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The country’s property market is rebounding after being in a down cycle for the last six years

Established in 1957, the award is Asia’s highest honour.

NCR Planning Board launches web geo-portal for NCR

Multiple entry/exit scheme and Academic Bank of Credit too get nod

Under the current system, no more than seven percent of employment-based green cards are available to individuals from a single country

The world is changing and the US is confronted with new challenges, says President

The Court’s order came on a petition filed by CPIL which argued that the general surveillance systems are compromising the citizens’ right to privacy

Transportation might be an issue and parents must use private vehicle to drop their ward

The State government also announced various industrial projects worth ₹1,700 crore

India's medals tally hits double digits

Ensures the UNSC resolution on Afghanistan addresses India’s key concerns on terror groups, safe passage of Indians

Skips dividend payout due to Covid-19 stress

The strength of the apex court judges has now risen to 33

Directs refunding home buyers with 12 per cent interest from the time of booking; ₹2 crore for Residents Welfare Association for the harassment caused.

Public finance expert Jose Sebastian calls upon state to find new ways of raising resources to avert dire situation

It’s a lesson in life-and-death consequences of data privacy

Film director Puri Jagannath attends interrogation

The development projects were of nine departments, including the Public Works Department (PWD), Medical and Health and Irrigation

Haryana CM lists out steps taken by his govt for farmers while asking his Punjab counterpart what he had done in comparison

The 39-year-old shot a total of 216.8 to finish the P1 men's 10m air pistol SH1 event in the third place

This was the first resolution adopted by the 15-nation Council following the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban

Base price for new teams kept at ₹2,000 crore

Narwal price tag now quashes that of another star raider, Monu Goyat

India also notched up nine silver and five bronze medals at the competition

# The reason to not take masks off, jut yet. A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes Covid-19, has been detected in South Africa and many

As many as 59,62,286 people were vaccinated in the last 24 hours

Vaccines teach your body how to gear up to fight an infection, without your body having to deal with the infection itself

America’s longest war took the lives of nearly 2,500 US troops, around 2,40,000 Afghans and cost some $2 trillion

Republican party leaders flay US retreat from Afghanistan

Senior executives from the Nuclear Power Corporation of India, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research and Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam will take part in the programme

The case is based on a Maharashtra police FIR on an alleged ₹18 crore fraud and other irregularities.

Open to partnering government in education campaign on responsible drinking

The variant, first detected in South Africa in May this year, mutates at a rapid rate

A possible third wave of Covid-19, spurt in fuel prices and supply constraints of original equipment manufacturers are seen among factors that could slow the sector down, it says

Rajan was addressing the Tamil Nadu CSR Summit

Excelling target during Covid pandemic prompted the expansion, says Shaju Thomas, Managing Director

Negative Indian Ocean Dipole phase is believed to have impacted the monsoon

Authorities plan to ramp up the country’s lagging vaccination effort

The shooter became the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics

Chief Minsiter Shivraj Singh Chouhan directs officials to prepare block-wise schemes to check Naxal activities in the district

St. Kitts & Nevis continued their winning streak with a third straight win in the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) with a six-wicket vict

It is not clear who is behind the attack

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Uttar Pradesh leads overall inoculation drive, having surpassed the 7-crore mark

85-yr-old was the author of many notable works such as ‘Madhukari’, ‘Koeler Kachhe’

Looks to tighten regulation of digital payment services by tech giants

India surpassed its best ever medal tally at the Games on Monday

Kathuniya sent the disc to a best distance of 44.38m in last attempt to clinch the silver

The country is currently in a national lockdown due to a community outbreak of the delta strain

19-yr-old wins the R-2 women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event with a world record

India has put around $3 billion into Afghanistan, making it one of the largest regional donors

Ida’s 150-mph winds tied it for the fifth-strongest hurricane to ever hit the mainland US

From thrift clothes to phone charms, all kinds of enterprises have surfaced on the social media platform

Singer-dancer Mohana Bhogaraju's Bulletu Bandi clocks 50 m views on YouTube

Chennai reported 189 fresh cases

Children with comorbidities will become eligible for jabs once ZyCov-D is available, says NTAGI chief NK Arora

Health Minister announces new testing strategy

Services related with other charges include installation of electricity meter, water connection etc

Country will have to strike delicate balance between sustained economic development, and investing in and transitioning to emerging, low-emission technologies

New industrial policies based on ten specific themes to be released by January 2022.

