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Five Indians suffered minor injuries in the deadly explosion that ravaged the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Tuesday, 4 August, said Ministry of External Affairs.
Professor Pradeep Kumar Joshi has been appointed as UPSC chairman, reported ANI.
Assam-based peasant leader Akhil Gogoi's bail plea has been rejected by a special NIA Court in anti-CAA protest case. Gogoi will now move Gauhati High Court.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Leader of Congress party in Lok Sabha, wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to enlist Bengali language as classical language in the New Education Policy, ANI reported.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the submarine cable and high-speed broadband connectivity to Andaman and Nicobar Islands on 10 August 2020 through video conferencing, his office said. The submarine cable will also connect Port Blair to Swaraj Dweep (Havelock).
Enforcement Directorate (ED) today conducted searches at 17 locations in Delhi, Ludhiana, Jammu and Srinagar against Hilal Ahmed Rather, son of former J&K Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather, in J&K Bank fraud case, the investigating agency said.
Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav was admitted to Medanta Hospital in Lucknow due to urinary tract infection, ANI reported quoting Medanta Director Dr Rakesh Kapoor.
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