Saturday 31 July 2021

Nairobi - the centre of East Africa's thriving arts scene

Artists from across East Africa have converged on Kenya's capital, creating a vibrant scene.

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The women fighting infertility stigma in Nigeria

Three Nigerian women confront the prejudice they have faced on their fertility journeys.

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‘Sorry Ma’: Boy spends Rs 40,000 on online game, kills self



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Holding minor’s hand not sexual harassment: Pocso court



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Danish’s body was mutilated in Taliban custody: Officials



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Anti-eviction lawmaker camps overnight on US Capitol steps

Cori Bush fears millions of US tenants could be at risk if an eviction freeze is allowed to expire.

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After losing cabinet berth, Babul says ‘Alvida politics’



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Change public’s poor perception of police: PM to IPS probationers



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Jharkhand CM recommends CBI probe into judge’s death



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J&K eyes Unesco tag with Mughal Gardens facelift



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‘Not even 5% of India’s grasslands protected’



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17 Maharashtra villages voluntarily opt for lockdown



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Cases top 40k for 5th day in a row, Kerala still driving surge

Kerala reported more than 20,000 fresh Covid-19 cases for the fifth day running while the rising trend in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka continued, as India logged more than 42,000 new cases of the virus on Saturday. For the fifth straight day, India’s daily count stayed over the 40,000-mark as 42,052 were recorded on Saturday. Kerala accounted for 20,624 new cases, while Maharashtra logged 6,959.

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Amid LAC row, Leh boosts oxygen infrastructure in forward areas

Amid continued stand-off with China, the Leh administration is augmenting oxygen supply in the forward areas by adding new plants, a move that will boost the fight against Covid-19 in ‘zero-mile’ villages and far-flung settlements along northern and eastern Ladakh.

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Districts hit by 2nd Covid wave may not see intense 3rd wave: ICMR

Districts that were severely impacted by the second Covid wave may not see an equally intense third wave, an analysis by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said. Experts from the top science body said states should conduct district-level heterogeneity assessments — that include variations in spread and population — to plan public health measures based on local data.

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Parliament worked for 18 hours out of 107 in 2 weeks

As the deadlock over the Pegasus controversy continues in Parliament, the two Houses are heading towards a less productive zone in terms of business with more than 85% of working hours being wasted in the first two weeks of the session. Of the possible 107 hours in the past two weeks, Parliament has functioned merely for 18 hours, wasting 89 hours because of ongoing disruptions due to the deadlock over the opposition demand for a discussion and inquiry into the Pegasus affair.

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Kharif sowing hits ‘normal’ level as rainfall deficit dips

As the cumulative monsoon rainfall over the country touches almost ‘normal’ level with the deficit reduced to less than 1% on Saturday, the overall acreage of Kharif (summer-sown) crops in India crossed the ‘normal’ sown area threshold by over 8 lakh hectares.

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Court backs CBI’s clean chit to Sengar in Unnao girl’s car crash

A Delhi court on Saturday said it had “no hesitation in holding the findings” of the CBI’s final report, which said there was no case against jailed former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar to proceed against him for the offence of murder in an accident case, as correct. Currently, Sengar is serving a life sentence for raping a minor girl in Unnao in 2017.

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HC pulls up NIA judge for not hearing bail plea for 6 months, sets date

A delay of six months in hearing the bail plea of a 60-year-old man jailed under the stringent UAPA law has prompted the Delhi high court to fix a date for the special judge to hear it. A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Anup J Bhambhani took a dim view of the failure of the special NIA judge, Patiala House, to take up the bail plea filed in February this year, despite a direction by HC earlier to decide it expeditiously.

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Covid-19: Centre wants stricter containment in 10 states with high positivity

Concerns over dependence on home isolation and failure to impose micro-containment zones have prompted the Centre to advise that 46 districts in 10 states reporting above 10% positivity rate need to impose strict restrictions on movement of people and gathering of crowds.

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Kris Wu: K-Pop star arrested on suspicion of rape

The Chinese-Canadian star denies allegations made online by several women in China.

