India

Lucknow, Aug 26 (PTI) President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday said he hoped that India would be free of discrimination and a developed nation by 2047 when it celebrates the centenary of independence.

While speaking at the ninth convocation of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU) here, the President asked youths to become job creators and not job seekers.

"Today half of the country's population is below 25 years of age. When in 2047, we celebrate centenary of independence, you youths will be leading the country," he said.

Diphu/Haflong, Aug 27 (PTI) Five truckers transporting coal were killed and their vehicles set ablaze by suspected militants in Assam's Dima Hasao district, police said on Friday.

A group of suspected Dimasa National Liberation Army militants opened fire at the trucks lined up in the Rangerbeel area, around 5 km from the Diyunmukh police station, on Thursday night, they said.

Kanpur: The National Institute of Disaster Management and the SUTRA model of IIT-K claimed that the Odisha may report only around 2,000 cases given the current scenario of vaccination.

Deputy Director of IIT-Kanpur Prof Manindra Agrawal said that Odisha has vaccinated more people than the national average.

If the current pace of vaccination continues and all restrictions are lifted, the cases are likely to expand gradually in September and October respectively.

NEW DELHI, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The recovery rate of COVID-19 patients in India Thursday increased to 97.63 percent, the country's federal health ministry said, with 31,788,440 patients having been cured.

According to the health ministry, the constant increase in recoveries has ensured the reduction in actual caseload as the country has been witnessing a continuous fall in active cases.

New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday voiced concern over the rise in coronavirus cases in the country, and said people should take care of themselves as the government is "busy in sales".

Gandhi has been accusing the BJP government of selling out the country's assets built in the last 70 years, after it announced its asset monetisation pipeline plan.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Aug 26 (PTI) A youth has been arrested here for allegedly abducting a girl and raping her, police said on Thursday.

On the basis of a complaint filed by the 16-year-old girl's family, a case was registered against the youth. They alleged that the youth raped the girl on Wednesday, a police official said.

The girl has been sent for medical examination. The accused has been arrested, he said.

Lalitpur (UP), Aug 26 (PTI) A 26-year-old married woman was allegedly raped in a village here in Banpur area, police said on Thursday.

On the evening of August 21, the woman was alone in a field when the accused identified as Sahab Singh Lodhi threatened her with a knife and allegedly raped her, they said.

New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI) Yahoo has shut down its news websites in India due the new foreign direct investment (FDI) rules that limit foreign ownership of media companies that operate and publish digital content in India.

This includes Yahoo News, Yahoo Cricket, Finance, Entertainment and MAKERS India. This, however, will not affect users' Yahoo e-mail, and search experiences in India.

New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI) The national convention by farmers to mark completion of nine months of their agitation against the three contentious farm laws began at the Singhu border on Thursday.

The two-day-event that will see participation from 1,500 delegates across organisations of farmers, women, youth, and labourers, is aimed at intensification and expansion of the ongoing movement against the Centre's farm laws.

Kanpur: Three persons were reportedly killed after a roof of a house collapsed in Kanpur on Thursday, the police said.

Talking to the media, Anoop Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), East Kanpur said that a woman, her son and daughter were declared dead by the doctors.

The roof of a house was collapsed early in the morning. The police reached the place of the incident.