GDP for the July to September quarter of the fiscal year 2019-20 will be released on Friday. Most economists believe growth in Q2 would be between 4.2 and 4.7 per cent

Q2 GDP numbers due today, sub 5% tick expected

GDP&nbsp;for the July to September quarter of the fiscal year 2019-20 will be released on Friday.
Most economists believe&nbsp;growth in Q2 would be between 4.2 and 4.7 per cent .
Most indicators like imports, exports, rail freight earnings, electricity and diesel consumption, and overall industrial production have all shown contraction in September.
The GDP&nbsp;numbers also come ahead of RBI's&nbsp;policy meeting in early December.&nbsp;

GDP for the July to September quarter of the fiscal year 2019-20 will be released on Friday. Most economists believe growth in Q2 would be between 4.2 and 4.7 per cent . Most indicators like imports, exports, rail freight earnings, electricity and diesel consumption, and overall industrial production have all shown contraction in September. The GDP numbers also come ahead of RBI's policy meeting in early December.

A Delhi government panel has recommended that parents of Covid-19 positive children, undergoing treatment in hospitals, could be allowed to enter the coronavirus ward,

A Delhi government panel has recommended that parents of Covid-19 positive children, undergoing treatment in hospitals, could be allowed to enter the coronavirus ward, Live Hindustan has reported.&nbsp;
The committee has, however, said that parents would be allowed to enter the ward only in full PPE kits.
The recommendation has come in the wake of fears over a likely third wave of Covid-19 that may impact children.&nbsp;
The panel has said that parents may be allowed to meet kids if it becomes difficult to handle them in the hospitals, the report said.&nbsp;
The panel has also suggested that health workers need to be trained to look after children admitted to intensive care units.

24 of the BJP's 74 MLAs in West Bengal skipped a meeting of leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari's with Governor Jagdeep Dhankar sparking off speculation of further mi

24 of the BJP's 74 MLAs in West Bengal skipped a meeting of leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari's with Governor Jagdeep Dhankar sparking off speculation of further migration from the saffron camp to the Trinamool. 
Reports said that BJP several MLAs are upset with Adhikari's growing clout in the BJP and some are indeed in touch with the Trinamool. Former BJP vice-president Mukul Roy's switch back to the TMC has raised speculation of a mass exodus out of the BJP.
Adhikari told news agency ANI that action under anti-defection law will be taken against the MLA if they switch to the Trinamool Congress.
A number of turncoats, who had joined the BJP ahead of the polls, are reportedly lining up for ghar wapasi into the Mamata's party after its stunning win. Many have even apologised for switching to the BJP.

Horrific details of alleged gangrape have emerged after multiple women from West Bengal, including a minor girl, moved the Supreme Court, seeking a detailed probe into

Horrific details of alleged gangrape have emerged after multiple women from West Bengal, including a minor girl, moved the Supreme Court, seeking a detailed probe into incidents of violence in the state during and after the recently held assembly elections.
One of the applicants, a 60-year-old woman, revealed that she was gang-raped in front of her six-year-old grandson, while her daughter-in-law was being beaten up.
In her application she alleges, &ldquo;On May 4 around midnight at 12.30 am, five persons who were party workers of the Trinamool Congress came to the applicant&rsquo;s house and forced their way in. The applicant was slapped, beaten, handcuffed and ties to her bed, as the criminals forced themselves on her&rdquo;.
The application added that the woman was not only raped but also poisoned. &ldquo;The chain of events occurred in the presence of the applicant&rsquo;s six-year-old grandson,&rdquo; 
Another 17-year-old girl alleged, "a group of four men dragged her to a nearby jungle, where they assaulted and raped her one by one for more than an hour."
She claimed that she was &ldquo;attacked and gang raped solely for her family&rsquo;s political affiliations and religious beliefs&rdquo;.
She, too, alleged police inaction and added that she was pressured to take back the FIR. The application alleged that local TMC leaders threatened her family.
These women claim that the police and law enforcement agencies in the state "instead of conducting a fair investigation and sympathising with them, are in fact "trying to shield the accused." They claim that the police had "tried to dismiss the heinous attacks as small and sporadic incidents".
In their pleas before the Supreme Court, these women have sought a court-monitored CBI/SIT investigation into their cases.

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has rejected the allegations of corruption against the Ram temple trust in the purchase of land in Ayodhya. The bosy has also warned of defama

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has rejected the allegations of corruption against the Ram temple trust in the purchase of land in Ayodhya. The bosy has also warned of defamation suits against those trying to mislead people ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.
Calling the construction of Ram Temple "authentic and transparent", VHP international working president Alok Kumar told news agency ANI that "attempts were being made to malign this divine movement". He added that the political parties are trying to politicize the matter but it is related to faith.
Samajwadi Party and Aam Aadmi Party leaders have accused the Ram temple trust of corruption in a land deal. They have alleged that the trust bought a piece of land worth ₹2 crore for ₹18.5 crore. The trust has denied the allegation.