Talks about importance of skill development; asks India to take advantage of current momentum in sports

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The national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.53 per cent

Barbados Royals registered their first win while St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots won their second match in a row in the Hero Caribbean Premier League

Islamic State in Khorasan Province (IS-K) - claimed reponsibilibity of the recent Kabul Airport attack.

With this medal, Indian team opened its account at the Paralympic Games.

Economic benefits of vaccinations is estimated to be as high as $1.4 trillion

India bowled out for 278 runs in the second innings

Bengaluru : The results of Karnataka CET-2021 state level entrance exams will be announced by September 20, C.N. Ashwath Narayan, the Higher Education minister, stated on Saturday. Speaking to the media after visiting Sheshadripuram college CET centre to examine the arrangements made, he said, the examination is being held smoothly at all the 530 locations across the state. Of the 12 students who had been informed that they are COVID-19 positive, 4 students have been tested negative. The COVID-19 positive students have also attended the examination by making use of the separate arrangements facilitated for them, he informed. There are no reports of any inconvenience from any location including the border area districts despite lockdown and weekend curfew being in effect. The examination is being run smoothly in the districts of Dakshina Kannada, Chamarajanagar, Mysuru, Kodagu and Udupi which are adjacent or near the state of Kerala, he said. Responding to a query he said that the

Bengaluru : The University of Mysuru on Saturday rolled back its circular restricting the movement of girl students in the premises of the campus. The development comes in the wake of the diktat issued by state’s Higher Education Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayan. “The Vice Chancellor of the University of Mysuru has withdrawn the circular issued prohibiting the entry of any person into the Kukkarahalli lake area after 6.30 p.m. and movement of girl students alone in the campus. Had spoken to him regarding this,” he stated. It is the responsibility of the Vice Chancellors to ensure safety within the campuses. They should best make use of available technology to step up surveillance within the university campuses, C.N. Ashwath Narayan said. Vice Chancellors should take measures to tighten the patrolling within the campuses. The use of drones could also be considered to beef up vigilance, he added. Narayan also said he would discuss with all the concerned about stepping up patrolling wit

Training sessions currently under way

Urges imposition of local restrictions to curb large gatherings

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To ensure seamless transfer across States

Mysuru : Police in Karnataka have cracked the Mysuru gang rape case and arrested five accused persons on Saturday. Home Minister Araga Jnanendra, who has arrived to brief Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on the development, stated that the operation to nab the perpetrators was successful and he would reveal the details by noon. According to police sources, while four of the accused were arrested in Sathyamangala, Tamil Nadu., the fifth was nabbed in Chamarajanagar, Karnataka. Among the four accused from Tamil Nadu, three had criminal backgrounds. Earlier it was suspected that all the accused were engineering students from Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It was found however, that they were not involved in the crime. Another special team working on the ‘bus ticket’ clue managed to nab the five culprits. As many as five special teams investigated the case from different angles. According to the police, all the arrested accused persons turned out to be coolies. They often came to the Mysur

Bengaluru : The national level multi-class youth sailing championship began Friday at the KRS Dam, on Friday. This is the first sailing championship of national magnitude to be held at the Krishna Raja Sagar Dam, in Mandya district. More than 100 sailors from across the country participated in the inaugural sailing parade, while the sailing races will begin from August 28 and conclude on August 30. The participants will compete in the 29er Class, Laser Radial Class, Laser 4.7 Class, RS: One class, Optimist main fleet, Optimist green fleet class events. The five-day event has been organised by the Madras Engineers Group (MEG) of the Indian Army in collaboration with General Thimayya National Academy of Adventure, under the aegis of Yachting association of Karnataka and Yachting association of India. The event was not open for general public keeping in mind COVID safety measures and safety of the sailors. The event was organised following all COVID-19 protocols. Get the latest upd

