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New IT Rules Prevent Fake News, Misuse of Freedom of Press: Centre Tells Delhi HC

While submitting that there have been past incidents of disinformation on digital media leading to disturbance of public order, the Centre has asserted that digital media allows sensational content being re-circulated in a different context leading to misinterpretation by the audience, making it susceptible to being used as fake news. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3kIBNNV via Click here
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COVID-19: Assam Reports 4 New Deaths, 293 Fresh Cases

Assam reported four deaths due to COVID-19 on Sunday, while 293 more people tested positive, pushing the state's infection tally to 5,88,318, the National Health Mission said. The latest fatalities were reported from Cachar, Hojai, Kamrup Metropolitan and Udalguri districts. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3zsLM0d via Click here
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BJP MLA Claims 40 Children Have Died In UP's Firozabad Due To Dengue, State Govt Says No Such Report

BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad Manish Asija on Sunday claimed that over 40 children have succumbed to dengue in the district over the past week and blamed the state health department and the local civic body for the "tragedy". However, Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh termed Asija's claims "wrong" and said no such reports have been received. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3gIEUo3 via Click here
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Jharkhand: Two Of Family Killed, Four Injured In Lightning Strike

Two members of a family were killed and four others, including an infant, suffered injuries on Sunday when lightning struck them in a paddy field in Gumla district, police said. The incident took place in Jakjore village under Basia police station this evening, they said. Durga Singh (45) and his daughter Pushpa Kumari (18) died on the spot after being struck by lightning in the field, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (Basia), Vikash Anand Laguri, said. Singh's wife Sahodara Devi, daughters Bharti Kumari (8) and Punita Kumari (5), and a two-month-old infant were injured, he said, adding, they were rushed to a hospital. In another incident, one person was killed and 10 others were injured after a truck filled with LPG cylinders collided with an autorickshaw on Kandra-Seraikela road under Seraikela-Kharswan district on Sunday, police said. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3mHLCOV via Click here
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Slain Marine Who Cradled Baby At Kabul Airport Loved Her Job

A woman who cradled a baby in her arms at the airport and posted on social media that she loved her job. A young husband with a child on the way. Another man who always wanted to be in the military. A man who planned to become a sheriffs deputy when his deployment ended. Heart-wrenching details have emerged about some of the 13 U.S. troops killed in a horrific suicide bombing at Afghanistans Kabul airport, which also claimed the lives of more than 160 Afghans. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3gIBwtf via Click here
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UP CM To Attend Krishnotsav In Mathura On Janmashtami

A three-day Krishnotsav programme would be organised at the Ramlila grounds here from Sunday and will be attended by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday on the occasion of Janmashtami. The mega event involving multiple programmes would showcase the birth of Lord Krishna as well as the rich culture and heritage of Mathura, said CEO of Uttar Pradesh Vraj Tirth Vikash Parishad Nagendra Pratap. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3zpQFac via Click here
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Malegaon Blast Case: Witness Who Spoke of Lt Col Purohit Delivering Terrorism Lecture Turns Hostile

The witness had told the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad, he had attended an "adventure camp" where a discussion on the spread of terrorism in India as well as Pakistan's role in weakening the country through other means like drugs and fake currency was held. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3jp3Bb1 via Click here
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More COVID-19 Shots, Studies Offer Hope For US Schools

Officials offered new hope for the safety of U.S. schoolchildren threatened by COVID19 on Friday as Gulf Coast hospitals already full of unvaccinated patients braced for the nightmare scenario of a major hurricane causing a wave of fractures, cuts and heart attacks without enough staff to treat the injured. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3ynrZ0I via Click here
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Approximately 111K People Evacuated From Afghanistan, Says Pentagon

Nearly 111,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan since the start of evacuation operations on August 14?, the Pentagon said on Friday. The Taliban took control of Afghanistan on August 15. Their sudden victory, which comes as the US withdraws from the country following a 20-year-war, has sparked chaos at Kabul's airport, from where America and allied nations are trying to safely evacuate thousands of citizens and allies. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3yjcPcN via Click here
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Ahead of Festivals, Centre Asks Maharashtra to Consider Restrictions to Curb Covid Spread

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said even though the trajectory of daily new cases has shown a decline over the last month, there are some districts in Maharashtra which are showing early signs of an upsurge in COVID19 cases and test positivity from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3sS7h84 via Click here
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India vs England: Joe Root Ton Sinks India Further at Leeds; Hosts Lead by 345

