New Delhi, Oct 12: Seven players and an assistant coach have tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of the Indian Super League (ISL) football season, likely to start next month in Goa, sources told PTI on Monday.

New Delhi, Oct 12: Over 30 production houses from Bollywood industry associations on Monday approached the Delhi High Court against the "irresponsible, derogatory and defamatory reporting", after the death of Sushant Singh Rajput on June 14 by certain media houses in violation of the right to privacy of individual actors.

New Delhi, Oct 12: Seven Indians, who were kidnapped in Libya last month, have been released, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Monday.

Ahmedabad, Oct 12: A 16-year-old boy has been arrested from Mundra in Gujarat for allegedly issuing rape threats against cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni's minor daughter, police said.

Badaun, Oct 12: A local BJP leader was arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun after a woman filed a complaint alleging that he tried to sexually assault her, police said on Monday.

New Delhi, Oct 12: The prolonged closure of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India may cause a loss of over USD 400 billion in the country's future earnings, besides substantial learning losses, according to a World Bank report.

Bengaluru, Oct 12: India generated 18,006 tonnes of Covid-19 biomedical waste in the last four months, with Maharashtra contributing the maximum (3,587 tonnes) to it, according to a Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data.

Stockholm, Oct 12: US economists Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson won the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for work on commercial auctions, including for goods and services difficult to sell in traditional ways such as radio frequencies, the Nobel Committee said.

Bengaluru, Oct 12: Karnataka Minister B Sriramulu was divested of the Health and Family Welfare portfolio by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday in a Cabinet reshuffle amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Bengaluru, Oct 12: A young scientist of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Mysuru, who was missing since October 6, was found in Vijayawada, police said on Monday.