The government has imposed restrictions on the import of colour television sets, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said in a notification on Thursday.
The move is clearly aimed at promoting domestic manufacturing and reduce inbound shipments of non-essential items from countries like China.
Putting an item under a restricted category of imports essentially means the importer of that commodity will need a licence from the commerce ministry for imports.
China is the largest exporter of TV sets in India. It was followed by countries like Vietnam, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, and Germany.

The government has imposed restrictions on the import of colour television sets, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said in a notification on Thursday. The move is clearly aimed at promoting domestic manufacturing and reduce inbound shipments of non-essential items from countries like China. Putting an item under a restricted category of imports essentially means the importer of that commodity will need a licence from the commerce ministry for imports. China is the largest exporter of TV sets in India. It was followed by countries like Vietnam, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, and Germany.

The trial conducted by All India Institute of Medical Sciences for convalescent plasma therapy on Covid-19 patients has not shown much clinical benefit in reducing fatality risk caused due to the virus.
Dr Randeep Guleria, Director at AIIMS, said, more evidence is needed to conclude anything. Current evidence suggests that convalescent plasma is safe, does not cause any harm to a patient. But at the same time, it is not very effective and hence should be used prudently.
Doctors involved with the trial say, say convalescent&nbsp;plasma is not a magic bullet. While there may be a certain set of patients who benefited&nbsp;from it, a lot of work still has to be done.
The institute completed a randomised control trial to assess the efficacy of plasma therapy recently with two groups of 15 Covid-19 patients.

With heavy&nbsp;rain crippling Mumbai, the city has been put on red alert after receiving&nbsp;the highest rainfall of the season within&nbsp;12 hours on Wednesday.
In a dramatic video shared online, a portion of a house was seen collapsing&nbsp;in Dadar after the downpour, but fortunately no casualties have been reported. Police, ward staff and ambulance have reached the spot for rescue.&nbsp;
Scores of vehicles are stranded on the road in various parts of Mumbai&nbsp;due to severe waterlogging.
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The number of individuals in home quarantine in Mumbai has fallen by 28% in the last month as the coronavirus curve plateaus in the city. The number of people in institutional quarantine has also dropped by 62% in the same duration in some more respite to Mumbai's residents, According to a Hindustan Times report, the BMC has directed ward officers to shut unoccupied Covid care centres given over 90% of them are lying vacant. At the moment, many coronavirus cases are surfacing from residential complexes and the civic agency is concentrating on home quarantine for the city's residents. In total, BMC has 72,656 beds in CCC facilities, out of which merely 6,065 beds are presently being used.

A govt document that acknowledged Chinese aggression on the LAC has vanished from the defence ministry website two days after it was put up, reports said. The document titled "Chinese Aggression on LAC" noted that PLA's aggression has been increasing along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and more particularly in Galwan valley since May 5, 2020. It further added that "the Chinese side has transgressed in the areas of Kungrang Nala, Gogra and north bank of Pangong Tso Lake on May 17-18". It also said that the the present standoff is likely to be prolonged. However, on Thursday morning the document vanished from the website. Citing a report on the now deleted document, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tweeted: "Why is the PM lying?"

India has reportedly snubbed China's demand for moving back forces in Ladakh. India firmly told China that it will not move back any further in the region along Pangong Lake, as military commanders of the two sides continue discussions on disengagement in Eastern Ladakh, reports said. In the last meeting, India rebuffed China's demand that its troops vacate a critical post to facilitate further disengagement. China wanted India to remove a critical post called the Dhan Singh Thapa post located on Finger 3 for Chinese forces to move back. But India has refused to do so, since the post on Finger 3 is within Indian territory.

