DH Evening Brief: July 24, 2021

Here are the top headlines this evening.

Mirabai Chanu perfects a flaw to bring home silver medal at Tokyo Olympics

As her country struggles with Covid-19 and flash floods, 26-year-old Mirabai Chanu gave Indiaa chance to revel in the joy and celebrate as she clinched a silver medal inweightliftingin the 49 kg categoryat the Olympics and opened the country's account on Saturday. In a clean jerk at the Olympics, Chanu lifted the weight off her chestof her disappointing show at the 2016 Rio Olympics where she had failed to record a legal lift in any of her three attempts. Read more

Karnataka permits reopening of amusement parks, activities at places of worship

Further easing Covid-19 restrictions, the Karnataka government on Saturday permitted reopening of amusement parks and similar places, and allowed places of worship to carry out related religious activities from July 25. Read more

Covid-19 vaccines for children likely by September: AIIMS chief

As fears of a third Covid wave loomlarge,AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria said thatIndia is likely to start vaccinating children by September. Read more

In Pics | 14 powerful leaders on Pegasus potential target list

From French President Emmanuel Macron to Morocco’s King Mohammed VI, here are 14 powerful world leaders who were among the potential Pegasus spyware targets, according to news reports. See pics

After bumper IPO, Zomato market cap soars past Coal India, Tata Motors

After a massive IPO where its shares nearly doubled in value on debut, Zomato is now valued at a whopping Rs 98,732 crore. This puts the food delivery services company ahead of India's major companies like Tata Motors, Coal India and Mahindra and Mahindra. Read more

CISCE results for classes 10, 12 announced

TheCISCEon Saturday announced results for classes 10 and 12, with class 10 girls and boys achieving the same pass percentage. In the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) class 12 results, girls outshone boys by a margin of0.2 per cent. Read more

Watch: Sarjapura Curries | Bengaluru artist brings back local greens

In this Bengaluru farm, every vegetable and edible weed you find is local. Grown organically, using non-hybrid seeds, all the greens of Sarjapura Curries will make you re-evaluate everything you know about growing your own food! Watch video

Why India can’t repeat its 1991 miracle

Exactly 30 years ago, a looming balance of payments crisis finally convinced India’s leaders to dismantle its socialist economy, ushering in private enterprise and years of higher growth. Those pundits and policymakers hoping that Prime Minister Narendra Modi might use the country’s Covid-induced slump to launch similarly dramatic reforms, however, are likely to be disappointed. Read more

Faced several challenges as CM from day one, Yediyurappa says as he stares at exit

As he stares at his possible exit, B S Yediyurappa on Saturday said he had to face several challenges from the day he took charge as the Chief Minister, but is satisfied that he has made honest efforts to better the lives of the people. Read more

Economic reforms benefited unevenly: Mukesh Ambani

Three decades ofeconomic reformsin India have benefited citizens unevenly and there is a need for the "Indian model" of development to focus on creating wealth at the bottom of the pyramid, the richest Indian Mukesh Ambani said exuding confidence that the country can be at par with the US and China by 2047. Read more

Mob fury in Bihar town over custodial death; cops injured, woman constable dies

A female constable died after being run over by a vehicle while trying to quell a mob which in protest against a custodial death indulged in heavy stone-pelting and fired gunshots in the air, leaving many police personnel injured. Read more

Millions sleep well at night, walk safely on streets due to technologies like Pegasus: NSO

Amidst the raging controversy over its surveillance software Pegasus, Israeli cybersecurity company NSO Group has defended itself by saying that millions of people around the world sleep well at night and walk in the streets safely due to such technologies available with intelligence and law enforcement agencies. Read more