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India's June consumer price index at 6.09 per cent: National Statistical Office. New Delhi: India's retail or consumer price index stood at 6.09 per cent in June, official data showed on Monday.
The urban CPI stood at 5.91 per cent and rural at 6.20 per cent. However, the National Statistical Office did not share the corresponding data on CPI or retail inflation due to the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic. Moreover, the country's consumer food price index showed a decelerating trend. It declined to 7.87 per cent in June from 9.20 per cent in May. The CFPI's readings measure change in retail prices of food products.
Sachin Pilot retains rebellious streak of father Rajesh. New Delhi: The sacking of senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot as Rajasthan's Deputy Chief Minister and state unit chief has brought to the fore the fighting spirit and rebellious streak he has inherited from his late father Rajesh Pilot who had also dared the party leadership in his political life.
Sachin, who was sacked as Deputy Chief Minister and state unit chief post, in a single line targeted the party and said, "Truth can be troubled but cannot be defeated. " Sachin, who entered politics in 2004 and served twice as a Lok Sabha Member of Parliament and was also a minister in the Congress-led UPA 2 government, seems to have followed in the footsteps of his father. He was one of the youngest MPs in 2004 and became Union minister at the age of 31. Indian newspapers from 1966 recovered from melting glacier in France. Indian newspaper copies with titles such as 'India's First Woman Prime Minister', mentioning to Indira Gandhi's election triumph in 1966, have been recovered from the melting French glacier of Bossons on the Mont Blanc mountain range in western Europe.
It was discovered 54 years after an Air India plane crashed here. The newspapers belong to the deposit of an Air India plane that crashed into Europe's peak mountain on January 24, 1966 and were exposed by Timothe Mottin, who runs a cafe La Cabane du Cerro at an height of 1,350 metres above the French resort of Chamonix. "They are drying now but they are in very good condition. Coronavirus Mumbai: Fresh cases fall below 1,000-mark. Mumbai: Maharashtra notched 213 Covid-19 deaths on Tuesday while Mumbai's tally of fresh cases fell below the 1,000-mark, providing some relief, health officials said here.
Tuesday's tally of new cases at 6,741 was down from a peak of 8,139 (July 11), but increased by 244 compared to Monday's 6,497. The number of fatalities in the state again went above the 200-mark from the July lowest of 125 to 213 on Tuesday, though considerably lower than the previous record toll of 295 notched on July 4. With the fresh fatalities, the state's death toll went up to 10,695 while the total cases touched 267,665, both highest in the country. According to Tuesday's figures, one death was recorded in roughly every 7 minutes and a staggering 281 new cases every hour in the state.
The recovery rate in the western state increased marginally from 55.38 per cent a day earlier to 55.67 per cent on Tuesday, while the mortality (death) rate stood at 4 per cent. Vikas Dubey ‘Encounter’: Mockery of law; a cocktail of caste, crime, politics and power. Gangsters like Vikas Dubey who killed eight policemen in Uttar Pradesh have as much a right to the protection of the law from being killed by the UP police as much as Jeyaraj and his son Bennix have from being tortured to death by the Tamil Nadu police.
The so-called alleged "encounter" killing of the dreaded UP gangster has culminated in a clutch of petitions being filed in the Supreme Court in protest asking for the top court to monitor such killings. The only difference between the two deaths in police custody is that while Vikas Dubey was a dreaded gangster who killed eight policemen, Jeyaraj and Bennix were innocent traders who were arrested for keeping their mobile repair shop open beyond the stipulated time. One can argue that Vikas Dubey's killing was justified but unjustified in the case of the Tamil Nadu father-son duo who had earlier allegedly spoken against the police. They were reported to police by an autorickshaw driver. 2019 World Cup: Did you know Ben Stokes took cigarette break before the Super Over?
London: All-rounder Ben Stokes played a pivotal role in England winning their first ICC men's World Cup trophy, on this day, last year.
