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National Doctor's Day: Rahul Gandhi interacts with Indian nurses working against Covid-19 across world

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India sees spike of 18,653 Covid-19 cases, tally reaches 5,85,493

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18,653 Covid-19 cases have been reported in India in the last 24 hours, taking the country's tally of coronavirus cases to 5,85,493, informed the Union health and family welfare ministry on Wednesday. As per the ministry, there are presently 2,20,114 active cases in the country. The number of patients cured/discharged and migrated stands at 3,47,979. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3gfoYqO via IFTTT

Remembering Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy: Why India celebrates National Doctor's Day on July 1

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India celebrates July 1 as 'National Doctor's Day' commemorating the iconic and internationally renowned medical practitioner, Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy who served as a physician, a freedom fighter, an educationist and a politician. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3dVhBTX via IFTTT

CRPF jawan, civilian killed in terrorist attack in J&K's Baramulla

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The terrorists opened firing on a naka party of security forces in Sopore, resulting in injuries to three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans and a civilian, the officials said. They said the injured were shifted to hospital while the area was cordoned off to track down the assailants. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3gfjUm2 via IFTTT

National Doctor's Day: Amit Shah salutes medics for 'uttermost commitment' to keep nation safe, healthy'

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On the occasion of Doctor's Day on Wednesday, Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday saluted doctors for their 'uttermost commitment to keep the nation safe and healthy.' He applauded the doctors for their efforts and service amidst the ongoing pandemic. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3gbfA7q via IFTTT

Recycling of empty beer bottles liable to commercial tax: SC

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Vice President extends wishes, greetings to medical fraternity on National Doctor's Day

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Govt declared entire Nagaland 'disturbed area' for 6 more months

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Facebook bans 'violent' Boogaloo-linked network

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IIT Kanpur gets Rs 196 crore from Centre to fight cyberthreats

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At a time when the threat of cyberattacks is growing, including those from China, the Union government has approved Rs 196 crore for a national technical centre at IIT Kanpur to counter such threats. Besides, in a first for the country, the institute will also roll out an MTech degree in cyber security from the next year. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2VwqyfK via IFTTT

66% want a one-month complete lockdown in 15 high virus load districts: Survey

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HC extends date for comments on draft green policy

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Ban China-backed news apps, Indian publishers tell govt

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Facebook bans 'violent' Boogaloo-linked network

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PM shied away from calling out China in his address: Congress

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Recycling of beer and IMFL bottles to draw purchase tax: SC

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Open for all: Now, get online BSc degree from IIT-M without JEE

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Pak’s ‘use & throw’ policy renders Geelani irrelevant

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France voices its support for India in ‘difficult’ times

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Better education of women helped push total fertility rate down

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48% of people got medical care before death in 2018: Report

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More people received medical care before death in 2018 as compared to five years ago, the Sample Registration System Statistical Report 2018 said. The report showed in 2018, in nearly 48% deaths, the deceased had received medical attention either at a govt hospital or a private facility. In 2018, in nearly 48% deaths, the deceased had received medical attention either at a government hospital or a private hospital. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2BOHbMR via IFTTT

India gets its wettest June in 12 years

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India experienced its wettest month of June in 12 years with 18% above-normal rainfall on the back of timely monsoon onset and its swift advance across the country. Central India, as well as east and northeast, have received the heaviest showers. India received 196.2mm of rain during the month, highest since 2008, when 202mm was recorded during the month, as per IMD. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3dRVXQ5 via IFTTT

Party rivals mount fresh pressure on Oli to quit

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Nepal PM K P Sharma Oli has come under immense pressure to resign from within the ruling Nepal Communist Party, including from former PM Prachanda. According to Nepal media reports, Prachanda, Madhav Kumar Nepal, Jhalanath Khanal and Bamdev Gautam demanded that Oli quit at a meeting on Tuesday. Oli has gone on record to say that India has been behind the effort to unseat him. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2YPBNCl via IFTTT

Joe Biden names Indian-American expert as digital chief of staff

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Indian-American Medha Raj has been named by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as his digital chief of staff, a key role in his election campaigns which are entirely going virtual due to the Covid-19 pandemic in the US. In this capacity, Raj will work across all facets of the digital department to streamline and coordinate how to maximise the impact of its digital outputs, the Biden campaign said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Bl5nGE via IFTTT

Home minister's tweet of scrapping broadband, mobile services in J&K, Ladakh fake: MHA

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"A tweet is circulating in the name of Union Home Minister mentioning fixed-line broadband and internet in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to be snapped. This tweet is fake. No such tweet has been done from Union Home Minister's twitter handle," tweeted the spokesperson, Ministry of Home Affairs. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZgkDwA via IFTTT

