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New Delhi, Aug 30: The government of Commonwealth of Dominica has said that underworld don and India's most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim is and has never been a citizen of the island country. "Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar is not, nor has he ever been, a citizen of the Commonwealth of Dominica, neither through the Citizenship by Investment Programme nor any other means. As such, any publication by any

New Delhi, Aug 30: India's COVID-19 case tally crossed 35-lakh mark with a spike of 78,761 new cases and 948 deaths in the last 24 hours, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday. The COVID-19 tally in the country stands at 35,42,734, the Ministry stated. The total number of cases includes 7,65,302 active cases, 27,13,934 cured/discharged/migrated and 63,498 fatalities

New Delhi, Aug 29: The Centre’s step-by-step opening up post-covid 19 lockdown is set to see major relaxations in Unlock 4.0. The guidelines issued by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs say that states can no longer impose lockdowns outside containment zones without the Centre’s permission and must not seal borders. Here is a list of things that will reopen and will remain closed in Unlock 4.0: -

New Delhi, Aug 29: A mental health study done on over 8,000 individuals found that college students were the most affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown. Conducted by YourDost, an online mental health platform, the study found that the second worst-affected segment of people was working professionals. They were not affected at the beginning of lockdown but were severely hit

New Delhi, Aug 29: Former President Pranab Mukherjee continues to be in deep coma and on ventilator support, but his renal parameters have improved, the hospital said on Saturday. Doctors attending on the 84-year-old Mukherjee said he remains haemodynamically stable and is being treated for lung infection. A patient is haemodynamically stable when his blood circulation parameters -- blood pressure

New Delhi, Aug 29: States will have to forego borrowing flexibility of 1% of state GDP given under the Atmanirbhar Bharat package if they opt to settle their entire GST compensation shortfall for FY21 through market borrowings. As per the design of the options given to the states by the Centre to meet GST compensation gap, if the states decide to meet the entire shortfall of Rs 235,000 crores

Chennai, Aug 29: Four days after joining the BJP, former Karnataka IPS officer K Annamalai has been appointed as the vice-president of the Tamil Nadu unit of the saffron party. Party president L Murugan on Saturday issued a statement, announcing the appointment of Annamalai as the vice-president. Annamalai joined the saffron party in the presence of national general secretary Muralidhar Rao on

Raipur, Aug 29: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday alleged that anti-national and anti-poor forces were spreading hatred and venom of violence in India and the influence of 'tanashahi' (dictatorship) on the country's 'lokshahi' (democracy) was rising. She also said that the founding fathers of the country would have never imagined that the Constitution and democracy will be in danger 75

New Delhi, Aug 29: India has received the highest rainfall in August this year since 1976 -- 25 per cent more than the average, after recording 10 per cent less downpour than the average in July, thus setting a new record after 44 years, the IMD said. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) however, has forecast that the monsoon may slow down in September. "The forecast so far has been correct

Chennai, Aug 28: Congress MP and businessman H. Vasanthakumar died of COVID-19 at a private hospital in Chennai on Friday evening. He was 70. He was working president of TNCC and represents the Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency. He was earlier an MLA who was elected from Nanguneri Assembly constituency. He started his career as a salesman and went on to found Vasanth & Co, a home appliances