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Roger Federer announces withdrawal from Tokyo Olympics

Big cruise ships banned from Venice centre from August, the government says

Newly appointed Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba forms a 5 membered cabinet

Medical entrance exam NEET to be conducted in 13 languages for first time; Punjabi, Malyalam new additions: Union education minister

Himachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur conducts an aerial survey in areas affected by flash floods in Kangra

Nepali PM Sher Bahadur Deuba refuses to take oath

Newly appointed Nepali PM Sher Bahadur Deuba refuses to take oath, demanding correction in his appointment letter which doesn't mention the constitutional clause under which he has been appointed

Twitter suspends some fake accounts it verified by mistake

Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it mistakenly verified some fake accounts that the social media company has now permanently suspended, months after restarting its verification program.

The company in May relaunched verifications after a years-long freeze on public submissions for the site's blue check marks, saying only "notable" users would be awarded the badge.

(Reuters)

French presidential vote to take place in April 2022

Next year's presidential elections in France will take place in April, with the first round on the 10th and the runoff on the 24th, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said Tuesday.

French presidents are elected to five-year terms in a two-round election, with the two candidates who get the most votes in the first round facing off in the second.

During the last vote in 2017, centrist Emmanuel Macron beat the far-right leader Marine Le Pen.

(AFP)

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar reaches Tajikistan to attend the Meeting of Council of Foreign Ministers of SCO Member States

PM Modi to visit Varanasi on July 15

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Varanasi on 15th July 2021. He will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects during the visit

Doctor and two others test positive for Zika virus in Kerala, cases rise to 22: State Health Minister Veena George

India's Olympic contingent to be 228-strong: IOA President Narinder Batra

Newly appointed Goa Governor, PS Sreedharan Pillai calls on Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai

Pillai, who was Governor of Mizoram, will take oath as Goa Governor on July 15.

Kullu district administration to suspend all adventure sports activities till September 15; issues yellow alert

Indore police website blocked after being hacked

Sensex rallies 397.04 pts to end at 52,769.73; Nifty surges 119.75 pts to 15,812.35

Rupee gains 9 paise to close at 74.49 against US dollar

Karnataka High Court to dictate its order in the plea filed by Twitter India managing director Manish Maheshwari against the Uttar Pradesh police on July 20, 2021.

Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij says Article 370 will not be restored in j&K despite claims of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti

Yogi Adityanath lauds 10 players from UP who will take part in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics

Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath lauds 10 players from the state who will take part in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, including shooter Saurabh Chowdhary. The govt will provide Rs 10 lakhs to each player for participating in singles and team events.

Amrit Lal Meena, BJP legislator from Salumbar Assembly constituency in Rajasthan's Udaipur, remanded in judicial custody till July 23 after he surrenders before court for allegedly forging wife's marksheet to enable her to contest 2015 panchayat polls, officials say.

(PTI)

Nepal caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli resigns. "Our party abides with the order given by the Supreme Court," he says.

(ANI)

No bus to Kerala from Mangaluru for one week

(DHNS)

Serum Institute to commence production of Sputnik V in September

Serum Institute of India (SII) will commence production of Sputnik V in September. Some other manufactures are also ready to produce this vaccine in India: Kirill Dmitriev, CEO, Russian Direct Investment Fund

(ANI)

Two more cases of Zika virus in Kerala

A 35-year-old resident of Poonthura and a 41-year-old resident of Sasthamangalam. With this, 21 Zika virus cases are confirmed in the state: Kerala Health Minister Veena George

(ANI)

IMA urges Uttarakhand CM to disallow the proposed 'Kanwar Yatra'

Indian Medical Association (IMA), Uttarakhand urged Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to disallow the proposed Kanwar Yatra (July – August) in order to control the eruption of the 3rd wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

(ANI)

India's 1983 World Cup hero Yashpal Sharma dies of cardiac arrest

India's 1983 World Cup hero Yashpal Sharma died on Tuesday after suffering a massive cardiac arrest. He was 66 and is survived by his wife, two daughters and a son.

(PTI)

Delhi High Court directs activist Saket Gokhale to delete all tweets against former United Nations Assistant Secretary-General Lakshmi Puri

(ANI)

Rajendra Arlekar takes oath as new Himachal Pradesh Governor

Most-delayed monsoon in 19 years lands in Delhi, brings rain

The Southwest Monsoon finally reached the capital Tuesday, 16 days behind the usual date of onset, making it the most delayed in 19 years, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

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Smriti Irani, Bhupender Yadav, Mansukh Mandaviya included in the all-important Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs

PM Modi to interact with CMs of northeastern states on Covid situation today

Official sources said Modi will interact with the chief ministers of Assam, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram via video conferencing.

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S Korea to raise minimum wage by 5.1% next year

South Korea said on Tuesday it planned to raise the national minimum hourly wage by the fastest rate in three years for 2022, given that the economy is seen on track for a recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

The Minimum Wage Commission agreed on an increase of 5.1 per centto 9,160 won ($8.02) an hour for next year, much sharper than this year's hike of 1.5 per cent.

(Reuters)

UK retailers report record Q2 growth as shops reopen

British retailers reported a record annual increase in sales in the three months to the end of June, although growth was flattered by widespread store closures a year earlier due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The British Retail Consortium - members of which tend to be large high-street chains and supermarkets - said on Tuesday that sales in the second quarter of 2021 were 28.4% higher than a year earlier and 10.4% higher than two years before. (Reuters)

US approves Blue Origin license for human space travel ahead of Bezos flight

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday it approved a Blue Origin license to carry humans on the New Shepard launch system into space.

Former Amazon.com Chief Executive Jeff Bezos is set to take part in Blue Origin's maiden voyage next week. Blue Origin is authorized to carry humans while its FAA license is valid through August and is approved to conduct these missions from its Launch Site One facility in Texas, the agency confirmed. (Reuters)