Girish Chandra Murmu to Take Oath as Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) on Saturday at Rashtrapati Bhawan : Live News Breaking And Coronavirus Updates on August 6, 2020
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Girish Chandra Murmu to take oath as the Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) on Saturday at Rashtrapati Bhawan. He had stepped down as the Lieutenant Governor of J&K yesterday.
India has substantively ramped up its testing infrastructure from one lab in Jan 2020 to 1,370 labs today. Expanded diagnostic lab network & facilitation for easy testing across the country has given a boost and India has done more than 2 crore tests presently: Ministry of Health
Sukhram Chaudhary, who is Power Minister in the Himachal Pradesh government, has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). He took oath as state minister in Shimla on July 30.
Thank you PM Modi for your congratulatory phone call. With strong support of people of Sri Lanka, I look forward to working with you closely to further enhance the long-standing cooperation between our two countries. Sri Lanka & India are friends: Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa
910 new COVID-19 cases, 57 deaths & 988 recoveries reported today in Mumbai. The total number of cases in Mumbai stands at 1,20,165 including 20,562 active cases, 92,661 recovered, and 6,645 deaths. Recovery rate stands at 77%: Municipal Corporation Greater Mumbai
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakhs each for the kin of four people who died due to lightning strikes in Aurangabad (2), Rohtas (1) and Jahanabad (1) districts: State Information and Public Relation Department
6,805 new COVID-19 cases (including 2,544 in Bengaluru Urban), 93 deaths, 5,602 recoveries reported in Karnataka in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases rises to 1,58,254, including 75,068 active cases, 80,281 discharged, & 2,897 deaths till date: State Health Department
It has been decided that lockdown will be in place on Sundays only in Bhopal & some other districts. Hotels and restaurants can now function till 10 pm. The curfew will remain in place between 10 pm and 5 am: Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra
CBI registers FIR against Rhea Chakraborty, Indrajit Chakraborty, Sandhya Chakraborty, Showik Chakraborty, Samuel Miranda, Shruti Modi, and others in connection with Sushant Singh Rajput's death case.
Indian Railways is introducing first “Kisan Rail” from Devlali to Danapur tomorrow. The train will be flagged off via video conferencing by Union Minister of Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar and Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal: Ministry of Railways
We demand that Maharashtra govt immediately resumes public transport, allows small shops to open and let the markets function normally. If the govt does not take a decision on these issues by August 10, we will take to the street: Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief Prakash Ambedkar
Assam government has allowed bars with licenses to serve liquor, adhering to strict #COVID19 guidelines & social distancing norms: Excise Department, Govt of Assam
Mumbai, August 6: In one of the biggest news of Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed gratitude to all citizens of the country, the Indian diaspora across the world and all the devotees of Lord Ram as he laid the foundation stone for Ram temple in Ayodhya. This is the first time that a Prime Minister has visited Ram Janmabhoomi to offer prayers at the sanctum sanctorum where the deity has been worshipped since 1949.
On Wednesday, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Girish Murmu resigned. In the latest development, Manoj Sinha has been appointed as the new LG as President Ram Nath Kovind accepted Murmu's resignation.
Sri Lankans voted in large numbers despite the coronavirus pandemic as the ruling Rajapaksa brothers sought to expand their mandate through the virus-delayed parliamentary polls.
Heavy rains caused a flood-like situation in Mumbai. Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray over the situation in the financial capital and surrounding areas due to heavy rainfall.
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