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Amid LAC row, Leh boosts oxygen infrastructure in forward areas https://ift.tt/3rJy1qV

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Amid continued stand-off with China, the Leh administration is augmenting oxygen supply in the forward areas by adding new plants, a move that will boost the fight against Covid-19 in ‘zero-mile’ villages and far-flung settlements along northern and eastern Ladakh.

USA-Japan-Taiwan form trilateral to check China's territorial ambitions https://ift.tt/3C1kxvo

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The trilateral strategic dialogue was hosted virtually by the Japan-Republic of China Diet Members' Consultative Council. Abe is an adviser to the council.

Jaipur: BJP MP Kirori Lal arrested after hoisting flag of 'Meena community' on part of Amagarh fort https://ift.tt/3C2IOkI

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Afghan economy heads towards crisis following Taliban capture of border trade points https://ift.tt/3jaZzkV

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Over the past month, the Ashraf Ghani government has lost control over Islam Qala, Torghundi, Abu Nasr Farahi, Spin Boldak, Ay-Khanoom, Dand-e-Patan and Shir Khan land ports. This has crippled the government and led to a shrinking of customs revenues.

Rockets hit Kandahar airport in Afghanistan, says airport official https://ift.tt/3fkQWTM

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"Last night three rockets were fired at the airport and two of them hit the runway... Due to this all flights from the airport have been cancelled," airport chief Massoud Pashtun told AFP.

Parliament disruption: 'Around 89 hrs wasted, loss of 133 cr to the taxpayer', claims BJP's Amit Malviya https://ift.tt/3fg1ZO0

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Paris: French police clash with protesters opposed to COVID health pass, use tear gas and water cannons https://ift.tt/2VkwZFC

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Rain lashes Delhi-NCR, IMD predicts thunderstorm, heavy downpour https://ift.tt/2WGBVp4

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Enforcement Directorate launches Separate Money Laundering Probe https://ift.tt/3lhL8OX

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People with direct knowledge of the matter said the ED had launched the probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. They said the federal agency recently sought relevant information and documents from the complainant in the case.

Latest News Updates: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to participate in 5 ASEAN ministerial meetings on August 2-6 https://ift.tt/3lnxBFD

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Tokyo Olympics Live Updates: P V Sindhu eyes badminton bronze; men's hockey team faces Britain in quarter finals https://ift.tt/3zRgW0Q

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China will maintain prudent, flexible monetary policy in H2: Central bank https://ift.tt/3ygjndf

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Factory activity in July grew at the slowest pace in 17 months since February 2020 when the impact of lockdowns to control the coronavirus pandemic was first felt. New export orders contracted for three straight months.

Boundary clash unrelated to drug trafficking, cattle trade; 'non-state actors' weren't involved: Mizoram HM https://ift.tt/3ifboaJ

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"Drug trafficking and cattle trade have nothing to do with the boundary clash, and non-state actors weren't involved in the incident. How can a responsible government be hand-in-glove with or be influenced by non-state actors?" the home minister told .

Globalisation tripled India GDP but workers have been left out: Economist https://ift.tt/2V3p8N4

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"Globalisation has tripled Indian GDP in a generation, an amazing accomplishment, ..but the workers of India have been left out," Maskin, a professor of Economics and Mathematics at Harvard University, said.

Are we ready for the COVID-19 third wave? https://ift.tt/3icCZt8

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Will there be another wave, bringing with it a new set of challenges? Virologists and health experts are not on the same page about the timing and the characteristics of a new wave. The third wave, some argue, could be an aggregate of many ripples spread across the country.

Odisha relaxes COVID curbs; malls, cinema halls to reopen from August 1 https://ift.tt/3fhqOcJ

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The Special Relief Commissioner also said the unlock measures will not be implemented in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Puri where the pandemic situation is worrisome. The weekend shutdown will remain in force in the three cities.

Not Federer, not Wawrinka: Bencic gets gold for Switzerland https://ift.tt/2V8aWlO

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The 12th-ranked Bencic beat Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 at the Tokyo Games for the first major title of her career and she'll also contest the women's doubles gold medal match on Sunday.

