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Gujarat Board declares Class 10 results on gseb.org; all students clear exam

On 29 June, the Class 10 results were declared by the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) at  gseb.org This year, the Class 10 of the Gujarat board has a pass percentage of 100. As many as 8.57 lakh students had registered for the Gujarat board class 10 exam, out of which there were 3,66,722 girls and 4,90,482 boys. The GSHSEB class 10 exams were cancelled due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The results have been prepared using an alternative evaluation scheme. As the results have now been declared, students can now take admission in Class 11 on the basis of Class 10 results. Marksheets are also available with the schools and students can collect them starting 30 June. All the students have been promoted to Class 11, however, the marks awarded to them are different. With the ‘all pass’ policy, the board has promoted all the students. In Class 10, students are granted grade marks, wherein E means the student has to take a compartment exam...
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HP Pavilion Aero 13 Thin and Light Laptop With AMD Ryzen 5000 Series CPU Launched, New Full-HD Monitors Unveiled

HP Pavilion Aero 13 has launched in the US as the company’s lightest consumer laptop till date. It is powered by the latest AMD Ryzen 5000 series CPUs and AMD Radeon graphics. Additionally, HP also unveiled two new monitors — HP M24fwa FHD monitor and the HP M27fwa FHD monitor with built-in audio and Eyesafe certification. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3x5Kbfu
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Apple Watch International Collection Sport Loop Bands, Stripes Faces Launched

Apple has launched International Collection Sport Loop bands and downloadable watch faces. Each band is priced at $49 (roughly Rs. 3,600), and these represent 22 countries in the world. Users of Apple Watch Series 4, Apple Watch SE, and later can also download watch faces that match the bands. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3qCCbQB
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Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Wants to Scan Your Eyeballs in Exchange for Cryptocurrency

Sam Altman, the former head of the Silicon Valley business incubator Y Combinator, has launched a new startup that intends to give a special type of cryptocurrency to every person on earth, but only after it has scanned everyone’s eyeballs. Among the many parts of its plan, Worldcoin has designed an orb-shaped device that would scan a person’s iris to construct a ... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3A5VbeK
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Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Wants to Scan Your Eyeballs in Exchange for Cryptocurrency

Sam Altman, the former head of the Silicon Valley business incubator Y Combinator, has launched a new startup that intends to give a special type of cryptocurrency to every person on earth, but only after it has scanned everyone’s eyeballs. Among the many parts of its plan, Worldcoin has designed an orb-shaped device that would scan a person’s iris to construct a ... from Gadgets 360
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Twitter Faces More Heat as New Police Case Registered Over Child Pornography Material on Platform in India

Twitter has come under heavy fire from all corners in India as a new FIR has been filed against it over the availability of child pornography on the platform. This comes a day after Twitter’s India Managing Director Manish Maheshwari was named in an FIR filed by Ghaziabad Police for showing a wrong map of India on the microblogging site. from Gadgets 360
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Twitter Faces More Heat as New Police Case Registered Over Child Pornography Material on Platform in India

Twitter has come under heavy fire from all corners in India as a new FIR has been filed against it over the availability of child pornography on the platform. This comes a day after Twitter’s India Managing Director Manish Maheshwari was named in an FIR filed by Ghaziabad Police for showing a wrong map of India on the microblogging site. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3hjoTV3
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India's Covaxin effectively neutralises Alpha, Delta variant of coronavirus, says US NIH

India's Covaxin, developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research, effectively neutralises both Alpha and Delta variants of coronavirus, the US' National Institute of Health has said. The NIH said results of two studies of blood serum from people who had received Covaxin suggest that the vaccine generates antibodies that effectively neutralise the B.1.1.7 (Alpha) and B.1.617 (Delta) variants of SARS-CoV-2, first identified in the UK and India, respectively. The top American health research institute, which has a history of strong scientific collaboration with India, also said that an adjuvant developed with funding from it has contributed to the success of the highly efficacious Covaxin, which has been administered to roughly 25 million people till date in India and elsewhere. Adjuvants are substances formulated as part of a vaccine to boost immune responses and enhance a vaccine's effectiveness. Covaxin comprises a disabled form ...
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Black Widow, Haseen Dillruba, Toofaan, and More: July Guide to Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, and Prime Video

