The months of March, April and May are "likely to be warmer than normal" over northwest, west, central and parts of south India, the India Meteorological Department has said.&nbsp;Above normal heat-wave conditions are also likely in the core heat wave zone during the season. The core heat wave zone covers the states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and Telangana and parts of Maharashtra and coastal Andhra Pradesh.

The months of March, April and May are "likely to be warmer than normal" over northwest, west, central and parts of south India, the India Meteorological Department has said. Above normal heat-wave conditions are also likely in the core heat wave zone during the season. The core heat wave zone covers the states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and Telangana and parts of Maharashtra and coastal Andhra Pradesh.

In a big push towards the Prime Minister's call for Atmanirbhar Bharat, the Defence Ministry has decided to stop the import of 101 defence items beyond a given timeline. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday announced&nbsp;that the move will lead to defence contracts worth ₹4 lakh crore to the domestic industry within the next 6-7 years. The list of 101 embargoed items comprises of not just simple parts but also some high technology weapon systems like artillery guns, assault rifles, transport aircraft, choppers and radars etc among others, the minister added. The embargo on imports is planned to be progressively implemented between 2020 to 2024

Mukesh Ambani has surged past Europe's wealthiest man, making him the world's fourth-richest person. Reliance Industries Ltd.'s chairman is now worth $80.6 billion, after amassing $22 billion this year, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Ambani's wealth pile is npw bigger than French billionaire Bernard Arnault's fortune. India's richest person has already surpassed some of the biggest tycoons in recent weeks, including Elon Musk and Alphabet Inc. co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as well as Warren Buffett. Reliance shares have more than doubled since March as its digital unit Jio got billions in investments from companies including Facebook and Google.

Kanpur, PTI: An accused in the Kanpur ambush in which eight policemen were killed by slain gangster Vikas Dubey and his henchmen, surrendered before the Chaubepur police on Saturday in a dramatic manner, wearing a confession placard and seeking forgiveness for the crime.
According to a senior officer, Umakant, alias Guddan, was accompanied by his wife, daughter and other family members at the time of his surrender.
He came to the police station wearing a confession placard and sought forgiveness from police, the officer said, adding that members of his family pleaded with them to save his life. He was taken into custody and will be produced before a court, he said.
The UP Special Task Force (STF) and the Kanpur police had been on the lookout for Umakant since the ambush at Kanpur's Bikru village on July 3. They had raided several of his possible hideouts.
The Kanpur police in a press release on Saturday claimed that his surrender was the result of their alertness and frequent raids that built pressure on him.
Police said Umakant was carrying a cash reward of Rs 50,000 and confessed to the crime.
During questioning, he confessed that he resorted to indiscriminate firing at the police party along with Vikas Dubey and his associates Amar Dubey, Atul Dubey, Prem Kumar, Prabhat Mishra, who were gunned down in separate police encounters, the release said.
Umakant said he felt he was guilty for the brutal killing of policemen and decided to surrender after facing tremendous pressure and frequent raids at every possible hideout, the press release said.
Umakant is one of the nine accused who have either been arrested or surrendered till now. A hunt is on for the other six remaining named accused.

Nine people lost their lives after a fire broke out at a hotel that was being used as a Covid-19 facility in Andhra Pradesh's Vijaywada&nbsp;on Sunday morning. Reports said that there were 30 people at the facility at the time of fire and the rest have been rescued. Two people had reportedly jumped off the building to save their lives.&nbsp;Prime Minister Narendra&nbsp;Modi&nbsp;has expressed anguish over the tragedy. He also discussed the situation with CM Jagan&nbsp;Mohan&nbsp;Reddy.&nbsp;The incident comes days after fire at a designated Covid hospital in Ahmedabad that killed 8 people.&nbsp;

A 52-year-old auto-rickshaw driver was brutally beaten up after he refused to chant "Modi zindabad" and "Jai Shri Ram" in Rajasthan's Sikar, the police said on Saturday. The two men who attacked him also pulled his beard and asked him to "go to Pakistan", the victim said. Both the attackers have been arrested. Gaffar Ahmed Kacchawa complained to the police that the accused stole his wristwatch and money, broke his teeth and left him with a swollen eye and injuries on face after he refused to do what they said.

