136th Day Of Lockdown

Total Cases

2,085,124

59,715

Recovered

1,423,899

46,617

Deaths

42,552

911

Maharashtra49026232728117092 Tamil Nadu2850242275754690 Andhra Pradesh2069601204641842 Karnataka164924842322998 Delhi1427231282324082 Uttar Pradesh113378668341981 West Bengal89666630601954 Telangana7525753239601 Bihar7179446294400 Gujarat68855517922604 Assam5549737225132 Rajasthan4941835186763 Odisha4255028698292 Haryana4005433444467 Madhya Pradesh3729827621962 Kerala3170019147103 Jammu and Kashmir2392716218449 Punjab1901512491462 Jharkhand140705199129 Chhatisgarh10109761369 Uttarakhand8008484795 Goa7075511460 Tripura5520367528 Puducherry4147253758 Manipur301818147 Himachal Pradesh2879171013 Nagaland24056594 Arunachal Pradesh179011053 Chandigarh120671520 Meghalaya9173305 Sikkim7832971 Mizoram5022820

Top Stories

The picture from the crash site. (ANI)
World

Air India Express flight with 191 on board crashes while landing at Kozhikode airport

DC CORRESPONDANT | PTI
As per reports, the incident took place around 7.45 pm amid heavy rainfall.
Landslides have been reported from several parts of Kerala and at least eight districts are under a flood alert. (PTI)
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10 workers dead, dozens trapped as rain triggers landslide at Kerala tea plantation

DC CORRESPONDANT | PTI
Flood threat to several districts as water levels rise alarmingly
Government of India's Representative and Interlocutor for Naga Peace Talks and Nagaland Governor, RN Ravi (ANI photo)
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Naga peace talks with Central government to sort out critical issues

DC CORRESPONDANT | PTI
NSCN (I-M) to hold talks with PM’s envoy R N Ravi to resolve differences on rhetorical issues—flag, constitution and Naga war memorial
Pm Narendra Modi welcomed by UP chief minister Yogi Adityanth on the day of Ram mandir Bhumi Pujan in Ayodhya. PTI photo

Yogi Adityanath says he won't attend Ayodhya mosque inauguration
Landslide in South Mumbai's Peddar Road. (Rajesh Jadhav)

Rain intensity eases in Mumbai; SoBo receives highest rains after 1974
The current Sino-Indian military stand-off was discussed during a phone call between External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo on Friday. (PTI)

Sino-Indian military stand-off tops Pompeo-Jaishankar talks
Screenshot of the document acknowledging the Chinese incursion. The document was uploaded on Tuesday but was subsequently removed from the Defence Ministry website.

Defence ministry removes Chinese incursion report from its website
Kodugu under flood waters. (Twitter)

Massive rains trigger landslides in Karnataka's Kodagu district
This was the ninth day in a row that the tally increased by more than 50,000. (PTI)

In just 21 days, India adds another million COVID-19 cases to its tally
A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk ties a blessed thread on the wrist of Sri Lankan prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in Tangalle on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. The country's powerful Rajapaksa brothers secured a landslide victory in the parliamentary election, giving them nearly a two-thirds majority of seats required to make constitutional changes, according to results released Friday. Rajapaksa is likely to be sworn in the same position by his younger brother, president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, after the vote that could strengthen dynastic. (AP)

Rajapaksa brothers secure landslide victory in Sri Lankan elections
Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty arrives at the Enforcement Directorate office in connection with a money laundering case. — PTI photo

ED grills Rhea Chakraborty in money laundering case
RBI keeps interest rates on hold; raises limit for gold loans. (PTI Photo)

RBI increases gold loan-to-value ratio to 90%, interest rates unchanged
A man uses his smartphone as he walks past a display for Douyin, the Chinese version of video-sharing app TikTok, at an expo in Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 18, 2019. US president Donald Trump on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, ordered a sweeping but unspecified ban on dealings with the Chinese owners of consumer apps TikTok and WeChat, although it remains unclear if he has the legal authority to actually ban the apps from the U.S. (AP)

Trump issues orders to ban Chinese apps TikTok, WeChat
As many as 69,03,640 people have been affected while 21 have died due to the floods in Bihar. (Photo- AFP)

Bihar flood victims block NH28, attack police in Muzaffarpur over relief material
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a conclave on higher education via video conferencing, in New Delhi. PTI photo

NEP has triggered a healthy debate: PM Modi
Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan (C) poses for photographs with COVID-19 survivors who have donated plasma, on Monday. (PTI)

With record single-day spike of 2,207 cases, Telangana's COVID-19 tally crosses 75K
There are only two functional Confucius Institutes in India.