Hero CPL debutant Migael Pretorius was the star with the ball for the Jamaica

An increase of 14,876 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

Paddler to take on Ying Zhou in the summit clash on Sunday

With international travel heavily restricted, foreign tourists can't enter many countries and locals can't get out

Arrests and interrogates ISIS-K members in connection with Kabul attack

Total deposit rose 6.38 times

Emerging evidence suggests that those who’ve already caught delta are currently well protected

Vaccination proof includes a CDC vaccination card, photo or photocopy

Ronaldo will join for a fee of 15 million euros

Call for international cooperation

Bengaluru : The Bengaluru wing of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) apprehended a woman allegedly involved in international drug peddling and seized one kilogram of MDMA crystals worth Rs 40 lakh, which had been parcelled to her from Germany, said NCB sources on Saturday. The arrested drug peddler has been identified as Yogita S., who hails from Bengaluru. The MDMA drug crystals were parcelled in a cosmetics box from Germany. The NCB sleuths, who received a tip-off about the arrival of the parcelled cosmetics box to the Electronics City post office through international post waited until the arrival of the accused and nabbed her when she received the parcel on Friday. When the NCB officials opened the box, they found the banned MDMA crystals in between the compartments of the cosmetics box. The accused had placed cosmetics at the top of the box and MDMA crystals were kept beneath. Sources in the NCB said the accused woman was in touch with international drug peddlers, especially

Beats China’s Miao Zhang in a class four semifinal

CBO forecasts an even lower deficit of $1.15 trillion next year

Judge Richard J Leon of the US District Court has given Cairn time till September 10 to file a response to the Indian government's petition

Forays in Eastern India with tie-up with Unakoti Nursing Care in Tripura

Corporate Affairs Ministry working with RBI, IBA and DFS on this front

The 34-year-old Indian beat her Serbian opponent 11-5 11-6 11-7 in a quarterfinal match that lasted 18 minutes.

The study provides information on the genetic history of the Roman Catholic populations in India

Initiatives undertaken in India on women-centric issues highlighted at Ministerial Conference

Further hearing to take place on October 22

Says, PM Modi is committed to taking the country on the path of progress in research and innovation

Looking at bids for 4,000 MW of electrolysers capacity

This initiative is part of the Centre’s ‘go electric campaign’ to encourage switching over to E-Mobility.

Children will find answers to their career related questions through Mentors who sign up to be a part of the programme

Kabul attack serves as a testament to the threat posed by the group

This rare occurrence indicates that small merging groups are ideal laboratories to detect them

Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) dealt a big blow in the opening match of the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) with a nine-run win over defendin

To meet Borislava Peric Rankovic of Serbia in the quarterfinals

The 197-feet long Gotheborg is billed the world’s largest operational wooden sailing vessel

2 suicide bombers, gunmen attacked crowds at Kabul airport, killing at least 60 Afghans, 13 US troops

Two suicide bombers and gunmen killed at least 60 Afghans and 12 US troops

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To protect internet users’ rights in cyberspace

The idea was not to punish farmers but to spread awareness about stubble burning, says an official

The blasts came hours after Western officials warned of a major attack, urging people to leave the airport

Western officials had earlier warned of a major attack.

The course covers essential concepts that cut across all the boards, to ensure that students master age-appropriate fundamentals.

The initial plan was to bring back over 180 people, but only 35 could be airlifted

Nano drone exempted from type certification; no remote pilot licence for Nano, Micro drones

To sequence Covid genomes, focus on next-gen sequencing

The new team set the agenda by announcing an increased focus on builders' unity

Bengaluru : After Techies and IT Professionals expressed their concern and questioned the government’s decision of advising IT companies located on the Outer Ring Road (ORR) to extend ‘Work from Home’ option till next December due to Namma Metro work on the stretch, the government has said the earlier communication was just an advisory. E.V. Ramana Reddy, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Electronics, IT, BT & Science and Technology had issued an advisory to the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) on August 21. It was requested to the IT companies operating in the surrounding areas of Outer Ring Road (ORR) to extend the Work From Home (WFH) period till December next year. The Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) is commencing work on ORR from Central Silk Board to KR Puram soon. It could take at least 2 years for completion of work. ORR houses many large tech parks and IT companies, campuses and this stretch carries a large vehicular