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Pulwama attack key conspirator, aide killed in J&K encounter



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NIA conducts raids across J&K in two terror cases



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Friday 30 July 2021

Supreme Court seeks report from Jharkhand on judge killing

Rising number of attacks on judges and lawyers compelled a worried Supreme Court on Friday to take suo motu cognisance of the alleged killing of Dhanbad additional district judge Uttam Anand and order the Jharkhand chief secretary and the DGP to submit the status of the investigations within a week.

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292 kids who lost parents to Covid registered for PM Cares assistance

The government on Friday informed Parliament that 292 children have been registered by states and Union territories till July 29 on the portal, created under PM Cares, for the scheme meant to provide support to children who have lost their parents, surviving parent, adoptive parent or legal guardian due to Covid-19. It also informed the House that 87 children living in childcare institutions have been affected by Covid-19, as per data collected till July 23.

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Bob Odenkirk: Better Call Saul actor thanks supporters after heart attack

The Better Call Saul star says he had a "small heart attack" on Tuesday and is going to be okay.

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Supreme Court to hear next week journos’ pleas on Pegasus row probe



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Opposition stalls Parliament; Pegasus ‘non-issue’, says minister



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Covid-19: Over 2 lakh pregnant women take first dose in a month

In a major boost for the vaccination programme, over 2.3 lakh pregnant women have received first dose of anti-Covid jabs in less than a month since vaccination against the infection was allowed for them, the government said.

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Covid-19: Tamil Nadu cluster infections up, a cause for worry



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India’s 7-day average of Covid cases crosses 40,000 again

Kerala reported a slight drop in fresh Covid-19 cases on Friday but numbers rose for the second straight day in Tamil Nadu even as India’s daily case count dipped marginally but remained above 41,000 for the fourth day running. India reported 41,454 fresh cases of the virus on Friday, down from 44,681 on the previous day, breaking a three-day streak of rising infections in the country.

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Mizoram CM says no harm to anyone, but armed cops stay put

Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga has assured that there will be “no restrictions” and “no harm” to non-Mizos entering the state. However, the CM’s assurance on Friday coupled with his reiteration from his Twitter handle that “NorthEast India Will Always Be One” came even as his government refused to withdraw its armed policemen deployed at Vairengte town on the outskirts of Cachar (Assam) border.

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NSO has blocked Pegasus use by some governments: Reports

Israeli surveillance software company NSO Group has temporarily blocked several government clients around the world from using its Pegasus spyware as the company investigates its possible misuse, Washington-based non-profit media outlet NPR reported.

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Mizoram front still tense, Assam holds border talks with Nagaland



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Now, communists turn to Ram to counter Parivar



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China seizes maps showing Arunachal as part of India



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In U-turn, Goa health minister says no deaths due to oxygen shortage in state

In a major U-turn on the floor of the assembly, Goa health minister Vishwajit Rane, who was the first to announce that many Covid-19 patients were dying in the state due to oxygen interruption at the state’s premier hospital Goa Medical College (GMC) during the second wave, on Friday denied any oxygen shortage-related deaths.

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Only 31% of Delhi’s informal workers got rations, 54% still have no ration cards: CPM survey



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Woman charged for disturbing Yellowstone mother grizzly

A woman faces wildlife endangerment charges for a close call with a mother grizzly in Yellowstone.

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Russia stops Cubans trying to enter EU on air beds

Three Cubans caught trying to cross a river into Estonia are said to have been heading for Spain.

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Days after hexacopter shot down by cops, UAVs spotted in Akhnoor and Samba



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Mizoram Boundary committee asks people for support in fight for 'forefather's land'



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Chhattisgarh Assembly disallows tabling of BJP MLA's anti-conversion Bill



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Need to reinforce messages on Covid-appropriate behaviour, vaccine uptake: Centre



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Now, CPI willing to support Mamata's Trinamool Congress to fight BJP



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Nearly 5 deaths daily in judicial custody in the last three years: MHA



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Thursday 29 July 2021

Celebs among 250 hit in sextortion racket



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Mamata asks Gadkari for more infra projects

Banerjee told reporters after the meeting, “I requested Gadkari-Ji that it will be good if we get a manufacturing unit in our state to make electric vehicles.”

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Senior ministers reach out to opposition, but no breakthrough in sight

He said the government had already agreed to hold a debate on all issues and wondered why the opposition parties were running away. “Government representatives have reached out to the opposition on several occasions as it wants Parliament to function smoothly,” the BJP leader said.

