nation. The country’s death toll currently stands at 69,614, according to Worldometer. Maharashtra, the worst-hit state has recorded its highest-ever single-day spike of 19,218 coronavirus cases. Five most affected states by total tally of cases are Maharashtra (863,062), Andhra Pradesh (465,730), Tamil Nadu (439,959), Karnataka (370,206), and Uttar Pradesh (253,000). The global tally of coronavirus…
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https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1301765479510335488?s=20 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged women police personnel to engage women in Jammu and Kashmir to prevent youth from taking to terrorism at an early stage itself. Virtually addressing IPS probationers at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy here, Modi also said the ‘humane’ side of the police force in the country has come to fore during the coronavirus pandemic. Responding to a woman probationer, Modi heaped praises on the people of the union territory, saying they were “lovely” people. “I am very connected to these people. They treat you with so much love…we have to…
https://twitter.com/akshaykumar/status/1301832896185954304?s=20 Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar on Friday came out with his own mobile smartphone game “FAU-G”, days after the central government banned 118 apps, including PUBG, amid fresh border tensions with China in eastern Ladakh. Akshay said the game, titled “Fearless and United: Guards” honours Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ (Self-Reliant India) campaign. “Supporting PM @narendramodi’s AtmaNirbhar movement, proud to present an action game, Fearless And United-Guards FAU-G. Besides entertainment, players will also learn about the sacrifices of our soldiers,” the actor wrote in a post on Twitter. Akshay further said that the action game will donate 20 per…
Amid protests from opposition and students, NTA is holding JEE Mains from September 1 to September 6, while NEET exams will be held on September 13. Supreme Court refused to accept review petition of ministers of six opposition-ruled states seeking review of its August 17 order allowing holding of NEET and JEE physically. The ministers had claimed that the top court order failed to secure students’ “right to life” and ignored “teething logistical difficulties” to be faced in conducting the exams during the COVID-19 pandemic. National Testing Agency (NTA) which conducts both the exams is holding JEE Mains from September…
https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1301915487463301125?s=20 In the midst of heightened tensions in eastern Ladakh, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe on Friday evening in Moscow on the sidelines of a ministerial meet of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), government sources said. It was the first high-level meeting between the two sides after the border row escalated in eastern Ladakh in early May though External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held telephonic talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the row. Singh and Wei are in Moscow to attend a meeting of the SCO defence ministers on Friday. The sources said…
Two arrests have been made in the sensational case of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. Showmik Chakraborty, who happens to be Actor Rhea Chakraborty’s brother Showik and Sushant Singh Rajput’s house manager Samuel Miranda were arrested after being questioned by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) which is probing allegations of drug abuse surround Mr Rajput’s death in June. Narcotics team accompanied by police officials raided the homes of Showik Chakraborty and Mr Miranda at around 6:30 am. The search teams included women officials and they were seen wearing masks and gloves and using multiple vehicles. NCB Deputy Director (operations)…
CCB officers in Bengaluru raided Kannada actress Ragini’s house. After the raids, the actress was arrested by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) in connection with the Sandalwood drug racket case. Earlier today (September 4), the CCB officers raided her house in Yelahanka in Bengaluru for four hours and detained her. She was brought to CCB headquarters for questioning. After several hours of questioning, Ragini has now been arrested. She has been booked under the NDPS (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act. In the search conducted at Ragini Dwivedi’s home, many important matierials were seized. The police will share more details…
More than 20 kilometres from the Line of Actual Control, Indian forces found huge Chinese force build-up with Chinese tanks and infantry forces in the South Pangong region of Eastern Ladakh. This has occurred after August 30 after the Indian Army seized the initiative and gained control of several key heights in the area. Given the range of their guns, Chinese artillery would be located in ‘depth’ positions, more than twenty kilometres away from the Line of Actual Control. The presence of additional tank forces has been detected not too far from Chinese positions in Moldo in South Pangong. However,…
The Supreme Court Thursday directed that accounts, which were not declared as non-performing asset till August 31 this year, shall not be declared NPA till further orders. A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said this while hearing a batch of pleas which have raised the issue of interest being charged on instalments which were deferred under moratorium period due to COVID-19 pandemic. The apex court passed the order while noting the submissions of senior lawyer Harish Salve, who appeared for banks’ association and said that no account shall become NPA at least for a period of two months .…
https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1301785833653981184?s=20 Tamil Nadu witnessed yet another tragedy when at least seven people were killed in an explosion at a fireworks factory in Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu on Friday. Initial reports say that the fireworks factory unit owner has also died in the explosion. The incident happened at Kurungudi village in Kattumannarkoil, police said. Four people were reportedly injured in the blast that completely damaged the building, they added. The incident that took place in Kattumannarkoil saw the entire fireworks unit collapsing following a blast. A few workers are reportedly stuck under the debris. Police officials have reached the spot and…