INDIA
Assam Assembly passes cattle protection bill amid protest
The BJP members raised slogans of 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' and 'Jai Shree Ram' and thumped the desks when Speaker Biswajit Daimary declared the Assam Cattle Preservation Bill, 2021 as passed. The Congress and its electoral allies, the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) and the CPI-M, urged the government to send the bill to a select committee for scrutiny.
Delhi records zero Covid deaths for third consecutive day
The total Covid tally in Delhi stands at 14,36,988, while the death toll is 25,068. The city has 468 active cases, including 164 being treated in home isolation, spelling a 0.03 rate of infection. A total of 84 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 14,11,452.The recovery rate from infection stands at 98.22 per cent.
Assam's border dispute with Arunachal at 1,200 places: CM
The Chief Minister said that the Assam government has been holding informal talks on the border issue with the Arunachal Pradesh government. "Assam has 12 areas of border disputes with Meghalaya, but the disagreement with Arunachal is at 1,200 places," he said. Sarma said that Assam's boundary dispute cases with Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh are lying in the Supreme Court.
India's forex reserves rise by over $880 mn
According to the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) weekly statistical supplement, the reserves increased to $621.464 billion from $620.576 billion reported for the week ended July 30. India's forex reserves comprise foreign currency assets (FCAs), gold reserves, special drawing rights (SDRs), and the country's reserve position with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Twitter India MD moves to US in new role amid political storm
Maheshwari, a former CEO of Network18 Digital who joined Twitter in April 2019 as Managing Director for the country operations, is moving into a new role based in San Francisco as Senior Director, Revenue Strategy and Operations focused on 'New Market Entry'. The departure of Maheshwari comes as Twitter has blocked accounts of Rahul Gandhi and many Congress leaders for violating their policy.
Why Twitter blocked account of Rahul Gandhi | Explained in 10 points
Gandhi had tweeted a photo of himself with a nine-year-old alleged rape victim's parents. Twitter erased the Congress leader's tweet after the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights issued a warning to the microblogging site and asked them to remove it. On August 5, Rahul Gandhi's twitter account was momentarily blocked for this.
Blocking my Twitter account is interference in political process: Rahul
Rahul in a video statement said, "By shutting down my Twitter they are interfering in our political process. "A company is making its business to define our politics. And as a politician I don't like that. This is an attack on the democratic structure of the country. This is not an attack on Rahul Gandhi." He said that he has 19-20 million followers and they have been denied the right to an opinion.
India logs 40,120 new Covid cases, 585 deaths in 24 hrs
The country had logged 41,195 new infections over the last 24 hours on Thursday, which was the first time in the past seven days that the daily cases again crossed the 40,000-mark. A total of 585 deaths were also reported in 24 hours, pushing the death toll to 19 to 4,30,254, said the Covid bulletin released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday. India has achieved the highest recovery rate ever and currently stands at 97.46 per cent.
Shahnawaz Hussain admits differences in NDA in Bihar
"There are differences in the Bihar NDA. The leaders of the BJP and the JD-U have differences of opinion on several issues, though both the parties are committed for better future of Bihar. The Nitish Kumar government will complete the tenure of 5 years," he said while interacting with reporters in Muzaffarpur.
Must build capacity to improve operability in complex conditions: IAF chief
He said this during Commanders' Conference on the Maintenance Command at Vayu Sena Nagar in Nagpur on August 11 and 12. Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria on arrival was received by Air Marshal Shashiker Choudhary. The two-day conference was attended by the commanders of base repair depots, equipment depots and other stations and units under maintenance command, who reviewed the ongoing projects.
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