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- Jul 21, 2022 11:33 pm IST
West Bengal adds 2,486 new Covid cases, 3,124 recoveries
West Bengal on Thursday added 2,486 new Covid cases and 3,124 recoveries, which pushed the total cases and recoveries to 20,79,491 and 20,30,436 respectively. The active cases in the state stand at 27,755.
Six more patients died due to Covid on Thursday and the toll has climbed to 21,300.
- Jul 21, 2022 10:56 pm IST
Passengers de-boarded after a bomb scare on Patna-Delhi IndiGo flight, plane being checked
Bomb scare on a Patna-Delhi bound IndiGo flight. Passengers de-boarded, plane being checked.
- Jul 21, 2022 08:05 pm IST
President Joe Biden tests positive for Covid-19
President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus as new variants challenge the nation's efforts to resume normalcy after two and a half years of pandemic disruptions, AP reported.
- Jul 21, 2022 07:34 pm IST
Air India flight from Dubai to Cochin diverted to Mumbai due to pressurisation loss in cabin
An Air India flight from Dubai to Cochin was diverted to Mumbai to pressurisation loss in cabin.
- Jul 21, 2022 06:34 pm IST
Dinesh Gunawardena to be next Sri Lanka prime minister
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe will appoint lawmaker Dinesh Gunawardena as the country’s next prime minister, Reuters reported.
- Jul 21, 2022 06:06 pm IST
National Herald case: ED summons Congress chief Sonia Gandhi for second round of questioning on July 25
The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Congress president Sonia Gandhi for recording her statement on July 25 in connection with a money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper.
- Jul 21, 2022 05:35 pm IST
Trinamool to abstain from vice presidential polls, says MP Abhishek Banerjee
TMC will abstain in the upcoming vice presidential polls. The question of supporting NDA candidate doesn't even arise. And the way the opposition candidate was decided without proper consultation and deliberation with a party which has 35 MPs in both houses, we have decided to abstain from the voting process," MP Abhishek Banerjee said.
- Jul 21, 2022 04:11 pm IST
Delhi LG VK Saxena rejects govt’s plea seeking nod for chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Singapore visit on August 1
The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi VK Saxena has rejected govt’s plea seeking nod for chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Singapore visit on August 1.
- Jul 21, 2022 03:33 pm IST
Sonia Gandhi leaves ED office after 2 hours of questioning in National Herald case: Reports
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday recorded the statement of Congress president Sonia Gandhi for two hours in the National Herald money-laundering case and ended the session for the day on her request as she is recovering from Covid-19, news agency PTI quoted sources as saying. Read more
- Jul 21, 2022 03:17 pm IST
WHO again considers declaring monkeypox a global emergency
As the World Health Organization's emergency committee convenes Thursday to consider for the second time within weeks whether to declare monkeypox a global crisis, some scientists say the striking differences between the outbreaks in Africa and in developed countries will complicate any coordinated response, AP reported.
- Jul 21, 2022 02:56 pm IST
Fire breaks out in bus in Delhi's Rohini area
A fire broke out in a bus in Delhi's Rohini- Sector 7, two fire tenders are at the spot, news agency ANI reported.
- Jul 21, 2022 02:34 pm IST
National Herald case: Sonia Gandhi leaves from ED office
- Jul 21, 2022 02:32 pm IST
Gyanvapi mosque case: Supreme court adjourns hearing to October
The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will wait on the Varanasi court's decision on a suit by Hindu women in the Gyanvapi mosque case and adjourned the hearing to the first week of October.
- Jul 21, 2022 01:54 pm IST
Italy PM Mario Draghi resigns
Italy Prime Minister Mario Draghi has resigned, reported AFP citing the office of President Sergio Mattarella , after his national unity coalition government crumbled.
- Jul 21, 2022 12:51 pm IST
Congress leaders court ‘mass arrest’ outside party HQ: Jairam Ramesh
"All Congress MPs & CWC Members have courted mass arrest outside our Party HQs in a show of collective solidarity with Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi, a target of Vishguru's political vendetta. We are being taken away to a police station in Old Delhi evidently," tweets Jairam Ramesh.
- Jul 21, 2022 12:40 pm IST
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, others detained
Rajasthan chief minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot was detained along with other party workers for staging demonstration against Sonia Gandhi's questioning by ED in National Herald case. "It is happening for the first time in the country that they are stopping dharna demonstration...," he says.
- Jul 21, 2022 12:11 pm IST
Sonia Gandhi arrives at ED office
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi arrived at ED office for questioning in National Herald money laundering case. She was accompanied by her daughter and party's general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
- Jul 21, 2022 11:55 am IST
Congress MPs head to party headquarters ahead of Sonia Gandhi's ED appearance
Congress MPs from Parliament head to party headquarters located at 24, Akbar Road, ahead of Sonia Gandhi's appearance before ED in the National Herald case.
- Jul 21, 2022 11:03 am IST
Opposition issues joint statement over alleged misuse of investigative agencies
In a joint statement, Opposition parties alleged that the Modi government has unleashed a relentless vendetta against political opponents through misuse of investigative agencies by targeting prominent leaders of various parties.
- Jul 21, 2022 10:11 am IST
Ranil Wickremesinghe takes oath as Sri Lanka President amid continued protests
Ranil Wickremesinghe took oath as Sri Lanka President on Thursday morning, a day after he was declared the winner of the presidential elections necessitated by Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation.
- Jul 21, 2022 09:59 am IST
Priyanka at Sonia Gandhi's residence ahead of ED questioning
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has reached her mother and party president Sonia Gandhi's residence, who will be appearing before ED today in the National Herald case.
- Jul 21, 2022 09:20 am IST
With 21,566 new Covid cases, India's active caseload nears 1.50-lakh mark
India reported 21,566 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours - taking the active caseload to nearly 1.50 lakh mark.
- Jul 21, 2022 08:27 am IST
NIA conducts searches in Tamil Nadu
NIA on July 20 conducted searches at multiple locations in Tamil Nadu in the case of Narcotics and Arms Trafficking to India and Sri Lanka.
- Jul 21, 2022 07:18 am IST
Sri Lanka made 'dumb bets' on heavy China investment: US CIA
US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief says Sri Lanka made 'dumb bets' on heavy China investment, reported AFP.
- Jul 21, 2022 07:04 am IST
India adopts joint statement on cooperation on global supply chains
On behalf of partner economies including India, US State Department on Wednesday (local time) released a Joint Statement of the 2022 Supply Chain Ministerial Forum, focussing on the global challenges.
- Jul 21, 2022 05:59 am IST
Biden to speak with Xi amid tensions over Taiwan, trade
US President Joe Biden plans to speak with President of China, Xi Jinping, by the end of the month amid simmering tensions between both countries over Taiwan and trade, reports Reuters.