Breaking News, August 3 | Highlights

Section 144 to in place till 11 pm every day and night curfew to be in place from 11 pm to 5 am every day: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)

Pentagon on lockdown after gunshots fired near Metro

India’s cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 48 crore mark (48,41,81,676). 

Japan is donating 1.4 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Sri Lanka, which has been facing a severe shortage of AstraZeneca vaccine to complete the second dose.

The Japanese donation follows a personal request made by Sri Lanka president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to the Japan prime minister Yoshihide Suga, said a statement from the president's office.

A Delhi court frames charges of murder and rioting against seven accused arrested in North-East Delhi riots case

Florida again breaks record for COVID-19 hospitalizations, with 11,515 patients, amid nationwide surge.

COVID19 guidelines on containment measures extended up to 31st August in Chandigarh: UT Administration

• There were 279 districts on June 1st, where over 100 cases were reported but it has come down to 57 districts now, where over 100 cases are being reported in the country: Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry 
• Number of cases decreased in 222 districts. Case trajectory is seen in the limited area. There are 18 districts incl 10 districts of Kerala where an increasing trend in cases is seen. These 18 districts constitute of 47.5% cases: Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry
• There are 44 districts where the case positivity rate is over 10%. These districts are in Kerala, Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland among others: Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry 
• Total 47.85 crore doses were administered in the country including 37.26 crore 1st dose and 10.59 crore 2nd dose. We administered 19.6 lakh doses in May & 43.41 lakh doses in July. Total number of vaccine doses administered in July is more than double of that in May: Health Ministry
• There are few states where over 3 crore vaccination doses have been supplied. UP has been given 4.88 crore doses, Maharashtra has been given 4.5 crore doses and Gujarat has been given 3.4 crore doses: Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry
• A high number of COVID cases are being reported across the world and the pandemic is far from over. As far as India is concerned, the second wave is still not over: Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry

PM Narendra Modi will invite all Olymics participants to his residence for the interaction

West Bengal: Final hearing on the post-poll violence ends today

Delhi has made good efforts in some sectors in last 5 yrs: Arvind Kejriwal

Movement of pilgrims through the Kartarpur Corridor suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic: MoS in Lok Sabha

Delhi Cabinet approves salary hike for MLAs as per Centre's proposal

PM Modi to interact with beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana at 12:30 pm today

West Bengal: Calcutta High Court begins hearing on post-poll violence matter

SAD MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal offers wheat stalk to BJP MP Hema Malini

Basavaraj Bommai met Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu in Delhi today

If Nitish Kumar says 'Pegasus' issue must be probed, Modi ji should listen at least now: Sanjay Raut

Earthquakes with magnitudes of 5.9, 6.1 and 4.6 on the Richter Scale hit Nicobar Islands

Ladakh: Several women turned up for the recruitment rally for border battalion force

MP: Woman patient allegedly raped by ward boy in Indore hospital

J&K: Encounter has started at Chandaji area of Bandipora

CRPF jawans cheer for Indian men's hockey team in Jammu