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The research team, supported by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), validated the most-advanced COVID-19 sequencing technology.

Thousands of men and women of all ages braved scorching heat amid the COVID19 pandemic to pay their respects at Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine on Saturday, the 75th anniversary of Japan's surrender ending World War Two.

In a scaled-down Independence Day ceremony amid the Covid-19 pandemic, PM Narendra Modi identified health and economic self-reliance as the key priorities for his government.

Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) in its bulletin said that Lakhimpur and Biswanath districts are also inundated now, and the number of people hit by the calamity increased to 29,603.

Fifty families were moved to safer places from low-lying areas of the city, officials said. Three hours of excessive rain resulted in waterlogging in several parts of Jaipur.

Modi will unfurl the Tricolour and deliver the customary address to the nation from the ramparts of the iconic monument.

The man and the woman, both from the same locality at a village here, were in a relationship for the last three years, Superintendent of Police (rural) Neeraj Kumar Jadaun said.

According to the government, "corona warriors" working in the fields of administrative, medical, nursing, police, civil defense, and sanitation are serving the infected people by risking their lives.

The Niti Aayog Vice Chairman noted that a global economic contraction is on the cards, the magnitude of which is undergoing constant revision.

He also said that if some countries continue exporting low-quality goods or dumping products or routing exports through India's free trade agreement (FTA) partners, India would take actions.

At least 225 roads, including 12 state highways, were closed following a heavy spell of rains in many parts of the state in the last two days, the Gujarat government said in a statement on Friday.

The Central Railway said in a release that it will run 162 special trips starting August 15 to clear the extra rush, while the Western Railway promised to run 20 special trips from August 17.

A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah cancelled the interim bail granted to Sanjay Chandra and said that he and his brother had failed to deposit Rs 750 crore as directed by the three-judge bench in October 2017.

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A majority of Russian doctors would not feel comfortable being injected with Russia's new COVID19 vaccine due to the lack of sufficient data about it and its superfast approval, a survey of more than 3,000 medical professionals showed on Friday.

The new policy is expected to propose regulatory reforms in land, labour and institutional mechanism.