Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani resigns
The BJP is likely to announce his replacement by evening as party general secretary B. L. Santosh is understood to have been holding meetings at the State party headquarters.
Government cuts custom duties on edible oil to ease retail prices
With the reduction, the effective duty on crude palm oil, crude soyoil and crude sunflower oil will come down to 24.75% whereas effective duty on refined palm oil, soyoil and sunflower oil will be 35.75%.
Trend of government agencies harassing independent media must stop: Editors Guild
Such investigations should be handled with great care and sensitivity, it says.
CJI raises concerns over huge backlog of criminal cases in Allahabad High Court
1.83 lakh criminal appeals pending in court, U.P. government tells Supreme Court.
Farmers call off Karnal sit-in as Haryana orders probe into ‘lathicharge’ incident
Farmers call off protests outside Karnal district headquarters after Haryana government ordered a probe to be conducted by a retired judge.
Telangana launches ‘Medicine from the Sky’ project to drone-deliver vaccines, medicines to remote areas
It is now the first State in the country to embark on Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLoS) flights to deliver the payload.
India, Australia hold inaugural ‘2+2’ talks
The talks took place at a time when the global focus is on the situation in Afghanistan after its takeover by the Taliban, and the issue figured in the deliberations.
Over 72 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses provided to states, UTs so far: Centre
The doses were provided through the government of India (free of cost channel) and through the direct State procurement category.
Biden marks 9/11 anniversary with tribute, call for unity
Mr. Biden was a senator when hijackers commandeered four planes and exacted the nation’s worst terror attack in 2001. Now he marks the 9/11 anniversary for the first time as commander in chief.
Pakistan’s PIA to restart commercial flights to Kabul from September 13
PIA will be the first foreign commercial service to start operations since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan.
Brother of former Afghan Vice-President shot dead by Taliban
Rohullah Azizi was going somewhere in a car on September 10, when Taliban fighters stopped him at a checkpoint. “As we hear at the moment Taliban shot him and his driver at the checkpoint,” Azizi’s nephew said.
India’s economy recovered more strongly than it got impacted during pandemic: Modi
He said that when big economies of the world were busy defending themselves during the pandemic, India was engaged in reforms.
Yahoo names Tinder top boss as CEO
Jim Lanzone replaces Guru Gowrappan, who led Verizon’s media business since 2018 and has now been named senior adviser to Apollo’s private equity business.
Bairstow, Dawid Malan pull out of IPL, citing personal reasons
The England and India players were supposed to fly into UAE from Manchester together in a bubble to bubble transfer but COVID-19 cases in the visitors’ camp forced IPL teams to make their own arrangements.
Football legend Pelé remains in intensive care after surgery
The hospital also said Pelé is “awake, actively talking and keeing his vital signs in normality.
