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Live News Updates: US eases travel recommendations on India lowering it to Level 3, which urges citizens to reconsider travel

"Reconsider travel to India due to COVID-19. Exercise increased caution due to crime and terrorism," CDC said. The latest travel advisory replaces the one issued on May 5 that had placed India in the Level 4 category.
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08:26 AM

AAP MP gives Zero Hour notice in RS on 'Pegasus Project' report

On Monday, the AAP MP gave a suspension of business notice under rule 267 over revelations of the scale of Pegasus spyware. Rajya Sabha witnessed three adjournments, on the first day of the monsoon session on Monday before it was adjourned for the day.
08:25 AM

Since the start of the pandemic, the World Bank Group has committed or mobilised a record USD 157 billion in new financing, an unprecedented level of support for an unprecedented crisis

- World Bank Group President David Malpass

08:24 AM

Congress on Pegasus

Congress to hold press conferences in every state tomorrow on the 'Pegasus Project' media report. State units of the party will stage protest march to Raj Bhavans across the country on July 22
07:50 AM

S Korea PM apologizes for virus surge on destroyer

South Korea's prime minister has offered a public apology over a large-scale coronavirus outbreak on a destroyer on an anti-piracy mission off East Africa. Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said Tuesday the government is ``very sorry for failing to carefully take care of the health of our soldiers who are devoting themselves to the country.''
07:06 AM

Parts of Delhi to receive light rains today

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted light rains for several parts of the national capital. The weather body also predicted a drizzle for Haryana's Sonipat and Uttar Pradesh over the next two hours.
06:52 AM

US improves travel advisory

United States has improved the travel advisory for India, lowering it from the highest Level 4, which means no travel, to Level 3, which urges citizens to reconsider travel.
06:51 AM

WB travel advisory

West Bengal government made it mandatory for all in-bound flight passengers (commercial and non-commercial flight) to produce either a proof of full vaccination or a negative RT-PCR report to enter the state.
06:51 AM

Blinken speaks to Iranian-American journalist after kidnap plot

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken offered support Monday to an Iranian-American journalist after prosecutors say Tehran plotted to kidnap her in New York. "Good conversation today with @AlinejadMasih, who has demonstrated tremendous courage," Blinken tweeted after talking with Masih Alinejad, a journalist known for her criticism of the clerical state including its requirement that women veil themselves.
06:50 AM

Leftist Pedro Castillo is Peru's president-elect

Leftist school teacher Pedro Castillo was proclaimed Peru's president-elect Monday by an elections jury after reviewing claims of electoral fraud raised by his right-wing rival, Keiko Fujimori. The trade unionist, 51, was declared the victor six weeks after a polarizing vote that leaves Fujimori facing an imminent corruption trial.
06:50 AM

IS claims responsibility for Iraq market bombing

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility early Tuesday for a market bombing that killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens in Iraq's capital Baghdad on the eve of Eid al-Adha holiday celebrations.
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