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The plea states that while the apex court in its 2019 judgement recognised right to choose a sexual identity as part of Right to Privacy and individual autonomy under Article 21, Right to Marry is a part of Right to life and is included under the same act...

The positivity rate in the last 24 hours stands at 7.48 per cent, while the cumulative positivity rate stands at 10.20 per cent.

Delhi recorded its biggest single-day jump of 4,321 fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday, taking the city’s tally to over 2.14 lakh, authorities said. It was for the fourth day in a row that over 4,000 fresh cases were recorded in Delhi.

In a politically significant statement, he also indicated that he would stand by Chirag's decision on alliance and seat sharing for the Bihar assembly polls.

Officer-in-charge of Bordumsa police station, Sub-inspector Bhaskar Kalita was killed and his service rifle, an AK-47, looted when his party was attacked by a group of United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) militants at Kujupathar village on May 4, 2018.

"Acting East with ASEAN! Ambassadors of the 10 ASEAN countries met Foreign Secretary @harshvshringla and Secretary East Vijay Thakur Singh and discussed new initiatives to further the close cooperation between India and ASEAN," Srivastava tweeted.

The high court, which observed responsible journalism is the need of the time, said it was not saying that anyone will gag the media but at the same time, sanctity of investigation must be maintained.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said 75 lakh farmers in Bihar have been handed out Rs 6,000 crore cash under the PMKisan scheme.

The national capital and the financial capital of India, Delhi and Mumbai, respectively, have maintained the top slot in the number of Covid-19 cases in terms of daily count. Both cities had briefly contained the rapid surge in cases.

Addressing the third Laureates and Leaders for Children Summit on the Fair Share for Children, Smriti Irani said the government is working diligently towards protection of children.

The phase three trials of AstraZeneca were stopped in the UK on Wednesday and the pharma firm said it has halted global trials, including large late-stage trials, of its experimental Covid-19 vaccine.

A bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan observed that the authorities will take all steps necessary to help aspirants sit for the test. “Some petitions had cited Bihar floods for deferment, while some others weekend Covid-19 lockdowns,” the bench said.

Starting September 11, the campaign will highlight the aspects of “India-centric education”, and inspire “dignity of labour” with skill education proposed from class 6 and encourage "mother tongue" in competitions themed on NEP.

The LJP said in a statement the party will only join hands with those who support its president Chirag Paswan's agenda to make Bihar the leading state in the country

Hima Das and various other athletes reportedly complained of finding human nails and hair in their food at the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, Patiala.

RBI is in the process of setting up an Innovation Hub," RBI executive director T Rabi Sankar said while virtually participating in a conference organised by FICCI. More details will come out once it is finalised, he added.