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Delhi wakes up to shallow fog, 'very poor' AQI
"It is likely to be in the upper end of 'very poor' to 'severe' category for the next two days," SAFAR added. Delhi's maximum and minimum temperature of the day will settle at 26 and 13 degrees Celsius, respectively, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Terrorist killed in gunfight was suicide bomber: J&K Police
The police identified the terrorist as Aamir Riyaz from South Kashmir's Pulwama district. He was also affiliated with the terror outfit 'Gazwatul Hind'and was a relative of the 2019 Pulwama terror attack accused militant, said the police.
Covaxin 77.8% per cent effective, says data published in The Lancet
Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech said the Lancet peer-review confirms the efficacy analysis which demonstrates Covaxin to be effective against Covid-19. The vaccine maker Covaxin is the only Covid-19 vaccine to have demonstrated efficacy data from phase III clinical trials against the Delta variant at 65.2 per cent.
India logs 12,516 new Covid cases, 501 deaths
With the addition of 501 new deaths, the total death toll in the country has reached 4,62,690. The recovery of 13,155 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally to 3,38,14,080. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.26 per cent, highest since March 2020. The active caseload stands at 1,37,416, lowest in the last 267 days. Active cases presently constitute 0.40 per cent of the country's total positive cases, the lowest since March 2020.
Delhi's daily Covid tally at 40, infection rate at 0.08%
The national capital has not seen Covid fatalities in the last twenty days, and itsdeath toll stands at 25,091 and the death rate at 1.74 per cent. The Covid infection rate in the national capital has risen to 0.08 per cent. While active cases in the city have risen to 367, 61 patients recovered in the last 24 hours to take the total number of recoveries to 14,14,812 so far, the health bulletin said.
'Don't bring in politics..': Karnataka HC on govt making Kannada mandatory
A division bench, headed by Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, posed the question as it took up the PIL petition in this regard filed by the Sanskrita Bharatha Trust and others seeking quashing of the order. The court had directed the government to revisit its decision of making the local language compulsory for graduation students.
President Kovind talks about COP26 goals, Har Ghar Jal scheme at Governors' meet
The president, while referring to the ongoing 26th annual summit of the climate change conference (COP26) in the UK's Glasgow, talked about the commitment and capability India has shown in front of the world community regarding several global issues. He also said that our country has emerged as the only major economy that has made tangible progress on the 'Paris Commitment'.
Comparing Hindutva to ISIS factually wrong: Azad
A passage titled 'The Saffron Sky' from Khurshid's book read: "Sanatan Dharma and classical Hinduism known to sages and saints were being pushed aside by a robust version of Hindutva, by all standards a political version similar to the jihadist Islam of groups like ISIS and Boko Haram of recent years."
Man held for rape threat to Virat Kohli's daughter is IIT Hyderabad graduate
Ramnagesh Akubathini, son of an employee of Ordnance Factory Medak, was arrested from his house at the ordnance factory quarters at Yeddumailaram in Sangareddy district. The 23-year-old software engineer was taken to Mumbai, where a case was booked against him after he tweeted a rape threat following India's defeat to Pakistan.
Now, Nawab Malik 'summons' ED to help cleanse Maharashtra Wakf Board
The Nationalist Congress Party Minister's solicitation to the ED came in the wake of the central agency's raids at 7 locations in connection with a complaint of an alleged scam of around Rs 9.60 crore, against a Pune-based trust, which is registered with the Wakf Board.
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