In-form skipper Joe Root smashed yet another hundred as England ended the second day of the third cricket Test at 423 for 8, taking a first-innings lead of 345 runs against India here on Thursday. Root once again led from the front with his 8th hundred against India, a splendid 121 off 165 balls laced with 14 hits to the fence. from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3ypaiOm via Click here
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Volume On UNESCO Heritage Sites Of India To Be Launched Tomorrow

A volume encapsulating the rich cultural treasures of India inscribed on the UNESCO world heritage list is slated to be launched on Friday, officials said. The publication titled, Incredible Treasures, contains rich text illustrated with dazzling photographs, including archival images. UNESCO and Mapin publishing houses have joined hands for this volume which will be launch on Friday evening in an online event. India at present has 40 World heritage sites, both cultural and natural, including the Ramappa temple, a 13th century engineering marvel in Telangana, and ancient Dholavira site in Gujarat, both of which earned the coveted tag in July this year. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3De4hYq via Click here
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4 Of Family Killed In Road Accident In Jharkhand

A couple and their two children were killed and two others seriously injured on Wednesday, after their car hit a roadside tree in Jharkhand's Khunti district, a police officer said. The accident happened in an area under the Torpa police station limits in the afternoon, he said. They were on their way to Sundargarh in Odisha from West Bengal's Purulia when the vehicle hit the roadside tree, about 150 metres ahead of Torpa town, the officer said. Kanhaiya Jain, aged 42, was driving the vehicle and lost control of it. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3BbloZ5 via Click here
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Tokyo Olympics Returnee Hockey Star Lalremsiami Accorded Warm Welcome In Home State Mizoram

Indian hockey player Lalremsiami, who was part of the women's team in the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics, on Wednesday received a rousing welcome in her home state Mizoram with people descending on the streets to cheer for her. The first female Olympian from Mizoram was given a state reception upon her arrival at Lengpui airport. Her motorcade was escorted by around 200 motorcyclists belonging to 'Aizawl Thunder', an association of bikers in the state, from the airport to the state capital. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3jiNQSY via Click here
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US Believes 1,500 Citizens Remain In Afghanistan

Washington, Aug 25 (AP) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the administration believes about 1,500 American citizens remain in Afghanistan, 12 days into a massive U.S. military airlift. Blinken said at a news conference Wednesday that another 4,500 Americans have been evacuated in a U.S.-run, round-the-clock operation since the Taliban reached the capital Aug. 14, completing a sudden rout of the U.S.-backed Afghan government and military.. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3jeRrkP via Click here
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Charleston Church Shooter's Death Sentence Upheld

Richmond (US), Aug 25 (AP) A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld Dylann Roof's conviction and death sentence for the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation, saying the legal record cannot even capture the full horror of what he did. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond ruled unanimously against Roof in the shootings at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3yhrsNO via Click here
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Charleston Church Shooter's Death Sentence Upheld

Richmond (US), Aug 25 (AP) A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld Dylann Roof's conviction and death sentence for the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation, saying the legal record cannot even capture the full horror of what he did. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond ruled unanimously against Roof in the shootings at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2UNDalD via Click here
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Video Purportedly Showing Prisoners Taking Liquor In Jail Surfaces'

A video purportedly showing some men consuming liquor and having snacks inside a Delhi jail surfaced on Wednesday. In the video, the men are seeing having liquor, snacks and cigarettes inside what appeared to be a lock-up with the people sitting on a mattress and one of them making video. When contacted, Director General (Prisons) Sandeep Goel said, "We will need to check." No immediate reaction was received from the police on the authenticity of the video. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3DhvhGz via Click here
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US Chopper Flies 21 Germans To Kabul Airport

Washington, Aug 25 (AP) Germany's top military commander says 21 German citizens were picked up during an overnight helicopter mission in Afghanistan that was flown by U.S. forces. Gen. Eberhard Zorn said Wednesday that U.S. troops flew the helicopter and German forces picked up the evacuees. The Pentagon acknowledged that there was a U.S. military helicopter flight into Kabul overnight to gather evacuees and take them to the airport to be flown out of the country. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby and Maj. Gen. Hank Taylor said this was the third such helicopter rescue flight done by the military during the ongoing evacuation. They declined to say who the passengers were or provide any other details.. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2UPMF3S via Click here
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We Just Wanted To Shut The Noise And Focus: Anderson