India on Thursday lashed out at China after its failed attempt to raise Kashmir at the United Nations Security Council on behalf of Pakistan, rejecting the attempted by Beijing to interfere in India&rsquo;s internal affairs.
In a statement, the external affairs ministry underlined that this was not the first time that China has sought to raise a subject that is solely an internal matter of India.
"We firmly reject China&rsquo;s interference in our internal affairs and urge it to draw proper conclusions from such infructuous attempts,&rdquo; the ministry statement said.
China had backed Pakistan&rsquo;s request to the UNSC to discuss Kashmir on Wednesday to coincide with the first anniversary of the revocation of the special status extended to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. But four of the five permanent members &mdash; the US, UK, France and Russia &mdash; sided with India.

Washington, PTI: Indian-Americans across the US celebrated the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya by lighting diyas and taking around a tableau truck displaying digital images of the Ram Temple around the US Capitol Hill.
Community members also gathered at New York's Times Square where images of Ram Mandir were displayed on digital billboards. The crowds sang bhajans and raised 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans to mark the event.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the temple took place on Wednesday in Ayodhya with Prime Minister Narendra Modi performing the &lsquo;bhoomi pujan&rsquo; of the temple, bringing to fruition the BJP&rsquo;s &lsquo;mandir&rsquo; movement that defined its politics for three decades and took it to the heights of power.
In the US, various Hindu community groups organised virtual events to mark the importance of the occasion.
In Washington, members from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, America took out a tableau truck on Tuesday with the digital image of Ram Temple, and went around the Capitol Hill with chanting of slogans &ldquo;Jai Shree Ram&rdquo; and moving around the city later.
In other parts of the US, Hindu community members lit diyas at home.
&ldquo;Congratulations to all Indians especially to Hindus, Jains and all who worship Lord Ram on this historic day of the laying the foundation stone for building the Ram Temple in Ayodhya,&rdquo; Ajay Jain Bhutoria, a California-based community leader, said.
While the public celebrations were limited due to the pandemic, a number of virtual events kicked off in various parts of the country.
&ldquo;Individuals are celebrating in their homes too by performing pujas, lighting lamps. It will be early diwali for many. The enthusiasm among the Indians here is very high,&rdquo; a community media release said.

The central bank's&nbsp;Monetary Policy Committee led by RBI Governor Shaktikantha Das&nbsp;on Thursday announced to&nbsp;leave the repo rate unchanged at 4%. The reverse&nbsp;repo rate also remained unchanged at 3.3%.
The Committee has maintained its accommodative stance. While space for further monetary policy action is available it is important to use it judicially to maximise the beneficial effects on the underlying economy, Das said
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A sarpanch of the BJP was shot dead by terrorists in South Kashmir&rsquo;s Qazigund area, in Kulgam district on Thursday morning. According to the police, terrorists fired upon Sajjad Ahmad outside his residence. He was rushed to the hospital where he was declared him brought dead. This was the second attack on a sarpanch by terrorists in the last three days. Last month, former BJP district president Waseem Bari, his father and brother were killed inside their shop. In June, Congress sarpanch Ajay Kumar Pandita was killed outside his house in Anantnag.

Mumbai, PTI: As rains battered Mumbai and suburbs, the Colaba area of the city on Wednesday recorded heaviest single-day rain in August in 46 years. The situation on ground seemed to have improved with local and suburban trains running on schedule.
Mumbai received the highest rainfall of the season within just 12 hours on Wednesday besides the highest-ever wind speed, the city civic body said.
Mumbai has already recorded 64 per cent of its monthly quota of rain in the first five days of August.
According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the island city recorded 215.8 mm rain, followed by 101.9 mm in eastern suburbs and 76.03 mm in western suburbs.
The 'D' civic ward, that includes upscale areas like Malabar Hill and Peddar Road, received 309 mm rainfall, while the maximum wind speed of 101.4 kmph was recorded at Marine drive around 4.15 pm, the civic body said.
"The Fire Brigade and its flood rescue teams are deployed at half a dozen Regional Reconciliation Centres with th required manpower and equipment.
"Three units of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were also active and they have been asked to be ready for immediate help in case of an emergency," the BMC said.
The civic body has opened temporary shelters for stranded passengers and others at its schools.
Meanwhile, several roads like Mahapalika Marg and Colaba Causeway Road in south Mumbai were blocked and closed for traffic after trees collapsed due to high-velocity winds in the evening.
According to sources, several roads and areas in south Mumbai, which never witnessed water-logging in the past, were flooded and scores of vehicles, including BEST buses, were stranded on roads.
Many motorists abandoned their vehicles in flooded streets due to breakdown, which badly affected the traffic movements.
A BEST spokesperson said the civic body-run transport undertaking operated nearly 90 buses from outside various railway stations for various parts of the city.
He, however, said no BEST bus suffered any major damage due to collapse of trees, but several breakdown of buses were reported.
Several videos of rain havoc in Mumbai went viral on social media on Wednesday, showing floodwater inside shops, building compounds and slums.

