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A health technician collecting sample from a child for COVID test. File

721 children in child care institutions contracted COVID-19 since outbreak: NCPCR PTI

No death due to COVID-19 has been reported among children residing in the CCIs in 11 States and UTs.

COVID-19 infections in minors nears 1,000-mark in Odisha

Haryana extends lockdown till September 6

UAE to accept Indian passport holders with 14-day rider

Karnataka BJP MLA says he will defy COVID-19 rules for Ganesh Chaturthi

National

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. File

National

EAM Jaishankar to brief leaders of political parties on developments in Afghanistan

PTI External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said PM Modi instructed the Ministry of External Affairs to brief the floor leaders of the political parties

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Barring big corporates, most jewellery shops remained shut on Monday in response to a nationwide strike call given by 350-odd jewellery associations to protest the new gold hallmarking rules of the Centre, All India Gem Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC) said. File

National

Nationwide strike against gold hallmarking rules evokes strong response: GJC

PTI The jewellery bodies are against the government’s Hallmarking Unique ID (HUID) system which they said has nothing to do with the purity of gold but is just a tracking mechanism.

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International

Taliban fighters stand guard near a makeshift tent, in Kabul. File

International

Afghanistan crisis | Taliban warns of ‘consequences’ if U.S. extends evacuation

AFP Taliban said their fighters had surrounded resistance forces holed up in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley

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President Joe Biden answers a question from a reporter about the situation in Afghanistan as he speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, in Washington on August 22, 2021.

International

U.S. President Joe Biden says troop withdrawal from Afghanistan was ‘logical, rational and right decision’

PTI The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan on August 15, two weeks before the U.S. was set to complete its troop withdrawal after a costly two-decade war

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States

Minister Eknath Shinde dismisses Rane’s ‘rubber stamp’ allegations

Staff Reporter Shiv Sena leader accuses BJP of attempting to drive wedge within MVA alliance

Tokyo Olympic Bronze Medalist Hockey Player Vivek Sagar being welcomed by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan during his felicitation programme in Bhopal on August 12, 2021.

States

Madhya Pradesh government to groom budding sportspersons for 2024, 2028 Olympics: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

PTI The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh urged the youths interested in sports to register themselves for the talent-search campaign.

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Delhi

Umar Khalid calls Delhi riots conspiracy case ‘cooked up’, points to contradictions

PTI Khalid, along with several others, has been booked under the stringent anti-terror law UAPA.

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Madurai

293rd pontiff takes over at the Madurai Adheenam

Staff Reporter Sri La Sri Harihara Sri Gnanasambanda Desika Swamigal took over as the 293rd pontiff of the Madurai Adheenam, at a grand coronation ceremony that took place on Monday.After the recent death of the 292nd pontiff Sri La Sri Arunagirinadha Sri Gnanasambanda Desika Paramacharya Swamigal, the historic Shaivite mutt had announced that Harihara Desika Swamigal would become the next pontiff as he was appointed as the junior pontiff of the mutt, in 2019.Sri La Sri Harihara Sri Gnanasambandha Desika