His match of the match performance in the summit clash stunned New Zealand as the hosts were declared the winners on boundary count rule after regulation time and Super O: ver both ended in a tie. Stokes' inspirational knock of 84* off 98 deliveries helped England force the match into Super Over, in which both teams scored 15 runs each off six deliveries. It has now been revealed that Stokes took a cigarette break to calm his nerves before the Super Over. He ran inside the shower to clear his head before the most important over in the history of England cricket. "But Ben Stokes had played at Lord's many times. "He is covered in dirt and sweat. Scientists discover key element of strong antibody response to COVID-19. New York: Researchers have discovered a common molecular feature found in many of the human antibodies that neutralise SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
For the findings, published in the journal Science, the research team reviewed data on nearly 300 anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies that their labs and others have found in convalescent Covid-19 patients over the past few months. They noted that a subset of these antibodies is particularly powerful at neutralising the virus and these potent antibodies are all encoded, in part, by the same antibody gene, IGHV3-53. Online OBE: Delhi University advances dates, final year exams to begin on Aug 10. New Delhi: The Delhi University on Tuesday agreed before the Delhi High Court to conduct the final year examinations through the Online Open Book Examination (OBE) mode from August 10.
The advancement of dates came after a division bench of the high court presided over by Justices Hima Kohli and Subromonium Prasad asked the varsity to expedite the examination process. "Wrap it up fast; the more you delay the exams, the lesser career options would be there for the students," the bench said. It has also asked the varsity to file an affidavit mentioning the detailed timeline for the declaration of results and conducting physical examination for those who can't appear for open book examination.
The court's request and direction came after the varsity in an affidavit filed on Monday had submitted that the open book examinations will be conducted from August 17 to September 8. Pune: Police constable fined Rs 500 for not wearing a mask; abuses villager who prompted action. Pune lockdown: Citizens stay put at home on day 1 of shutdown. Pune: A strict shutdown in the wake of the spread of novel coronavirus began on Monday in parts of Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad.
The lockdown which will be remain imposed till July 23 has been divided into two phases. The first phase which started from today will run to July 18 where only dairies, medical shops and hospitals are allowed to operate. Class 11 Admission: Revised timetable released, students can fill form-1 from July 26. Pune: State Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board released a revised timetable for the First Year Junior College (FYJC / Class 11) admissions on Tuesday (July 14) night.
According to the new schedule, students can now register and fill the Form-1 from July 26 onward. Students can practice the application form filling from July 16 to 24 through a temporary link given on the website. The Class 11 online admission process will be implemented in Pune Municipal Corporation, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation as well as Pimpri-Chinchwad, Nashik, Aurangabad, Amravati and Nagpur Municipal Corporation jurisdiction as per the revised schedule. Education Director Dinkar Patil has instructed all Divisional Education Deputy Directors to comply with the new orders. The revised schedule is as follows: * Up to July 22 - Higher Secondary Schools / Junior Colleges to register online on the website * Students have to register and submit or lock Part-2 of Application (Preferences for admission).
Fair and Lovely: Hindustan Unilever to remove the word ‘Fair’ from its brand. Hindustan Unilever has declared that it will stop using the word ‘Fair’ in ‘Fair and Lovely’. The move comes after the parent company Unilever was under pressure following the drive gathering against racism after killing of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA.
We’re committed to a skin care portfolio that's inclusive of all skin tones, celebrating the diversity of beauty. That’s why we’re removing the words ‘fairness’, ‘whitening’ & ‘lightening’ from products, and changing the Fair & Lovely brand name. Maharashtra: Tribal woman kills minor daughter, hangs herself. Palghar: A 30-year-old tribal woman allegedly killed her minor daughter and later hanged herself from a tree in the forests on the outskirts of Jawhar, around 160 km north of Mumbai, the police said on Thursday. According to investigating officer Appasaheb Lengare, no suicide note was found.
Maharashtra cabinet minister questions Akshay Kumar’s silence over #PetrolPriceHike. Amid the rising petrol and diesel prices in the country, Maharashtra Cabinet Minister, Jitendra Awhad targeted Bollywood Actor Akshay Kumar for keeping quiet about the present situation. This comes to the foreground, as Akshay Kumar during UPA’s regime was an active citizen who raised his voice against the price hike in petrol and diesel. Sunil Gavaskar: Kapil Dev is biggest match-winner India has ever produced. Mumbai: Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar has heaped praise on former teammate Kapil Dev and spoke about their time together with the Indian cricket team. The legendary opener jogged down the memory lane and revealed an incident which, according to him, won him Kapil's respect.