India saw another big jump of 56,282 new cases of the coronavirus disease on Thursday which pushed the nationwide tally closer to two million. According to Union heath ministry data, India's Covid count jumped to 19,64,536 with close to 6 lakh active cases. Over 13 lakh people have recovered from the virus so far. According to the govt, the recovery rate has gone upto to 67%. The number of fatalities has reached 40,699 after 904 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.

New Delhi, PTI:&nbsp;Noted Delhi-based writer and activist Sadia Dehlvi has passed away at her home on Wednesday after a prolonged battle with cancer. She was 63.
"Sad to hear about the tragic demise of Sadia Dehlvi, a well known cultural figure of Delhi, a dear friend and a wonderful human being. Rest in Peace," tweeted eminent historian Irfan Habib.
Ms Dehlvi, who hailed from the royal 'Shama' family, edited Bano, an Urdu women's journal. Her grandfather, Hafiz Yusuf Dehlvi, founded Shama in 1938, which is an iconic Urdu film and literary monthly.
A well-known food connoisseur, she wrote a book on Delhi's culinary history in 2017, titled "Jasmine &amp; Jinns: Memories and Recipes of My Delhi".
A woman of many talents, Ms Dehlvi also produced and scripted documentaries and television programmes, including "Amma and Family" (1995), starring Zohra Sehgal, a veteran stage actor.
She was a close friend and confidante of the late author Khushwant Singh. Mr Singh dedicated his book "Not a Nice Man to Know" to her.
He wrote, "To Sadia Dehlvi, who gave me more affection and notoriety than I deserve."
Mr Singh's book "Men and Women in my Life" has Ms Dehlvi's photo on its cover and the book has a chapter dedicated to her.
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Assam has crossed 50,000 coronavirus cases. With 2284 new cases on Wednesday, Assam has logged 50,445 cases so far. Over 14,000 cases are active in the state while more than 35,000 patients have been discharged after recovering from the virus. Till now, there have been 121 deaths in the state. Assam has done over 11 lakh Covid tests. The state's recovery rate is 71 per cent.

Former minister and senior BJP leader Manoj Sinha has been appointed the new Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. Sinha&nbsp;will replace&nbsp;Girish Chandra Murmu&nbsp;who had resigned from the post on Wednesday amid the buzz that he may be the next Comptroller and Auditor General of India. GC Murmu&nbsp;was the first L-G of the newly carved union territory of J&amp;K. Manoj Sinha was the minister of state for railways in the Modi govt's first tenure. Sinha has been a 3-term Lok Sabha MP. He was defeated by BSP's Afzal Ansari in last year&rsquo;s Lok Sabha polls from Ghazipur.

