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• Jul 17, 2022 11:41 AM IST

  Monsoon session: Government holds all-party meet to discuss House productivity

  The government held an all-party meeting on Sunday, ahead of the Monsoon session of the Parliament, which begins on Monday, to formulate a strategy to maximise the productivity of the House along with addressing the concerns of the Opposition during the course of the session. Read more

• Jul 17, 2022 11:38 AM IST

  Telangana CM to tour flood-hit areas today

  Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has ordered the release of ₹one crore each to district administrations of Mulugu, Bhupalpally, Kothagudem, Mahbubabad and Nirmal as immediate flood relief assistance, PTI reported.

• Jul 17, 2022 11:11 AM IST

  Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal appeals to all eligible to take Covid precaution doses

  Delhi CM @ArvindKejriwal appeals to all eligible to take Covid precaution doses

  It is available free across all Delhi govt vaccination centres including Mohalla Clinics

  3.5 crore vax doses administered so far; precaution doses only 18 lakh@htTweets

  — Alok K N Mishra HT (@AlokKNMishra) July 17, 2022

• Jul 17, 2022 10:49 AM IST

  16th round of India-China commander-level talks for LAC disengagement begins

  The 16th round of India-China corps commander level talks began on Sunday at the Chushul-Moldo border meeting point on the Indian side. Read more

• Jul 17, 2022 10:26 AM IST

  Odisha: 6 dead, 71 hospitalised after drinking contaminated water

  Six people died and 71 others were hospitalised suspectedly due to diarrhoea after drinking contaminated water in Odisha’s Rayagada district, officials said. The state government has sought a report from health authorities, while the incident led to protests in the assembly with the opposition Congress demanding a statement from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, PTI reported.

• Jul 17, 2022 09:19 AM IST

  India reports 20,528 new Covid cases; 49 deaths in 24 hours

  India logged 20, 528  new coronavirus infections pushing the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 43,750,599 according to the Union health ministry data updated on Sunday.

• Jul 17, 2022 08:46 AM IST

  IndiGo Sharjah-Hyderabad flight diverted to Karachi in Pakistan due to snag

  IndiGo Sharjah-Hyderabad flight was diverted to Pakistan’sKarachi after pilot reported technical defect in the aircraft which is being examined at the airport.Airline is planning to send another aircraft to Karachi, ANI reported.

• Jul 17, 2022 07:27 AM IST

  Rain lashes Delhi-NCR, more showers predicted

• Jul 17, 2022 07:03 AM IST

  Uttarakhand: Badrinath-Rishikesh national highway closed for traffic

  Badrinath-Rishikesh National Highway closed near Khankra in Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand, due to a massive landslide caused by heavy rain in the area.

• Jul 17, 2022 06:25 AM IST

  Wildfires rage in France and Spain as heatwaves sear Europe

  Wildfires raged in southwestern France and Spain on Saturday, forcing thousands of people to be evacuated from their homes as blistering summer temperatures put authorities on alert in parts of Europe.

  About 14,000 people had been evacuated from France’s Gironde region by Saturday afternoon as more than 1,200 firefighters battled to bring the flames under control, regional authorities said in a statement.

• Jul 17, 2022 06:25 AM IST

  Karnataka to be malaria-free by 2025, says Health minister K Sudhakar

  Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Saturday said the Centre has given a target of eradicating malaria by 2030 but the state government has taken it as a challenge to make the State malaria-free by 2025. The Health Minister said creating awareness among people is key to fighting malaria and other vector-borne diseases. Read more

• Jul 17, 2022 05:59 AM IST

  Andhra Pradesh rains: Eluru district still cut-off due to floods, Navy joins rescue operations

  #WATCH | Indian Navy helicopters continue relief operations in Andhra Pradesh’s Eluru district, which remained cut off due to massive floods after the Godavari river turned ferocious (16.07)

  (Source: Indian Navy) pic.twitter.com/mxObeWCbMD

  — ANI (@ANI) July 16, 2022

  The ferocious Godavari has left the lives of over two million people crippled in six districts of Andhra Pradesh as the flood flow crossed the 25.60 lakh cusecs mark on Saturday night, the highest discharge at Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage in Dowaleswaram after August 2006. Eluru is one of worst hit districts due to the flood caused by rains.