Name: Captured IAF pilot is son of Kargil veteran
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Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, whose capture by Pakistan worsened tensions between the two countries on Wednesday, has been a fighter pilot for 1

Captured IAF pilot is son of Kargil veteran

Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, whose capture by Pakistan worsened tensions between the two countries on Wednesday, has been a fighter pilot for 16 years and is the son of a decorated and senior officer of the air force. His wife Tanvi is also a former squadron leader of the Indian Air Force and they have two children. The 38-year-old Varthaman is from Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvannamalai district. His father, Air Marshal Simhakutty Varthaman, was a distinguished fighter pilot and played a significant role during the 1999 Kargil conflict, when he, as a Group Captain, was the chief operations officer at the Gwalior airbase.

Amid charges of corruption in the land purchased by the Ram Janmabhoomi Trust in Ayodhya, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday

Amid&nbsp;charges of corruption&nbsp;in the land purchased by the Ram Janmabhoomi Trust in Ayodhya, Congress general secretary&nbsp;Priyanka Gandhi&nbsp;Vadra on Monday said misuse of donations by devotees is a sin and an insult to their faith.
In a tweet in Hindi, she said crores of people made their offerings at the feet of God out of their faith and devotion and misusing those&nbsp;donations is a sin.
 The Congress has alleged that scams are happening by taking donations in the name of Lord Ram after two opposition leaders accused Shriram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust general secretary Champat Rai of buying a piece of land at an inflated price for the Ram temple premises.

The Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party has imploded from within, with his five Lok Sabha MPs ousting the young Bihar politician as the floor leader in

The&nbsp;Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party has imploded from within, with his five Lok Sabha MPs ousting the young Bihar&nbsp;politician as&nbsp;the floor leader in their parliamentary unit. Chirag, son of late Bihar veteran&nbsp;Ram Vilas Paswan, who took lead in confusing the NDA campaign in the run-up to the Bihar assembly election is now scrambling to contain the situation by making attempts to reach out to the leaders outside the parliamentary party also, reports said.
The Indian Express reported that the five rebel MPs&nbsp;also posed their confidence in Chief Minister&nbsp;Nitish Kumar, against whom Chirag had led a massive campaign during the election.
This revolt assumes significance also because it comes in the wake of widespread speculation that Prime Minister Modi is&nbsp;gearing up to reshuffle&nbsp;his Union Council of Ministers. Meanwhile,&nbsp;Pashupati Kumar Paras was on Monday unanimously elected as the leader of the Lok Janshakti Party in the Lok Sabha.&nbsp;

India reported a little over 26,000 cases of Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) and 488 deaths linked to post-vaccination complications between January 1

India&nbsp;reported a little over 26,000 cases of Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) and 488 deaths linked to post-vaccination complications between January 16 and June 7, according to government data.
To simplify that, 23.5 crore doses have been administered in this period. This means that the&nbsp;cases of adverse effects &mdash; at 26,200 &mdash; accounted for just about 0.01% of the total doses administered.
In other words, over a period of 143 days, 1 out of every 10,000 people vaccinated against Covid-19 developed complications after receiving the jab.&nbsp;
Cases of adverse effects&nbsp;are untoward medical occurrences that take place after immunisation. They do not necessarily have a causal relationship with the usage of vaccines.
As the govt and experts have repeatedly said, the benefits of vaccines outweigh their risks and the shots being used in India are safe.&nbsp;Inoculation is effectively India&rsquo;s best bet to end the pandemic.

In a horrifying incident, an elderly Muslim man on his way to mosque was brutally beaten by Hindu radicals in UP's Ghaziabad. The attackers allegedly abducted Abdul Sa

In a horrifying incident, an elderly Muslim man on his way to mosque was brutally beaten by Hindu radicals in UP's Ghaziabad.
The attackers allegedly abducted Abdul Samad and took him to a hut in a nearby forested area and shave off his beard after beating him with sticks. 
The attackers also allegedly made him chant 'Jai Shri Ram' while thrashing him. A video of the vile attack has gone viral on social media. 
In the video, Adbul Samad is seen pleading with the attackers who keep beating him and one of them is seen cutting off his beard with a knife. 
Police have registered a case and arrested a Pravesh Gujjar, who is believed to be the main accused. They are still looking for the others.

