Highlights: India confirms first case of monkeypox in Kerala man who returned from UAE four days ago

India has confirmed the first case of monkeypox in a man who recently returned from UAE, the National Institue of Virology confirmed. Read full report here

The District Court on Thursday upheld the two years conviction of Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi, who in year 2018 was awarded two years imprisonment in a 2003 human trafficking case.

“Earlier a book of such unparliamentary words used to be released to avoid wastage of papers, we have put it on internet. no words have been banned, we have issued a compilation of the words that have been expunged”, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla told ANI.

The Centre on Thursday wrote a letter to all the states and union territories, reiterating key actions that should be taken in view of the Monkeypox threat.Health secretary Rajesh Bhushan cited the letter sent by the ministry on May 31 in which it had issued a set of guidelines on the management of the contagious disease. Read more

The monsoon session of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly will be held from August 10 to 13, an official spokesperson said on Thursday.

Delhi court has reserved order on bail for fact-checker Mohd Zubair for Friday.

Ahead of the local body polls in Madhya Pradesh, the Additional District Magistrate (ADM) of Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri was heard questioning the voting system and democracy in India. "What have we achieved by casting vote till today?... We have made a corrupt system. I think voting and democracy is a big mistake," said ADM UP Shukla, Shivpuri in a purported video on Tuesday.

A Delhi court has asked for CCTV footage of the jail cell in which Sharjeel Imam is lodged. The duty register of Jail Sevadar has also been asked to be produced before the court. Sharjeel had alleged that he was assaulted in jail and was called a terrorist.

West Bengal Education Secretary Manish Jain appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) officials on Thursday in connection with the central agency's investigation into alleged illegal appointments through Staff Selection Commision, PTI reported.

Delhi BJP leaders and workers led by party MP Ramesh Bidhuri on Thursday staged a protest near Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence over hike in power bills in the city, PTI reported.

Maharashtra to cut petrol prices by ₹5/ litre and diesel prices by ₹3/litre, says CM Eknath Shinde.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, who tested positive for Covid-19 on July 12, hospitalised, reports ANI.

India's annual wholesale price-based inflation eased slightly to 15.18% in June from a three-decade high of 15.88% the previous month, government data showed on Thursday.

The Special Task Force of the Uttar Pradesh police, which is probing a suspected hawala racket linked to China, has arrested four Chinese nationals who were allegedly staying illegally in India, officials told news agency PTI.

Those held have been identified as Johnson alias He Zhuang, Ryen alias Ren Chao, Zeng Haozhe alias Jon, and Zeng Dye, they said.

Droupadi Murmu, the presidential election nominee of the National Democratic Alliance, arrived in Goa on Thursday to meet MLAs and MPs of the BJP and its supporting parties as part of the poll campaign.

Amid tight security, another batch of over 5,000 pilgrims on Thursday left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here to offer prayers at the 3,880-metre-high holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said.

The 15th batch comprising 5,449 pilgrims left in a convoy of 201 vehicles for the twin base camps of Nunwan-Pahalgam and Baltal in the early hours, they said.

Hong Kong will raise taxi fares on Sunday, the city’s first increase in five years, to help an industry battered by the coronavirus pandemic. It’s the first increase in taxi fares since April 2017.

Co founder of Alt News Mohammad Zubair to be presented in Hathras Court today in regard to case registered against him at Hathras Kotwali

The Dalai Lama left from Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh earlier this morning. He will stay in Jammu tonight & will reach UT Ladakh tomorrow, reports ANI.

Europe is bracing for a new heat wave, with temperatures in parts of France flirting with 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) this week and next. In London the thermometer may hit 35°C next week and may go even higher elsewhere in southern England. Seville, in the south of Spain, is expected to touch highs of about 45°C this week.

A person who returned from abroad has been admitted to a hospital in Kerala after he showed symptoms of monkeypox, state Health Minister Veena George said on Thursday.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to participate in the first Leaders' Summit of I2U2 virtually, along with leaders of Israel, the United Arab Emirates and the United States on Thursday.

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Delhi Police Crime Branch to file chargesheet pertaining to Jahangirpuri riots today, report ANI. A total of 37 people including the three main accused have been arrested so far.

Police used face recognition software (FRS) system along with analysing mobile & CCTV footage to nab the accused

For the first time since February, India's daily Covid tally has passed the 20,000-mark with 20,139 new infections. The surge comes as government aims to encourage people with third dose or booster shots with free doses from Friday.

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Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty opened in green on Thursday with Sensex at 53,621 and Nifty above 16,000.