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New Delhi, Aug 23: India's COVID-19 cases tally crossed 30-lakh mark with a single-day spike of 69,239 cases, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Sunday. The COVID-19 tally in the country stands at 30,44,941 including 7,07,668 active cases, 22,80,567 cured/discharged/migrated patients, and 56,706 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health. 912 deaths have also been reported

Islamabad, Aug 23: Pakistan has for the first time acknowledged the presence of Dawood Ibrahim on its soil after the government imposed sweeping sanctions on 88 banned terror groups and their leaders which also included the name of the underworld don wanted by India. There was no official confirmation on Pakistan government including Ibrahim's name in the list of terror groups and its leaders on

Mangaluru/Udupi, Aug 22: The covid-19 tally in coastal Karnataka’s twin districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi today cross 20 thousand-mark. So far 20,153 people have been tested positive for the coronavirus in these two districts. While Dakshina Kannada’s tally reached 10,137, Uudpi’s tally reached 10,016. In past 24 hours Dakshina Kannada reported 228 fresh cases and four deaths while Udupi

Mumbai/Bengaluru, Aug 22: Physical gold dealers in India this week offered the highest discounts in more than one and a half months, as buyers stayed away even as more bullion flowed in from the United Arab Emirates. On Friday, gold futures in India, traditionally the world's second biggest gold consumer after China, were trading around 51,800 rupees ($691.24) per 10 grams, having surged to a

Bengaluru, Aug 22: Karnataka has initiated the process for one year compulsory government service by medical post graduates (PG), asking them to register to begin at a time when the state is overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic and shortage of doctors, a minister said on Saturday. “For the first time after the Supreme Court verdict in August 2019, we have begun an online registration process

Geneva, Aug 22: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said that the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic could be over within two years. Addressing a virtual press briefing from Geneva on Friday, the WHO chief said that the Spanish flu of 1918 had also taken two years to overcome, but current advances in technology could enable the world to halt

In a strongly-worded judgment, the Bombay High Court on Friday quashed the FIRs filed against a total of 29 foreign nationals who were booked under various provisions of IPC, Epidemic Diseases Act, Maharashtra Police Act, Disaster Management Act and Foreigner's Act for allegedly violating their Tourist Visa conditions by attending the Tablighi Jamaat congregation at Nizamuddin in Delhi. Apart from

Washington, Aug 22: An Indian national has been arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit visa fraud and for inducing foreign nationals to come to the US using fraudulently obtained H-1B visas, federal prosecutors said on Friday. Arrested on Thursday, 48-year-old Ashish Sawhney allegedly used four corporations to orchestrate the improper submission of fraudulent applications for H-1B specialty

Mangaluru, Aug 22: Unidentified miscreants pelted soda bottles at Taqwa Masjid located at Pumpwell in the city early today morning. It is learnt that the incident might have taken place at around 3:40 p.m. The miscreants escaped soon after pelting the bottle. It came to light when the security guard went upstairs. He then informed the authorities of the mosque. After receiving complaint, Thimmayya

Bengaluru, Aug 22: Karnataka recorded 7,330 fresh Covid-19 cases and 93 deaths on Saturday, taking the total number of the infected past the 2.70-lakh mark and the dead to 4,615, the health department said. The data released during the day did not include Mysuru district as the doctors there have gone on strike protesting over the suicide of the Nanjangud Taluk Health Officer Dr S R Nagendra after