India

Mumbai, Sep 11 (PTI) The country's foreign exchange reserves rose by USD 582 million to reach a lifetime high of USD 542.013 billion in the week ended September 4, RBI data showed on Friday.

In the previous week ended August 28, the reserves had surged by USD 3.883 billion to USD 541.431 billion.

In the reporting week, the foreign currency assets (FCA), a major component of the overall reserves, increased by USD 269 million to USD 498.362 billion, the data showed.

New Delhi, Sep 11 (PTI) Social activist Swami Agnivesh, who was suffering from liver cirrhosis for a long time, died of multi-organ failure at a Delhi hospital on Friday, doctors said. He was 80.

His last rites will be performed on Saturday at Agnilok Ashram in Behelpa, Gurgaon at 4 pm. Before that, his body will be kept at his office in 7, Jantar Mantar Road so that people can pay last respects.

Those coming to pay last respects have been urged to follow COVID-19 protocols.

Patna, Sep 12 (PTI) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday held a crucial meeting with BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda on seat-sharing among the NDA alliance partners for the assembly elections in the state.

Nadda, who was accompanied by party colleagues like Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, national general secretary and state in-charge Bhupendra Yadav and state president Sanjay Jaiswal, called on Kumar at his official residence 1, Anney Marg.

Itanagar, Sep 12 (PTI) Five youths who were allegedly abducted by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China near the McMahon line in Arunachal Pradesh's Upper Subansiri were released on Saturday in Anjaw district, around 1,000 km away.

The youths were handed over to the Indian Army by the PLA after completing necessary formalities, Tezpur-based defence spokesperson Lt Col Harsh Warrdhan Pande said.

New Delhi, Sep 12 (PTI) India's COVID-19 caseload raced past 46 lakh with a record 97,570 infections being reported in a day, while 36,24,196 people have recuperated so far taking the national recovery rate to 77.77 per cent on Saturday, according to Union health ministry data.

The total number of coronavirus cases has mounted to 46,59,984, while the death toll climbed to 77,472 with 1,201 people succumbing to the infection in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.

Kanpur: Waterlogging problem bothers all those who are reaching out to the Chakeri airport. At the time of rains, this crisis  becomes more disturbing to the passengers as well as the staff there.

The waterlogging beginning from the airport's entry step extends up to the parking area and even the administrative area.

Undoubtedly the passengers face the menace painfully.

There is a need to lay down a 2-Km-long pipeline from the main gate to the road stretching towards the village. 

New Delhi, Sep 11 (PTI) Mohalla clinics in the city have been instructed to start COVID-19 testing with immediate effect as part of the Delhi government's strategy to ramp up testing amid a surge in coronavirus cases here.

According to an order issued on September 10 by Dr Shalley Kamra, state nodal officer of the Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinic (AAMC), tests will happen on all working days between 2 pm and 5 pm.

There are nearly 450 mohalla clinics in the national capital.

Gonda (UP) Sep 11 (PTI) Two minor girls, aged six and seven, were allegedly raped by a man in a village here, police said on Friday.

New Delhi, Sep 10 (PTI) The Delhi High Court Thursday questioned Arnab Goswami for running a parallel investigation and trial in the Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar's death case and directed the journalist to be bound by his undertaking on showing restraint and bringing down the rhetoric while covering the matter.

Justice Mukta Gupta said the court was not saying that anyone will gag the media but at the same time, sanctity of investigation must be maintained.

Banda (UP), Sep 10 (PTI) A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped at a colony in a city area here, police said on Thursday.

The incident took place 10 days ago when the girl went to a hand pump to fetch water, Additional Superintendent of Police Mahendra Singh Chauhan said.

The accused, Birju Pandit, allegedly took her to a room and raped her, he said, adding the FIR was registered on Wednesday.

He said police is probing the matter and searching for the accused.