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New Delhi, Aug 11: The Delhi High Court asked the Centre on Tuesday to reply to a plea seeking contempt action against it for alleged "wilful disobedience" of a judicial order to ensure the draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) notification of 2020 is published in all the 22 languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution within 10 days from June 30 Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva issued notice

Idukki, Aug 11: The death toll in the Rajamala landslide in Idukki rose to 52 lives on Tuesday, as three more dead bodies were recovered from the site. The District Collector confirmed ANI the total death toll in the morning today. Two NDRF teams, a full unit of Idukki fire and rescue team, a team each from Kottayam, Thiruvananthapuram, and a team which received special training are leading the

Mumbai, Aug 11: Shiv Sena has alleged that the Karnataka government removed a bust of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Belgaum's Mangutti village and hit out at the BJP for being silent over the issue. In an editorial in its mouthpiece, Saamna, Shiv Sena said that the bust can't be removed without the orders of administration. "Karnataka government removed a bust of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in

India’s economic activity monitors are beginning to flatline just months after showing signs of returning to life. Latest data from Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google showed mobility suffered in recent weeks after notching up an increase since May, when Asia’s third-largest economy began exiting a nationwide lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Elsewhere, high-frequency indicators from

New Delhi, Aug 11: The Central government on Tuesday submitted before the Supreme Court that the Committee, set up to review the restoration of 4G internet service, is considering to allow the same in one district each of Jammu and Kashmir on a trial basis. "The Committee is considering as to whether to allow 4G internet access on a trial basis in one district in Jammu and one in Kashmir or not,"

Bengaluru, Aug 11: Adar Poonawalla, Chief Executive Officer of Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), has said the coronavirus vaccine may be ready by the end of this year and that the final price of the anti-virus dose will be announced in two months. SII is part of an agreement with AstraZeneca, which along with Oxford University, has developed a vaccine that has reported satisfactory

Kozhikode, Aug 10: Reversing its decision in giving permission to operate big and jumbo aircrafts from Calicut International Airport in Karipur, Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has said no big aircrafts will be operated from and to the airport till further orders, in view of the recent Air India Express plane crash at the airport on Friday last, the reasons for which is being

New Delhi, Aug 10: Fifty-six passengers, who had suffered injuries in the Kozhikode plane crash, have been discharged from various hospitals after obtaining complete fitness, according to Air India Express. The Air India Express flight carrying 190 passengers, including 10 infants, crash-landed at Kozhikode airport on August 7, claiming 18 lives including two pilots. The black box of Air India

New Delhi, Aug 10: Higher education regulator UGC on Monday told the Supreme Court that states can't decide on their own to cancel final examinations, as this might cause trouble in recognition of students degrees. It opposed a decision taken by the Maharashtra and the Delhi governments to cancel exams due to Covid-19 pandemic. A bench presided over by Justice A M Khanwilkar allowed the UGC to

New Delhi, Aug 10: Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday informed that he has tested positive for coronavirus and requested people who recently came in his contact to get tested for the virus. "On a visit to the hospital for a separate procedure, I have tested positive for COVID19 today. I request the people who came in contact with me in the last week, to please self isolate and get tested