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- AUG 18, 2021 12:28 PM IST Bombay HC grants interim relief to businessman Raj Kundra in pornography caseBombay High Court grants interim relief to businessman and Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra and keeps his anticipatory bail application for hearing next Wednesday, 25th August.
- AUG 18, 2021 12:15 PM IST Over 56 crore Covid-19 vaccines administered in IndiaIndia achieved a landmark of administrating over 56 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses till date under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive, the Union Ministry of Health informed on Wednesday.
- AUG 18, 2021 11:44 AM IST Supreme Court directs women can sit for National Defence Academy entrance examsSupreme Court directs women can sit for exams for entry in the National Defence Academy (NDA). The exam is slated for Sep 5. Admissions etc will be subjected to the final orders of the court.
- AUG 18, 2021 11:43 AM IST UK inflation slows in July: Official dataBritain’s annual inflation rate slowed sharply last month on falling prices for clothing, footwear and recreational goods and services, official data showed Wednesday.
- AUG 18, 2021 11:27 AM IST SC dismisses Maha govt plea challenging CBI probe against ex-HM Anil DeshmukhSC dismisses petition filed by Maharashtra government challenging CBI probe against former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. The Court said, “An impression is being given that the state is trying to protect this man….investigation is not against state but your Home Minister”.
- AUG 18, 2021 11:10 AM IST Delhi Court discharges Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with Sunanda Pushkar death case.Delhi court discharges Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with Sunanda Pushkar death case.
- AUG 18, 2021 10:44 AM IST First batch of Indian athletes leaves for Tokyo Paralympics amid warm send-offThe first batch of Indian athletes for the upcoming Tokyo Paralympics, including flag bearer Thangavelu Mariyappan left for the Games on Wednesday amid a warm send-off.
- AUG 18, 2021 10:26 AM IST Haryana CM asks Neeraj Chopra to head a centre off excellenceI have asked Olympic gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra to head a centre of excellence to groom athletes for the Olympics. We want to make Haryana a hub of sports: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.
- AUG 18, 2021 10:01 AM IST Over 2,200 people evacuated on Kabul military flights: Security officialOver 2,200 diplomats and other civilians have so far been evacuated on military flights out of Kabul, a Western security official in the Afghan capital told Reuters on Wednesday.
- AUG 18, 2021 09:15 AM IST India records 35,178 fresh Covid-19 cases in last 24 hoursIndia reports 35,178 new Covid-19 cases, 37,169 recoveries and 440 deaths in the last 24 hrs, as per Health Ministry.Total cases: 3,22,85,857Total recoveries: 3,14,85,923Active cases: 3,67,415Death toll: 4,32,519
- AUG 18, 2021 08:52 AM IST Sydney warned worse to come as Delta cases surgeSydney’s Delta outbreak has not peaked and residents must brace for more deaths, authorities said on Wednesday, as Australia’s largest city continued to break records for new daily infections despite a nearly two-month lockdown.
- AUG 18, 2021 08:28 AM IST New Zealand PM announces lockdown over single suspected Delta variant caseNew Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a nationwide lockdown after the country confirmed the first locally transmitted Covid-19 since February.
- AUG 18, 2021 08:18 AM IST Japan extends Covid-19 emergency lockdown as cases surgeJapan on Tuesday extended its state of emergency in Tokyo and other regions and announced new measures covering seven more prefectures to counter a spike in Covid-19 infections that is threatening the medical system.
- AUG 18, 2021 07:34 AM IST Assam’s revised Covid-19 guidelines comes into effect from todayThe Assam government’s new set of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in regard to Covid-19 pandemic will come into effect from Wednesday.
- AUG 18, 2021 07:05 AM IST US military has evacuated 3,200 people from Afghanistan so farUS military has evacuated 3,200 people from Afghanistan so far: AFP news agency quoting official.
- AUG 18, 2021 06:30 AM IST FM Jaishankar, Estonia counterpart exchange views on Afghan crisisExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday met Estonia counterpart Eva Maria Liimets and exchanged views on the developments in Afghanistan.
- AUG 18, 2021 06:15 AM IST Iran to make efforts to stabilise Afghanistan: President RaisiIranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday said that his country would make serious efforts to stabilise Afghanistan as the country’s government fell on Sunday and the Taliban took over the control, a media report said.
- AUG 18, 2021 05:48 AM IST Delhi Riots: HC to hear former AAP leader Tahir Hussain’s bail pleas todayThe Delhi high court is set to hear today the bail pleas of suspended Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain in connection with the four separate instances of violence during the northeast Delhi riots in January last year.
- AUG 18, 2021 05:40 AM IST Haiti earthquake death count rises to 1,941: OfficialsThe death toll from a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti has risen to 1,941, the Caribbean nation’s civil protection agency said Tuesday, as a tropical storm brought torrential downpours on survivors already coping with catastrophe.
- AUG 18, 2021 05:28 AM IST Belur Math in Kolkata to re-open for public from todayBelur Math, the global headquarters of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, will be open for devotees and visitors for about five hours from today, a spokesman had said on August 11.
- AUG 18, 2021 05:19 AM IST UK plans to welcome thousands of Afghans in new refugee planBritain on Tuesday announced plans to welcome up to 5,000 Afghans fleeing the Taliban during the first year of a new resettlement programme that will prioritise women, girls and religious and other minorities.
- AUG 18, 2021 05:08 AM IST California to review 2009 fatal shooting at train stationCalifornia’s attorney general said Tuesday that his office will conduct its own review of a transit officer’s involvement in the shooting death of a 22-year-old Black man at a San Francisco Bay Area train station in 2009.
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