Partnership with US critical in translating India's bold vision for development into reality: Envoy

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Taj Hotel receives bomb threat call from Pakistan; security beefed

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Security tightened outside two Taj hotels in Mumbai on Tuesday after a call was received on an intervening night threatening to blow up the hotels with bombs. The call was traced to Karachi, Pakistan said Mumbai police, with the caller identifying as a member of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3gnkdLZ via IFTTT

Earthquake of 4.0 magnitude recorded near Katra in J&K

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According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), tremors were felt at 8:56 am today. Earlier on Saturday, an earthquake of magnitude 4.4 on the Richter scale hit 332 km northeast of Hanle in the Union Territory. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3gbIEM9 via IFTTT

India sees spike of 18,522 Covid-19 cases, tally reaches 5,66,840

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Rajnath Singh to hold talks with US counterpart, India-China face-off likely to come up

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The third round of Corps Commander-level talks between India and China to discuss and diffuse the tension over the ongoing dispute along the LAC in Eastern Ladakh is scheduled to be held at 10:30 am today in Chushul, Leh, informed government sources said on Monday. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/38agb6G via IFTTT

YouTube bans prominent white supremacist channels

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YouTube bans prominent white supremacist channels

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Two terrorists killed by security forces in J&K's Anantnag

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Two terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Waghama area of Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Tuesday. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NIsFZU via IFTTT

Ladakh face-off: US senators express solidarity with India

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Expressing solidarity with the people of India on the Ladakh face-off with China, a top US senator has said India had made it clear that it would not be bullied by Beijing. Republican Senator Marco Rubio spoke with India's ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, to "express our solidarity with the people of #India as they firmly confront unwarranted and lawless armed aggression by the Communist Party of China". from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3dKO0MK via IFTTT

Google Doodle closes Pride month by celebrating LGBTQ+ activist Marsha P. Johnson

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Google Doodle on Tuesday celebrated the widely popular US-based LGBTQ+ activist, performer, and self-identified drag queen Marsha P. Johnson, bidding farewell to the Pride month. On June 30 2019, Marsha was posthumously honoured as a grand marshal of the New York City Pride March. Johnson is credited as one of the key leaders of the 1969 Stonewall uprising. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3ibci5Y via IFTTT

PM to address nation at 4pm today

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Opening red-light districts could lead to over 12,000 Covid-19 deaths: Harvard, Yale study projects

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KK Venugopal re-appointed as Attorney General of India for a year

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KK Venugopal has been re-appointed as Attorney General of India for a period of one year. ​​"KK Venugopal, Senior Advocate as Attorney General for India for a period of one year with effect from July 1," read the notification. It further read that Tushar Mehta has been re-appointed as the Solicitor General for a period of 3 years or until further orders. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZlvEwv via IFTTT

Govt to release stamp in honour of Narasimha Rao

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NHAI servers, phones go down for 24 hours after virus attack; probe on to determine source

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The systems of India’s highway authority were hit by a severe ransom ware attack on Sunday resulting in all servers, email and IP phone system, which use internet protocol, going dead for nearly 24 hours. ​​​​Sources said the virus attack could have compromised the NHAI’s data and information and a detailed diagnosis is being conducted to find out what happened, the source of attack and the consequences. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZkB1MH via IFTTT

HRD ministry wants Rs 2,300cr more for Covid-hit edu sector

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In the backdrop of Covid-19, the HRD ministry projected a requirement of Rs 2,306.4 crore for the development of online courses/ programmes over five years. The ministry also presented a requirement of Rs 55,840 crore for providing ICT facilities to 3.10 lakh government schools. The government also proposed providing digital devices to 40% of the students in higher education. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2VwkfsF via IFTTT

ED to question Patel today again in Sandesara case

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Covid +ve can donate blood only after 28 days of discharge: Govt

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To ensure safe functioning of blood transfusion services, the National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC) under the health ministry has issued the second set of national guidelines in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic. ​​As per fresh guidelines, blood can be collected from a person who tested positive and recovered after 28 days of discharge from a treating facility or 28 days after home isolation ends. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NHTJsc via IFTTT

Maharashta, Tamil Nadu extend lockdown till July 31

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Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu governments on Monday extended the lockdown till July 31 to stop the surge of Covid-19 cases — with stricter norms in the Mumbai and Chennai regions. The Karnataka government has also indicated that it will bring back from July 7 harsher measures such as banning the entry and exit of people from high-risk districts from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3ihalVs via IFTTT