Aam Aadmi Party chief and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that the party will contest on all seats in the 2022 Gujarat assembly polls. He made the a

Aam Aadmi Party chief and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that the party will contest on all seats in the 2022 Gujarat assembly polls. He made the announcement during his visit to Ahmedabad.&nbsp; This is Kejriwal&rsquo;s second visit to Gujarat after his party won 27 out of 120 seats in the Surat Municipal Corporation&nbsp;elections in 2021. The party had fielded candidates across all the local bodies such as municipal corporations, municipalities, district and taluka panchayats. AAP is aiming to become an alternative to the Congress in the BJP-ruled state in the 2022 polls.

Ram temple trust general secretary Champat Rai has refuted the allegations levelled by opposition parties that he bought a piece of land in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh at

Ram temple trust general secretary Champat Rai has refuted the allegations levelled by opposition parties that he bought a piece of land in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh at an inflated price. 
The Samajwadi Party and Aam Aadmi Party alleged on Sunday that the price of a piece of land bought by the Ram temple trust changed from ₹2 crore to ₹18.5 crore within minutes.
Rai said in a release that all land that the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra has bought so far has been purchased at a price much less than market rates.
He added that some political leaders are misleading people and the allegations on the trust are politically motivated.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Naftali Bennett on being sworn in as Israel's new prime minister.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Naftali Bennett on being sworn in as Israel's new prime minister.
The PM said he looked forward to meeting Bennett and deepening India and Israel's strategic partnership as the two countries celebrate 30 years of the upgradation of diplomatic ties next year.
In his tweets, PM Modi also conveyed his "profound gratitude" to Benjamin Netanyahu, whose long tenure as Israeli prime minister ended on Sunday.
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Narendra Modi Cabinet Expansion: The Mint has reported that a number of new faces are likely to be inducted in the Union Cabinet very soon.

A recasting of the Modi cabinet looks imminent. The Mint has reported that a number of new faces are likely to be inducted in the Union Cabinet very soon.
Names of the probables who are likely to find place in the new Cabinet include Jyotiraditya Scindia, former Bihar Dy CM Sushil Modi and former Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal.
Apart from these, Nitish Kumar&rsquo;s JDU may also its leaders joining the Cabinet. The names of its senior leaders RCP Singh and Rajiv Ranjan Singh are doing the rounds.
The Mint has reported that the Prime Minister would also want to induct a couple of names from the poll-bound states of Uttar Pradesh as well as Punjab after Harsimrat Badal of the Shiromani Akali Dal had quit as minister.
The four top ministers -- home, defence, finance and external affairs -- are unlikely to see any change. <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/pm-modi-meets-amit-shah-jp-nadda-cabinet-expansion-on-cards-1623423397700" target="_blank">PM Modi recently met ministers</a> to review their performances setting the speculation of a reshuffle.
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Coronavirus India Update: India on Monday saw another dip in daily Covid-19 cases with a spike of 70,000 new cases in 24 hours.

India on Monday saw another dip in daily <a href="https://www.editorji.com/covid-19" target="_blank">Covid-19 cases</a> with a spike of 70,000 new cases in 24 hours. The spike of 70,421 cases is the lowest in 72 days.
Total Covid caseload of the country now stands as 2.95 crore, according to the health ministry dashboard on Monday morning.
Daily deaths due to Covid, however, have remained high with nearly 4,000 fatalities reported in the&nbsp;last 24 hours. Total deaths due to the virus have now gone up to 3.74 lakh.
Nearly 1.2 lakh people were discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative figure of recoveries in the country to over 2.8 crore. This is the 32nd day where the daily recoveries continued to outnumber the new cases.
The active cases, meanwhile, have declined to under 10 lakh and constitute 3.5% per cent of the caseload.
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38 wives, 89 children, 33 grandchildren. Ziona Chana from Mizoram, who headed the world's largest family, has died at the age of 76. Moziram chief minister on Sunday b

38 wives, 89 children, 33 grandchildren. Ziona Chana from Mizoram, who headed the world's largest family, has died at the age of 76.
Moziram chief minister on Sunday bid farewell and said that Chana's house in Baktawng Tlangnuam house had become a major tourist attraction. He also tweeted a group picture of the huge family.
Ziona was the head of Chana pawl, a minor Christian sect formed in 1942 in Mizoram by his father. The sect follows the practice of polygamy. Born in 1945, Ziona married his first wife, who was three years older to him, at the age of 17. He married his last wife in 2004
Chana reportedly lived with his family in a large 100-room, four-storey building.