"In my opinion, Kapil Dev is the biggest match-winner India has ever produced. This is so because he could win games both with his batting and bowling abilities," Gavaskar was quoted as saying by Jagran.com. "I remember the first time I played against him was at Chennai's M.A. Watch video: Divya Khosla Kumar lashes out on Sonu Nigam, says war is on. Singer Sonu Nigam has recently called out T-Series head Bhushan Kumar along with his popular music company for defaming his name while speaking against nepotism in the music industry. He alleged that the music industry will also witness suicides because of the bigger mafia functioning there. 16-year-old TikTok sensation Siya Kakkar dies by suicide.
China + COVID-19: Time for India to listen to the music. “Never waste a good crisis”, came the reply to my request for advice, from one of the most sagacious men I’ve known in my life. This was my old commanding officer, who recently retired from active service and has since started a second career of sorts. The year 2020 was supposed to be my year, or so I thought! We had spent close to four years to build one of the most comprehensive platforms ever built connecting Artificial Intelligence, e-commerce, supply chain across many countries around the world. Four years is a long time in the start-up world and, without some great investors and backers, we wouldn’t have reached this stage where we were about to launch this fantastic platform. (Remember this as it will have a significant bearing going forward in this article.) Also Read: 68 per cent Indians feel China bigger problem than Pakistan Although we were sure that we had built an amazing platform, we now had to prove that it worked and genuinely helped people to succeed.
Indian Railways cancels regular trains till August 12; special trains to continue running. The Railway Board on Thursday announced that all regular time-tabled railway services including mail and express trains stand cancelled until August 12 due to the widespread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Railways Board stated, “It has been decided that regular time-tabled passenger services including Mail/Express, passenger and suburban services stand cancelled up to 12.08.2020.” Although the special trains running during the lockdown due to emergency purposes will remain to operate, thirty special trains had started initially, and 200 more began operation since June 1.
There are currently 230 special trains which are running on a pan-India basis to ease travel for citizens stuck away from their destination. The special Rajdhani Express started operating from May 12 and Special Mail/Express from June 1. The Railway Board also mentioned that the tickets booked for trains scheduled from July 1 to August 12 would be cancelled. Lightning kills 83 in Bihar, 24 in Uttar Pradesh amid heavy rainfall.
Patna: At least 83 people were killed by lightning in various districts of Bihar, and 24 in Uttar Pradesh while many people were reported to be injured as heavy rain and thunderstorms lashed several areas of north India on Thursday, a government official said. Coronavirus Mumbai: BMC adopts Dharavi model to contain COVID-19 in city’s northern suburbs. US congratulates three Indian firms chosen to make NASA's COVID ventilators. U.S. Cyclone Nisarga: Power supply affected in four districts of Maharashtra. Cyclone Nisarga created huge destruction in major districts of Maharashtra including some parts of Mumbai. Continuous rain with alternating heavy spells, escorted by strong winds, lashed many parts of Maharashtra resulting power outages.
Nisarga, which made landfall in Alibaug on Maharashtra's coast led to severe demolition with the power supply to more than 25 lakh consumers of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) in four districts of Pune, Thane, Raigad and Palghar were interrupted. COVID-19: Maharashtra sees highest single-day spike in deaths. Coronavirus Pune: COEP students make sensor-operated sanitiser bottles.
Pune airport resumes operations. Pune University to conduct offline exams keeping rural students in mind. COVID-19 Pandemic: DIGIShield app will protect PMC and private doctors. Nawazuddin Siddiqui home quarantined with family in Uttar Pradesh. 1,200 km apart: A father’s anguish, a dying son. Coronavirus India: Nationwide lockdown extended till May 31. Pune records its hottest day of the season. Yoodlee Films conducts online auditions amid coronavirus lockdown. Smart stethoscope’ proves a boon to doctors, especially in the times of COVID-19. AICTE launches ELIS online portal with free content for students till May 15.
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