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Coronavirus | Delta plus is a variant of concern, says government Special Correspondent

Health Ministry revises threat perception of the strain AY.1 after initial definition.

Rahul releases white paper on centre’s handling of pandemic

Haryana BJP’s special campaign for vaccination awareness from June 23

Rural areas administered more doses than urban ones on June 21: Govt

Karnataka expert committee recommends reopening of schools

National

The integrated exercise of IAF & Indian Navy with the U.S. Navy Ronald Reagan CSG gets under way. (Image at Twitter/@IAF_MCC)

National

Navy, IAF begin passage exercise with U.S. carrier group in Indian Ocean

Dinakar Peri The exercise aims to strengthen the bilateral relationship and cooperation by demonstrating the ability to integrate and coordinate comprehensively in maritime operations.

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National

Coronavirus | For vaccination, mobile phone ownership is not a condition

Special Correspondent It is also not mandatory to pre-register on Co-WIN for availing inoculation.

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International

International

Car bomb goes off outside JuD chief Hafiz Saeed's house in Lahore, kills 3

PTI The blast took place at a police picket outside Saeed's residence at the BOR Society in Jauhar Town.

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Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.

International

Previous Pak. governments did not curb terrorist financing and money laundering: Qureshi

PTI When Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf came to power, Pakistan had already gone into the (FAFT) grey list, says the Foreign Minister

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An elderly couple wait in a queue outside a vaccination centre in Erode on Monday June 21.

Data

Data | Daily COVID-19 vaccination records steady increase in June

Sumant Sen Jasmin Nihalani To vaccinate all adults by December 31, 8.21 mn doses need to be administered daily on average

At a snail’s pace: Heavy traffic on the Western Express Highway in Mumbai on Monday even as the city continues to be in level 3 of restrictions.

States

Maharashtra adds 6,270 new COVID-19 cases

Special Correspondent Number of samples tested lower than daily average; active tally goes below 1.25 lakh

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Hyderabad

IIIT-H gets first corporate founding partner for Smart City Living lab

Special Correspondent ‘Initiative will catalyse nation’s goal in enabling 100 smart cities in next 5 years’

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Madurai

Wild elephant dies of injuries

Special Correspondent A badly injured wild elephant died near Bhoothapandi as it had suffered injuries in the mouth and genitalia. After a female elephant, aged about 55, entered the private lands in Udaiyaarkonam near Bhoothapandi, the forest personnel, led by Forest Ranger Manimaaran chased it back to the forest as the farmers were afraid of entering their ranches. The forest personnel also dug trenches to prevent the elephant from re-entering the fields. However, the elephant moved to the fields in Rathnapuram

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Watch | The Saiga antelope is making a comeback

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Steven Spielberg inks film production deal with Netflix

PTI

A promo visual from Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham

Mohanlal’s ‘Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham’ to have exclusive three-week run in over 600 screens in Kerala from August 12

G. Krishnakumar

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New Zealand's Kyle Jamieson celebrates with teammates the dismissal of India's captain Virat Kohli during the sixth day of the World Test Championship final cricket match between New Zealand and India, at the Rose Bowl in Southampton, England, Wednesday, June 23, 2021

WTC final | Pant soldiers on as New Zealand restrict India to 130/5 at lunch

PTI

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Jadeja displaces Holder as top Test all-rounder

PTI

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A file photo of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna

Kobe Bryant’s widow to settle lawsuit over deadly crash

AP

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New Zealand’s Ross Taylor plays a shot during the fifth day of the World Test Championship final cricket match between New Zealand and India, at the Rose Bowl in Southampton, England on June 22, 2021.

WTC final: Spectators ejected for abusing New Zealand players

PTI

Breached: Mohammed Shami has B-J. Watling bowled, playing inside the line of an away nipper.

WTC Final | Shami sizzles with four wicket haul but New Zealand take 32-run lead

PTI