Eight patients died after a fire broke out in the ICU ward of a private Covid-19 designated hospital in Ahmedabad on Thursday. News agency PTI reported that fire broke out at the Shrey Hospital in Navrangpura area of Ahmedabad during the early hours of Thursday, the officials said. Around 40 other Covid-19 patients at the facility were rescued and shifted to a civic hospital in the city, according to the officials. The cause of the fire is not known yet.&nbsp;Expressing his condolences to the bereaved families, the PM said that he was saddened by the tragic fire and has spoken to the Chief Minister and Mayor regarding the situation.&nbsp;

United Nations, PTI: Pakistan's attempt to internationalise the Kashmir issue through the United Nations has again "come to naught". A UN Security Council meeting, convened by China to discuss the matter, ended without any outcome, a top Indian diplomat said on Thursday. 
India's Permanent Representative to the UN T S Tirumurti said that many other members of the Security Council underlined that J&amp;K was a bilateral matter between India and Pakistan. 
"The attempt of Pakistan to internationalise this issue through the United Nations has again come to naught," Tirumurti told PTI.
"Another attempt by Pakistan fails! In today's meeting of UN Security Council (UNSC) which was closed, informal, not recorded, and without any outcome, almost all countries underlined that J&amp;K was bilateral issue &amp; did not deserve time and attention of Council," Tirumurti tweeted.
China, Pakistan's 'all-weather ally', called for a discussion on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in the Security Council under 'Any Other Business' on Wednesday, when India marked the first anniversary of ending special status to Jammu and Kashmir and its bifurcation into two union territories--Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
Sources told PTI that the US took the lead, and many other council members also joined and made it clear that the Kashmir issue was not a matter for the UN body to discuss and is a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan.
Pakistan has been unsuccessfully trying to drum up international support against India for withdrawing Jammu and Kashmir's special status and bifurcating it into two Union territories.
India has categorically told the international community that the scrapping of Article 370 was its internal matter. It also advised Pakistan to accept reality and stop all anti-India propaganda.

In a scathing response to Congress leaders, including Priyanka Gandhi, hailing the bhoomi pujan at Ayodhya, Kerala CM lashed out at the party's soft Hindutva approach. Mincing no words, Vijayan said that Priyanka's or other Congress leaders' reactions should not surprise&nbsp;anyone as the party's stand has always been known. "What was Rajiv Gandhi and Narasimha Rao's stand? Their reaction is part of history," he said. The CM added that Congress turned a blind eye to the demolition of Babri&nbsp;masjid. Congress MP Tharoor&nbsp;defended party's reactions saying that his party never opposed the Mandir&nbsp;but was against the criminal demolition of the mosque.

Senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath on Wednesday said that late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was the first person to pave the way for the construction of the Ram Temple and it is wrong if anybody attempts to take credit for the same, news agency ANI reported. Calling the bhoomi pujan at Ayodhya as historic, Kamal Nath said, "for a long time every Indian wanted construction of Ram Mandir to begin. Rajiv Gandhi ji had opened the lock in 1985. He said in 1989 that there will be Ram Rajya and temple should be built. If someone tries to take credit, it is wrong."

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu on Wednesday sent his resignation to President Ram Nath Kovind, according to TV reports. Some reports say Murmu is set to be the next Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) taking over from Rajiv Mehrishi, who will retire this week. While reports say Murmu has sent his resignation to Kovind, there is no confirmation whether it has been received by the President or if it has been accepted or rejected. Murmu was appointed as the first L-G of Jammu and Kashmir last October after the formation of the new Union Territory under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019.

The BMC or&nbsp;Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has opened temporary shelters at municipal schools between the CST and Kurla stations in Mumbai, in order to help&nbsp;people stuck due to the heavy downpour and waterlogging.
There are reports claiming wall or house collapse at 6 places, however, no injuries have been reported yet. The signage on top of the BSE building at&nbsp;Dalal Street toppled due to very heavy wind.
The wind speed gusting to 106 kmh was recorded in Mumbai's Colaba today. This is way more than what Mumbai had seen during Cyclone Nisarg recently.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister&nbsp;Uddhav Thackeray has asked BMC to stay on high alert and appealed to citizens to stay home.
National Disaster Response Force has deployed 15 teams for evacuation and rescue works in the flooded areas.

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