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Economic Times | 17 Aug, 2020 | 04.56PM IST
Live news: India's GDP to contract 16.5% in April-June quarter, says SBI report
State Bank of India's research report Ecowrap expects the country's GDP to contract by 16.5 per cent during the first quarter of the current fiscal.
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1st September to be celebrated as 'Police Diwas' to pay respect to all the police personnel who are working for the people during this pandemic: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
On one hand, he (Former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath) is saying, he (Former PM Rajiv Gandhi) got the locks of Babri Masjid opened, on other hand, Shashi Tharoor said that he didn't open locks. Congress itself doesn't know what their leader did & didn't.
- Jyotiraditya Scindia, BJP
Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a case against Luo Sang alias Charlie Peng and others under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) in Chinese Hawala scam.
Top LeT commander Sajjad alias Haider killed in Baramulla encounter. It is a big achievement for police and security forces: IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar
Government in process of launching 24x7 mental health rehabilitation helpline
The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment said the helpline will operate through 25 institutions in 13 languages.
India's GDP to contract 16.5% in April-June quarter, says SBI report
- Earlier in May, Ecowrap had estimated Q1 FY21 GDP contraction at over 20 per cent
- Now pegs it at much lower contraction of 16.5 per cent for the quarter
Delhi witnesses rainfall; visuals from Moolchand area
Delhi witnesses rainfall; visuals from Moolchand area https://t.co/ZTyyGP8M19
— ANI (@ANI) 1597661176000In the meeting of Parliamentary standing committee on transport, tourism & culture, some members sought report on Kozhikode Plane Crash incident. Officials from concerned Ministry gave assurance that probe is on & they'll be back before the panel with final report: Sources
Singapore announces SGD 8 billion measures to support businesses, workers hit by COVID-19
Delhi, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Haryana to receive increased rainfall in the next two days: RK Jenamani, Senior Scientist, India Meteorological Department
Jai Prakash Nishad, BJP candidate for the by-election to a Rajya Sabha seat from Uttar Pradesh, elected unopposed
Russia says it has found tracking device in Russian Diplomat's car in the Netherlands
Delhi: Rain lashes several parts of the national capital; visuals from Lodhi Road
Delhi: Rain lashes several parts of the national capital; visuals from Lodhi Road. https://t.co/279EFXZvMm
— ANI (@ANI) 1597658207000One more terrorist killed (total 2). Operation going on. Further details shall follow: Kashmir Zone Police
SC adjourns hearing on plea to declare no freedom of speech on subjudice matters
Online platform for health, nutrition info about tribal population
The government on Monday launched a first-of-its-kind online platform containing "comprehensive" health and nutrition-related information about the country's tribal population which, officials say, will help in making evidence-based policies for Scheduled Tribes.
HC dismisses plea for CBI, ED probe against Priyanka Gandhi, Milind Deora, Rana Kapoor
Justice Vibhu Bakhru dismissed the petition filed by an NGO alleging that Vadra sold a painting of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to Kapoor for Rs 2 crore even though it was the property of the Congress party.
The plea alleged that Deora had pressurised Kapoor, who is lodged in jail in another fraud case, to buy the painting.
The plea alleged that Deora had pressurised Kapoor, who is lodged in jail in another fraud case, to buy the painting.
SC defers hearing on plea against merger of 6 BSP MLAs of Rajasthan with Congress
A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra, in a hearing conducted through video conferencing, was apprised of the fact the Rajasthan High Court, which has been hearing the politically sensitive dispute, has been closed till Wednesday.
Hearing has been deferred to August 24.
Hearing has been deferred to August 24.
Doctors moves SC, seeks postponement of AIAPGET-2020 exams amid pandemic
Rupee settles 2 paise higher at 74.88 against US dollar
Indian embassy in the Netherlands to start printing passports
At present, the passports are sent to New Delhi for printing.
SSR death case: Lawyer requests channels not to divulge crucial information
I request all channels to not divulge crucial information which can be incriminating against the culprits in the Sushant Singh Rajput case. And the CBI should go full throttle in this matter: Vikas Singh, lawyer of Sushant Singh Rajput's father
J&K terrorist attack update: Terrorist's body recovered
Body of the slain terrorist recovered along with an AK-47 rifle. Operation still underway. More details awaited.
Japanese PM admitted to hospital for health checkup
- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe checked into a hospital in Tokyo on Monday after one of his aides described as a "health checkup", although rumours have been swirling about the leader's ill health.
- Kyodo News reported that Abe's visit to Keio University Hospital in the capital came a day after former economy minister Akira Amari told a TV programme that the Prime Minister needs to rest, intimating he may be suffering from exhaustion.
Maharashtra Administration appoints IAS Rajesh Deshmukh as the new collector of Pune.