Black Widow, Never Have I Ever season 2, Haseen Dillruba, Toofaan, The Tomorrow War, Feels Like Ishq, Collar Bomb, Ted Lasso season 2, Jungle Cruise — the biggest movies and TV shows in July 2021 on Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Apple TV+, and Disney+. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3hhu6Nf
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Goa's iconic Club Tito's sold by owners citing 'harassment' by police, NGOs, panchayats and other authorities

Panaji: The owners of Club Tito's, one of Goa's most happening nightlife spots, on Monday announced they have sold the club due to "harassment" by authorities and NGOs. The iconic club, located at Baga beach in North Goa, has been synonymous with nightlife in the tourist state. "It is with sadness but with anger that we have sold our entire business in Goa. I personally have suffered the least as I was compensated adequately and even my future generations won't have to work," Richardo Joseph D'Souza, whose family owns the club, said in a post on Facebook. "I will also share some with our staff but in the long term they have no jobs. Can I please ask our officials to employ them as I do not ever plan any more business in Goa," he said. He did not share any information about the new owner. D'Souza claimed he has been "harassed" by officials from the police department, the Planning and Development Authority, the Coastal Reg...
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Mexican Billionaire Ricardo Salinas Supports Bitcoin, Says His Bank Is Working To Embrace The Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin recovered some momentum after the third richest man in Mexico, Richard Salinas, spoke in support of it, saying every investor should hold some in their portfolio, and said that his bank, Banco Azteca wants to figure out how to bring the cryptocurrency to its clients. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3qKgpuF
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Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming Service Now Available on iOS Devices, Windows 10 PCs

Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming service (formerly called xCloud) is now available on iOS devices and Windows 10 PCs to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. Back in April, the company announced an invite-only beta for Xbox Cloud Gaming on iOS devices and PC and now, it is rolling out to 22 countries. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3dlzRbh
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Uttar Pradesh Police files FIR against Twitter officials for putting distorted India map on platform

Noida : The police in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district have lodged an FIR against two senior officials of Twitter India over the social media platform putting up a distorted map of India. The FIR was lodged at the Khurja Nagar police station on Monday evening on the basis of a complaint by an office-bearer of right wing Bajrang Dal. The map, which showed the Union Territories of Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir outside India, was noticed on Monday, leading to an uproar by netizens. Twitter had removed that map on Monday evening. "The world map does not show Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir as parts of India. This is not a coincidence. This act has hurt the sentiments of Indians, including me," Bajrang Dal's western UP convenor Praveen Bhati said in the complaint. The FIR names Twitter India MD Manish Maheshwari and News Partnerships Head Amrita Tripathi as accused who have been booked under Indian Penal Code section 505 (2) (public mischief). Charges under Information Tec...
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Two JeM militants involved in murder of SPO and family in Pulwama, says Jammu and Kashmir Police

Srinagar: Two Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants, including a foreigner, were involved in the killing of a special police officer (SPO), his wife and daughter in Pulwama district, police said on Monday. Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said SPO Fayaz Ahmad's wife and daughter tried to save him but they were also fired upon by the militants. "There is a movement of militants in this area. Two terrorists came last night, one of them from appearance seems to be an FT (foreign terrorist)," Kumar told reporters. The IGP visited the SPO's family to offer condolence. "They (militants) fired indiscriminately on our SPO. His wife and daughter tried to save him, but they fired at them as well. They were taken to a hospital," he said. Kumar said the loss of the SPO along with his wife and daughter has "pained us a lot" and assured that the militants involved in the act will be neutralised soon. "We will soon identify them (at...
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Twitter Removes Distorted Map Displaying Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh Outside India

After drawing flak over displaying a distorted map of India that showed Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as separate country, Twitter has now removed the wrong map. The glaring distortion, that appeared on the career section of Twitter website under the header Tweep Life, had triggered a heavy backlash from netizens as they demanded strict action against the microblogging... from Gadgets 360
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Marketing authorisation for Covishield will be considered when application is received, says EU agency

