Новости за 14.08.2020

In a Haryana district where 70% students don’t have digital access, mohalla pathshalas start bridging the gulf, one batch at a time

A joint family from Kolkata tells us about how they managed to tackle the situation after four of their family members tested positive for Covid

With batting legend Rahul Dravid at the helm, the academy has time and again insisted that it is trying to put better work policies and a clearer, more structured vision in place but that, BCCI members say, should happen only once the BCCI and the academy together acknowledge that “at the moment, the NCA is a glorified government hospital where nobody wants to go”.

A Pune-born Indian-American journalist dropped a bombshell in the White House Press Room on Thursday with a loaded question, bluntly asking US President Donald Trump to his face if he regrets his lies and dishonestly.

Less than a week before former President Pranab Mukherjee went on ventilator support, he had called up his son with a request.

Data of over 150 million Indians shared with the Aarogya Setu app runs a “significant risk of theft or abuse”, a security audit firm working with the ambitious contact-tracing programme has alleged, claiming that it was not heard when it warned the government on the potential weaknesses.

The actress, who had a registered marriage with Kunal Verma earlier this year, talks about pregnancy and the reason she quit her show, 'Maa Vaishnodevi'

The show was recently in the news after a crew member died due to COVID-19 and a few others on the set tested positive for coronavirus.

India scaled a new high by testing over 8.3 lakh samples in last 24 hours, the highest tested for Covid-19 in a day so far, even as new cases continued to increase registering a record single-day surge of 66,999 cases. The government maintained that increasing number of positive cases should be seen in tandem with the positivity rate and recovery of patients. Stay with TOI for more updates-

Actor Himansh Kohli, who will be celebrating Independence Day with his parents in Delhi, says, “I think we are at a much better place than we were seven decades ago. We are progressing every day and we will be a superpower very soon. I have never doubted that for a second.”

Advocates, arguing before virtual courts from the comfort of homes and farmhouses, do not seem to be able not to a sip of tea or coffee, so intrinsic to the Indian way of life, while on the job. With many advocates seen in video-conference proceedings of the Supreme Court and high courts taking cups to their lips, a storm brewed on the court decorum front.

The Union government told the Supreme Court on Thursday that there was no legal sanctity in the recording of statements of 56 people by Mumbai police in the suicide of actor Sushant Singh Rajput as the state police had not registered an FIR that empowers police to legally investigate a crime.

Police have registered two separate FIRs against 19 men — most of them are members of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) — for their “direct involvement” in Tuesday night’s violence in east Bengaluru. All the 19 accused belonging to a particular minority community have been identified in the FIRs.

Often individuals who play these opposite roles and portray this great on-screen rivalry are the thickest of friends off-screen. One such pair is that of Sheetal Maulik and Aparna Dixit who play Kalyani Didi and Srishti respectively in Pyar Ki Luka Chuppi.

An unprecedented surge in the Covid-19 pandemic in India on Thursday saw the number of fresh cases as well as deaths from the virus touch record highs. New infections during the day went past 66,000 while fatalities touched 1,008.

Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah's Dilip Joshi, who enjoys a massive fan following across all age groups and is loved for the role of Jethalal recently joined Instagram. The actor keeps his fans updated about his personal life and often shares unseen pictures from his career.

Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced an agreement on Thursday that will lead to a full normalisation of diplomatic relations between the two states, a move that reshapes the order of West Asia politics from the Palestinian issue to Iran. Under the accord, which US President Trump helped broker, Israel has agreed to suspend annexing areas of the occupied West Bank as it had been planning to do, White House officials said. I

A Chinese national and three of his Indian associates have been arrested in a crackdown on an illegal online gambling racket being run by a China-based company, the police said on Thursday. The Chinese national and his associates were arrested by the Hyderabad police from Delhi on Wednesday and brought to Hyderabad on Thursday.

James Anderson returned to form with two wickets against Pakistan on Thursday as Fawad Alam's wait for a Test recall ended with a duck. Pakistan were 126/5 at stumps after rain & bad light cut short play on first day of the second Test. Anderson had taken 2-35 from 15 overs to move to within eight wickets of becoming the first paceman with 600 in Tests.

With focus on greater connectivity, India on Thursday announced several developmental projects in the Maldives, including a $ 500 million Greater Malé Connectivity Project (GMCP), billed as the largest ever infrastructure project in the country.