INDIA
Uttarakhand CM T.S. Rawat poised to quit, leaves for Dehra Dun
Sources said that Rawat, who was in Delhi where he had met BJP chief J.P. Nadda twice in three days, on Friday left for Dehra Dun and will submit his resignation to the Governor. A BJP insider said that due to the constitutional crisis, the party has decided to replace Rawat with a sitting MLA and a legislature party meeting will be held soon for the election of the next Chief Minister after he submits his resignation to the Governor.
Delhi reports 93 new Covid cases, two deaths
The daily Covid positivity rate was at 0.13 per cent, according to the health bulletin issued by the Delhi government. In the same time, 407 people more recovered from the disease, taking the national capital's total number of recoveries to 14,08,350. The latest deaths have taken the death toll to 24,983. A total of 73,565 Covid samples were tested in the last 24 hours, including 51,317 through RT-PCR and 22,248 through the Rapid Antigen method.
Centre frames high-powered committee to address Ladakh issues
Creation of the UT, independent of the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir, was a long time demand of the majority of the population in Leh. Contrarily, a large number of the population in Kargil seemed to be in favour of continuation with J&K. Even after the UT of Ladakh was created, the people of Leh district demanded a Bodoland-type hill council with powers under the 6th schedule of the Constitution of India.
ED attaches properties of Dino Morea, Ahmed Patel's son-in-law in bank fraud case
An ED official said that the financial probe agency on Friday attached eight immovable properties, three vehicles and several bank accounts/shares/mutual funds having a total value of Rs 8.79 crore belonging to four persons under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the Sandesara Group case. The official said that the agency attached properties to the tune of Rs 1.4 crore belonging to Morea.
Rose Valley ponzi scam: CBI files supplementary charge sheet against 5
The CBI said that the supplementary charge sheet was filed before the District and Sessions Judge in Tripura's Gomati district against Rose Valley Real Estates and Construction Ltd (RVRECL), Kundu, and former Directors Shibamoy Dutta, Ashok Kumar Saha, and Ram Lal Goswami. A CBI spokesperson said that the investigation revealed that the accused had allegedly collected huge public funds amounting Rs 31.49 crore.
Drone spotted over Indian High Commission in Islamabad, New Delhi lodges protest
"A drone was spotted over the premises of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, Pakistan on 26th June. This has been taken up officially with the Govt of Pakistan. We expect Pakistan to investigate the incident and prevent recurrence of such breach of security," MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said at a media briefing.
2 more terrorists killed in Pulwama encounter, toll 5
The district commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba and a foreign terrorist are among the five terrorists eliminated. "The district commander of LeT, Nishaz Lone alias Khitab, and one Pakistani terrorist are among the five terrorists killed in the Pulwama encounter," the police said.Earlier, the firefight between the terrorists and the security forces took place after a joint team of the police and the army cordoned off the area.
India’s Covid-19 deaths per million lowest among worst-hit countries
However, India’s death rate remains the lowest among the top 10 worst-hit countries in the world. Those with the highest fatality rate are Peru with 5,765 deaths per million; Mexico with 1,789 deaths per million; Brazil with 2,421 deaths per million; Italy with 2,113 deaths per million. ndia has 287 deaths per million rate, which is considerably lower than all the other countries with the most cases and deaths.
Keralite IIT Madras assistant professor resigns on caste discrimination, letter goes viral
He has sent the resignation letter by mail to the authorities. Vipin hails from Payyannnur in North Kerala and has been teaching at the IIT Madras since March 2019. The letter which he posted on social media platforms has gone viral. Vipin in the letter said that he had faced caste discrimination even in his department of Humanities and that OBC's and SC/ST teachers are facing huge discrimination at the premier institute.
A day after India warns of retaliatory measures, 9 EU countries approve Covishield for travel entry
The 9 countries include Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Estonia, Switzerland and Spain, TOI reported quoting government sources. Estonia has also confirmed that it will recognise all vaccines authorised by the Indian government — Covishield and Covaxin — for travel.
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