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    News Updates Live: Guidelines for Unlock 4.0 announced

    29 Aug, 2020 | 11:57:28 PM IST
    News Updates Live: Guidelines for Unlock 4.0 announced
    The government is permitting functions with a limit of 100 people from September 21, while allowing Metro rails to function from September 7
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    11:57:26 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Skirmish in Srinagar

    11:46:36 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    NMRC to resume metro services from September 7

    "As per the latest guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs under Unlock-4, the Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) will be resuming its services on the Aqua Line for the public from September 7, 2020, onwards in a calibrated manner," Noida Metro Rail Corporation said in release.
    11:13:48 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    'Mann ki Baat' tomorrow

    Earlier on August 18, Prime Minister Modi had asked people to share their inputs and ideas for the 68th edition of his monthly radio programme 'Mann ki Baat'.
    10:52:50 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Amit Shah likely to be released from AIIMS soon

    The Minister was admitted to AIIMS on August 18 for post-COVID care.
    10:24:13 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    India confirms exit from Russia military exercise

    Due to COVID-19 and consequent difficulties in exercise, India has decided not to send contingent this year to Kavkaz-2020, said the Defence Ministry.
    09:54:30 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Soon: Seaplane to Statue of Unity

    Gujarat government signs MoU with Ministry of Civil Aviation & Airports Authority of India to start the first-ever seaplane service in the state for air connectivity from Sabarmati riverfront, Ahmedabad to Statue of Unity, Kevadia.
    09:33:25 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    UN expresses concern over 'dramatic turn' in Libya crisis

    Protests over deteriorating economic conditions erupted earlier this week in the capital and elsewhere in western Libya, which is controlled by forces loyal to the U.N.-supported government. In Tripoli, local militia allied with the government opened fire on demonstrators with rifles and truck-mounted guns and abducted some of the protesters.
    09:16:54 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Delhi Lt. Governor dismisses exam postponement

    Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal dismisses the proposal sent by Delhi Government to postpone the NEET and JEE exams in the national capital.
    09:13:27 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Reliance acquires Future Retail's businesses

    Reliance has announced the acquisition of the Future Group's retail and wholesale business, and the logistics and warehousing business in a deal worth Rs 27,413 crore.
    08:41:34 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Glad that Delhi Metro has been permitted to resume operations from September 7

    - Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister, Delhi

    08:36:36 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    J-K to establish State Council of Educational Research & Training

    The Administrative Council (AC), which met under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, gave approval to the establishment of SCERT by merging State Institutes of Education in Jammu and Kashmir, the spokesman said. He said the SCERT, being the apex academic authority of the UT, is mandated to assist and advise the government in implementation of policies and programmes for human resource development in the field of education, human and child development and national integration, on the analogy of NCERT- the national apex academic authority.
    08:29:16 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    ByteDance may have to suspend negotiations for TikTok sale

    After China redoes export laws, ByteDance's sale of TikTok might be affected as the company holds a number of the new technological exports added to the Chinese restriction list.
    08:01:23 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Guidelines for the fourth phase of Unlock announced

    • Social/academic/sports/entertainment/cultural/religious/ political functions & other congregations will be permitted with a ceiling of 100 persons, from September 21
    • Metro rails to reopen from September 7
    • Students of classes 9 to 12 may be permitted to visit their schools, in areas outside the Containment Zones only.
    • No restriction on inter-State and intra-State movement of persons and goods
    • State/ UT Governments can't impose any local lockdown, without consulting Centre
    07:47:45 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    August 31: Supreme Court verdict on Mallya plea

    The apex court is expected to pronounce its verdict on a plea filed by fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya seeking a review of its May 2017 order holding him guilty of contempt for transferring $40 million to his children in violation of the court's order.
    07:21:31 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    792 villages in 16 districts of Uttar Pradesh affected by floods

    The Sharda river was flowing above the danger mark at Palia Kalan in Lakhimpur Kheri, while the Saryu river was flowing above the danger mark at Ayodhya, Elgin Bridge in Barabanki and Turtipar in Ballia.
    07:08:41 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    PM pitches for taking farm education to middle school level

    "There is a need to take knowledge related to agriculture and its practical application to school level. Efforts are (on) to introduce the Agriculture subject at middle school level in villages," Modi said.
    06:50:01 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    [..]Delay in disbursal of awards, pending arbitration, mutations and hindrances in possession of land etc. in various districts has adversely affected project work [..] You will appreciate that removal of these hindrances are essential to ensure commencement of project work

    - Railways Minister Goyal in a letter to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

    06:39:57 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    BCCI announces Unacademy as official partner for IPL

    Unacademy will be the partner for IPL for the coming three seasons while the fantasy sports platform Dream11 was named as the title sponsor for the upcoming IPL 2020.
    06:32:06 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Kerala stands firm that GST compensation should be given to all the states. It is a constitutional right of the states.

    - Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister, Kerala

    06:22:31 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Centre writes to states seeking their choice for borrowings

    State finance secretaries will meet Union finance secretary and expenditure secretary on September 1, 2020 for clarifying issues. States can individually choose the option according to their compensation, borrowing and repayment capacities, the finance ministry said in a statement.
    06:20:48 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Railways Minister Piyush Goyal write to CMs of nine states

    The minister has flagged
    • Land issues
    • Pending arbitrations
    • Villagers' demands
    • Slow work
    06:01:20 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    TN BJP gets new VP:

    05:36:34 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    India to not take part in multinational exercise

    India is likely to convey to Russia that its troops will not be participating in the multinational military exercise, Kavkaz-2020, where Chinese and Pakistani troops will be present.
    05:22:29 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Over 40 Taliban killed, 37 injured in battle with Afghan forces

    A total of 44 Taliban terrorists have been killed and 37 others were injured during a four-day battle with Afghan forces in the northern Kunduz province, General Adam Khan Matin, the deputy commander of the 217th Pamir Military Corps, said.
    05:15:00 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Students write to CJI Bobde

    Two students have approached the Supreme Court through a letter petition to Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde seeking postponement of National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Exams (JEE) on humanitarian grounds amid the coronavirus pandemic.
    05:09:52 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Raina pulls out of IPL

    Chennai Super Kings batsman, Suresh Raina, has pulled out of the squad citing personal reasons and will be returning to India from the UAE - where the tournament is scheduled to begin from September 19.
    05:05:06 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Army, NDRF deployed in Hoshangabad

    Torrential rains over the last two days has triggered flooding in several districts of Madhya Pradesh, including Hoshangabad, where the Army and the NDRF have been roped in for rescue.
    04:53:09 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Delhi police to set up 'IT cell' to flag 'unlawful content'

    An officer has said that the aim is to flag unlawful content on social media, which may cause communal disharmony or affect the law-and-order situation, and take appropriate action against it.
    04:50:19 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir

    04:34:05 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Congress writes to Facebook CEO again

    The Congress' letter to Zuckerberg came over an article in Time magazine, which the opposition party claimed "revealed" more information and "evidence of biases and a quid pro quo relationship" of Facebook India with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
    04:14:39 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Tour De France to go ahead, despite COVID-19 concerns

    The number of daily cases in France has been rising steadily in recent weeks, casting a menacing shadow over the three-week event which is starting nine weeks later than originally scheduled.
    04:09:18 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Single voter list for LS, assembly, local body polls?

    At present, the Election Commission prepares the electoral roll or voter list for Lok Sabha and assembly polls. The state election commissions, which are altogether separate bodies as per constitutional provisions, hold elections for local bodies such as municipalities and panchayats in their respective states based on their own voter lists.
    03:56:24 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    An update from the Health Minister:

    Only 0.29% of COVID-19 patients are on ventilators, 1.93% on ICU & 2.88% of cases are on oxygen support. More than 9 lakh samples were tested in the last 24 hours.
    03:38:56 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    BSF finds Pakistani tunnel

    03:29:55 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    UP Rajya Sabha polls: Nomination papers of BJP leader Syed Zafar filed

    03:21:09 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    CM Yediyurappa to flag off first RORO train from Bengaluru to Solapur tomorrow

    03:07:21 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    New e-market platform launched to bridge gap between Indian farmers and UAE food industry

    The UAE has launched Agriota, a new technology-driven agri-commodity trading and sourcing e-market platform that will bridge the gap between millions of rural farmers in India and the Gulf nation's food industry.
    03:05:13 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Upon landing in the UAE, all IPL participants have followed a mandatory testing & quarantine programme. Total of 1,988 RT-PCR COVID tests were carried out between August 20th – 28th. 13 personnel have tested positive of which 2 are players

    - Board of Control for Cricket in India

    02:55:44 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    A protest will be lodged with Pakistani authorities, asking to take action against the guilty

    - Jammu BSF IG NS Jamwal on the recovery of a tunnel in Samba area of Jammu and Kashmir

    02:49:18 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    We were getting input about the existence of a tunnel in Samba area (of Jammu & Kashmir). A special team found the tunnel yesterday

    - Jammu BSF IG NS Jamwal

    02:46:02 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Meghalaya's COVID-19 tally rises to 2,248

    02:40:08 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Affordable rental housing complexes included in list of infrastructure sub sectors

    • The Centre has included affordable rental housing complexes in the harmonized list of infrastructure sub-sectors.
    • The department of economic affairs under the ministry of finance issued a notification earlier this week to this effect.
    02:35:12 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    877 newborns,61 pregnant women die in Meghalaya in last four months: Official

