Breaking News August 31 | Highlights

As many as 2,49,152 COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered in Pune district on Tuesday, the highest in a day so far, an official release said. A total of 81,40,496 vaccine jabs have been administered in the district till now. While 59,40,280 people have received the first dose, 22,00,216 have got both the doses.

On Tuesday, over 1.68 lakh doses were administered in rural areas. As many as 1.50 lakh doses, given by the Bajaj Group as part of Corporate Social Responsibility initiative to the Pune Zilla Parishad, were administered at various centres in 13 tehsils, officials said.

Zilla Parishad CEO Ayush Prasad said a special vaccination drive was organized for this.

 From Wednesday onwards, residents in Goa will start getting 16,000 litres of water per month for free, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said.

Two people were killed and at least 10 others were injured when their vehicles plunged into a deep hole where a highway collapsed after Hurricane Ida blew through Mississippi.

Torrential rain may have caused the collapse, and the drivers may not have seen that the roadway in front of them had disappeared Monday night, Mississippi Highway Patrol Cp. Cal Robertson said.

A special CBI court on Tuesday sentenced eight convicts to 7 years in jail in connection with the 2012 Madhya Pradesh Police recruitment test. Read More

Haryana Home and Health Minister Anil Vij was discharged from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research here on Tuesday, 10 days after he was admitted as his oxygen levels had dropped.

Real GDP has strongly bounced back in the first quarter of the Financial Year (FY) 2021-22 with growth rate of 20.1 per cent as against the contraction of 24.4 per cent witnessed in the Q1 of FY 2020-21: Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will conduct fine-tuning operations to manage unanticipated and one-off liquidity flows, Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Tuesday.

As the market settles down to regular operations, the RBI will conduct fine-tuning operations from time to time, as needed, to manage unanticipated and one-off liquidity flows so that liquid conditions in the system evolves in a balanced and evenly distributed manner, Das said.

He was speaking at a conference organised by Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association of India (FIMMDA) and Primary Dealers' Association of India (PDAI).

The governor said government securities are distinct asset class, and it is important to appreciate the role of the g-sec market in the overall macro interest rate environment of the economy. 

IPS Manoj Malaviya to be the acting Director General of Police, West Bengal

The rupee strengthened further by 29 paise to close at 73.00 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday, marking the fourth straight session of gain following a firm trend in domestic equities and foreign fund inflows. At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened at 73.26 against the greenback and later gained strength to settle at 73.00, higher by 29 paise over its previous close of 73.29.

The local unit moved in a range of 72.99 to 73.29 in the day trade. The rupee has spurted by 124 paise against the dollar in four straight sessions to Tuesday.

A group of Japanese researchers said a new mutation of the Covid-19 Delta variant had been discovered for the first time in the country, local media reported on Tuesday.

BREAKING | Sensex surges 662.63 pts to another lifetime high of 57,552.39; Nifty soars 201.15 pts to record 17,132.20

Supertech's twin 40-floor towers in Noida to be demolished, rules Supreme Court

Maharashtra Minister Anil Parab seeks 14 days time to appear before ED in money laundering case

Telangana High Court stays state government order to reopen educational institutions from September 1

Tokyo Paralympics: India's Singhraj Adhana wins bronze in men's 10m air pistol SH1 final

Delhi: Nine Justices take oath as Supreme Court judges

Rajasthan: Minor girl allegedly gangraped by five people in Nagaur

Karnataka: Seven people killed in a car accident in Koramangala area of Bengaluru

Magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits Kermadec Islands of New Zealand

West Bengal: NFR introduces regular basis 'Jungle Tea Safari' toy train

Nearly 10 million Afghan children in desperate need of humanitarian aid: UNICEF

Paralympics: India's Rakesh Kumar wins men's individual compound open 1/8 elimination, books quarter-final berth

Rainfall to continue over Mumbai, suburbs during next 24 hours

Haryana CM questioned how many crops have been procured by the Punjab government at Minimum Support Price (MSP).

Vegetable vendor attacks assistant municipal commissioner of Thane Municipal Corporation

Tamil Nadu: Tourists thronged Silver Cascade Falls in Kodaikanal

UNSC condemns deplorable attacks of August 26 near Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul

Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid called on Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla