In focus, 7th Sep 2021, News & Stories from India

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Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee (PTI file photo)

BJP threatens EC of taking legal steps seeking stay on Bhowanipore bypolls

Wondering whether the EC was an 'astrologer', state BJP general secretary Sayantan Basu asked if Bhowanipore was free from Covid-19

07 Sep 2021 8:10 AM

Why has he not been arrested yet? Who is stopping the Shiv Sena from doing that? The Shiv Sena must answer this and Mr Akhtar must apologise for his comments. He has seen the RSS’s ways. But he has not seen the Taliban’s ways, a BJP leader said. — DC file photo

Comparison of RSS with Taliban wrong: Sena

Akhtar said that the Taliban are barbaric, their actions are reprehensible, but those supporting the RSS, VHP, Bajrang Dal are all the same

07 Sep 2021 8:08 AM

The agency also attached a photograph of a rock core slightly thicker than a pencil inside a sample tube. (Photo: Twitter/@NASAPersevere)

NASA confirms Perseverance Mars rover got its first piece of rock

'I've got it!' the space agency tweeted

07 Sep 2021 7:22 AM

The meeting will be attended by the President of Brazil Jair Bolsanaro, President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of China Xi Jinping, and President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa. Representational Image. (Twitter)

Dealing with China a top priority, says S. Jaishankar ahead of Brics summit

With the situation in Afghanistan likely to be discussed prominently at Thursday’s Brics Summit

07 Sep 2021 6:45 AM

On September 8, 1962, units of China’s People’s Liberation Army had surrounded a small Indian Army post at Tsenjang on the northern bank of the Namka Chu stream just below the disputed Thagla ridge at the India-Bhutan-Tibet trijunction. Representational Image. (Twitter)

Mohan Guruswamy | 1962 lesson: How march of folly led us to disaster

The Indian Army was under pressure, but Gen. Thapar was still not prepared to bow to sheer stupidity

07 Sep 2021 3:19 AM

Telling the Centre that it was testing the court’s patience for showing no respect for its judgments, the top court gave the Centre time till September 13 to come back with its response. (PTI)

Centre emasculating tribunals by not making appointments & testing patience, says SC

In an unequivocal message to the Centre, the court said that It was clear that they don't want to respect the judgments of the court

07 Sep 2021 2:24 AM

Aga Khan Museum has produced a three-part documentary series called Searching for the Blues on the musicians with material shot and recorded by the two men’s record firm, Amarrass. (Twitter)

Aakar Patel | Some good news from Raj… Why can’t we do more to boost culture?

Lakha Khan is only one of the many men and women from Rajasthan that the documentary series exposes us to

07 Sep 2021 2:05 AM

Through the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board, the project will construct housing units in nine different locations and relocate about 6,000 households vulnerable to natural hazards to safer locations. — PTI

Tamil Nadu to get $150 million ADB fund for housing

Tamil Nadu’s housing shortfall accounts for 6.66 per cent of the national deficit

07 Sep 2021 2:01 AM

Manufacturing companies increased their expenditure on raw materials during Q1 in tandem with the rise in sales. Also, staff cost growth, on a YoY basis, accelerated for all sectors during Q1. — AP

Private manufacturers see 75% surge in Q1 sales: RBI

The sales growth of IT sector companies, on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, accelerated to 17.5 per cent in Q1 of FY22 to Rs 1.13 lakh crore

07 Sep 2021 1:57 AM

Haryana BKU chief Gurnam Singh Chaduni said that they had given a deadline of September 6 to the administration to meet their demands. (Twitter)

Mobile internet suspended, section 144 imposed in Karnal ahead of farmers' protest

The Haryana government ordered suspension of mobile Internet services from 12:30 pm on Monday to Tuesday midnight

07 Sep 2021 1:54 AM

Gold prices in the international market are 12 per cent lower than their record high levels of $2,072 per ounce. — DC Image

Gold imports double in August

At 121 tonnes, gold imports in August were highest in five months and almost double of 63 tonnes imported in the same month last year

07 Sep 2021 1:51 AM

As the economy is looking up and the lockdown effect has started ebbing, investors are seeing more upside in such conglomerates. — DC Image

Smartphone Launch seen as Trigger For RIL Stock

Reliance is not lonely at the top, with TCS’ market capitalisation only Rs 1.13 lakh crore lower

07 Sep 2021 1:47 AM

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