The Russian vaccine against Covid-19, Sputnik V, is likely to be available at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in Delhi from Tuesday, according to a report. The Sputnik V r

The Russian vaccine against Covid-19, Sputnik V, is likely to be available at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in Delhi from Tuesday, according to a report. The Sputnik V rollout will depend on the number of consignments received by the hospital, news agency ANI has reported.
The Centre has fixed the price of the vaccine at ₹1,145 per dose.
ANI also reported that Sputnik V was administered to employees of Dr Reddy's Laboratories at Delhi's Indraprastha Apollo Hospital on Sunday. As many as 1000 doses of Sputnik V reached the Apollo Hospital and 179 doses were administered to the Dr Reddy's Laboratories&rsquo; employees.
Dr Reddy's Laboratories has partnered with the Russian Direct Investment Fund, which globally markets the Covid-19 vaccine, for the rollout of the two-dose vaccine in India.
Sputnik V claimed to have the highest efficacy rate at 91.6 per cent&mdash;Moderna and Pfizer vaccines also have an efficacy of over 90 per cent.

Actor Kangana Ranaut has moved the Bombay high court seeking directions to the regional passport authority in Mumbai to renew her passport. In her plea, Ranaut has sai

Actor Kangana Ranaut has moved the Bombay high court seeking directions to the regional passport authority in Mumbai to renew her passport.
In her plea, Ranaut has said the renewal had been denied by the local passport authority on the ground that she had an FIR registered against her by the Bandra police on charges of sedition and for her alleged hateful tweets.
The actor said she needs to travel to Hungary this month for the shooting of her upcoming film 'Dhakkad' and thus, needs her passport renewed.
The Bandra police had registered the FIR against Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel on charges of promoting enmity between communities through their remarks on Twitter in October.Q

A 62-year-old woman died after being stabbed 20 times by a man who also allegedly sexually assaulted her in Delhi, police said on Monday. The accused has been arrested.

A 62-year-old woman died after being stabbed 20 times by a man who also allegedly sexually assaulted her in Delhi, police said on Monday. The accused has been arrested.
During investigation, police analysed the CCTV footage of the area from where the woman was recovered and the identity of accused was established following which he was arrested, the police said.
During interrogation, the accused admitted to his crime. The police have also recovered the knife, officials said, adding that the accused claimed he was in an inebriated condition during the incident, police said without giving further details about the accused.
The accused first slit her throat and then stabbed her over 20 times, they said, adding that it also appears to be a case of sexual assault.
The woman was from Begusarai&nbsp;in Bihar&nbsp;and used to sell vegetables near her house.

Sudip Bandyopadhyay, the leader of the Trinamool Congress in Lok Sabha on Monday called up speaker Om Birla seeking disqualification of Sunil Mondal and Sisir

Sudip Bandyopadhyay, the leader of the Trinamool Congress in Lok Sabha&nbsp;on Monday called up speaker Om Birla&nbsp;seeking disqualification of Sunil Mondal and Sisir Adhikari who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party before the recent Bengal assembly polls. The Hindustan Times reported that the TMC&nbsp;leader asked the speaker to take action on the petitions he had filed earlier. Bandyopadhyay&nbsp;said the speaker told him that he will form a committee to review the petitions for disqualification and ask the two MPs to appear before it. The development comes&nbsp;50 BJP MLAs in Bengal met governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and demanded that any MLA who joins the TMC should face action under the anti-defection law passed by the Parliament.

The Taj Mahal and other centrally protected monuments, which were closed two months ago in the wake of the second Covid-19 wave, will reopen on June 16.The Ar

The Taj Mahal and other centrally protected monuments, which were closed two months ago in the wake of the second&nbsp;Covid-19&nbsp;wave, will reopen on June 16. The Archaeological Survey of India said that visitors will be able to book entry tickets online and no offline booking facility will be available.
With the second wave of Covid-19 making its presence felt, the government had ordered closure of all centrally protected monuments and museums, including Taj Mahal, Red Fort and Ajanta Caves, on April 15. The monuments were closed for more than 100 days as part of the nationwide lockdown last year.

