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Bad news for air travellers: Ticket prices to soar as fuel prices rise
These costs will be passed on to consumers, Willie Walsh, director general of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), said, reports BBC. "Flying will be more expensive for consumers, without doubt", he said, adding that the "high price of oil" will be "reflected in higher ticket prices". Due to the rise in fuel prices, domestic and international air fares in India have witnessed a surge by up to 50% in the last few months.
Chief Justice N.V. Ramana slams 'media trials', terms it 'kangaroo courts'
Speaking at the inaugural 'Justice S. B. Sinha Memorial Lecture' on "Life of a Judge" organised by National University of Study & Research in Law, Ranchi, the Chief Justice stressed the need to ensure proper judicial infrastructure, the problems created by media trial in judicial administration, future challenges of the judiciary and the importance of judicial review in protection of the Constitution.
India reports 21,411 new Covid cases, 67 deaths
Also in the same period, there were 67 new fatalities which took the nationwide Covid death toll to 5,25,997. The active caseload has increased to 1,50,100, accounting for 0.34 per cent of the country's total positive cases. The recovery of 20,726 patients in the last 24 hours took the cumulative tally to 4,31,92,379. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.46 per cent. While the daily positivity rate rose to 4.46 per cent, the weekly positivity rate stood at 4.46 per cent.
Teachers scam: ED arrests Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee
A decision to this effect was taken after Chatterjee went into a total non-cooperation mode following the recovery of Rs 20 crore in cash and 20 mobile phones from his close aide Arpita Mukherjee's residence on Friday. Since then, Chatterjee started ducking questions especially those related to his close links with Arpita Mukherjee. Finally at around 10.15 a.m, after he was grilled for over 24 hours at his residence at Naktala in South Kolkata, he was arrested. Arpita Mukherjee has also been detained for questioning
'Lions appear ferocious, aggressive': plea in SC against state emblem atop Central Vista
The plea, moved by two advocates Aldanish Rein and Ramesh Kumar Mishra, urged the top court to issue a direction to the Central government to correct the state emblem of India, recently installed at the top of the Centra Vista project at New Delhi, which is going to house the Parliament House and Central Secretariat, in accordance with the state Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act, 2005.
Who is Zubair: UP says facts twister, not fact-checker; SC grants him bail in 6 FIRs
However, uninterested by UP counsel's vehement arguments, the Supreme Court said it does not see a reason for deprivation of his liberty to persist any further and granted him interim bail in all the six FIRs registered by the Uttar Pradesh Police. From his arrest to release, Zubair had occupied the media spotlight. Zubair, who is a self-proclaimed fact-checker, is employed with Pravda Media Foundation promoted Alt News.
Third monkeypox case registered in Kerala
The youth has been isolated and admitted to the state-run medical college hospital at Manjeri in the district. This is the third case in the state - and the country, with the first case registered on July 14 when a youth, who also arrived from the UAE, in Kollam turning positive, and a few days later, another male who came from Dubai tested positive at Kannur.
'Travelled to Saudi Arabia, foreign contribution from inimical countries': Zubair under lens of security agencies
On two separate occasions, the UP government had vehemently opposed Zubair's bail in connection with FIRs registered in UP. On July 8, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Uttar Pradesh government, told the Supreme Court that the matter is not about a single tweet by Zubair, but rather whether he is part of a syndicate which puts out tweets to destabilize the society.
EC issues certificate of election to Droupadi Murmu
The process, which was initiated on June 15 with the publication of programme notification in the Gazette, culminated on Friday with the signing of the Certification of the Election of Droupadi Murmu as the 15th President of the Republic of India by Rajiv Kumar, Chief Election Commissioner of India and Anup Chandra Pandey, Election Commissioner.
India reports 21,880 new Covid cases, 60 deaths
In the same period, the country has reported 60 more Covid deaths, taking the nationwide death toll to 5,25,930. The active caseload has marginally increased to 1,49,482 cases, accounting for 0.34 per cent of the country's total positive cases. The recovery of 21,219 patients in the last 24 hours took the cumulative tally to 4,31,71,653. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.46 per cent.
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