News Live Updates: Fire at medical shop in Delhi’s Connaught Place, no casualty reported

There must be a formula to pick a winner in case of a drawn World Test Championship final. ICC’s cricket committee should think and then take a decision.

– Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar

Rupee falls 10 paise to 74.20 against US dollar in early trade.

Fire at medical shop in Connaught Place

A fire broke out at a medical shop in the outer circle of the Connaught Place area in the national capital on Tuesday morning. According to the Delhi fire department, the fire broke out around 6:45 am on Tuesday morning, however, no casualty has been reported.

J&K: People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration to meet at its chairperson Dr. Farooq Abdullah’s residence today ahead of PM Modi’s all-party meeting

Protests in Nepal’s Sindhupalchawk against Chinese road construction firm

Fifth presidential candidate detained in Nicaragua, total 15 opposition leaders detained so far

EAM S Jaishankar to address the UN Security Council at the Debate on United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan

Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh to meet three-member AICC panel today in Rajya Sabha.

The meeting will be held in LoP Mallikarjun Kharge’s office at Parliament.

3 killed in Denver-area shooting, including officer, suspect

An officer responded to a call at 1:15 p.m. about a suspicious incident near the library in the city of Arvada, and about 15 minutes later, a 911 call came in about shots fired and the officer hit, Deputy Chief Ed Brady said at a news conference. The officer who was killed has been identified as Gordon Beesley, a 19-year Arvada department veteran, police said later Monday, according to The Denver Post.

Subject Expert Committee to meet today to review the Phase 3 data of Bharat Biotech’s COVAXIN: Govt sources

Telangana CM directs officials to finish Yadadri temple work soon

According to a press release, the Chief Minister has instructed officials to complete the Yadadri temple construction works as early as possible to ensure that even if lakhs of pilgrims come at one go it should ensure their ‘darshan’.

Australia to challenge UNESCO downgrade of Great Barrier Reef

The UN body released a draft report on Monday recommending the reef’s World Heritage status be downgraded because of its dramatic coral decline, after years of public threats to do so.

Petrol & diesel prices in Delhi at Rs 97.50 per litre and Rs 88.23 per litre respectively today

Djokovic ready to be first among equals at Wimbledon

The world number one has already won a ninth Australian Open and second French Open this season. That has put him halfway to emulating Don Budge (1937) and Rod Laver (1962 and 1969) in sweeping all four majors in the same year.

EU-India’s joint naval exercise

US Chambers seeks to double H-1B quota

The powerful US Chambers of Commerce has launched a massive campaign to address the acute shortage of skilled and professional workforce in America, prominent among which includes urging the Biden administration and Congress to double the number of H-1B visas and eliminate per-country quota for the Green Card.

AICC panel to meet today to discuss pointers of report with Amarinder Singh

According to senior party leader Harish Rawat, interim president Sonia Gandhi has expressed interest in discussing certain pointers and the committee will discuss them with Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh.

Paid in full? Biden, GOP struggle over infrastructure costs

Biden wants to increase taxes for corporations and those households making more than $400,000 a year. Republicans have ruled that out, putting forward alternatives that Democrats find unacceptable. Both sides have said the infrastructure spending should be paid for and not add to the national debt.

Bharat Biotech has submitted Covaxin’s Phase III trial data to DCGI: Govt sources

The Hyderabad-based COVID vaccine manufacturing company Bharat Biotech submitted data from the Phase III clinical trials of Covaxin to Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) over the weekend, according to government sources. “We have received the data from the phase III trials,” a senior government official confirmed.-

Trump’s company sues NYC for cancelling golf course deal

The lawsuit, filed in state court, says nothing in the 566-page contract gave New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio the right to terminate the deal after the president’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol earlier this year.

Odisha becomes only state to have all three species of crocodiles

For the first time since they were introduced in its rivers back in 1975, Odisha has seen the natural nesting of Ghadials, a critically endangered species. As many as 28 hatchlings were spotted towards the end of May in the Mahanadi, in the Baladamara area near the Satkosia range.

Britain begins negotiations to join trans-Pacific trade deal

Britain will begin negotiations on Tuesday to join a trans-Pacific trade deal that it sees as crucial to its post-Brexit pivot away from Europe and towards geographically more distant but faster-growing economies.

UN warns of worst ‘cascade of human rights setbacks in our lifetimes’

“To recover from the most wide-reaching and severe cascade of human rights setbacks in our lifetimes, we need a life-changing vision, and concerted action,” Michelle Bachelet told the opening of the UN Human Rights Council’s 47th session.