India

NEW DELHI, Jul 13 (NNN-PTI) – India’s factory activity, determined by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), witnessed a sharp growth of 19.6 percent in May, government data showed, yesterday.

For the month of May, 2022, the quick estimate of Index of Industrial Production (IIP), with base 2011-12, stands at 137.7. The Indices of Industrial Production for the mining, manufacturing and electricity sectors, for the month of May, 2022 stood at 120.1, 134.5 and 199.9 respectively, the data showed.

Kanpur: The meteorologists have predicted no sign of the showers up to the next week.

With the sultry heat, the night temperature has started rising again.

The maximum temperature crossed 39 degrees celsius on Wednesday and the minimum temperature remained at 29° C.

This situation was created due to the strong sunlight coming from the Bay of Bengal and the movement of clouds.

The Meteorological Department has forecast no relief till July 20.

Kanpur: Some of the students make fun of themselves when they did not reach school by wearing white shirt and blue pants today.

As the first-periodic test is going on at a co-educational school in the Jajmau area, the students were told to wear a regular dress.

So the students avoided wearing the yellow T-shirt and white pants on Wednesday. 

However, those who reached school wearing the particular dress of yellow T-shirts and white pants felt awkward.

They told that very few students were putting on the Wednesday dress.

New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) A Delhi court on Tuesday posted for July 14 hearing on a bail plea filed by Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case related to an objectionable tweet he had posted in 2018 against a Hindu deity.

Additional Sessions Judge Devender Kumar Jangala adjourned the hearing for Thursday after the prosecution sought time for a detailed argument in the matter.

New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will hear Bhima Koregaon case accused P Varavara Rao's plea for permanent medical bail on July 19 and extended his interim protection till further orders.

The 83-year-old, who has challenged the Bombay High Court order rejecting his petition for permanent medical bail, is currently on bail on medical grounds and was to surrender today.

New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) Former Himachal Pradesh BJP president Khimi Ram on Tuesday joined the Congress.

Ram, a former minister and deputy speaker in the state, said he takes pride in joining the party that helped the country attain freedom.

"I am not joining the Congress out of any anger towards the BJP. I have taken a well-thought out decision to take the Congress forward in Himachal Pradesh," he said.

Deoghar, July 12 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday embarked on a 12-km roadshow in Jharkhand's Deoghar district amid tight security.

Enthusiasts, most of them in saffron attire, waited on both sides of the road as the PM's carcade made its way through the meandering roads of the district, with Modi waving at the crowd and greeting people with folded hands.

The entire roadshow route was seen decked up with banners and posters welcoming the PM.

Kannur (Ker), Jul 12 (PTI) Bombs were hurled at a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) office in Payyannur area of this northern district of Kerala on Tuesday with the party accusing CPI(M) of carrying out the attack.

The incident occurred around 1.00 AM, police said.

The number of attackers is not yet known and CCTV footage of the area was being examined to ascertain the same, they said.

An FIR under relevant provisions of the Explosives Act has been registered and the investigation was going on to trace the culprits, they added.

Kanpur: No rain, no relief from harsh weather, no way appears. Everyone here expects rain but residents look hopeless.

One disclosed that not only this district is deprived of rains but the similar weather persists in the Ballia district too.

As has been known a family who went to one village in Ballia district to observe Eid did not stay and thought it better to return to Kanpur's Jajmau area.

This particular area used to receive scant rains, as residents point out. When the rains are awaited there occurs no rains, they add.

Kanpur: Jajmau's posh school is not too far from the populated area but the students like to go by either the two-wheeler or the four-wheeler.

Going by cycle remains in practice among the students even today. Nevertheless, none desires to go on foot despite the distance of the school happens to be not more than barely half a kilometre.

This is a big change in the students' attitudes. Due to the presence of cars in front of the school's main gate, the jam cannot be avoided almost daily.