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Economic Times | 28 Aug, 2020 | 10.10AM IST
Defence News Live: Rajnath Singh to induct Rafales on September 10
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will formally induct the five Rafale fighter aircraft into the Indian Air Force (IAF) on September 10 at the Ambala airbase in Haryana.
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Uttarakhand: 50 Sashastra Seema Bal personnel at SSB's Gawaldam Camp test positive for COVID19
Bill Gates' nuclear venture plans reactor to complement solar, wind power boom
- A nuclear energy venture founded by Bill Gates said Thursday it hopes to build small advanced nuclear power stations that can store electricity to supplement grids increasingly supplied by intermittent sources like solar and wind power.
- TerraPower LLC, which Gates founded 14 years ago, and its partner GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, plan to commercialize stations called Natrium in the United States later this decade, TerraPower’s President and Chief Executive Chris Levesque said.
Sushant Singh Rajput death probe: Rhea Chakraborty has been summoned by CBI
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Rajnath Singh to induct Rafales on Sept 10, French Defence Minister also invited for event
Odisha: Total 20 sluice gates have been opened at the Hirakud reservoir
The water level at the reservoir is at 624.27 ft.
India's COVID-19 case tally at 33.87 lakh with a record spike of 77,266 fresh cases in a day
- Total cases 33,87,501
- 7,42,023 active cases
- 25,83,948 cured/discharged/migrated
- 61,529 deaths
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Sensex jumps 219.41 points to 39,332.88 in opening session; Nifty rises 62.70 points to 11,621.95
The water level of Yamuna River recorded at Delhi's Old Yamuna Bridge was 204.30 metres at 8am today
World War II spy first Indian-origin woman to get memorial plaque in London
- Britain's World War II spy, Noor Inayat Khan, on Friday became the first Indian-origin woman to be honoured with a memorial Blue Plaque at her former family home in central London.
- The Blue Plaque scheme, run by the English Heritage charity, honours notable people and organisations who were connected with particular buildings across London.
- Khan's plaque has gone up at 4 Taviton Street in Bloomsbury, where she lived before she left for Nazi-occupied France in 1943 as an undercover radio operator for Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE).
Donald Trump at RNC
"We have three different vaccines in the final trial stage. We are producing them in advance so that many doses are available."
Trump accepts Republican nomination for second term
"My fellow Americans, tonight, with a heart full of gratitude and boundless optimism, I profoundly accept this nomination for President of the United States," Trump said.
Musk confirms Tesla Nevada factory was target of 'serious' cyberattack
New Zealand bourse crashes for fourth day after cyberattacks
- New Zealand's stock exchange crashed for a fourth day on Friday, due to network connectivity issues relating to two cyberattacks targeted at the bourse this week, bourse operator NZX Ltd said.
- There is no clarity on who is behind these "offshore" attacks and why New Zealand was targeted, but the repeated failure to stop them has raised questions about the country's security systems, experts said.
China has escalated its exercise activities by firing ballistic missiles in South China Sea, says Pentagon
Test-Track-Treat approach led to higher recoveries and lower fatality: MoHFW
In the past 5 months, more than 3/4 of cases have recovered and less than 1/4 are active now. Effective implementat… https://t.co/fbT0BhiQkx
— ANI (@ANI) 1598578958000Facebook says Apple rejected its attempt to tell users about App Store fees
Facebook Inc on Thursday told Reuters that Apple Inc rejected its attempt to tell users the iPhone maker would take a 30% cut of sales in a new online events feature, forcing Facebook to remove the message to get the tool to users.
World Bank pauses publication of Doing Business report on data irregularities
- The World Bank on Thursday (local time) said the publication of the Doing Business report will be paused as it probes data collection irregularities in the annual report.
- In a statement, World Bank said over the 17 years of its existence, the Doing Business report has been a valued tool for countries seeking to measure costs of doing business.
- "A number of irregularities have been reported regarding changes to the data in the Doing Business 2018 and Doing Business 2020 reports, published in October 2017 and 2019. The changes in the data were inconsistent with the Doing Business methodology," World Bank said in its statement.
US: 6 deaths in Louisiana tied to Hurricane Laura
Pentagon slams Chinese missile launches in South China Sea
- The US Defense Department said Thursday that Chinese test launches of ballistic missiles in the South China Sea were threatening peace and security in the region.
- Confirming reports that Beijing's forces launched as many as four ballistic missiles during military exercises around the Paracel islands, the Pentagon said the move called into question China's 2002 commitment to avoiding provocative activities.
Jharkhand CM urges Centre to postpone NEET, JEE
Biden rejects skipping Trump debates, vows to fact check
Biden said Thursday there's no question the debates will take place, after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters earlier in the day that she didn't think Biden should debate the president at all. Pelosi said she knows she disagrees with Biden on this, but she doesn't think he should “legitimize a conversation” with Trump.
Odisha floods: 7 dead, 3 missing
Due to heavy rainfall and flooding, 7 persons died in last 3 days (4 from Mayurbhanj district, 2 from Keonjhar and 1 from Sundergarh district) and 2 persons are missing: Pradeep Kumar Jena , Special Relief Commissioner
