14 Aug, 23:41 (IST)

Kerala: Thiruvananthapuram Disaster Management Authority issues guidelines for re-opening of gyms, salons and beauty parlours. Gyms will need to provide oximeters to record oxygen saturation and salons will need to adopt token system of appointment for stagger client entry.

14 Aug, 23:38 (IST)

22-year-old student leader Parit Chiwarak was arrested by the Bangkok Police on "sedition" charge.

14 Aug, 23:20 (IST)

Delhi: India's tallest Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower at Delhi airport lit up in tricolour on the eve of 74th Independence Day 2020.

14 Aug, 23:13 (IST)

Puducherry: Legislative Assembly building and statues of several leaders including that of Jawaharlal Nehru and Dr BR Ambedkar illuminated on the eve of Independence Day 2020.

14 Aug, 23:02 (IST)

RTPCR testing rate for patients referred from govt hospitals to private labs has been reduced from Rs 2,000 to Rs 1,500. If tests are conducted directly in private labs, rates charged would be reduced from Rs 3,000 to Rs 2,500: Karnataka Deputy CM CN Ashwathnarayan

14 Aug, 22:42 (IST)

797 new COVID-19 cases and 7 deaths reported in Haryana today, taking the total number of cases to 45,614 and death toll to 518: State Health Department

14 Aug, 22:39 (IST)

Lucknow: Several buildings across the city, including Vidhan Bhavan, illuminated ahead of Independence Day.

14 Aug, 22:14 (IST)

Assam Govt today issued an order for 25% fee cut at all private schools from May 2020 till the schools open. This will be applicable for classes from pre-school to Class XII.

14 Aug, 21:57 (IST)

RBI tells Delhi HC that it won't be possible to raise withdrawal limit of Rs 1 lakh imposed on scam-hit PMC Bank due to its lack of liquidity, reported news agency PTI.

14 Aug, 21:48 (IST)

Defence Research & Development Organisation has developed a comprehensive anti-drone solution & technology which can bring down micro drones through either jamming of command & control links or by damaging electronics of drones through laser-based Directed Energy Weapon: DRDO

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Mumbai, August 14: Sachin Pilot took to Twitter to announce that the Congress party is determined to act in the interest of the people of the state. He said this shortly after Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot announced on Thursday that his government will seek a trust vote in the House assembly.

India on Thursday posted the highest-ever recoveries of 56,383 patients in a single day. The COVID-19 recovery rate has risen to 70.77 per cent on Thursday with the total number of patients recuperating from the disease reaching nearly 17 lakh, while the case fatality rate has further declined to 1.96 per cent, the Union Health Ministry informed. With a single-day spike of 11,813 coronavirus patients in the state, the Covid-19 tally in Maharashtra on Thursday mounted to 5,60,126, the health department said.

Five security guards of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday

Maharashtra Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis wrote to CM Uddhav Thackeray, requesting him to reopen gyms. His letter read, "If you've opened liquor shops, why not allow gyms. Improving state's financial condition is important but health is more important in these times."

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