Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh tweeted, ”Giving a major boost to @bjp4manipur former Manipur CongressPresident, Shri @KonthoujamG joined Bharatiya Janata Party today in presence of Shri @sambitswaraj, Prabhari BJP Manipur and Smt @AShardaDevi, President BJP Manipur.”

A lottery system under which 21 other electronic and print media reporters (including from the regional and vernacular press) whose name figures in the draw of lots for each day are permitted to enter in the Rajya Sabha. Effectively, this means each channel/newspaper will get access to Parliament on only four of the 19 working days in this monsoon session.

Although the party has nine morchas including those dedicated to farmers, SC, ST, OBC, it is the Yuva Morcha and Mahila Morcha that are considered most important for political campaigns as they can carry out public outreach programmes cutting crossing caste and class limits.

Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, along with a team of Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) members, will reach Agartala on Monday to chalk out TMC’s future plans there ahead of the 2023 assembly elections.

In Apna Dal (S) stronghold Mirzapur, Shah said while Congress and regional parties used Dalits and backwards for votes and ignored their welfare, PM Modi brought in 27% reservation for OBCs in medical seats under the All India Quota.

Breaking News: India’s unemployment rate drops to 4-month low in July  Hindustan Times

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India's stray dogs are being locked out by a US ban on adoptions  CNN

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After 11 weeks of decline, Covid cases see 7.5% surge  Times of India

India records 40,134 new Covid-19 cases, 422 deaths; positivity rate at 2.81%  Hindustan Times

India beat Australia 1-0 as they moved into the semis of the Tokyo Olympics.

Delhi University (DU) has begun the registration process for undergraduate courses for the academic session 2021-22 from today.

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will not declare CBSE Class 10 result 2021 today.

Scoring a new milestone, Bhubaneswar has become the first city to achieve 100 per cent COVID-19 vaccination

Earlier, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had slammed the BCCI for allegedly threatening foreign players who would be taking part in the KPL.

The Indian side created history and entered their maiden Olympic hockey semifinals as they stunned the three-time champions.

Maharashtra State Council of Examination to begin the application process for Maharashtra TET 2021 from tomorrow (August 3).

The third wave of COVID will likely hit India this month as daily infections tally will go up to 100,000 in the best-case scenario, researchers said

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Assaying centres issue unique id for over 3.8 lakh jewellery pieces; ‘rumours’, ‘fears’ attract attention

Demand in the first half of this year plunged to a multi-year low of 216 tonnes, says WGC

Gold use over the first six months of 2021was lower than in any first half since 2008, according to the Council

Fall is only short-term, long-term prospects good, say analysts

When traditional funding gets clogged, such loans are convenient to secure quick credit

Experts feel this ruling will bring a lot of clarity on taxation and also help buyers

Assets under gold ETF have jumped 14 per cent in June quarter to ?48,477 crore

Fitch Solutions sees 3.2% average annual production growth till 2030

Mumbai-born brothers David and Simon Reuben held on to their rank as the second-richest in the UK with an estimated net worth of £21.465 billion in the annual Sunday Times Rich List, topped by Russian-origin UK-US dual national Sir Leonard Blavatnik with an estimated fortune of £23 billion.

US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named Indian-American Rohit Chopra as the head of a federal agency tasked with protecting the interests of consumers financials.

The food drive, a collective effort of cultural and religious communities, yoga institutions, and numerous other organisations rooted in the Dharmic value, has been recognised by many states, cities and local governments, a community release issued said.

Lodha, former president of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), battled COVID for the last eight months at Cleveland Clinic and breathed his last on November 21. He was 58.

American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust Elliot Gerson announced the names of the 32 Americans chosen as Rhodes Scholars representing the US on Sunday. The four Indian-American students include Swathi R Srinivasan, Vijayasundaram Ramasamy, Garima P Desai and Savarni Sanka.

She belongs to the family of K Suryanarayana Adiga, founder of the erstwhile undivided Dakshina Kannada districts private sector Karnataka Bank Limited, and Aravind Adiga, who won theMan Booker prize in 2008.

Adiga was a senior adviser to Jill and senior policy adviser for Biden's 2020 campaign. She previously worked for the Biden Foundation as director for higher education and military families.

Slogans like- "America Ka Neta Kaisa Ho Joe Biden Jaisa Ho", "Trump Hatao America Bachao", "Biden-Harris ko Jitao, America ko aage badao" and "Jaago America Jaago- Biden Harris ko Vote do"- were also released in 14 Indian languages.

‘The cooperation of the States was necessary to put the brakes on the police from registering FIRs under Section 66A,’ says Bench.

He says he has necessary minimum qualifying scores

Police suspect two of the accused of being involved in murder elsewhere

Travellers entering Karnataka from Tamil Nadu have to cross the border on foot owing to the absence of inter-State bus services

As the Opposition demands that the Pegasus surveillance issue and farm laws be discussed in both the Houses instead of the listed business for the day and continues to protest, Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha have seen repeated adjournments throughout the Session.

The first of the trawlers returned to the Kalamukku fishing harbour on Vypeen island in the heart of Kochi early hours of Monday with substantial catc

Himanta Biswa Sarma said this was in response to Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga’s desire to settle the border dispute amicably.

'This business of monopoly of one family must end.''Here, they picked up a few leaders for him as he needed support which was okay, but later, they became his cronies.'

'While this (Mueller's) report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him" and sets out evidence on "both sides of the question'

His condition will be 'assessed' on Monday, the Mumbai Indians team management said.

I am glad to bat anywhere the team wants me to: Pant

A sum insured of Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh may have been sufficient seven-eight years ago but would be inadequate today, especially for people living in metros, points out Sanjay Kumar Singh.

Raipur's Nami Rai didn't let marriage or lack of sporting facilities affect her love for fitness.

'I am 51 now. I think I can do action till 56.' 'After that, God knows.'