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This comes a day after the Delhi Cabinet rejected LG's recommendation for appointing special public prosecutors suggested by Delhi Police in cases related to Republic Day violence and the northeast Delhi riots.

The case has been registered for damaging public property, sitting on protest without permission and without giving prior information, Lucknow Police Commissioner D K Thakur said.

A deeper look at Covid data tells us that the third wave has already hit India.

Bookings for the extended trips of weekly superfast special train no. 02131 on special charges started on Friday

The overall CFR in the country is currently at 1.33 percent. The high CFR since May-end has been due to the high number of 'backlog' deaths reported across states.

Siddiqui, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018, worked for Reuters news agency and was killed on Friday in the town of Spin Boldak, near the border with Pakistan. He was embedded with Afghan special forces at the time of his death.

The lab manager at the HLL airport set-up, Praveen Kumar Karn, said about 20 Abbott ID kits have been procured that are capable of testing 80 people in an hour.

The study, the largest and first nation-wide study of post-vaccination breakthrough infections from India, said its analysis shows that the vaccination does provide reduction in hospital admission and mortality.

During an interaction with chief ministers of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, Maharashtra and Kerala, PM Modi said that 80 per cent of the new Covid cases last week were from these states.

The active cases have declined to 4,30,422 and comprise 1.39 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 97.28 per cent.

Karnataka SSLC admit cards cannot be denied even if the students have not paid the exam fees, said state education minister S Suresh Kumar.

The mother of the girl has complained that police passed lewd comments at her daughter and were trying to save the accused.

The ACB had sought permission to initiate open inquiry against Singh into the charges levelled by police inspector Anup Dange and the government gave its nod on Wednesday.

Chaudhari was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on July 6 after being questioned at length in connection with the case.

The four tourists have been booked under sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 506 and 25 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

In a joint statement following the meeting, the SCO condemned the ongoing violence and terrorist attacks in Afghanistan.