Joe Biden to sign landmark climate change, healthcare bill on Tuesday
US President Joe Biden will sign Democrats' landmark climate change and health care bill on Tuesday, delivering what he has called the “final piece” of his pared-down domestic agenda, as he aims to boost his party's standing with voters less than three months before the midterm elections. (AP)
Delhi reports 917 new Covid-19 cases, three deaths
Delhi on Tuesday reported 917 Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 19.20 per cent and three deaths due to the infection, according to data shared by the city health department.
With the fresh infections and fatalities, Delhi's caseload went up to 19,86,739 and the death toll to 26,392, it said. (PTI)
India keeping an eye on Chinese ship in Sri Lanka
India is concerned over the visit of a Chinese satellite tracking ship to Sri Lanka's Hambantota port as it signals an attempt by China to expand its maritime influence in the region, sources in defence and security establishment said on Tuesday.
The ship, Yuan Wang 5, arrived at the strategically located port on Tuesday morning for a replenishment stay for a week, Sri Lankan officials said in Colombo.
However, sources in the Indian defence and security establishment said the aim of the ship's visit cannot be only replenishment and that it could be used to snoop on Indian installations. (PTI)
US First Lady Jill Biden tests Covid-positive
US First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House said on Tuesday, adding that President Joe Biden has continued to test negative after recently recovering from the virus.
The 71-year-old First Lady tested negative earlier on Monday as part of her regular testing routine, but a PCR test taken after she developed cold-like symptoms came back positive, her spokesperson Elizabeth Alexander said. (Reuters)
Indian firms buying discounted Venezuelan petcoke to replace coal
Indian companies are importing significant volumes of petroleum coke from Venezuela for the first time, trade sources and shipping data show, as the OPEC nation boosts exports not specifically targeted by US sanctions.
India's growing appetite for Venezuela's petcoke – a byproduct from oil upgrading and an alternative to coal - is being driven by a scramble for inexpensive fuel to power industries as global coal prices have surged.
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Iraq's finance minister resigns amid worsening political crisis
Iraq's finance minister resigned on Tuesday, two government officials said, over the country's worst political crisis in years involving an influential Shiite cleric and his Iran-aligned rivals.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, said Finance Minister Ali Allawi resigned during a Cabinet meeting Tuesday to protest the political conditions. They said Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar will become acting finance minister. (AP)
Former UN chief Ban Ki-moon urges world to remember Bucha victims
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the world Tuesday to honour civilians who were killed when Russian ground forces tried to invade Ukraine's capital and eventually retreated from the area surrounding Kyiv.
Ban, a former South Korean diplomat who served as secretary-general between 2007 and 2016, visited Bucha, a city northwest of the Ukrainian capital where hundreds of civilians were found dead after the Russian withdrawal in late March. (AP)
Rajasthan Cong announces Rs 20 lakh to family of Dalit boy who was killed
Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra on Tuesday announced a financial assistance of Rs 20 lakh to the family of a nine-year-old Dalit boy who died after being beaten up by his teacher in Jalore district.
Dotasra said that the amount will be given to the victim's family by the party. (PTI)
Kejriwal promises free, quality education in Gujarat if AAP elected
In yet another pre-poll guarantee for Gujarat, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced free and quality education to all students in government schools in the state and auditing of private schools if the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was elected to power in the upcoming Assembly elections. (PTI)
Flood-like situation in 10 Odisha districts; CM urges preventive actions
With heavy rainfall in the upper and lower catchment areas of Mahanadi river, flood-like situation is looming over 10 districts of Odisha, officials said on Tuesday.
Holding a review meeting on the situation, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik asked the collectors of the 10 districts to remain alert and take all possible steps to tackle the flood-like situation.
Patnaik asked the concerned officials to evacuate the people living in the vulnerable areas to a safer place and provide them adequate relief. He also directed the concerned departments to render all kinds of assistance to the affected districts to deal with the situation. (IANS)
Girl raped by father's friends in Kerala; one arrested
A Class 12 girl student who was showing signs of distress on questioning by her teachers revealed the horror story on how she was raped by her father's friends. Following this, the girl's teachers complained to the child helpline officials who approached the local police.