Repatriation flight goes empty to China

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India, Bhutan launch 1st joint hydel project

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Doda is militancy free after Hizbul terrorist killed in encounter, says police

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Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir has become "militancy free" as the last of the surviving militants in the area was killed in an encounter with security forces in Anantnag district on Monday, police said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3eICwux via IFTTT

Rahul Gandhi urges people to 'Speak Up Against Fuel Hike'

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"The Central government has left people on their own during coronavirus pandemic and China situation. The Centre is looting people by increasing fuel prices for consecutive 21 days. Let us raise our voices to compel the government to withdraw increased prices. Post videos of people perturbed with fuel prices hike on your social media handles," says the voiceover in the video. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZhPhFU via IFTTT

Shivraj Singh Chouhan to meet PM Narendra Modi today

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In today's meeting, the two senior leaders are likely to discuss the current political situation in Madhya Pradesh and the possible expansion of the state cabinet. Besides this, the Chief Minister is expected to brief the Prime Minister about the current COVID-19 situation in Madhya Pradesh. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/31qbRyB via IFTTT

Three army porters detained for 'suspicious' use of WhatsApp in J&K

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Covid-19: Single-day spike of 19,459 cases takes India's tally to 5,48,318

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A single-day spike of 19,459 Covid-19 cases took India's tally to 5,48,318 on Monday, while the death toll climbed to 16,475 with 380 new fatalities, according to the Union health ministry data. This is the sixth consecutive day that coronavirus infections have increased by more than 15,000. The country has seen a surge of 3,57,783 infections from June 1 till date. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/38bR1EQ via IFTTT

Ashok Gehlot asks PM Modi to withdraw statement on Galwan valley face-off

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The chief minister said that the government should tell the nation about the situation on LAC. It is the right of the countrymen. "Isn't it a moral responsibility of the Prime Minister to take the people of the country in confidence and clarify the status on the LAC," Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/31rPCZs via IFTTT

Singapore hands out coronavirus tracing devices

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Singapore hands out coronavirus tracing devices

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Vande Bharat flight with 195 Indians departs from Washington DC

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Appointment of CJIs through supersessions, a sin never repeated after period of Emergency

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3 terrorists killed in Anantnag encounter

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The security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Khul Chohar in the south Kashmir district following information about the presence of terrorists in the area, a police official said. Three terrorists have been killed in the encounter so far, he said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Bkr5dR via IFTTT

‘Spices that boost immunity linked to India’

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For India, adversities are stepping stones to success: PM

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SC holds special Sunday hearing in Rajasthan exam case

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Nude pics, video chats, no kiss: SOPs for sex workers

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Russian army museum showcases bravery of soldier from Pithoragarh during WWII

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Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to ‘visionary leader’

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Government border roads order to stock up LPG sends J&K into a tizzy

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India, Japan conduct naval exercise amid China row

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Nepal row catches footballers offside

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For grid safety, India to check equipment for malware: Govt

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PM Cares got donations from Chinese companies: Congress

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Did China send MMA fighters to border before recent clashes?

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When will there be talk of defence & security, Rahul Gandhi asks ahead of PM's 'Mann ki Baat'

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday asked when will there be talk about the nation's defence and security. His comment came ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Mann ki Baat' programme aired on the All India Radio. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3eMsVD6 via IFTTT

PM Modi reiterates his appeal to citizens for buying 'Made in India' products

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reiterated his appeal to citizens for buying 'Made in India' products and said that if people buy local products and become 'vocal for local' then they are playing a role in strengthening the country. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2YGk5kk via IFTTT

Sacrifice of every martyr's family is worth worshipping: PM Narendra Modi

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"Martyr Kundan Kumar's father from Bihar said that he will send his grandsons also to the armed forces to protect the country. This is the spirit of every martyr's family. The sacrifice of these families is worth worshipping," the Prime Minister said during the 66th episode of his monthly-radio programme Mann Ki Baat. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZdW0kg via IFTTT

Vice President pays tributes to PV Narasimha Rao on his birth anniversary

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According to a press release, Naidu referred to the measures initiated by Rao to liberalise the economy. "He sought to dismantle the restrictions imposed under the license raj, reduce red tape and make Indian industries more competitive," the Vice President recalled. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Vrd9ps via IFTTT

Befitting reply given to those who cast evil eye on Indian territory in Ladakh: PM

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid homage to Army personnel killed in a clash with Chinese troops in the Galwan valley face-off and said that a befitting reply has been given to those coveting our territories in Ladakh. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3dFOgwu via IFTTT