Lok Janshakti Party chief Chirag Paswan, who is reeling under a humiliating defeat in Bihar, has more trouble at hands. His party's Lok Sabha MPs have now ganged up ag

Lok Janshakti Party chief Chirag Paswan, who is reeling under a humiliating defeat in Bihar, has more trouble at hands.
His party's Lok Sabha MPs have now ganged up against him and have decided to remove him as their parliamentary party leader. According to news agency ANI, 5 of the 6 LJP MPs have met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and have informed him that they intend to replace Chirag Paswan with Hajipur MP Pashupati Kumar Paras as the new leader of the LJP in Lok Sabha. The LJP&nbsp;has six MPs&nbsp;in the Lok&nbsp;Sabha.
Chirag has been having tumultous time running party since his father Ram Vilas Paswan's death. The party MPs who have now rebelled against Chirag Paswan's leadership in the Lok Sabha are not happy with the working style of Chirag Paswan following the demise of his father, former Union minister and patron of LJP.

AAP and SP have accused the Ram Mandir Trust of buying a piece of land for the temple premises at an inflated price of 18.5 crore. were on Sunday accused by two opposi

AAP and SP have accused the Ram Mandir Trust of buying a piece of land for the temple premises at an inflated price of 18.5 crore.
AAP&rsquo;s Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh and a former minister in the Samajwadi government, Pawan Pandey. have alleged that Shriram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust general secretary Champat Rai purchased the land, measuring 1.208 hectares for a price of Rs 18.50 crore. They showed papers to prove that the land was purchased from one Sultan Ansari in March this year, who had bought it for just ₹2 crores a few minutes earlier.
Rai&nbsp;has refuted the allegations.
Terming it a case of money laundering, Singh and Pandey both sought a probe by the CBI and the ED into the land purchase for the temple premises.
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A massive jam was seen on the entry point to Himachal Pradesh as the state announced that Covid-19 RT-PCR negative tests are no longer required to enter. A video shared

A massive jam was seen on the entry point to Himachal Pradesh as the state announced that Covid-19 RT-PCR negative tests are no longer required to enter. A video shared by NDTV journalist Mohammad Ghazali showed thousands of cars lining up the hill state at Parwanoo in Solan district which is an entry point to Himachal. Shimla has seen a jump in the number tourists as around 5,000 vehicle reportedly entered the state capital in the last 2 days. Amid a fall in coronavirus cases in the state and across the country, the Himachal government on Friday announced relaxations in curfew, including allowing tourists to visit without a negative Covid test.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said that in Maharashtra's three-party Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, the post of chief minister will remain with the Shiv S

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said that in Maharashtra's three-party Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, the post of chief minister will remain with the Shiv Sena for the full five-year term, and it is "non-negotiable".&nbsp;
Talking to reporters in Nashik, Raut said that&nbsp;Shiv Sena's chief minister in the alliance will continue for five years. It is a commitment and there is no sharing of the post, he added.&nbsp;
Reacting to state Congress president Nana Patole's remarks that the Congress will be the largest party in the state after the 2024 assembly polls, Raut said there is a viral video on social media, in which it is said that Patole aspires to be a chief minister.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India is a natural ally for the G7 countries in defending the shared values from a host of threats stemming from authoritari

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India is a natural ally for the G7 countries in defending the shared values from a host of threats stemming from authoritarianism, terrorism and violent extremism, disinformation and economic coercion.
In a virtual address at a session on &lsquo;open societies and open economies&rsquo; at the G7 summit, the prime minister highlighted India&rsquo;s civilisational commitment to democracy, freedom of thought and liberty, according to the Ministry of External Affairs.
Modi also highlighted the revolutionary impact of digital technologies on social inclusion and empowerment in India through application such as&nbsp;Aadhaar, Direct Benefit Transfer&nbsp;and Jan Dhan-Aadhaar.

