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2021-06-26 05:19:17 Catch up on our latest updates:

The Tripura government said it has inoculated 80% of its population with at least one dose of the anti-COVID vaccine.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has questioned the personal secretary of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in a money laundering case.

The Supreme Court National Task Force (NTF) has proposed a formula for determining how much oxygen the country needs for COVID patients.

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test-fired an extended range version of an Indian-developed "Pinaka" rocket at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur Open / Comment

2021-06-25 17:43:46 India’s IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has accused Twitter of shutting him out of his account for almost an hour without a prior notice. The minister denied infringing on a US copyright act and said his criticism of Twitter "ruffled its feathers."

Earlier this month, the minister lambasted Twitter for failing to comply with new Indian digital rules, which give big social media tight timeframes for removing offending content. Open / Comment

2021-06-25 15:08:45 First cases of COVID-19 may have appeared as early as in the beginning of October 2019 in China, a new study by the University of Kent suggests.

A statistical modeling technique used in this UK study suggests that the first cases may have appeared between early October and mid-November, with November 17 as the most likely date. Open / Comment

2021-06-25 12:29:04 Rain-fed Ganges exposes 'mass grave' horror, floating corpses being pulled out for cremation

Read more: https://sptnkne.ws/GBpE Open / Comment

2021-06-25 09:50:01 China launches first electric train in Tibet near India's border

Details: https://sptnkne.ws/GBjB Open / Comment

2021-06-25 07:33:01 India's total COVID-19 cases reach 30.13 mln Open / Comment

2021-06-25 07:31:05 India's total COVID-19 cases reach 30.13 mln Open / Comment

2021-06-25 04:59:35 Check out our brief summary of some of the latest news:

India asserted at an East Asia Summit meeting that the code of conduct being negotiated for the region should not prejudice the legitimate interests of third parties and be fully consistent with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

The Maharashtra unit of the BJP announced that it would hold ''chakka jam'' protests on June 26 at 1,000 places across the state over the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government's alleged failure in protecting the political reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBC).

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman participated in the Global Investors Roundtable organized by the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF).

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has rescued nine crew members from a sinking vessel off the coast of Port Blair. Open / Comment

2021-06-24 20:03:40 Indian police detain four people in connection with blast near Israeli Embassy in Delhi.

“The accused were identified as Nazir Hussain, Zulfikar Ali Wazir, Aiaz Hussain, and Muzammil Hussain. All are residents of Thang Village, district Kargil, Ladakh. They have been taken on remand and brought to Delhi for questioning,” a Delhi police spokesperson said. Open / Comment

2021-06-24 14:57:19 In a bid to motivate reluctant Indians to get vaccinated, incentive-based inoculation drives are being organised by local communities in different parts of the country.

In Punjab's Bhatinda city, a hospital has organised a lottery for people getting the jab – the prizes include a 43-inch smart LED TV and a fridge, Indian media reported on Thursday.

Similar incentives are also happening in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu Open / Comment