Six Rajasthan MLAs, who won the polls on BSP ticket and later merged with the Congress, have moved the Supreme Court seeking to transfer their disqualification case to the top court. A single bench of the Rajasthan High Court will next week hear the BSP and BJP's petition against the merger of the BSP MLAs with Congress in Rajasthan. The MLAs have appealed that since the question of merger is also pending before the top cout, it ought not to be examined by the high court as well. The court decision on the merger will have direct impact on the Ashok Gehlot govt which is struggling to stay afloat after rebellion by the Sachin Pilot camp.

Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal has tested positive for coronavirus and is admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi.&nbsp;Arjun Meghwal was in news a few days ago when he launched 'Bhabhi Ji papad', claiming that the food item will help drive away the novel coronavirus.&nbsp;Meghwal is the Union Minister of State in Ministry of Water Resources. He is the fourth Union minister to have tested positive for coronavirus. Earlier on Saturday,&nbsp;Union Minister of State for Agriculture&nbsp;Kailash Chaudhary&nbsp;also tested positive and is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Jodhpur. Four union ministers have tested positive for the deadly virus so far.
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External Affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday that India and China can overcome their differences in the long-term if they reach &lsquo;some kind of equilibrium&rsquo; but achieving this is one of the big challenges faced by the country.&nbsp;Jaishankar made the remarks while participating in an interactive session&nbsp;organised&nbsp;by the Confederation of Indian Industry.&nbsp;Replying to a question on whether India and China, which are currently engaged in a tense border standoff, could be friends in the coming decades, Jaishankar said the two countries are&nbsp;neighbours&nbsp;and demographically unique as they are the only ones with populations of more than one billion.&nbsp;

PTI,&nbsp;Mumbai:&nbsp;Maharashtra on Saturday reported a highest single-day spike of 12,822 new coronavirus cases, taking the tally in the state to 5,03,084, a health official said.
With 275 COVID-19 patients succumbing, the death toll in the state increased to 17,367, he added.
However, a record 11,082 patients were also discharged from hospitals, taking the tally of recovered coronavirus patients to 3,38,362, the official added.
There are 1,47,048 active coronavirus patients in Maharashtra now, he said.
In state capital Mumbai, 1,304 new cases and 58 deaths were reported. The total number of COVID-19 cases in the city thus rose to 1,22,316 and death toll to 6,751.
Pune city reported the highest new cases on Saturday at 1,457, alongwith 39 deaths. The total number of cases in Pune city is 69,500 and death toll is 1,744, the official said.
So far 26,47,020 tests have been carried out in the state.
Of the 275 deaths reported in Maharashtra on Saturday, 222 deaths had taken place in the last 48 hours while 28 deaths had taken place in the last one week. Remaining 25 deaths had taken place more than a week ago, but were reported now, the official said.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region -- which covers Mumbai and surrounding towns -- reported 3,744 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, taking its total to 2,63,619, while 137 deaths took the total fatalities in the region to 10,629, the official said.
Pune division's COVID-19 tally increased to 1,26,615 with 3,409 cases, while 75 fatalities took the death toll to 3,367.
Nashik has reported 47,076 cases and 1,400 deaths so far.
Kolhapur division has reported 15,297 cases and 405 deaths. Aurangabad division has reported 20,077 cases and 668 deaths.
Latur division has reported 9,822 cases and 327 deaths. Akola division has reported 9,734 cases and 312 deaths and Nagpur division 10,243 cases and 205 deaths.
As many as 501 people from other states have been treated in Maharashtra, including 54 who died.
There are 9,89,612 people under home quarantine while 35,625 are in institutional quarantine.
Maharashtra's COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 5,03,084, deaths 17,367, recoveries 3,38,362, active cases 1,47,048 and people tested so far 26,47,020.
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PTI, Kochi: Controversial activist Rehana Fathima surrendered before the police here on Saturday, a day after the Supreme Court dismissed her anticipatory bail plea in cases against her for circulating a video in which she was semi-nude, allowing her minor children to paint on her body.
Police said Fathima presented herself before the South Police station under the Kochi Commissionerate this afternoon.
The activist will be produced before the magistrate court here after completing formalities of her arrest, they said.
The allegation against Fathima, who made an attempt to enter the hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa in Sabarimala in 2018, is that she asked her children, a boy and girl aged 14 and 8 respectively to paint on her semi-nude body.
The video was shot by her and uploaded on social media.
After the video was found by the Cyber Dome of Kochi Police, a case was registered against the activist in June, for offences punishable under various sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act), Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.
Dismissing the anticipatory bail petition of Fathima, the Supreme Court on Friday had said the court is a little baffled at the kind of case that has come up before it.
The top court further observed as to what kind of impression the children will get about the culture of this country through such videos.
A bench of Justices Arun Mishra, B R Gavai and Krishna Murari said this kind of thing is unthinkable and would leave the society in a bad taste.
She had moved the apex court after the Kerala High Court on July 24 dismissed her anticipatory bail plea, observing that it was not in a position to agree with the petitioner that she should teach sex education to her children in this manner.
Earlier, the woman was also booked by the police in Pathanamthitta district under the Information Technology Act and the Juvenile Justice Act on a complaint lodged by BJP OBC Morcha leader A V Arun Prakash.
The Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights had also directed the police to register a case against the woman under various sections of the POCSO Act.
After the Supreme Court allowed women in traditionally barred age groups of 10-50 into the Sabarimala temple in September 2018, Fathima made an attempt to enter the shrine, but had to retreat following protests by Hindu activists and devotees.
Fathima was sacked from employment by the state-run BSNL in May this year for her intentional act of outraging the religious feelings of devotees through social media posts.&nbsp;

Minister of State for the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Kailash Choudhary on Saturday said that he has tested positive for Covid-19 and asked those who came in contact with him in the recent past to get tested and isolate themselves. In a tweet&nbsp;he said that he had trouble breathing and has a low fever and is admitted to a hospital.&nbsp;Earlier in the day, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Kirodi Lal Meena had tested positive for coronavirus in Rajasthan.&nbsp;

&nbsp;The toll in the massive landslide that flattened a row of 20 houses of tea estate workers in the high range Idukki district of Kerala climbed to 24, as efforts were underway amid continuing rains to locate those missing.
The Police, Fire service personnel and the locals have teamed with two teams ofNational Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and are searching for missing persons feared trapped in the debris that has been spread over in the area.
As per the records available with the district administration, 46 people are still missing.
"The death toll has gone up to 24. The search operations are still going on. However, rains have started.
Despite that, our officials, and the NDRF are engaged in search and rescue operations," Idukki District Collector H Dineshan told PTI.
Twelve people were rescued on Friday and are receiving treatment, he said.
The weatherman has issued a red alert for the district on Saturday and Sunday.

The BJP on Saturday shifted six of its MLAs to Gujarat&rsquo;s Porbandar ahead of the Rajasthan assembly session beginning August 14, according to party sources.
They left on a chartered flight from the Jaipur airport.
The legislators will be staying at a luxury resort there and likely to visit the Somnath temple, the sources said.
According to them, 12 party MLAs on Friday had left Rajasthan for Gujarat&rsquo;s Ahmedabad where they camping at a resort.
BJP MLA Ashok Lahoti, who accompanied the six legislators to the Jaipur airport, said they were being "harassed" and voluntarily went on a pilgrimage.
"Some BJP legislators are being harassed through police and the administration. Those legislators who are being harassed have gone on a pilgrimage voluntarily," Lahoti told reporters after coming out of the airport.
The BJP legislators who boarded the flight from the Jaipur airport on Saturday are Nirmal Kumawat, Gopichand Meena, Jabbar Singh Sankhla, Dharamveer Mochi, Gopal Lal Sharma and Gurudeep Singh Shahpini.
The airport authorities too confirmed that six passengers were on the flight to Porbandar.
Lahoti also accused the Congress and its leaders of harassing the BJP leaders.

A total of 196 doctors in the country, majority of them being general practitioners, have succumbed to COVID-19 so far, said the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Saturday, requesting the prime minister for his attention on the issue.
"As per the latest data collected by the IMA, our nation has lost 196 doctors, out of which 170 of them are above the age of 50 years, with general practitioners attributing to around 40 per cent of it," the IMA said expressing concerns over the safety of doctors losing their lives in the fight against the COVID-19 crisis.
While an increasing number of doctors are getting infected and losing their lives every day, substantial number of them have been found to be general practitioners.&nbsp; Since, significant proportion of the population consult general practitioner due to fever and its related symptoms, they remain the first point of contact as well as care, the doctors' body.
In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the IMA requested him to ensure adequate care for doctors and their families who are a special risk group and extend the state-sponsored medical and life insurance facilities to doctors in all the sectors.&nbsp; "The IMA represents over 3.5 lakh doctors spread across the country providing next door affordable healthcare, it is pertinent to mention that COVID-19 does not differentiate between government and private sector and affect all same.
"Further disturbing are the reports that state that the doctors and their family members are not getting beds for admission and deficiency of drugs in most of the cases. The IMA thus requests the government of India to provide adequate attention for the safety and welfare of doctors during the pandemic," said Dr Rajan Sharma, National President, IMA Dr R V Asokan, Secretary General, IMA, said the mortality rate among doctors due to COVID-19 has reached an "alarming proposition" now.
"Saving each and every life of a doctor will ensure safety of thousands of patients who depend on their care. Doctors who have died in line of their professional duty merit favourable consideration for succour and solace to their families. It is thus pertinent for the IMA to also draw your attention to the demoralising effect to our healthcare community," he said.&nbsp;