In a match probably made in political heaven, Mamata Banerjee married Socialism with Communism, Leninism and Marxism in attendance. Confused? A man nam

In a match probably made in political heaven, Mamata&nbsp;Banerjee&nbsp;married Socialism with Communism, Leninism and Marxism in attendance.&nbsp;
Confused? A man named&nbsp;Socialism married a woman named P Mamata&nbsp;Banerjee&nbsp;in Tamil&nbsp;Nadu's&nbsp;Salem on Sunday. His brothers named&nbsp;Communism and Leninism were present at the wedding along with Communism's son, who is called Marxism.&nbsp;
A Mohan, the father of the three '-isms' is the district secretary of the CPI. He named his children after the Left ideologies after the fall of the Soviet Union led to claims of communism being a dead ideology. All three of his sons are CPI&nbsp;workers.
The bride, P Mamata&nbsp;Banerjee was named after TMC&nbsp;chief and Bengal&nbsp;CM Mamata&nbsp;Banerjee&nbsp;by her parents who are Congress supporters and were impressed by her work when she was in Congress.&nbsp;
The families have said that the fact that Mamata&nbsp;Banerjee&nbsp;was responsible for Left's&nbsp;rout in Bengal is not sticking point between them.&nbsp;

The Centre on Sunday said that there has been no cyber breach into the email system of the government, maintained by the National Informatics Centre. The Ministry

The Centre on Sunday said that there&nbsp;has been no cyber breach into the email system of the government, maintained by the National Informatics Centre.
The Ministry of Electronics and IT while dismissing a report claiming that data breaches in organisations such as Air India, Big Basket and Domino's had exposed email accounts and passwords of NIC emails to hackers, said the email system is "totally safe and secure".&nbsp;
It further noted that cyber security breach on external portals may not impact the users of Government email service, unless the Government users have registered on these portals using their official email address and used the same password as the one used in that email account.

Amid heavy monsoon rainfall over the past few days in commercial capital Mumbai, a video showing a parked car disappearing within seconds into a sinkhole at a resi

Amid heavy monsoon rainfall over the past few days in commercial capital Mumbai, a video showing a&nbsp;parked car disappearing within seconds into a sinkhole at a residential complex has emerged.&nbsp;
The video of the bizarre incident in Ghatkopar&nbsp;shows the car's bonnet and front wheels get sucked into the sinkhole first. The rear part of the car follows and soon the vehicle disappears whole under the water.
The other vehicles parked near the car, including one right next to it, were not affected.

With prices of petrol and diesel climbing steeply, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday agreed that the rates were a problem.But the BJP leader said said

With prices of petrol and diesel climbing steeply, Oil Minister&nbsp;Dharmendra Pradhan&nbsp;on Sunday agreed that the rates were a problem. But the BJP leader said that since government expenses are up due to Covid relief measures, &ldquo;the Centre is saving money to spend on welfare schemes&rdquo;.
&ldquo;I accept that fuel prices are pinching consumers, there&rsquo;s no doubt about this. But over Rs 35,000 crore has been spent on Covid vaccines in a year. Rs 1 lakh crore has been spent on Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Yojana in order to provide eight months&rsquo; ration to the poor. A few thousand crores of rupees have also been transferred to farmers&rsquo; bank accounts under PM Kisan&hellip;In such dire times, we&rsquo;re saving money to spend on welfare schemes,&rdquo; Pradhan said, speaking to the media.

A controversy has erupted after Gujarati folk singer Geeta Rabari received her Covid-19 vaccine jab at home, prompting the administration to issue a show-caus

A controversy has erupted after Gujarati folk singer Geeta Rabari&nbsp;received her Covid-19 vaccine jab at home,&nbsp;prompting the administration to issue a show-cause notice to a woman health worker.
Rabari, who performed at the Trump event in Ahmedabad, had posted the picture of receiving the jab from a nurse at her home in Kutch&nbsp;but it has now been removed.&nbsp;
A complaint was filed with the district administration based on this picture alleging preferential treatment to the singer at a time when lakhs of people aren't getting slots at vaccination centres or are being sent back due to lack of doses.&nbsp;
Recently, cricketer Kuldeep&nbsp;Yadav&nbsp;too was criticised after he was administered the vaccine at home in Kanpur even though he had booked a slot at a health centre. The district magistrate has ordered an inquiry.
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