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Centre urges curbs in 46 high positivity districts Special Correspondent

Advisory comes as new cases cross 40,000 mark again

Karnataka insists on RT-PCR test for Kerala, Maharashtra travellers

Tamil Nadu’s seroprevalence stands at 66.2%

Bhubaneswar achieves vaccination target

Kerala breaks single-day vaccination record

National

National

No further sentence after life sentence: Supreme Court

Krishnadas Rajagopal Order directing convict to spend another 10 years in jail after completing life term irrational, says court

File photo of Supreme Court of India in New Delhi

National

₹90 lakh indemnity for woman bedridden due to negligence

Legal Correspondent She was 14 years old when she fell ill on a school tour

International

In this file photo taken on August 21, 2020, renters and housing advocates attend a protest to cancel rent and avoid evictions in front of the court house amid Coronavirus pandemic in Los Angeles, California.

International

Frustration as Joe Biden, Congress allow eviction ban to expire

AP U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision announced days before the eviction deadline on midnight on Saturday stunned many in Congress and exposed a rare divide between the President and his party

People riding bicycles and scooters wait to cross an intersection during rush hour in Beijing. File

International

China, India miss U.N. deadline to update emissions targets

AP China is the country with the world’s highest emissions, while India is third

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Many migrant labourers went back to their villages and survived by taking up work in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) projects during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Data

Data | Urban workers hit the most during national COVID-19 lockdown

Vignesh Radhakrishnan Sumant Sen Jasmin Nihalani Amount of work available for workers in India reduced substantially in the period coinciding with the national lockdown during the first COVID-19 wave

Relatives perform last rites of COVID-19 victims at Adarsh Nagar Moksha Dham, amid surge coronavirus cases in Jaipur.

Data

Data | India's excess deaths could be highest among nations with the most recorded COVID-19 fatalities

The Hindu Data Team The share of registered deaths where the cause was medically certified, was the lowest for India among the countries considered

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File: Youth Congress workers seen during a candle light protest march against the death of Unnao rape victim outside Uttar Pradesh Bhawan, in New Delhi in New Delhi on December 07, 2019.

Delhi

Unnao gang-rape case: Delhi court upholds CBI finding on car accident

Soibam Rocky Singh The investigating agency ruled out any foul play in the 2019 car accident that led to the death of the survivor of the gang-rape.

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Kolkata

Dilip Ghosh leads BJP supporters in run to support India at Olympics

PTI BJP's West Bengal unit president Dilip Ghosh on Sunday morning led around a hundred party activists in a run in Kolkata's Maidan area to garner support for the Indian contingent participating at the Tokyo Olympics.Citing the COVID-related restriction, the Kolkata Police had denied permission for the programme, which was organised by the party's youth wing — BJYM.Withstanding the denial, Mr. Ghosh led around 100 BJYM activists, including its state president Saumitra Khan and national secretary

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Lovlina with her parents before leaving for Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She bagged the second medal for the country

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Bakhodir Jalolov (red) of Uzbekistan exchanges punches with Satish Kumar during the men's Super Heavy (+91kg) quarter final on day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Kokugikan Arena on August 01, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

Gutsy Satish Kumar's debut Olympics ends with loss to world champ in boxing quarterfinals

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