First Zika virus case found in Maharashtra https://ift.tt/2V1BipK

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​​Zika virus spreads through the bite of the aedes aegymosquito and most patients do not have symptoms. The typical symptoms include fever, body ache and conjunctivitis, and pregnant women should be more careful, the statement said.

Over 97% students clear UP board examination: State government https://ift.tt/3fi2qHQ

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The pass percentage of boys stood at 97.47 per cent, while that of the girls was 98.40 per cent in class 12, the state government said.

Biological E plans to break into the big league by manufacturing three Covid-19 vaccines https://ift.tt/3lc9M3o

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Of these, the phase-three trials of Corbevax — jointly manufactured by BE, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and Dynavax in California — are underway. BE says it will supply 30 crore doses to the Indian government after securing emergency use listing (EUL).

Tokyo: US Olympic athletes on mental health challenges https://ift.tt/3A0F6q3

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Tarantulas from Poland, Tamarins from Thailand seized in Chennai https://ift.tt/3ynaKxC

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The end price of exotic creatures is very high. But enforcement agencies, in recent years, have stopped assigning any monetary value to wildlife contraband as GoI’s WCCB discourages the practice.

Jharkhand CM recommends CBI probe into Dhanbad judge death case https://ift.tt/3zXbn0W

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​​An official spokesman said that the chief minister has recommended handing over the probe in the death of District and Sessions court judge Uttam Anand to the premier investigating agency.

Atanu Das loses in pre-quarters, archers draw a blank https://ift.tt/3llkJQl

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A day after his world number one wife Deepika Kumari choked in the last-eight stage against eventual gold medallist An San of Korea, Atanu Das exited in the pre-quarterfinals of the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.

Merging two ‘first dose’ COVID-19 vaccination certificates on CoWin an uphill task for many https://ift.tt/377o650

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A central official with the Co-WIN portal management team said, “When an attempt is made to merge two certificates, details like beneficiary’s name, gender, age, reference ID are checked to see if they all match. In case they do not match, the merging request does not go through.”

China factory activity slows in July, hit by extreme weather https://ift.tt/3zVY0OM

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Chinese factory activity weakened in July to its lowest level since the start of the pandemic, data showed Saturday, as manufacturing was impacted by slowing demand, weak exports and extreme weather. China's fragile economic recovery is threatened by a recent resurgence of the Delta variant of the coronavirus that is threatening to dampen holiday consumption over the summer.

India records 41,649 fresh COVID-19 cases, 593 more fatalities https://ift.tt/3feK9LB

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The number of active cases has gone up to 408920, accounting for 1.29 per cent of the total number of cases, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.37 per cent, data showed.

Madhya Pradesh: 22 prisoners injured as jail barrack wall collapses in Bhind https://ift.tt/3feK8Hx

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Impressive Kamalpreet Kaur finishes second in discus qualification to make finals, Punia out https://ift.tt/3xiyKQS

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The Indian ended ahead of defending gold-medallist Sandra Perkovic (63.75m) of Croatia and reigning world champion Yaime Perez (63.18) of Cuba. Perkovic qualified at third and Perez at seventh.

WHO urges action to suppress Covid before deadlier variants emerge https://ift.tt/3zSvwFx

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"Delta is a warning: it's a warning that the virus is evolving but it is also a call to action that we need to move now before more dangerous variants emerge," the WHO's emergencies director Michael Ryan told a press conference.

Two more parts of China report coronavirus outbreaks https://ift.tt/3rJQofb

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The National Health Commission reported 55 new cases in areas including Fujian province and Chongqing municipality, in addition to the four provinces and Beijing where outbreaks of the Delta variant had already been reported.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Kamalpreet in Discus Throw final; archer Atanu Das loses in pre-quarters https://ift.tt/3jcV0XE

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India, China to hold 12th round of Corps Commander-level talks today in Moldo along LAC https://ift.tt/3BVvUFf

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With joining of several leaders, TMC strengthens base in Tripura https://ift.tt/3ffyvQF

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The party has started preparation for 2023 assembly polls. TMC has constituted a state committee and an announcement will be made by party's national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday next during his visit to the state.