New Delhi : The Covishield vaccine "does not currently have a marketing authorisation" in Europe and the matter would be considered when an application is received for it, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Monday. People vaccinated with Covishield, manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), are unlikely to be eligible to travel to the European Union member states under the 'Green Pass' scheme as the vaccine is yet to be cleared by the EMA. The EU Digital COVID certificate or 'Green Pass' will be mandatory to travel to European countries and the document is likely to serve as proof that a person is vaccinated against COVID-19. Travel under 'Green Pass' to non-EU citizens may be rolled out in a phased manner from 1 July. However, individual European Union member countries may have separate rules and norms for travellers. The EMA has already approved four COVID-19 vaccines which included Vaxzevria, the AstraZeneca vaccine ma...
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Twitter Removes Distorted Map Displaying Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh Outside India

After drawing flak over displaying a distorted map of India that showed Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as separate country, Twitter has now removed the wrong map. The glaring distortion, that appeared on the career section of Twitter website under the header Tweep Life, had triggered a heavy backlash from netizens as they demanded strict action against the microblogging... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3h2WdAF
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Twitter removes distorted map showing Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh outside India

New Delhi: After drawing flak over displaying a distorted map of India that showed Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as separate country, Twitter has now removed the wrong map. The glaring distortion, which appeared on the career section of Twitter website under the header 'Tweep Life', had triggered a heavy backlash from netizens on Monday as they demanded strict action against the microblogging platform that has flouted various rules on multiple occasions in the past. #TwitterBan was trending on Twitter with almost 17,000 tweets. This is not the first time that Twitter has misrepresented India's map. Earlier, it had shown Leh as part of China. The global map, which grossly misrepresented India's boundaries, was removed on late Monday evening by Twitter following social media outrage. Sources said the government is seriously looking into the matter. In this case, since the wrong depiction is on Twitter's website, the case is not that of an 'intermediary' b...
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Redmi Note 10T With MediaTek Dimensity 700 SoC Launched: Price, Specifications

Redmi Note 10T has been launched in Russia with MediaTek Dimensity 700 SoC, and a 5,000mAh battery. The smartphone features a triple rear camera setup with a 48-megapixel primary sensor. The phone is a rebranded version of the Redmi Note 10 5G that was launched in Europe, and debuted as Poco M3 Pro 5G in India. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3A56Iew
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Redmi Note 10T With MediaTek Dimensity 700 SoC Launched: Price, Specifications

Redmi Note 10T has been launched in Russia with MediaTek Dimensity 700 SoC, and a 5,000mAh battery. The smartphone features a triple rear camera setup with a 48-megapixel primary sensor. The phone is a rebranded version of the Redmi Note 10 5G that was launched in Europe, and debuted as Poco M3 Pro 5G in India. from Gadgets 360
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Vivo X60t Pro+ With Periscope Lens, Snapdragon 888 SoC Launched: Price, Specifications

Vivo X60t Pro+ has been launched in China. The phone comes with a 12-megapixel portrait lens at the back and all of the other specifications more or less match with the already launched Vivo X60 Pro+. The new Vivo X60t Pro+ is powered by the Snapdragon 888 SoC and it features a 32-megapixel selfie camera. from Gadgets 360
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COVID-19: Level-3 restrictions to be imposed in Pune from today; restaurants, shops to be open till 4 pm

Pune: All malls and auditoriums will remain closed from Monday, 28 June in Maharashtra's Pune, with the municipal corporation imposing fresh restrictions under the level-3 category. As per the order issued by the Pune civic body on Saturday, shops selling essential items will remain open till 4 pm on all days while shops under the non-essential category will operate from Monday to Friday till 4 pm. Restaurants, bars, and food courts will operate from Monday to Friday till 4 pm with a 50 per cent seating capacity. Home delivery of the food is allowed till 11 pm. Gyms, salons, beauty parlours will also operate with a 50 per cent seating capacity from Monday to Friday till 4 pm, the order said. All the public places such as gardens, playgrounds will remain open for people from 5 am to 9 am. Social, religious and entertainment programs are allowed to be held from Monday to Friday till 4 pm in the presence of 50 people. "The duration of such a programme cannot be extended be...
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Vivo X60t Pro+ With Periscope Lens, Snapdragon 888 SoC Launched: Price, Specifications