MEA says India expects China to work sincerely on complete disengagement at LAC
Former minister of state for railways Manoj Sinha takes oath as Jammu and Kashmir’s new lieutenant-governor. (ANI)

Ex-Union minister Manoj Sinha sworn-in as L-G of Jammu and Kashmir
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Why it’s not easy to take facial recognition software off police’s arsenal

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Columns

Farrukh Dhondy | Art of Persia: Time to question Alexander’s Eurocentric history
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Cyrus, a declared Zoroastrian and follower of the single god Ahura Mazda is mentioned in several instances in the Old Testament
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Aakar Patel | How the media, like politics, has become bigoted and intolerant
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The media space in India is funded primarily by advertising, The reader or viewer pays very little by way of subscription
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Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Puja at Ayodhya: Modi’s bid to seal BJP’s future?
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He was careful enough to avoid mentioning the other part of the Ayodhya settlement as directed by the SC in its November 2019 ruling
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V Sudarshan | Men in The Castle and J&K's metamorphosis
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With Kafkaesque efficiency, our bureaucrats in The Castle have managed not to hold elections, even to panchayats
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Entertainment

Bhojpuri actress Anupama Pathak commits suicide. (Photo- Facebook)

Bhojpuri actress Anupama Pathak commits suicide at her residence in Mumbai
Sameer Sharma (Pic: Instagram)

Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi actor Samir Sharma commits suicide in Mumbai
Singer-actor Miley Cyrus. (AP)

Miley Cyrus' latest single 'Midnight Sky' to release on August 14
The actor-musician has added a new feather to his cap — No.1 on the Kworb.com list

Diljit Dosanjh is on top of the charts
Kajal Aggarwal's still from 'Sita'

Southern heroines get bolder in their choice of roles
Singer-actress Selena Gomez. (AP)

Selena Gomez dons the chef’s hat for her new cooking show

Sports

The Indian Premier League trophy.

IPL 2020 is all set to be held in UAE; BCCI to seek government clearance

The Deccan Charges team of 2008 celebrates its victory in the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL)

BCCI's termination of Deccan Chargers from IPL found illegal

Sumo began a new tournament in front of a live audience Sunday. (AFP Photo)

Japan holds sumo despite rise in virus infections

Eden Gardens turns into quarantine centre. (PTI)

Kolkata's iconic Eden Gardens to turn into quarantine centre for city police

Lifestyle

International Cat Day, celebrated on August 8, is a day to raise awareness for cats and learn about ways to help and protect them. (AFP))

Paws for thought on International Cat Day

Over the years, customers have either forgotten or failed to collect reams of clothing that the couple, Hsu Sho-er, 84 and her husband Chang Wan-ji, 83, never felt able to throw away. Grandson Reef Chang, 31, hit upon the idea of using the clothes to alleviate the couple’s boredom, and featured them on the Instagram account @wantshowasyoung modelling the clothes. (Photo | Instagram - @wantshowasyoung)

The most adorable Instagram pair are not Saif and Kareena, they’re Taiwanese elders

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Garima Surana’s Popkast No Sugar All Spice is making waves

Sahithi Divi with a weaver

Weavers left high and dry

Technology

It’s unclear whether the President’s executive order bars Americans from using TikTok, and even if it does it’s not enforceable as users will continue using the app over a VPN. (Photo | Flickr- Solen Feyisa)

Explainer: Will Trump’s order wipe out TikTok, WeChat from US?
Twitter said it would add new labels to state-affiliated media accounts and would “no longer amplify” their tweets through its recommendation systems. A Twitter spokesperson said outlets affected by the new policy include Russian-based Sputnik and RT and China’s Xinhua, but did not provide a full list. (Photo | AFP)

