India

India's COVID-19 caseload mounted to 31,06,348, while the death toll climbed to 57,542 with 836 fatalities being reported in a span of 24-hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.

A politician, lawyer and a Union minister, Jaitley played many roles in his public life. He died last year after prolonged illness.

President Donald Trump on Sunday hailed FDA authorization of a coronavirus treatment that uses blood plasma from recovered patients, a day after accusing the agency of impeding the rollout of vaccines and therapeutics for political reasons.

In a statement, the ministry said Locust Circle Offices (LCOs) have taken locust control operations in 2,78,716 hectares area in states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana till August 22.

Alleged ISIS operative, Mohammad Mustakim Khan, armed with two pressure cooker IEDs, was arrested from central Delhi's Ridge Road area on Friday night following a brief exchange of fire.

Some neighbours of the victims, who lived in Khargapurtown, about 35 km from the district headquarters, alerted the police after they did not see anyone coming out of the house in the morning, district Superintendent of Police Prashant Khare said.

One of India's most prominent lawyers faces a Monday deadline to apologise to the Supreme Court or risk jail in a case testing the judiciary's openness to criticism and sparking a debate on freedom of speech in the world's largest democracy.

Cases surged faster than labs could scale up testing once India’s harsh lockdown was relaxed. So far authorities have rationed the use of the more precise molecular tests that detect the genetic code of the virus.

In a separate statement, the minister said that currently, e-passes are required for travel and so far 7,74,203 e-passes have been issued.

India reported a record daily jump of coronavirus infections on Saturday, bringing the total near 3 million and piling pressure on authorities to curb huge gatherings as a major religious festival began.

According to SHO of Baberu Kotwali Police Station Jaishyam Shukla, the man has been identified as Samarjeet Yadav, an undergraduate student.

The state's Special Task Force (STF) along with the police unearthed the scam in Meerut district, where they have confiscated six printing machines from the warehouse.

Paswan said that the details of manufacturer, date of expiry, maximum retail price (MRP) and other details of the product should be legible and should be given on packages of all the products.

The national transporter, however, did not specify the reason behind the cancellation of the tender.

Surender (47), posted at Shahbad Dairy police station, was arrested after he fired two shots at a 28-year-old man with his service pistol on Thursday morning, following a quarrel between them.

Every year on the eve of Gauri Pooja, the idol of sage Shukamuni is carried in a palanquin and taken around the village in a procession. However, authorities had not given permission this year due to Covid-19 restrictions.