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Taliban talks | In touch with ‘various stakeholders’, says MEA

Suhasini Haidar

Ministry does not deny direct contact with group.

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Man gets 4-month prison sentence for slapping French President Macron

Damien Tarel was also banned from ever holding public office in France and from owning weapons for five years.

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French President Emmanuel Macron is protected by a security member after getting slapped by a member of the public during a visit in Tain-L'Hermitage, France, in this still image taken from video on June 8, 2021.

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Facebook’s global ads chief quits after 10-year stint

Sowmya Ramasubramanian

Everson played a key role in scaling up the social network’s ad business, making it one of the largest advertising platforms

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The cost of a pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympic Games

Reuters

lthough the cancellation scenario is looking less likely by the day, global insurers would face a hefty bill should that happen, with estimates running to a loss of $2-3 billion

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Financial fall-out: The economic implications for the IOC are enormous.

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Taliban talks | In touch with ‘various stakeholders’, says MEA

Man gets 4-month prison sentence for slapping French President Macron

Facebook’s global ads chief quits after 10-year stint

The cost of a pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympic Games

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Taliban talks | In touch with ‘various stakeholders’, says MEA

Suhasini Haidar Ministry does not deny direct contact with group.

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National

Coronavirus | Centre advices States, U.T.s to obtain permission before sharing data on vaccine stocks

Special Correspondent eVIN is used by the Ministry for inventory management of vaccines and tracking storage temperature data of vaccines under the Universal Immunization Programme

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International

Man gets 4-month prison sentence for slapping French President Macron

AP Damien Tarel was also banned from ever holding public office in France and from owning weapons for five years.

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives a thumb up as U.S. President Joe Biden looks on during their meeting, ahead of the G7 summit, at Carbis Bay, Cornwall, Britain, on June 10, 2021.

International

Biden, Johnson seek to sign ‘new Atlantic Charter’

AP The two leaders inspected documents related to the Atlantic Charter

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Shoumojit Banerjee Stating that the COVID-19 pandemic had severely affected over three lakh families in Pune who were dependent on the hospitality and health sectors, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Siddharth Shirole has urged Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to consider waiving property taxes and fixed electricity charges for businesses like hotels, restaurants, gyms and amusement parks. Mr. Shirole has appealed to the Maharashtra government to provide relief to these establishments along the lines of the

States

Maharashtra’s active cases come down to 1.61 lakh

Special Correspondent State reports 10,989 new COVID-19 cases; death toll reaches 1,01,833

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Coimbatore

Namakkal Municipality launches mobile swab collection vehicle

Staff Reporter The Namakkal Municipality has launched a vehicle for collecting swab samples for COVID-19 tests from containment areas within its limits to overcome public hesitancy to come forward for tests. Municipal Commissioner P. Ponambalam said the vehicle would visit places where a positive case had been reported and technicians would collect samples from other residents of the house. Officials said as on Thursday, there were 13 containment zones in Namakkal Municipality and fever camps were organised

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Kochi

NH Bypass to be widened into six-lane

John L. Paul The entire Edappally-Aroor NH Bypass will be widened into a six-lane stretch, considering the steep increase in vehicular traffic on the 16-km corridor over the past many years, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) sources have said. Currently, the severely-congested Edappally-Vyttila stretch has only four-lane width, resulting in vehicles jostling for space much of the day. The Vyttila-Aroor stretch is largely six-lane, thanks to widening of the carriageway and new bridges built over a