In its tender which seeks to empanel agencies to fight fake news and misinformation on social media, BECIL has also mandated that bidding firms must be able to “identify key influencers behind disinformation” and their geo-location.

Sisodia said the number of cases will soar to 5.5 lakh by the end of July, with around 80,000 hospital beds needed, even as the government warned that in around half the current cases, the source of infection is unknown.

Supreme Court asked states and UTs to consider withdrawing cases registered against the migrants for trying to walk to their homes flouting lockdown rules, and urged to work on “the next stage of attending (to their) needs”.

According to civic officials, Dixit had been attending office till Monday. Though he was asymptomatic, he got himself tested at a clinic in Mahim two days ago.

On Friday, Nihal Sarin took on Magnus Carlsen in a series of one-minute chess shootouts. At the end of these “bullet games”, the score read: Carlsen 19, Sarin 13.

Saying that the Narendra Modi government had announced a package of Rs 1,70,000 crore, Amit Shah asked the Opposition what it had done. Shah was addressing a virtual rally for Odisha from New Delhi.

However, senior officials in the Health Ministry have ruled out any immediate change in the current testing strategy.

In fact, at least 24 states and Union Territories (UTs) are currently growing at a rate that is faster than the national average of 4.39 per cent (7-day compounded daily growth rate).

BJP leader Rajeev Bindal, the former Assembly Speaker and five-time MLA, resigned on May 27, a week after the vigilance bureau arrested the state's director of health services, Dr A K Gupta, who is allegedly heard discussing the handover of Rs 5 lakh with another man in the audio clip.

China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said the “two sides will work to maintain peace and tranquility along the border and create a good atmosphere”.

Addressing a Maharashtra Jan Samvad virtual rally on Monday, Rajnath Singh also slammed the Congress for targeting the government on the border issue and said he would make a statement in Parliament and “not mislead the people”.

As all mainstream parties condemned the killing, the Congress said Ajay Pandita Bharti had sought security from the authorities, but had been refused because he did not belong to the BJP.

The Mumbai Crime Branch says it busted the trafficking racket in July last year, and is likely to file a chargesheet soon. Officers say it is a case of exploitation since all the children are male and from poor families in Mumbai.

On reaching the Mumbai airport, Randy Juan Muller came to know about the ban on international flights, and found himself stranded outside with little more than Rs 1,000 in his pocket.

In first remarks after the marathon meeting Saturday between Indian and Chinese army commanders at the Chushul-Moldo border point, the Ministry of External Affairs, in a statement, said it “took place in a cordial and positive atmosphere”.

A May 22 communication from the Ministry of Home Affairs to Chairman, Railway Board, seeking 11 trains to transport 11,815 labourers from Jharkhand to work for the BRO in Ladakh and other areas, set off a series of communication between the state government and BRO.

Restaurants will be allowed to have only up to 50% of their seating capacity. Restaurants in the city have so far been allowed to operate their kitchens only for takeaway and delivery services.

Over 65% dip in education and travel expenses compared to April last year

According to the Grant Thornton forensic audit report, SRBC & Co LLC had earlier taken a decision to make such qualifications in its audit report for 2017-18.

On Saturday, Dr Sunil Choudhary, who runs the Srichand Baradiya Rog Nidan Kendra, a private orthopaedic hospital in Sardarshahar, apologised on Facebook, saying his staff did not intend to hurt the sentiments of any religious group.

Another highest single-day jump is recorded in positive cases and deaths.

Most of the hospitals said they did not have beds to spare, the woman's brother claimed.

As international cricket returns with England-West Indies Test match in July, iconic fan club wants its chants on PA system.

Over 80% of deaths concentrated in 26 districts, key Covid hotspots.