The opposition AIADMK in Tamil Nadu on Monday expelled 17 leaders including party spokesman V Pugazhendi for having contacted former interim general secretary

The opposition&nbsp;AIADMK&nbsp;in Tamil Nadu on Monday expelled 17 leaders including party spokesman V Pugazhendi for having contacted former interim general secretary VK Sasikala. At a meeting held at the party headquarters in Chennia&nbsp;a resolution against Sasikala, castigating her for "reaching out" to certain party leaders was also passed. The resolution also accused her of trying to capture the party and staging a drama by speaking to certain leaders and then selectively leaking parts of the conversations. 
Former Minister M Anandan and former Member of Parliament Chinnaswamy were among the other senior leaders who were expelled from the party.
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The highly transmissible Delta variant of coronavirus has mutated further to form the Delta plus’ or AY.1′ variant, PTI reported on Monday.&n

The highly transmissible&nbsp;Delta variant&nbsp;of coronavirus has mutated further to form the Delta plus&rsquo; or AY.1&prime; variant, PTI&nbsp;reported on Monday.&nbsp; Scientists&nbsp;told the news gathering agency there is no immediate cause for concern in India as its incidence in the country is still low.
The new Delta plus variant has been formed due to a mutation in the Delta variant, first identified in India and one of the drivers of the deadly second wave. Delta plus is resistant to the monoclonal antibody cocktail treatment for&nbsp;Covid-19&nbsp;recently authorised in India.
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An order of the Personnel Ministry issued on Monday asked all officers of at the level of Under Secretary and above to attend offices on all working days while persons

An order of the Personnel Ministry issued on Monday asked all officers of at the level of Under Secretary and above to attend offices on all working days while persons with disabilities and pregnant women employees would continue to work from home.&nbsp;
50 per cent of the government employees of the level below Under Secretaries will attend office on all working days and the remaining shall work from home.
The Personnel Ministry has come up with guidelines to regulate attendance in government offices as the number of Covid-19&nbsp;cases and positivity rate have reduced considerably.

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi will on Tuesday begin screening children in the age group of 6-12 years for the clinical trials of Bharat Bi

The All&thinsp;India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi will on Tuesday begin screening children in the age group of 6-12 years for the clinical trials of Bharat Biotech&rsquo;s Covaxin. Dr Sanjay Rai, professor at the Centre for Community Medicine at Aiims&thinsp;said the selection for clinical trials in the 12-18 years is already over and children within this age group have been administered with a single dose of the vaccine. Once the recruitment of children from 6-12 years is done, Aiims New Delhi will begin trials for children between 2 and 6 years.
Prior to Delhi, Aiims&thinsp;Patna started paediatric trials for Covaxin on 12-18 years from June 3.
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A television journalist based in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh district was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Sunday night. Just a day before his death,

A television journalist based in Uttar Pradesh&rsquo;s Pratapgarh district was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Sunday night.
Just a day before his death, Sulabh Srivastava, who worked for ABP News and ABP Ganga, wrote to the Uttar Pradesh Police saying he felt threatened following his recent reportage of liquor mafias in the district. Seeking protection, Srivastava had said he had been informed by sources that the liquor mafia was angry with him after the publication of his report and wanted to harm him or his family.
However, the police said that the journalist died in a 'motorcycle accident'.

Filmmaker and activist Aisha Sultana on Monday approached the Kerala High Court seeking anticipatory bail in the sedition case filed against her by the L

Filmmaker and activist&nbsp;Aisha Sultana&nbsp;on Monday approached the Kerala High Court seeking anticipatory bail in the&nbsp;sedition case filed against her by the Lakshadweep Police.
BJP&rsquo;s Lakshadweep unit president C Abdul Khader Haji had filed a complaint against Sultana for calling the Union Territory&rsquo;s administrator, Praful&nbsp;Patel, a bio-weapon being used by the Centre on the island&rsquo;s people. According to Khader&rsquo;s complaint, Sultana had purportedly made the remark on a recent debate on a Malayalam channel over the ongoing controversial reforms in Lakshadweep. This sparked protests from the BJP&rsquo;s Lakshadweep unit. BJP workers in Kerala had moved complaints against the filmmaker as well.

The government has invited bids for the use of drones to deliver Covid-19 vaccines and drugs to remote and difficult-to-reach areas to ensure last-mile covera

The government has invited bids for the use of drones to deliver&nbsp;Covid-19&nbsp;vaccines and drugs to remote and difficult-to-reach areas to ensure last-mile coverage in select locations.
According to the bid document, the Indian Council of Medical Research conducted a successful feasibility study in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and has developed a standard protocol for the delivery of vaccines using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
On behalf of the ICMR, the HLL Infra Tech Services Limited has invited expression of interest through the Central Public Procurement Portal from experienced Indian agencies for the delivery of medical supplies by UAVs.

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.

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