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National Conference announces it will contest on all 90 Assembly seats of Jammu and Kashmir when polls are held.

RBI lifts restrictions on American Express Banking Corp; allows onboarding of new customers on the company's card network.

Former world number one Angelique Kerber is pregnant and will skip the U.S. Open, which starts in New York on Monday, the three-time Grand Slam winner from Germany said.

Congress leader Jaiveer Shergill resigns from post of National Spokesman

Suspended BJP MLA Raja Singh received 'threat calls', says lawyer

Advocate Karuna Sagar who has taken up the case of suspended BJP MLA Raja Singh claimed, "he received two threatening calls from unknown numbers". Singh was granted bail yesterday in connection with his alleged comments that hurt religious sentiments. (ANI)

A fire broke out in a factory in the Patparganj area. Five fire tenders are engaged in dousing operations. Right now there is no information about someone being trapped: Delhi Fire Service. (ANI)

ED has recovered AK-47 from the premises of middleman Prem Prakash: Sources

Raids are under way at multiple locations in Ranchi (Jharkhand) in an ongoing investigation in connection with illegal mining and extortion. (ANI)

PM Modi inaugurates Amrita Hospital in Faridabad

BJP carries out Savarkar Yatra in Karnataka's Dharwad: Reports

Police carries out flag march in Hyderabad as protest erupts against suspended BJP leader Raja Singh

Telangana Police carried out a flag march in Hyderabad, as protest erupts in the city against suspended BJP leader T Raja Singh. (ANI)

PM Modi to inaugurate Amrita Hospital at Faridabad, Haryana shortly

War of words between BJP and MVA leaders outside Maharashtra State Assembly

Subal Bhowmik relieved from duties of TMC's Tripura State President

Subal Bhowmik is being relieved from his duties of State President of Tripura Pradesh Trinamool Congress with immediate effect: AITC

Srinagar Police conducting searches at residences of Adv Miyan Qayoom, Adv Manzoor Dar and Adv Muzzaffar Mohd in connection with further investigation of the murder of Adv Babar Qadri (in 2020): ADGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar (ANI)

PM Modi to visit Haryana, Punjab to unveil two health initiatives today

CBI raid underway at the residence of former RJD MLC Subodh Roy in Patna. (ANI)

CBI raids under way in Ranchi in illegal mining and extortion case

ED raids under way in Bihar in connection with alleged land for job scam (ANI)

TMC's Anubrata Mondal taken to Asansol Court as CBI custody in cattle smuggling case ends today

New Zealand, Canada sign indigenous collaboration agreement

The New Zealand government said on Wednesday it had signed a indigenous collaboration arrangement with Canada to improve outcomes for indigenous peoples and enhance relationships between indigenous people in the two countries.

It added the purpose of the arrangement is to promote and facilitate the economic, social, cultural and environmental advancements of indigenous peoples through relationship development, improved knowledge sharing and stronger collaboration.

"This underpins a shared objective of creating and sustaining better outcomes for Indigenous peoples," said Minister for Maori Development Willie Jackson in a statement. - Reuters.

BJP leader's body found hanging in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua

Dugongs functionally extinct in Chinese waters

The dugong, a gentle marine mammal that has frequented China's southern waters for hundreds of years, has become functionally extinct in the country, a new study said on Wednesday.

Research by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences said fishing, ship strikes and human-caused habitat loss have seen the number of dugongs in Chinese waters decrease rapidly from the 1970s onwards.

With no evidence of their presence in China since 2008, the research shows that "this is the first functional extinction of a large mammal in China's coastal waters," the report said. - Reuters.