Captain Akhilesh&nbsp;Kumar, the co-pilot who died in the Air India plane crash in Kozhikode on Friday evening, was part of the first&nbsp;repatriation flight operated by Air India to bring back stranded Indians on May 8; that flight too flew into Kozhikode&nbsp;from Dubai.&nbsp;The 32-year-old hailed from Mathura&nbsp;and started flying in 2017. He is survived by his wife&nbsp;Megha&nbsp;who is expected deliver their child in 15-17 days. He also leaves behind&nbsp;two younger brothers, a sister and his parents. Captain Akhilesh&nbsp;Kumar had visited Mathura&nbsp;once before lockdown.&nbsp;

The Air India Express plane, carrying 190 people from Dubai, on Friday touched down near a taxiway that is around 1,000 metres from the beginning of the runway at the Kozhikode airport before breaking up into two pieces, reports said quoting&nbsp;Airport Authority of India officials. The pilot of the ill-fated flight could not sight the runway in the first landing attempt due to heavy rains. Officials said that it was raining over the airfield and reported visibility at the time of landing was 2,000 metres.

Two survivors of the Air India plane crash in Kerala have tested positive for Covid-19. The flight was ferrying Indians stranded in Dubai due to Covid-19 pandemic as part of Vande Bharat mission. The Central Industrial Security Force has directed its personnel to go into quarantine as a precautionary measure after at least two passengers of the flight tested positive, PTI reported. Earlier in the day, the Kerala Health Department urged all passengers and those who assisted in the rescue operations to get tested as well as go into quarantine to prevent the spread of the virus.

Chennai, PTI: The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday announced that small temples with an annual income below Rs 10,000, mosques, dargah, churches and other religious places in the corporation areas will be opened for worship from August 10.
Also, driving schools across the state shall function from August 10 adhering to the standard operating procedures to be released by the government.
Temples and other religious places of worship were closed for darshan since March 24, when the state government enforced a total lockdown. However, the government permitted all religious activities including daily puja in the temples by the priests.
Apparently, with the coronavirus spread under control in Chennai and parts of Tamil Nadu, chief minister K Palaniswami announced relaxations in the lockdown restrictions.
"Permission should be obtained from the commissioner of Greater Chennai Corporation and district collectors, concerned, for allowing public worship," Palaniswami said in a statement here.
The state government has already allowed public worship in small temples, mosques, darghas, churches in panchayat, town panchayat and municipality areas, he said.
The chief minister called upon the public to adhere to the SOP and contain the spread of Covid-19.
The government had already issued SOP for opening places of worship, he added.

The number of deaths in Friday's landslide in Kerala's Munnar has gone up to 21 as rescue workers recovered more bodies on Saturday.
A number of tea estate workers are still feared trapped after landslide was triggered by heavy rain and flooding in Idukki district.
About a dozen people have been rescued as per latest reports and are undergoing treatment.
The landslide occurred&nbsp;after torrential rain in the area over the last three days.
At least 80 people were reportedly staying in the area, local authorities said.&nbsp;

India has formed an expert committee comprising representatives from various ministries and institutions to oversee all aspects of its Covid-19 vaccine plan, the Hindustan Times has reported. The committee will oversee the identification of vaccine to buying to financing the purchase to distribution and administration. The move comes even as six vaccines are in Phase 3 or combined Phase 2-3 trials and as countries around the world scramble to strike deals with multiple vaccine makers. The report added that the panel will be led by Niti Aayog&rsquo;s Dr VK Paul and co-chaired by health secretary Rajesh Bhushan. It will pick the vaccine or vaccines that India can use, plan the finances and prioritise the sequence of administration, the report said.

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