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Former President Pranab Mukherjee cremated with full state honours

ION correspondentSeptember 1, 2020September 1, 2020

Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday was cremated with full state honours at New Delhi’s Lodhi Road crematorium even as his family and relatives paid their last respects clad...

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Unlock-4 guidelines in COVID-19 non-containment zones come into force

ION correspondentSeptember 1, 2020

The guidelines issued by the government for Unlock 4 will come into force today and will remain in force till September 30. The Home Ministry on Saturday issued new...

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Important for India and China to reach an understanding: S Jaishankar

ION correspondentSeptember 1, 2020September 1, 2020

Against the backdrop of fresh tensions between India and China following a faceoff between border troops over the weekend, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Monday it is...

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India’s Covid-19 patients’ recovery rate improves to 76.94 percent

ION correspondentSeptember 1, 2020September 1, 2020

India’s coronavirus patients’ recoveries surged to 28,39,882, pushing the recovery rate to 76.94 percent, even as 69,921 people tested positive on Tuesday, taking the tally to 36,91,166, according to...

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World leaders express grief on demise of former President Pranab Mukherjee

ION correspondentSeptember 1, 2020September 1, 2020

World leaders have expressed grief over the demise of former President Pranab Mukherjee. Prime Minister of Nepal K P Sharma Oli said, in his demise, Nepal has lost a...

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Former President Pranab Mukherjee passes away

ION correspondentAugust 31, 2020August 31, 2020

Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee passes away, a tweet by the former president’s son Abhijit Mukherjee informed on Monday. He Tweeted: With a Heavy Heart , this is...

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India’s coronavirus recovery rate over 76 percent

ION correspondentAugust 31, 2020

With 78,512 new cases, the coronavirus tally in India crossed 36 lakh, even as the number of recoveries surged to 27,74,801, pushing the recovery rate to 76.62 percent, the...

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New India-China flare-up in Eastern Ladakh

ION correspondentAugust 31, 2020

The Ministry of Defence in a press release on Monday said that in a new flare-up in Ladakh, Chinese troops “carried out provocative military movements to change the status...

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Prashant Bhushan fined Re 1 by Supreme Court in contempt case

ION correspondentAugust 31, 2020August 31, 2020

Lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan, held guilty of contempt for his tweets criticising Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and the Supreme Court, has been fined Re 1 by the top...

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Monsoon session of Parliament from September 14 amid social distancing norms

ION correspondentAugust 26, 2020August 25, 2020

The media on Tuesday said that the monsoon session of Parliament, which will be the first since the coronavirus lockdown was declared in March, will run from September 14...