Vivo X60t Pro+ has been launched in China. The phone comes with a 12-megapixel portrait lens at the back and all of the other specifications more or less match with the already launched Vivo X60 Pro+. The new Vivo X60t Pro+ is powered by the Snapdragon 888 SoC and it features a 32-megapixel selfie camera. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3y00WJ7
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Twitter interim grievance officer for India quits amid row with Centre over IT rules

New Delhi:  Twitter's interim resident grievance officer for India has stepped down, leaving the micro-blogging site without a grievance official as mandated by the new IT rules to address complaints from Indian subscribers, according to a source. The source said that Dharmendra Chatur, who was recently appointed as interim resident grievance officer for India by Twitter, has quit from the post. The social media company's website no longer displays his name as required under Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021. Twitter declined to comment on the development. The development comes at a time when the micro-blogging platform has been engaged in a tussle with the Indian government over the new social media rules. The government has slammed Twitter for deliberate defiance and failure to comply with the country's new IT rules. The new rules which came into effect from 25 May mandate social media companies to establish a gr...
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IL&FS gets Rs 1,925 crore from Haryana government in Gurgaon Metro Project case

Mumbai:  Debt-laden Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) on Sunday said it has received Rs 1,925 crore from Haryana Shehari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) as interim termination payment in the Gurgaon Metro Project case. The two-phased Gurgaon Metro Project was developed through IL&FS subsidiaries and special purpose vehicles (SPVs) - Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon Ltd (RMGL) and Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon South Ltd (RMGSL), a company release said. This payment received in the escrow accounts, comes in compliance of the Supreme Court's 26 March, 2021, order that ruled in favour of IL&FS in the Gurgaon Metro Project, the release said. The Supreme Court in its order had directed HSVP to deposit 80 percent of total debt due (of over Rs 2,400 crore basis audit conducted by CAG), amounting to Rs 1,925 crore, within three months into the escrow accounts of the two SPVs, the release said. Appropriation of any amount from the said escrow accounts shall be subject to furt...
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Drone strike at IAF station a terror attack, says J&K police chief; crude bomb found in Jammu

Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh Sunday termed the twin explosions at the Air Force base in Jammu airport a "terror attack". Speaking to CNN-News18 , Jammu and Kashmir DGP Dilbagh Singh confirmed that the payload was dropped using drones. Two Indian Air Force personnel were injured in the explosions that took place around 1.40 am within six minutes of each other. The first blast ripped off the roof of a single-storey building at the high security technical area of the airport manned by the IAF in Satwari area of the city. The second one was on the ground, the officials said. Singh said the police and other agencies were working together with IAF officials to unravel the plan behind the attack. A team from anti-terror probe agency National Investigation Agency (NIA) was also at the spot. Preliminary reports confirmed that the blasts did not cause any major casualties or damage to equipment. However, the security forces have sealed the area to assess...
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After Air India, Britain's Cairn Energy to target more govt-owned companies to recover money

After Air India, Britain's Cairn Energy PLC plans to target assets of state-owned firms and banks in countries from the US to Singapore as it looks to ramp up efforts to recover the amount due from the Indian government after winning an arbitration against the levy of retrospective taxes. A lawyer representing the company said Cairn will bring lawsuits in several countries to make state-owned firms liable to pay the $1.2 billion plus interest and penalties that are due from the Indian government. Last month, Cairn brought a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York pleading that Air India is controlled by the Indian government so much that they are 'alter egos' and the airline should be held liable for the arbitration award. "There are a number of state enterprises which we are considering for enforcement action. Enforcement action will be soon and it may not be in the US," Dennis Hranitzky, head of the sovereign litigation practice...
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Delta Plus variant cannot be tackled with vaccines alone, need safety measures like face masks: WHO