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BJP-led northeast alliance stays off border row



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Act against Moitra for her ‘unethical behaviour’: BJP MP

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday alleged in Lok Sabha that TMC member Mohua Moitra had used derogatory remarks against him during a parliamentary committee meeting on Wednesday. The MP from Godda raised the issue during Zero Hour, saying that the term used by the TMC MP was an insult inflicted on the entire Hindi-speaking people from UP, Bihar and Jharkhand.

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Covid surge prompts Centre to send team to Kerala



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Army chief Naravane and sr US commander Clarke talk to boost ties

The two generals also discussed “issues of mutual interests”, which is likely to have included the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan in wake of the rapid advances being made by the Taliban to grab territory there, said an official.

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Gods don't ask us to encroach upon roads & build temples: HC



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Eye on 2023 polls, Karnataka CM may have 5 deputies

With the 2023 assembly elections in focus, the new Karnataka chief minister, Basavaraj Bommai, is likely to opt for five deputy chief ministers and induct six to eight young new faces in his cabinet which can have a maximum of 34 members.

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PM Modi focuses on tech education in mother tongue in NEP speech

This emphasis on mother tongue as the medium of instruction will instil confidence in the students from poor, rural and tribal backgrounds.

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Mizoram bunkers, Assam build-up raise tensions on disputed border

Bunkers built by suspected Mizo trespassers just across the inter-state boundary in Barak Valley’s Karimganj district and an allegedly massive mobilisation of state forces by Assam to counter the move kept the border pot boiling for the fourth successive day since the violence in Cachar last Monday.

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Tamil Nadu withdraws 90 defamation cases targeting media outlets



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New normal? Parliament does business amid din



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34 Metro, Rapid rail projects under implementation across country



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No manual scavenging deaths in last five years, govt tells House



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Dalit children more likely to be stunted, shows study

A data narrative published by Ashoka University’s Centre for Economic Data and Analysis shows that stunting is much more likely among Dalit children in areas where caste-based untouchability is higher, such as the BIMARU states (Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh).

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2.8K PILs on fundamental rights violation pending in Supreme Court: Govternment

The minister, in a written reply to a query, said about 3,036 such PILs have been filed since 2019.

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Student rush: Air India doubling flights to US from August 7



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146% rise in applications for ‘Study In India’ programme

The number of applications and online test takers to avail of the scholarships provided under the Study in India programme grew by 145.6% and 651.9% respectively, giving a major boost to the scheme, which otherwise was struggling to take off for the past three years. The number of countries from which students participated in the programme also grew significantly, from 12 in 2020-21 to 136 in 2021-22.

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Assam advises people against Mizoram travel

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Theodore McCarrick: Defrocked US cardinal charged with assault and battery

Theodore McCarrick is believed to be the highest-ranking US Catholic to face criminal abuse charges.

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CDSCO expert panel recommends nod to study on mixing doses of Covaxin, Covishield

An expert panel of India's central drug authority on Thursday recommended granting permission to the Christian Medical College (CMC) in Vellore for conducting a clinical trial of mixing of two Covid-19 vaccines -- Covaxin and Covishield -- official sources said.

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Ajay Maken continues discussions with Congress MLAs on Day 2 of his Rajasthan visit



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Wednesday 28 July 2021

Dusty Hill: ZZ Top bassist dies aged 72

Dusty Hill played bass for the iconic US blues rock band for more than five decades.

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Arthur: Popular children's show to end after 25 years

US public broadcaster PBS confirmed the final episode will air in winter 2022.

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Colorado officer arrested after threatening to shoot suspect during stop

The Colorado officer was filmed striking a man with his gun, saying "if you move, I will shoot you".

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I was on Assam side, we could not have fired 1st: Mizoram SP



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Goa assembly pays tribute to former Times Group chairman Indu Jain



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Additional district judge killed in road accident in Jharkhand



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Delhi doctor first proven case to suffer 3 Covid infections

A 61-year-old Delhi doctor is the first proven case to have suffered from three Covid infections — two of these SARS-CoV-2 bouts were caused by its Alpha and Delta variants 22 days apart.

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‘Beijing acting more repressively at home and more aggressively abroad’: Antony Blinken



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