England ace James Anderson said that after all the trash talk during the Lord's Test, the focus at Headingley was to "shut the noise" and focus on the job, something that paid dividends after India were bowled out for 78 on the opening day. India took a 1-0 lead riding on Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami's unbroken 89 run partnership for the ninth wicket after England bowlers got carried away against the tailenders on fifth morning. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3jhTuVf via Click here
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Mahasweta Devi's Short Story Draupadi' Dropped From DU's BA (Hons) English Course

The Delhi University Academic Council on Tuesday dropped a celebrated short story of Mahasweta Devi from BA (Hons) English course while approving changes in its syllabus. The council also approved the implementation of National Education Policy from 2022-23 and four-year undergraduate programmes, overriding a strong dissent from its members, in its 12-hour long meeting on Tuesday. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/38bjewc via Click here
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CEMRI Organises Virtual Programme For Medium, Small And Micro Enterprises

The Durgapur-based Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CEMRI) on Tuesday organised a virtual programme for medium, small and micro enterprises to provide them access to high-end equipment and facilities of the institute. The webinar was attended by over 65 officials from the Central Tool Room and Training Centre, Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, Patna and Guwahati and Nagaland, and entrepreneurs, according to a statement. CSIR-CMERI has already opened-up its CNC bay which includes five advanced axis milling machines, it said. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3guWhZo via Click here
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Proposal To Buy 1,443 Vehicles For Police Sent To Haryana Govt, Assembly Told

A proposal to buy 1,443 new vehicles for police has been sent to the state government for approval, the Haryana Assembly was told on Monday. Power Minister Ranjit Singh Chautala said during the Question Hour that the Haryana Police Department has 5,095 vehicles available for performing duty. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3Dcn9a7 via Click here
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Upset With In-laws, Newly Married Woman Serves Poisonous Tea, Kill One

A newly married woman, upset with her in-laws, allegedly killed an 18-month-old son of her sister-in-law and rendered her four other relatives severely ill on Monday by serving them poisonous tea in a village near here. The four who were taken ill were identified as the woman's father-in-law Pancham Jaiswal, brother-in-law Jitendra, sister-in-law Shivani and niece Srishti, Shivani's daughter, said Bahraich's Additional Superintendent of Police Kunwar Gyananjay Singh. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3koDJLI via Click here
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Foot-and-mouth Disease Cases Reported In Punjab

Taking note of reports of outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in some districts of Punjab, the state animal husbandry department on Monday said it has deployed teams of veterinarians in the affected districts. Vaccination of livestock within a radius of five to 10 km of affected villages has been completed, it said. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3zbbFS3 via Click here
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Police Seek Feedback From Devotees As Jagannath Temple Reopens From Monday

A day before the iconic Shree Jagannath Temple here reopens for the public after a gap of almost four months, police on Sunday urged devotees to share feedback in order to improve their experience of visiting the 12th century shrine. Devotees can submit their feedback on police service at the temple either by submitting a form or through online QR code scanning systems installed at parking lots and other places, police sources said. We urge all to give feedback and use this opportunity to further help us in improving the Hassle Free Darshan Experience for devotees, the Puri Police said on Twitter. The temple has been closed for public since April 24 in the wake of the second wave of COVID-19. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3gljoFS via Click here
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UN Agencies Call For 'Humanitarian Airbridge'

Berlin, Aug 22 (AP) The World Health Organization and UNICEF are calling for a humanitarian airbridge to be set up immediately to allow the unhindered delivery of medicines and other aid supplies to Afghanistan. The two U.N. agencies said in a statement Sunday that they are committed to stay and deliver for the people of Afghanistan.. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3zb3Co7 via Click here
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T20 World Cup: 'UAE Will be Like Home Ground for us, Says Pakistan's Imad Wasim

All-rounder Imad Wasim believes that Pakistan is one of the favourites to win the T20 World Cup, scheduled to take place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this year. Imad said the Men in Green will enjoy an advantage over other teams as they are well aware of the conditions in UAE, having played many of their home series there over the last decade. from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2W7OvOl via Click here
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S Africa Hopeful Of Herd Immunity As Covid Vaccination Opens For All Above 18

South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla is hopeful the country would achieve herd immunity against coronavirus if 70 per cent of its 18 to 35 population is vaccinated. According to 2019 mid-year estimates by Statistics South Africa, this age group makes up about a third of the country's population of 17.84 million people. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3Dgq8ib via Click here
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Evacuation From Afghanistan: Around 300 Indians Likely To Be Brought Back On Sunday

