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India may soon allow foreign tourists in view of declining COVID-19 cases PTI

First 5 lakh foreign tourists will be issued free visas in an attempt to revive the tourism, hospitality and aviation sectors.

WHO experts group to take a call on emergency use listing for Covaxin on October 6

Coimbatore makes a mark in COVID-19 inoculation

Rahul Gandhi takes dig at government over record COVID-19 vaccinations

No room for any complacency with COVID-19: Health Ministry

National

Kavita Lankesh, sister of the late journalist-cum-activist Gauri Lankesh. File photo.

National

SC reserves order on Gauri Lankesh sister’s plea

Legal Correspondent Petition was against dropping of organised crime charges against man accused of harbouring her alleged killers

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The Army on Monday said an infiltration bid was made on the intervening night of September 18-19 after the troops manning the LoC spotted “suspicious movement”. File

National

Combing operation continuing near LoC in Kashmir’s Uri: officials

Special Correspondent There have been no reports of any contact between the Army personnel and the infiltrators.

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International

French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi also discussed issues such as the crisis in Afghanistan. File

National

PM Modi, French President Emmanuel Macron discuss Indo-Pacific co-operation

Reuters The conversation between Emmanuel Macron and Narendra Modi comes in the wake of Australia’s cancellation of a submarine deal with France

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A file photo of U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris.

International

U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris to meet PM Narendra Modi on September 23

PTI US Vice-President Kamala Harris will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on September 23, a day ahead of the maiden bilateral meet between him and President Joe Biden and the Quad Summit at the White House, officials have said.Mr. Biden will host Mr. Modi for their first in-person bilateral meeting at the White House on September 24. Later on that day, the US President will host the first-ever in-person Quad Leaders’ Summit at the White House with Mr. Modi, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide

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States

Human rights panel awards ₹5 lakh compensation to families of victims

Ashok Kumar Two died after falling into open sewer in Faridabad 5 years ago

A clean-up marshal collecting fine from a man who is roaming without a mask at Marine Drive in Mumbai on Thursday.

States

Maharashtra’s active cases see marginal rise yet again

Staff Reporter 45 patients succumb to COVID-19; recovery rate stands at 97.06%

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Madurai

Drop in price of plantain leaves

Special Correspondent With a drastic fall in demand for plantain leaves due to lack of domestic functions like marriages, its price has come down sharply. The price that was hovering around ₹ 7 a leaf few days back has gone down to ₹ 2 a leaf. The Tamil month of ‘Aavani,’ which has many ‘muhurtham days,’ saw people conducting several functions like marriage and house-warming ceremony. Functions attracted huge crowd after relaxation of lockdown norms as COVID infection rate has come down in the last few months. It led