Breaking News, Latest Updates July 31 | Highlights

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch e-RUPI, a person and purpose specific digital payment solution, on Monday via video conferencing, his office said.

The Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department has disallowed entry of devotees to temples dedicated to Lord Murugan and Amman (Sakthi) for three days from tomorrow as a measure to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

With an improvement in the COVID-19 situation, the Odisha government on Saturday announced the reopening of shopping malls, parks, and cinema halls among several relaxations in all the districts, barring three cities where coronavirus caseload is relatively high. 

Haryana government extends lockdown for one more week till 5 am on August 9. Night curfew will come into force from 11 pm to 5 am on all days of the week in the State.

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar today announced to reduce the power tariff by 37 paise per unit for the power consumers in the State. With this, electricity consumers will get relief of about Rs 100 crore per month, he added.

We allowed people who had received one dose of vaccine. From tomorrow, it'll be necessary to have both doses. Random testing should be increased in border areas. We've discussed micro containment,tracing, testing, says Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai on movement via state's border areas.  The guidelines imposed till 2nd August will be extended for the next 15 days. 72% of school teachers have been vaccinated. In the next 15 days, we will cover 100%.

Indian women's hockey team qualifies for quarter-finals. Great Britain defeats Ireland 2-0 in the last game of Pool A.  As a result, the Indian women's team finishes at the fourth spot in Pool A & progresses to the next round.

Uttarkhand Education Department issues SOP for reopening of schools in the state from 2nd August for students of classes 9-12 and from 16th August for classes 6-8.

Uttarakhand reports 38 new COVID 19 cases, 56 recoveries & zero deaths today. Active cases: 632, Total recoveries: 3,28,108, Death toll: 7362

Kerala reports 20,624 new COVID-19 cases, 16,865 recoveries and 80 deaths in the last 24 hours. Positivity rate is at 12.31%. Active cases: 1,64,500, Total recoveries: 32,08,969, Death toll: 16,781.

Bhubaneswar completed its target of 100% vaccination before July 31. We had set benchmarks for each category. Except for migrating people we've achieved our target. Our 55 centers were always functional, said Anshuman Rath, Dy Commissioner, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation.

The governments of Assam and Nagaland have concurred with an agreement today. According to it, the police at the border area of the states will return to the base camp. Status quo would be maintained and satellite imaging would be done, said Himanta Biswa Sarma, Assam CM.

JD(U) national president RCP Singh leaves his post, Lalan Singh to the new national president of the party during the National Executive meeting of the party.

Andhra Pradesh reports 2,058 fresh COVID-19 cases, 2,053 recoveries, and 23 deaths in the past 24 hours. Active cases: 21,180, Total recoveries: 19,31,618, Death toll: 13,377.

A little over 1 cr doses of the COVID vaccine have been administered to people in Delhi so far. The milestone was reached today. These have been administered to around 74 lakh people - 26 lakh received both doses while the remaining received a single dose, said Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.

BJP MP & ex-Union Minister Babul Supriyo quits politics, makes an announcement through his Facebook page.

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The government has allowed cinema theatres to open in Kolkata with 50% capacity while following all Covid protocols.

Sindhu loses 18-21 12-21 to the Chinese Taipei's shuttler. Tai first clinched the first game 21-18 and then dominated the second to book a place in the final of women's singles.

Punjab govt allows reopening of schools for all classes from August 2, with proper COVID protocols.

Pooja Rani secured India's third medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics when she beat Li Qian of China in the quarterfinal of women's middleweight category with 0-5.

The importance of killing Saifulla alias Lambu is two-fold.  It brings closure to Feb 2019 Pulwama incident. He was one of the masterminds for having trained a local, Adil, who blew himself up in an IED attack. said Lt Gen DP Pandey, Chinar Corps Commander on today's Pulwama encounter.

Govt of Japan applies the declaration of a state of emergency to Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Osaka, and Okinawa Prefectures and applies priority measures to prevent the spread of  COVID 19 to Hokkaido, Ishikawa, Kyoto, Hyogo, and Fukuoka Prefectures till August 31st. From now, we will focus on administering vaccines to people in the younger generation, with the aim of having more than 40 percent of the public finish receiving their second dose by roughly the last week of August, said Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshihide Suga.

Massive sinkhole spotted near Hauz Khas in Delhi

500 farmers have lost their lives during ongoing protests: SAD Leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal

BRO restores connectivity at Yarlung-Lamang road in Shi Yomi district of Arunachal Pradesh

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai meets Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Punjab government allows reopening of schools for all classes from August 2

Delhi: Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai pays floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi

BMC launches drive as Dengue cases reach 500 in Bhubaneswar

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts virtually with IPS probationers

More than 48.78 crore vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs: Health Ministry

US President Joe Biden has nominated an Indian-American, Rashad Hussain, as the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, who is likely to be the first Muslim to head US diplomacy for advancing religious liberties. Rashad Hussain is Director for Partnerships and Global Engagement at the National Security Council. He previously served as Senior Counsel at the Department of Justice's National Security Division, said a White House statement.

Agra: Health workers collects swab samples of travellers from Kerala & Maharashtra

The water level of Yamuna is continuously decreasing since last night. Yamuna is flowing below the danger mark since 5 am. The danger mark is at 205.33 meters.

West Bengal: Rainwater enters houses in some low-lying areas of Asansol

Kanpur Police busts fake international call centre in Naubasta area

J&K: Encounter has started at Nagberan-Tarsar forest area of Pulwama