He is currently serving as the Managing Director of Hafkine Bio-Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited, Mumbai
Odisha govt orders compulsory retirement of Pradeep Kumar Mohanty
Odisha government orders compulsory retirement of Pradeep Kumar Mohanty, former Koraput Chief District Agriculture Officer serving in the rank of Deputy Director, Agriculture, following allegations of corruption & seizure of Rs 11 lakhs cash, which he could not justify: Odisha Govt
J&K terrorist attack update: One terrorist killed
One terrorist involved in Baramulla attack killed by security forces. Operation going on: Vijay Kumar, Inspector-General, Jammu & Kashmir Police
The High Court of Himachal Pradesh stays the UGC examination until the orders of the Supreme Court of India is pronounced in the matter
India and Nepal held the 8th meeting of the Oversight Mechanism via video conferencing today.
The meeting carried out a comprehensive review of bilateral economic and development cooperation projects: Embassy of India, Kathmandu
Covid-19: India reports highest-ever single day recoveries
- India reports highest-ever single day recoveries with as many as 57,584 Covid-19 patients getting cured & discharged in the last 24 hours.
- Recoveries have reached nearly 2 millions i.e 19,19,842 recovered cases.
- Recovery rate crosses 72% mark.
Director Nishikant Kamat alive & fighting, says actor Ritesh Deshmukh
Nishikant kamat is on ventilator support. He is still alive & fighting. Let’s pray for him.
— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) 1597648310000Everything's fine in Manipur: CM N Biren Singh
They (6 MLAs) have resigned from INC & want to join BJP. So I brought them here. I'm trying to meet the party's national general secretary & national president. Opposition keeps saying a lot of things but we encourage democratic setup of the country. Everything's fine in Manipur: CM N Biren Singh
'Project Dolphin to launch in 15 days'
As announced by PM Modi, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change will be launching a holistic Project Dolphin in another 15 days for conservation & protection of dolphins in rivers & oceans of India: Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change
River Godavari rising above danger level
River Godavari at Bhadrachalam in Bhadradri Kothagudem district of Telangana is rising above danger level & is likely to flow around 51.81 metres above mean sea level, which will be 3.04 metres (10 feet) above danger level: Central Water Commission Official Flood Forecast
Shimla-Mataur National Highway blocked due to landslide in Kangra.
The review mechanism dialogue between India and Nepal concludes.
- It was held via video conferencing to take stock of the progress of the ongoing projects in Nepal.
- Indian Ambassador to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra held talks with Nepal's Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi.
Fresh round of UK-EU negotiations on future relations to start today
- The seventh round of the negotiations between the European Union and the United Kingdom on their future relationship will begin in Brussels on Monday.
- The round will last until August 21 and is set to resolve the remaining outstanding issues that prevent the sides from reaching a final agreement.
Wife of BJP MLA Mahesh Negi files FIR against the woman alleging sexual harassment
Wife of the MLA has filed FIR at Nehru Colony Police station in Dehradun against the woman for allegedly blackmailing them. Case registered & further probe underway: Ashok Kumar, DG Law & Order, Uttarakhand on the complaint of a woman alleging sexual harassment by BJP MLA Mahesh Negi
Nepal, India hold high-level talks amidst border row
- Senior diplomats of India and Nepal on Monday held a virtual meeting to review the progress made on various India-aided developmental projects being implemented in the Himalayan nation.
- The meeting came days after Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli telephoned his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to greet him on India's 74th Independence Day, in the first high-level contact after bilateral ties came under severe strain following the issuance of a new political map by Nepal in May.
Madame to launch six new stores as demand picks up in tier II cities
- Apparel retailer Madame on Monday announced the launch of six new stores seeing an uptick in demand in tier II cities across India, despite the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Of these six stores, one store will be located in Lucknow and the other five will be in Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, and Delhi (NCR), the company said in a statement.
Nepal: Secretariat meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) was conducted today in Baluwatar.
Mumbai: Fire breaks out at Crawford Market.
8 fire tenders present at the spot. Fire-fighting operation underway. More details awaited.
Bihar: Shyam Rajak joins Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in presence of Tejashwi Yadav in Patna.
Shyam Rajak was removed from Bihar Industries Minister's post & was also expelled from JDU, by CM Nitish Kumar yesterday.
We prohibit hate speech that incites violence: Facebook's reply to BJP
- A day after the BJP accused the Facebook of removing 700 pages aligned to a nationalist narrative before 2019 polls, the social media group responded by saying it does not allow speech and content inciting violence.
- On Sunday, the BJP IT Cell Head Amit Malviya had claimed that the BJP and the 'wider conservative ecosystem' was not aligned to Facebook as the latter removed 700 pages related to a nationalist narrative in the run-up to the 2019 general elections.
- "We prohibit hate speech and content that incites violence and we enforce these policies globally without regard to anyone's political position or party affiliation. While we know there is more to do, we're making progress on enforcement and conduct regular audits of our process to ensure fairness and accuracy," Facebook''s spokesperson said on Monday.
Kerala: Temples under the Travancore Devaswom Board reopens from today.
Devotees throng the Attukal Bhagavathy temple in Thiruvananthapuram to offer prayers.
Vijay Kumar, IG Kashmir on terrorists attacking CRPF personnels & police in Baramullah, J&K
"We believe LeT has carried this attack. We will give a befitting reply to terrorists. 3 terrorists escaped after the firing at check-post. 1 policeman & 2 CRPF jawans lost their lives."
Man trapped on tree for over 12 hours rescued by IAF chopper
- A 43-year-old man was rescued by an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter on Monday after he was left clinging to a tree for over 12 hours amid overflowing water discharged from a dam in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district, a police official said.
- Jitendra Kashyap apparently jumped into the weir (built to remove excess water) of Khutaghat dam on Sunday evening and got swept away in the strong current, Bilaspur Superintendent of Police Prashant Agrawal told PTI.
SpiceJet to induct its first Airbus A340 cargo aircraft in freighters fleet
- SpiceJet on Monday said it will soon induct its first Airbus A340 cargo aircraft in its freighters fleet.
- The induction of the first wide-body freighter will help the airline to primarily operate cargo flights on long-haul routes including to destinations in Europe, CIS and African region, SpiceJet said in a release.
- With the latest induction, SpiceJet will have a dedicated fleet of nine freighter aircraft consisting of five Boeing 737s, three Bombardier Q-400s and one Airbus A340.
ED can continue their investigation against VK Ebrahim Kunju: HC
Kerala High Court today made it clear that Enforcement Directorate & Vigilance can continue their investigation regarding the allegation of money laundering against former PWD Minister and Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leader VK Ebrahim Kunju.
Prithviraj to star in country's first movie shot 'completely in virtual production'
- South star Prithviraj Sukumaran on Monday announced that he is set to feature in a multilingual project touted to be India's first film to be "shot completely in virtual production".
- With concept and direction by Gokulraj Baskar, the as-yet-untitled movie will release in Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada.
All state forest ministers attending meetings these days: Javdekar
All state forest ministers are attending meetings these days. It's a new normal. It's the strength of technology & after COVID too, we will conduct such meetings: Union Minister Prakash Javdekar while addressing a virtual meeting with Forest Ministers of all States & UTs
Google warns Australians could lose free search services
- Google warned on Monday that the Australian government's plans to make digital giants pay for news content threatens users' free services in Australia and could hand users' data to media organisations.
- The US-based company's warning, contained in what it called an “Open letter to Australians,” comes a week before public consultations close on Australian draft laws that would make both Google and Facebook pay for news siphoned from commercial media companies.
India continues to extend helping hand to Nepal to fight COVID-19 crisis
- Soon after assuming office, newly appointed Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, handed over 23 tons of essential medicines to Nepal including hydroxychloroquine, paracetamol amongst others, on April 23.
- The Indian Ambassador handed over COVID-19 test kits to Nepal's Health Minister on May 17. The 30,000 PCR kits manufactured by India's molecular diagnostics company Mylab helped Nepal in accelerating its testing capacity against the virus.
- Understanding the gravity of the situation and increased requirement of ventilators in Nepal, India sent life-saving ventilators to the Himalayan nation.
- On August 9, Kwatra handed over 10 ventilators worth Rs 28 million to the Nepal Army.
Mobile clinic to provide health facilities to poor in Delhi: Naqvi
A state-of-the-art mobile clinic, equipped with all health facilities provided by NMDFC of Ministry of Minority Affairs to Holy Family Hospital in New Delhi, will run from today by the hospital to provide health facilities to poor & weaker sections: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
A rare squirrel spotted at Gangotri National Park in Uttarkashi
Uttarakhand: A rare squirrel, who uses fur of her claw as a parachute, spotted at Gangotri National Park in Uttarkashi. State's Forest Research Center's survey has seen her in 18 of 13 forest divisions, while Wooly squirrel was considered extinct 70 years ago in IUCN Red List.
Rupee rises 7 paise to 74.83 against US dollar in early trade
Bihar: Three expelled RJD MLAs set to join JD-U today
- The three expelled Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLAs will join the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) on Monday, sources in the JD-U said.
- Sources told ANI that the three MLAs will join the Nitish Kumar led JD-U later in the day.
- The three expelled RJD leaders are Gaighat MLA Maheshwar Prasad Yadav, Patepur MLA Prema Chaudhary and Keoti MLA Faraz Fatmi.
- The JD-U has also called a press conference at 3 pm today, in which details about the same are likely to be shared.
Kamala Harris appoints an Indian-American as her press secretary
- Senator Kamala Harris has roped in Indian-American Sabrina Singh, who previously was the spokeswoman of two Democratic presidential candidates, as press secretary for her Democratic vice-presidential campaign.
- Singh, 32, previously headed the press shop of two Democratic presidential candidates -- New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg.
Pranab Mukherjee continues to be critical: Hospital
The condition of Pranab Mukherjee continues to be critical. His vital and clinical parameters are stable. He is on ventilator support and is being closely monitored: Army Hospital (R&R), Delhi
SSR death case: ED summons Rhea Chakraborty's CA
Ritesh Shah, CA of Rhea Chakraborty, has been summoned by Enforcement Directorate (ED) to join the investigation today.