Around 300 Indian nationals are expected to be brought back home from Afghanistan on Sunday as part of India's evacuation mission in view of the deteriorating security situation in Afghan capital Kabul, people familiar with the development said. Eighty-seven Indians were on Saturday taken to Tajikistan capital Dushanbe from Kabul on board a military transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force and the group is being brought back to Delhi in a special Air India flight from the central Asian city early on Sunday. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2WeFJ0P via Click here
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Delhi: 2-yr-old Kidnapped, Killed By Aunt, Uncle

A two-year-old boy was allegedly kidnapped and killed by his aunt and uncle in west Delhi's Rajouri Garden, police said on Saturday. The accused identified as Yamuna (24) and her husband Rajesh, residents of Raghubir Nagar, have been arrested, they said. A day after the toddler went missing from his home, police found his body in a flooded drain in Punjabi Bagh. According to police, Yamuna felt that her mother loved her sister's son more than her daughter, due to which she hatched the plan to kill the boy. Ten teams were formed and they started tracing the missing child, a senior police officer said. Police analysed the CCTV footage and saw Yamuna and Rajesh taking the boy towards Ganda Nala, Punjabi Bagh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (west) Urvija Goel said. Yamuna was held from Subhash Nagar and upon interrogation, revealed that she and Rajesh had kidnapped and killed the child, the DCP said. The accused took the toddler to Punjabi Bagh drain, strangulated him and to make su
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FIR Lodged Against Munawwar Rana For Comparing Valmiki To Taliban

An FIR was Friday registered against infamous poet Munawwar Rana for allegedly inciting religious feeling by comparing Valmiki, who wrote Ramayana, with Taliban, police said. "FIR has been registered against Rana on complaint of one PL Bharti, who alleged that he hurt religious feelings by comparing Valmiki with Talilban," a senior official said here. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3ATu6uM via Click here
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UN Food Agency: Hunger Spreading In Afghanistan

Rome, Aug 20 (AP) The UN food agency says it has been able to negotiate access with the Taliban to distribute aid in one provincial capital in Afghanistan but hasn't been able to resume food deliveries to three other provincial capitals it supplies. The World Food Program, headquartered in Rome, has said that some 14 million people are facing severe hunger in the nation of some 39 million. A second drought in three years, combined with fighting, had afflicted Afghanistan even before the Taliban takeover of the country on Sunday. Andrew Patterson, WFP's deputy country director, told The Associated Press on Friday that after Faizabad, a provincial capital in the north, fell to the Taliban last week, the agency's field office succeeded in negotiating access with the local Taliban command, and we had (a food) truck on the road the next day. However, Patterson said the situation in Kandahar, Herat and Jalalabad so far hasn't allowed the U.N. agency to resume distributing foo
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Odisha CM Inaugurates Skill Development Institute's Campus, Lays Foundation Stone Of ICT

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday inaugurated Skill Development Institute's permanent campus in Khurda district and laid the foundation stone for the establishment of the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)-IOC. State-owned Indian Oil Corporation is steering SDI-Bhubaneswar as a greenfield multi-skilling facility and has contributed Rs 255 crore for building the establishment, a statement said. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3mkXOVK via Click here
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Quake Zone Haitians Crowd Relief Shipments, Some Steal Goods

Hungry and homeless Haitians who have been sleeping outside since a devastating earthquake hit a week ago crowded relief trucks on Friday and some stole desperately needed goods from the vehicles, according to officials and an Associated Press photographer who witnessed one of the events. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3z5QdOl via Click here
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Two Children Killed, Chinese National Among 3 Injured In Pak Suicide Attack

At least two children were killed and three persons, including a Chinese, were injured in a suicide attack on a vehicle carrying Chinese nationals in Pakistan's restive southwestern Balochistan province on Friday, the second such attack in over a month. The attack took place in the Baloch Ward area in Gwadar, the port city of strategic importance due to the presence of Chinese workers and investment, a senior government official and police said. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3y4oKuY via Click here
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Patagonia Boycotts Wyoming Ski Resort Over Owners' GOP Event

The outdoor gear and clothing company Patagonia has stopped providing its merchandise for sale at a Wyoming ski resort to protest the owners' sponsorship of a Republican fundraiser featuring Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and other top supporters of former President Donald Trump. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2WaXQ7D via Click here
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Three Held For Abducting Man In Jammu: Police

Three men were held for allegedly abducting a man here on Thursday, police said. Sachin Kumar of Rajpura Mangotrian was on his way home when Vishu Sharma, along with four unidentified men, forcibly took him away in an SUV from a spot near Shakti Nagar, according to a complaint lodged at the Bakshi Nagar police station. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2W3otvA via Click here
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