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New Delhi, Jul 24 (PTI) The Election Commission on Friday said it will announce the schedule for holding by-elections to assembly and Lok Sabha seats at an "appropriate time".

KANPUR: It was not known that a type of fabric delivering aroma would be developed. It has now been done so blatantly.

Though the scientists have developed a wholly new variety of cloth, the idea behind this fresh concept goes with the medical textiles laboratory of the City's Fragrance & Flavour Development Centre, as was reported.

Its assistant director S V Shukla pointed out that trials were going on to find out how many washes fragrance can truly survive.

SRINAGAR, July 23 (NNN-UNI) – Unidentified gunmen, believed to be militants, killed a policeman in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said today.

The 58-year-old Abdul Rashid Dar was killed outside his house, at Furrah village of Anantnag district, about 62 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Dar was a government-backed counter-insurgent turned policeman.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India reported a record jump of 45,720 in coronavirus infections on Wednesday taking its total number of cases to 1.24 million, the health ministry said on Thursday.

India also reported 1,129 deaths for Wednesday, taking the death toll to 29,861. India has the third-highest number of cases after the United States and Brazil.

Shimla, Jul 23 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, his family members and staffers at his residence and office will remain under home quarantine for a week despite testing negative for COVID-19, a senior official said on Thursday.

Thirty-six samples were taken from Thakur's residence at Oakover here and 27 from the state secretariat on Wednesday after a deputy secretary at his office and a BJP leader from Mandi tested positive for COVID-19.

Pratapgarh (UP), Jul 23 (PTI) A 32-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped in a village under Fatanpur police station area here, police said on Thursday.

The victim lodged a complaint in which it is alleged that she had contacted Sangam Lal alias Lala and Dinesh for renting a house. Both of them had called her to a secluded place to talk about the rent where they allegedly raped her on Wednesday, Raniganj Deputy Superintendent of Police Atul Anjan said.

An FIR has been registered and both men have been arrested, the DSP added.

New Delhi, Jul 23 (PTI) The Supreme Court Thursday allowed the Rajasthan High Court to pronounce order on plea of 19 dissident Congress MLAs, including sacked deputy CM Sachin Pilot, against the Assembly Speaker's notice for initiating disqualification proceedings against them, but said that it would be subject to the outcome of the petition before the top court.

New Delhi, Jul 23 (PTI) Rajasthan Assembly Speaker C P Joshi on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the state high court has no jurisdiction to restrain him from conducting disqualification proceedings till July 24 against 19 dissident Congress MLAs, including sacked deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot.

Bengaluru, Jul 23 (PTI) Wipro Limited announced on Thursday it will launch its 5G edge services solutions suite which is built with IBM TRIRIGA and IBM Edge Application Manager.

Wipro will engage with clients to implement the Universal Edge solutions suite that leverages 5G network capabilities, the Bengaluru-headquartered company said in a statement.

The 5G edge services solutions suite is designed to significantly enhance Wipro's existing BoundaryLess Enterprise

Universal Edge portfolio, it said.

Beijing, Jul 23 (PTI) China successfully launched its first Mars probe on Thursday from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan, official media here reported.

About 36 minutes after the Mars probe was launched, the spacecraft, including an orbiter and a rover, was sent into the Earth-Mars transfer orbit, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).