Geneva: Vaccination and safety measures such as wearing face masks are essential when it comes to fighting the Delta Plus coronavirus variant, World Health Organization (WHO) representative to Russia Melita Vujnovic said. "Vaccination plus masks, because just a vaccine is not enough with 'Delta Plus'. We need to make an effort over a short period of time, otherwise there would be a lockdown," Vujnovic said on the Soloviev Live YouTube show. She explained that vaccination is essential because it lowers the probability of spreading the virus and lowers the risks of severe disease. However, "additional measures" will probably be required as well, Vujnovic warned. Earlier in June, the WHO included the Delta variant in its list of coronavirus variants of concern as the strain had become prevalent and has caused a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in some countries, including Russia. India has also reported multiple cases of the Delta Plus strain, which was first d...
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Ram Nath Kovind says had never imagined that village boy like me would occupy highest post in nation

Lucknow: President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday said he had never imagined that an ordinary village boy like him would have the honour of occupying the highest post in the country, and thanked the people of his birthplace for this. He was addressing a gathering at the Paraunkh village, which is his birthplace, in Kanpur Dehat district. "I had never imagined even in my dreams that an ordinary village boy like me would have the honour of occupying the highest post in the country. But, our democratic system made this possible," Kovind said. "Wherever I have reached today, the credit goes to the soil of this village, this region, and to your love and blessings," he said and also paid tributes to freedom fighters and makers of the Constitution. "According to my family's ' sanskaar ' (values), the oldest woman in the village is given the status of mother and the oldest man is given the status of father, irrespective of caste or community. Today, I feel ...
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Rajnath Singh begins three-day visit to Ladakh amid stalemate in disengagement process with China

New Delhi: The dedication of Indian soldiers and veterans towards the country is an "exemplary example", Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday soon after arriving in Ladakh on a three-day visit aimed at taking stock of India's military preparedness in the region in the face of a prolonged border row with China. In Leh, Singh interacted with senior elected representatives of Kargil, Leh and Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council with a focus on the overall development of the regions, officials said. Ladakh: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh meets the elected representatives of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Kargil, Leh & government officials in Leh pic.twitter.com/IfQ3S6O8uB — ANI (@ANI) June 27, 2021 The defence minister, accompanied by Army Chief General MM Naravane, also met a number of armed forces veterans and discussed issues relating to their welfare as well as national security. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh meets with ...
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Pakistan seeks 'civilised, even-handed' relations like India-US ties with Washington: Imran Khan

Islamabad: Pakistan is seeking a "civilised" and "even-handed" relationship with Washington like the one that existed between the US and the UK or with India "right now", Prime Minister Imran Khan has said, underlining the role Islamabad could play in the region, including in Afghanistan after America leaves the war-torn country. Imran Irmade the comments during an interview with The New York Times in which he also expressed his disappointment that his bid to normalise ties with India did not make any progress though he approached Prime Minister Narendra Modi soon after assuming office in August 2018. In the interview that comes as US President Joe Biden had his first face-to-face meeting with his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghan at the White House on Friday, Imran recalled that Pakistan has had a closer relationship with the US than other nations in the region, such as India, and was a US partner in the war against terrorism, Dawn newspaper reported. ...
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Sputnik V vaccine roll-out delayed at private hospitals in Delhi -NCR yet again

New Delhi: The roll-out of Russian COVID-19 vaccine 'Sputnik V' at various private hospitals in the Delhi-NCR region has been delayed again, officials said on Sunday. "We do not have a clarity on the dates of the vaccine roll-out," a spokesman of Apollo Hospitals said. Indraprastha Apollo in Delhi had earlier said that it would tentatively start administering the two-dose vaccine by 25 June. An official of Madhukar Rainbow Children's Hospital said the facility has also not received Sputnik V doses so far from Hyderabad-based Dr Reddy's Laboratories, the marketing partner for the vaccine in the country. "There is a delay on the part of the suppliers. They have not shared any specific reason for it. I think it could be related to the supply of both the doses together," he said. Sputnik V uses two different viruses that cause the common cold (adenovirus) in humans. The two doses, given 21 days apart, are different and not interchangeable. Fortis ...
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India records 50,040 new COVID-19 cases, 1,258 fresh fatalities; active cases less than 2%