Twitter, Facebook move to curb election manipulation by Russia, China affiliates
View of a car reading "The commission is a sham" during a protest against a judicial reform bill announced by the government, in front of the Obelisk in Buenos Aires, on August 1, 2020, during the COVID-9 pademic. Argentina's government opposition has fiercely criticised the reform bill on grounds that it would grant impunity to former government officials facing corruption allegations, including now vice president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. (Photo | AFP)

Google gets sued by Argentine vice-president called thief in search result
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While making a film in Bollywood is itself a different ball game, what does it take for a film to succeed at the Hindi box office?

Tollywood filmmakers look North
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Prabhas to romance Deepika in Nag Ashwin's sci-fi film
Superstar Rajnikanth with daughter Soundarya

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World

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit India in October this year for the Annual Bilateral Summit between the two countries. (AP)

Russia’s Putin expected to visit India in October

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, center, wearing a protective face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, attends the first day of the Afghan Loya Jirga meeting in Kabul. (AP)

Afghan council meets to decide on release of 400 Taliban prisoners

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, and former Defense Secretary and his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa wave to supporters. (AP)

How the Rajapaksa clan is the most powerful political dynasty in Sri Lankan politics

A section of an incomplete tunnel intended for smuggling, found stretching from Arizona to Mexico. (Image provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)

Most sophisticated: US Feds find cross-border smuggling tunnel with a rail system

Business

Indian telecom operators revenue grows strongly defying coronavirus, says Fitch. (ANI Photo)

Telecom operators revenue growing strongly defying coronavirus, says Fitch

Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan. (PTI Photo)

India must focus on protecting economy not on what rating agencies think: Rajan

Signage atop BSE building gets damaged in Mumbai rains. (Photo-Twitter/@ashishchauhan)

Heavy rain topples signage of Bombay Stock Exchange building

Novavax signs Covid-19 vaccine supply deal with India's Serum Institute. (AFP Photo)

Novavax announces COVID-19 vaccine supply deal with Serum Institute

Science

Farmers transplant paddy saplings in a field during rain, in Kochi. (PTI)

India Meteorological Department to use AI in weather forecasting
Residents practice social distancing as they line up in the early morning for free COVID-19 coronavirus test kits handed out at a government clinic in the Kowloon-side Sham Shui Po district of Hong Kong. (AFP)

Does physical distancing help? Study says it prevented 1.5 mn infections in two weeks
The research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, analysed variation of the genetic makeup of four young male patients with severe COVID-19 from two families, who did not have any preexisting medical conditions that made them predisposed to the deadly disease.

Rare genetic mutation might be making some people more vulnerable to COVID-19
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Opinion

The Art of Persia, presented by the very talented and unassuming presenter Samira Ahmed purports to recreate the history of Persia through its artefacts. Photo: Twitter

Farrukh Dhondy | Art of Persia: Time to question Alexander’s Eurocentric history
BJP leader LK Advani leading Ram Rath yatra from Somnath to Ayodhya during 1990. (File Photo)

Down memory lane: The mood in Ayodhya back in December 1992
Paramilitary soldiers patrol along a street during a curfew in Srinagar. AFP Photo

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Schoolchildren attend a class at their open-air school situated on top of a mountain in Doodhpathri, Kashmir. AFP Photo

Mutilation of J&K: Education is a casualty in the year of abrogation

The communication blockade imposed on Kashmir prior to the abrogation of Article 370 has made the media's task infinitely more difficult. (Representational image: AFP)

Mutilation of J&K: Kashmir's journalists refuse to be stenographers

Reports say that in just a year since the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A, thousands of people have been given domicile status in Jammu and Kashmir. (DC Photo: Habib Naqash)

​Mutilation of J&K: A year of legal upheaval and the fear of demographic change

The shared statistics, which seem to determine who can travel from where to where, give a new meaning or urgency to the concept of ‘globalisation’. AP Photo

Farrukh Dhondy | Boris Johnson's obesity challenge and ‘globalisation’ in COVID times

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