    At least 61 pregnant women and 877 newborns have died in Meghalaya in the four months starting from April for want of admission to hospitals and also due to lack of medical attention because of diversion of the health machinery to fight COVID-19 pandemic, a senior health department official said.
    02:19:51 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Puducherry MLA files plea in SC to stall NEET

    On behalf of Puducherry government, we filed a writ petition in SC to stall NEET exam. The case has been filed in my name. The petition will be heard by next week. We hope for a good ruling from the SC which will safeguard the student community: R K R Anantharaman, Puducherry MLA
    02:18:53 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    UAE formally ends Israel boycott amid US-brokered deal

    • The ruler of the United Arab Emirates has issued a decree formally ending the country's boycott of Israel amid a US-brokered deal to normalize relations between the two countries.
    • The state-run WAM news agency reported the decree on Saturday, saying it was on the orders of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi and the Emirates' leader.
    02:00:31 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Sushant case: Rhea arrives for CBI questioning for second day

    Actress Rhea Chakraborty, who is accused of abetting the suicide of film star Sushant Singh Rajput, reached the DRDO guest house here for the second consecutive day on Saturday for questioning by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), an official said.
    01:51:44 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Modern technology is helping deal with the challenges related to agriculture. One example of it was how the government used technology to minimize damage caused by locust attack in about 10 States recently

    - PM Modi

    01:51:14 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Financial experts express mixed feelings on RBI's restructuring package

    • The loan restructuring package announced by the Reserve Bank of India evoked mixed reactions from experts in the financial sector, as some found it helpful for the tourism industry, while others described the guidelines of the scheme as "restrictive" to the NBFCs.
    • Tourism Finance Corporation of India MD and CEO Anirban Chakraborty said hotels and the hospitality sector are under the MSME segment in the loan restructuring framework of RBI.
    • The emergency credit line extended to the borrowers is a good measure to help the sector sustain for the next two years, he said at a webinar organised by Enqube Collaborations on Friday.
    01:50:21 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Govt implementing several projects to ensure availability of water in drought-prone Bundelkhand region: PM Modi

    01:43:51 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Jharkhand allows public transport within state; hotels, lodges to reopen in view of JEE/NEET exams

    01:43:15 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    India has controlled spread of locust swarms using modern technologies including drones

    - PM Narendra Modi

    01:42:08 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    When we talk about self-reliance in agriculture then it is not limited to self-sufficiency in food grains but encompasses self-reliance of the entire economy of the village

    - PM Narendra Modi

    01:23:45 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    West Bengal govt writes to Railway Board, says metro, local train services can be resumed

    01:12:48 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    IIT Kharagpur researchers develop microneedle to administer drug in a painless way

    • Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have developed a microneedle which is capable of administering large drug molecules in a painless way, a statement issued by the institute said on Saturday.
    • The Institute's Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering has not only reduced the diameter size of the microneedles but also increased the strength so that they do not break while penetrating the skin, it said.
    • The microneedle can be used even in COVID-19 vaccination in future, besides for insulin delivery, the statement said.
    12:57:03 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Pak set to reopen educational institutions from mid-September as COVID-19 situation improves

    12:55:56 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    DERC's power tariff for 2020-21 will add to financial challenges of discoms: TPDDL

    • The new power tariff announced by the DERC for 2020-21, without any hike in the existing rates, will "substantially increase" the financial "challenges" and "ability" to ensure round-the-clock electricity supply by the discoms in Delhi, a spokesperson of the TPDDL said on Saturday.
    • The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) announced the new tariff on Friday, saying no hike was considered due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
    • "Considering the COVID-19 pandemic, the DERC has maintained the tariff at the existing level. However, for the discoms, this tariff order will substantially increase the financial challenges and hence, the ability to ensure 24x7 power supply," the spokesperson of the Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) said.
    12:54:26 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    PM inaugurates Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi

    12:30:16 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Flood-like situation in 4 C'garh districts, thousands shifted

    • Heavy rains battered several parts of Chhattisgarh over the last two days, creating a flood-like situation in some areas of at least four districts and causing rivers, including the Mahanadi, to flow above the danger mark, officials said.
    • Nearly 12,000 houses in various districts of the state were partially or completely damaged due to the incessant rainfall and thousands of people were shifted to relief camps, they said.
    12:22:58 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Chinese, Indians constitute 48% of foreign students in US in 2019: Report

    • Chinese and Indians accounted for 48 per cent of all active foreign students in the US in 2019, according to an official report.
    • A report on immigration students in US, released on Friday by the Student and Exchange Visitor Programme (SEVP) -- a part of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) -- said there were 1.52 million active records in SEVIS for F-1 and M-1 students during calendar year 2019, a 1.7 per cent decrease from 2018.
    12:22:16 PM IST, 29 August 2020

    Jammu-Srinagar NH cleared for stranded vehicles after four days closure

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