Based on her statement, the police arrested 26-year-old Shaji, who along with two others raped the 15-year-old girl. A search is on for the remaining suspects.(IANS)
Section 144 imposed till Aug 18, 1,000 cops deployed in Shivamogga, Bhadravathi
"There's peace here and our officials are on patrol. Section 144 imposed till Thursday, August 18. Sale of liquor restricted in Bhadravathi andShivamogga. More than 1,000 of our police personnel have come here from other districts,"ADGP Law & Order Alok Kumar said on Tuesday, providing an update on the situation in Shivamogga and Bhadravathi, where communal tensions have been stirred by separate stabbing incidents. (ANI)
Finland to significantly restrict entry of Russian tourists amid growing discontent
Finland will limit Russian tourist visas to 10 per cent of current volumes as of September 1 due to rising discontent over Russian tourism amid the war in Ukraine, the government said Tuesday.
"Tourist visas will not stop completely, but their number will be significantly reduced," Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto told reporters in Helsinki. (AFP)
Rajnath Singh gives indigenously-developed equipment to Indian Army
Mumbai anti-narcotics cell seizes drugs worth over Rs 1,000 crore
Will hold a thorough investigation; law and order paramount: K'taka Home Minister
"We don't decide anything on the basis of religion. Peace must prevail, we have to maintain law and order in the state. We'll hold a thorough investigation. No such events should happen here again," said Karnataka Home MinisterAraga Jnanendra on Tuesday, commenting on the violence that took place in Shivamogga on Independence Day. (ANI)
Turkish troops, US-backed Kurds clash in Syria; one civilian dead
Turkish troops and US-backed Kurdish fighters exchanged heavy shellfire on Tuesday in the northern Syrian border town of Kobane, leaving one civilian dead as the conflict between the warring parties escalated.
Kobane has been relatively calm since US-backed Kurdish fighters pushed back Islamic State fighters from the town in 2015.
But shelling and drone attacks have been ramping up in many border towns. At least three Kurdish commanders were killed last month which the SDF blamed on Ankara. (Reuters)
K'taka Home Minister holds meeting over situation in Shivamogga
NIA court sends alleged ISIS member Mohsin Ahmad to 30 days judicial custody
President Murmu offers condolences for loss of lives in J&K bus accident
Bilkis Bano case: 11 life term convicts walk out of jail
Man shot dead by terrorists in Chotipora area of Shopian; Security force personnel deployed in the area
Bus carrying 39 personnel falls into gorge in J&K's Pahalgam; 7 dead
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh handed over the new anti-personnel mine Nipun manufactured indigenously by Indian firms including EEL to Indian Army
We will also have to make arrangements for quality and free medical treatment: Arvind Kejriwal
We will also have to make arrangements for quality and free medical treatment. We have done this in Delhi within 5 years, all 2.5 crore people of Delhi have access to free medical treatment. If Delhi Govt can do it, it can be done across the nation too: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal
Indians will together improve all schools: Arvind Kejriwal
I offer Central govt to use our services. Keep politics aside. Use our services-you, we & 130 cr Indians will together improve all schools. All govts (states) will do it together.And stop calling this a freebie, providing quality education isn't a freebie: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal
An educated child pulls family out of poverty: Arvind Kejriwal addresses the media
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren condoles the demise of Amitabh Choudhary
Shivamogga violence: 4 accused identified, 2 arrested
The settlement will allow the entry into service of two more fuel-efficient Boeing 737 MAX aircraft into the SpiceJet fleet
SpiceJet enters into a settlement agreement with aircraft lessor Goshawk Aviation Ltd and its affiliated leasing entities Wilmington Trust SP Services Ltd, Sabarmati Aviation Leasing Ltd & Falgu Aviation Leasing Ltd related to 2 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft&one Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft
Chinese research vessel Yuan Wang 5 reached the Hambantota Port this morning
Former Bihar minister and BJP MLA Subhash Singh passed away, tweets state's Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav
Former PM late Atal Bihari Vajpayee's foster daughter Namita Kaul Bhattacharya pays floral tribute at 'Sadaiv Atal', on his death anniversary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays floral tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh pay floral tributes to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Former President Ram Nath Kovind, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, and BJP national president JP Nadda pay floral tributes to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his death anniversary
Two die as part of house ceiling collapses in suburban Mulund in Mumbai: officials
President Droupadi Murmu pays floral tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his death anniversary, at Sadaiv Atal.
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