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A health worker administers a dose of coronavirus vaccine, in Chennai on June 7, 2021.

Vaccination of children likely to start from August Nistula Hebbar Bindu Shajan Perappadan

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya also said that India was on its way to becoming the largest producer of vaccines

Can PMCARES funds be extended to all orphaned during pandemic, asks SC

15 crore vaccine doses to be available in August: Paul

SC seeks response from Centre, Delhi on steps to vaccinate the homeless

COVID-19 infected Krunal out of India-Sri Lanka series

National

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who heads the Standing Committee on Information Technology. File

National

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey moves privilege motion against Shashi Tharoor

Special Correspondent Nishikant Dubey demands Congress MP’s removal as Chairman of the IT panel

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alongwith opposition party MPs addressing the media outside the parliament house in New Delhi on Wednesday.

National

Rahul rejects govt charges on Parliament disruption, says Opposition united on Pegasus

PTI The voice of Opposition was being suppressed in Parliament, he alleged.

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International

Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pose for a photo during their meeting in Tianjin, China, on Wednesday, July 28, 2021.

International

China Foreign Minister Wang Yi hosts Taliban, calls them ‘pivotal force’

Ananth Krishnan The visit to China is the first from the group in the wake of its gaining key ground in Afghanistan, including in Badakshan province which borders China’s western Xinjiang region.

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. File

International

Antony Blinken dials Nepal’s new PM Deuba; discusses bilateral ties, COVID-19 situation and climate change

PTI Antony Blinken tweeted that he spoke to Nepal PM Deuba and discussed ways to advance U.S.-Nepal ties, the fight against COVID-19 and the impact of climate change

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A woman poses for a photograph behind a cutout after receiving a COVID- 19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Mumbai. File

States

First in country: Maharashtra fully vaccinates over one crore people

Staff Reporter State reports 11,077 recoveries, 4,877 new COVID-19 cases

A medic administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a transgender in Mumbai.

States

Maharashtra’s new cases outweigh recoveries; active count rises again

Special Correspondent 123 succumb to COVID-19; fatality rate climbs to 2.09%; Mumbai reports 364 cases

Lecturer arrested for sexually harassing studentA private college lecturer was arrested for allegedly sexually harassing an Intermediate first year student on Wednesday. A case under POCSO Act was registered against Vinay. According to Circle Inspector B. Ramesh, Vinay used to send objectionable messages to the girl. He even asked her to come to his room. When the girl informed about this to her parents, they lodged a complaint with the police.

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Tiruchirapalli

IIIT-Tiruchi to offer two PG programmes

Special Correspondent Indian Institute of Information Technology - Tiruchi (III-T) will offer M.Tech. programmes in VLSI Designs and Computer Science Engineering from the coming academic year.It had already launched Ph.D. programme last year, besides the two B.Tech. programmes. The scope for offering more programmes with IT infusion will be considered in the coming years. It has been mandated to increase student intake to 1,200 over a five-year period after moving to the new campus, Director of IIIT-Tiruchi N.S.V.N.