A single-day rise of 50,040 fresh COVID-19 infections took India's tally to 3,02,33,183, while the number of active cases dipped to 5,86,403, according to the Union Health Ministry data on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 3,95,751 with 1,258 more people succumbing to the viral disease in a day. Active cases now comprises 1.94 percent of the total infections, the data updated at 8 am showed. Recoveries outnumbered daily new cases of COVID-19 for the 45th consecutive day with the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surging to 2,92,51,029. The case fatality rate stood at 1.31 percent. While the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 96.75 percent, the weekly case positivity rate has come down to 2.91 per cent. According to the ministry data, the daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.82 percent. It has been less than 5 per cent for 20 consecutive days. India administered 64.25 lakh vaccine doses in a day, taking the cumulative number of jabs given s...
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IAF probes suspected drone attack on Jammu Air Force station, NSG forensics team at site; key points

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is investigating a suspected drone attack on Jammu Air Force station in the early hours of Sunday. If the final investigation confirms the deployment of drone technology to infiltrate the high-security area, then this will be the first such attack on an Indian military installation. Preliminary reports confirmed that the blasts did not cause any major casualties or damage to equipment. However, the security forces have sealed the area to assess any further threat to security. IAF chief Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria, who is in Bangladesh on an official visit since Saturday, is constantly monitoring the situation. Reports said that Bhadauria is unlikely to cut short his official visit, but the necessary instructions have been passed down for probe into the matter. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also dialled up vice IAF chief Marshal HS Arora. Raksha Mantri Shri @rajnathsingh spoke to Vice Air Chief, Air Marshal HS Arora regarding today’s in...
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Petrol crosses Rs 100 in Bihar after another price hike; diesel up by 25 paise

New Delhi:  Petrol price soared past Rs 100-a-litre mark in Bihar after fuel prices were hiked again on Sunday on the back of a surge in international oil rates. Petrol price was hiked by 35 paise per litre and diesel by 25 paise, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers. The increase, second in as many days and 31st in less than two  months, took rates across the country to fresh highs with Bihar becoming the latest state to see petrol cross Rs 100-a-litre mark. Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 35 paise per litre each on Saturday. In Delhi, petrol hit an all-time high of Rs 98.46 a litre, while diesel is now priced at Rs 88.90 per litre. Fuel prices differ from state to state depending on the incidence of local taxes such as value-added tax (VAT) and freight charges. While petrol had crossed Rs 100-a-litre mark in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Ladakh, s...
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Mann ki Baat: Narendra Modi urges people to shed vaccine hesitancy, not believe in rumours

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his monthly 'Mann ki Baat' radio address on Sunday urged people to shed vaccine hesitancy and not fall prey to rumors about COVID-19 vaccines. The prime minister also remembered legendary sprinter Milkha Singh , who recently passed away after a month-long battle with COVID-19 and spoke about Indian athletes participating in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Here are the key highlights from the prime minister's address: The prime minister said that while the fight against the virus is continuing, India had achieved an unprecedented feat of giving more than 86 lakh vaccine doses in a single day on 21 June, when the next phase of the vaccination drive started. Speaking to two persons from Dulariya village in Madhya Pradesh's Betul district, Modi addressed their doubt and counseled them to take the vaccine. "I want to tell villagers to get rid of the fear of vaccines. There are many villages in India that are 100 percent vaccinated,...
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In affidavit filed in SC, Centre lays out plan to vaccinate adult population against COVID-19 by year-end

The Centre has told the Supreme Court in an affidavit that it expects to get 188 crore vaccine doses by the end of this year, enough to cover the entire adult population of 94 crore. The top court's 31 May order had criticised the Centre's liberalised vaccination policy, differential pricing of vaccines for Centre, states and private hospitals, basis of such a norm and mandatory registration on Co-WIN app in view of huge digital divide between rural and urban India, and sought the government's response on its queries in two weeks. The Centre's affidavit also touched on issues such as vaccination for senior citizens and persons with disabilities unable to reach vaccination centres, on-site registration to bridge digital divide and vaccine trials for children. 51.6 crore vaccine doses by July-end In an affidavit filed on Saturday, the Centre said that as per the projected mid-year population for 2020, the total population of the country aged 18 years and above is app...
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