UN office in Afghanistan's Herat comes under fire; guard killed https://ift.tt/3C3ASzQ

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Border row: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, 4 senior cops, two admin officials booked by Mizoram Police https://ift.tt/3lcKdz1

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Watch: CISF’s Seven sniffer dogs serving at DMRC retired after 10 years of service https://ift.tt/2TOAV14

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Central team arrives in Thiruvananthapuram to monitor Covid situation in Kerala https://ift.tt/3ljBNpF

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Tokyo Diaries: Risky shopping amid Covid, an Indian in Tokyo https://ift.tt/3fhGdcP

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Om Mundra, who has worked as a volunteer in many multidiscipline events, has somehow managed to get himself accredited this time around too because none except the media are allowed in Tokyo from India.

Tokyo Olympics Live Updates: All eyes on shuttler PV Sindhu ahead of her semifinal against World No. 1 Tzu-Ying https://ift.tt/3x9jUw8

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Covid News Live Updates: China fights Covid surge as Japan extends emergency during Olympics https://ift.tt/3BZGWJu

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P&G appoints Shailesh Jejurikar as the global COO https://ift.tt/3j3UuuW

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"In October, Shailesh Jejurikar will become P&G's Chief Operating Officer (COO). As COO, Shailesh will have profit/loss responsibility for P&G's Enterprise Markets (Latin America, India, Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe)," P&G said in a statement.

IIT Guwahati to collaborate with Brahmaputra Board to restore River Banks https://ift.tt/3rKsb8B

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The collaboration will help to evolve with innovative technology which will help for better management of river like Brahmaputra. It is a partnership of experimental and computational study along with promoting academic visits of students and officials for the mutual benefit of stakeholders.

Businesses by nature are problem solvers — industry leaders hold the best climate crisis solutions: Nancy F. Koehn https://ift.tt/3xg4RAT

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"Business has a huge role in effecting the kind of energy and technology used and diffused among the public. But business also has the resources, mechanisms, people and perspectives to solve problems. The nature of business is to solve problems and move towards opportunities," Koehn said.

Chief Justice of India to address judges' safety issue after Dhanbad 'killing' https://ift.tt/3zR1QIS

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The Jharkhand HC, alarmed by the death of the judge, had suo motu taken cognisance of the episode and has been monitoring progress of investigations. The CJI stepped in on Friday to ensure security of judges. The court also sought a progress report into investigations into the death of additional judge Uttam Anand.

Watch: Huge Chicago music festival underway amid virus https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Buy or Sell: Stock ideas by experts for July 30, 2021 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Stocks in focus: JK Laxmi Cement, MRPL and more https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Tokyo Olympics: Debutant boxer Simranjit loses opening bout to exit Olympic Games https://ift.tt/2VnxWgc

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She was impressive in the opening round and seemed to have caught Seesondee on the back-foot with her measured approach, sticking to a counter-attacking strategy. However, the judges ruled unanimously in favour of the Thai, causing Simranjit to be a tad reckless in the second round.

Assam govt advises residents to avoid travelling to Mizoram amid border dispute https://ift.tt/3fbDul3

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National Education Policy about openness, absence of pressure, says Prime Minister Modi https://ift.tt/2VkUGNU

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Addressing policy makers, students and teachers on completion of one year of the NEP 2020, Modi highlighted the "openness and absence of pressure" in the new policy that brings in new options like multiple entry and exit, which will free students from the restriction of staying in the same class or same course.

Largest earthquake in US since 1965 rattles Alaska, no major damage or injury reported https://ift.tt/3zRBaYm

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Tokyo Olympics: Deepika seals last-eight berth, ousts former world champion Ksenia Perova https://ift.tt/3zRTzEE

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For the three-time Olympian Deepika, this was her first win from three matches against the 2017 world champion as she became the first Indian to make the last-eight in an individual event of the Olympics