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Published : Aug 3, 2021, 8:37 AM IST

Updated : Aug 3, 2021, 3:30 PM IST

15:25 August 03

1. CBSE class 10 results: 99.04 percent students pass; girls outshine boys by narrow margin

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has declared the class 10 results 2021 on Tuesday at 12 PM exactly without any delay. Girls outshone boys by a slender margin of 0.35 per cent while 99.04 per cent students passed the class 10 exams, the results which were declared by the CBSE on Tuesday.

2. Editors Guild files plea in SC seeking court-monitored SIT probe into Pegasus row

The Editors Guild of India (EGI) has demanded a court-monitored Special Investigation Team probe into the Pegasus snooping row and directions to the Central government to furnish details of contracts entered with foreign companies as well as the list of persons spied upon in a writ petition filed in the Supreme Court.

3. Rahul Gandhi rides bicycle to Parliament over fuel price hike

Opposition parties intensified the protests by heading to conduct a mock session outside the Houses. In a mark of protest against skyrocketing fuel prices, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday rode a bicycle to the parliament. Petrol price has crossed Rs 100 per litre in different parts of the country.

4. Mizoram asks HM's intervention to get supply of emergency medicines

Following the border clash between Assam and Mizoram on July 26, several organizations in Assam had blocked the National Highway 306. This has resulted into a complete halt of goods entering Mizoram which include basic medicines, life saving medical drugs and Covid19 medicines as well, writes ETV Bharat's senior correspondent Gautam Debroy.

5. Assam govt deploys two women officers to maintain law and order along the state border

Assam government has deputed Ramandeep Kaur, Superintendent of Police and Kirti Jali, Deputy Commissioner of Cachar district which borders Kolasib district in Mizoram, to maintain law and order along the state border.

14:23 August 03

1. 2019 Hyderabad encounter: Why this matter is going on and on, asks SC

The Supreme Court has granted a six months extension to three-member inquiry commission, headed by former apex court judge V S Sirpurkar, investigating the Hyderabad encounter wherein four men were accused of gang rape and murder were allegedly gunned down by the police in 2019.  

2. China orders mass testing in Wuhan as COVID outbreak spreads

Chinese authorities announced Tuesday mass coronavirus testing in Wuhan as an unusually wide series of COVID-19 outbreaks reached the city where the disease was first detected in late 2019. Wuhan, the provincial capital of 11 million people in central China, is the latest city to undergo city-wide testing.

3. Market at new peak: Nifty surpasses 16k mark for first time, Sensex surges over 550 pts

Rallying for the second consecutive day, the benchmark stock market indices BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty hit their lifetime peaks in morning trade on Tuesday.

4. Muslim man marries off adopted Hindu daughter to Hindu boy

Mehboob Masli, a Muslim man who had raised his orphaned Hindu daughter Pooja Vadigeri (18), married her off to a Hindu boy as per vedic traditions in Karnataka's Vijayapura recently. He made sure that Pooja's marriage to a Hindu man as per customs was held in a grand manner on Friday.

5. PREVIEW: History maker India women eye Argentina scalp to make maiden hockey Olympic final

A historic feat already achieved, a rampaging Indian women's hockey team would aim for more glory when it takes on mighty but beatable Argentina in the semifinals of the Olympic Games here on Wednesday.

12:59 August 03

1. Parliament, Constitution insulted by acts of Oppn: Modi at BJP meet

At the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) parliamentary meeting on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a strong objection to a tweet by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Derek O'Brien comparing the passing of legislation to making of a "papri chaat".

2. CBSE Class 10 results 2021 declared

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has declared the class 10 results 2021 on Tuesday at 12 PM exactly without any delay.  

3. Rahul Gandhi rides bicycle to Parliament over fuel price hike

As the logjam in Parliament continued, Opposition parties intensified the protests by heading to conduct a mock session outside the Houses.  

4. Indian Army helicopter crashes in Punjab's Pathankot

An Indian Army helicopter crashed near Pathankot in Punjab. The chopper had crashed near Ranjit Sagar Dam in the district. A rescue operation is underway.  

5. Pakistani terrorist killed by security forces in encounter at J-K's Bandipora

A Pakistani terrorist Babar Ali has been killed in an encounter by the security forces in the Chhandaji region of Bandipora, police said on Tuesday.  

11:37 August 03

1. Oppn leaders meet over breakfast to chalk out joint strategy on Pegasus issue

In a bid to present a united face on the Pegasus spyware issue, leaders of several opposition parties attended a breakfast meeting hosted by former Congress President Rahul Gandhi at the Constitution Club here on Tuesday.

2. J&K Police circular on verification draws flak from mainstream political parties

A fresh order by the Jammu and Kashmir police to deny security clearance to those accused of stone pelting and law and order allegations have drawn flak from the mainstream political parties who condemned the circular.

3. Small town girl from Mizoram helped India defeat Australia at Tokyo Olympics

The 21-year old Lalremsiami who hails from a small town (Kolasib) in Mizoram played a crucial role as India defeated giant Australia (1-0) at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday.

4. Landslide in Solan, search on for trapped people

A landslide hit Himachal Pradesh's Solan district early Tuesday, trapping three people under the debris, a state disaster management official said. While one of them has been pulled out of the rubble, an operation is on to rescue the other two.

5. RRR update: Team reaches Ukraine to film last schedule, makers share video

Filmmaker SS Rajamouli and his team behind period drama RRR will be shooting the last schedule of the movie in Ukraine. The Telugu-language film is a fictional tale on the lives of two freedom fighters in the early 20th century - Alluri Sitarama Raju, played by Ram Charan and Kumaram Bheem, essayed by NT Rama Rao Jr.

10:36 August 03

1. Wins and losses are a part of life, India is proud of our players: PM Modi on men's hockey team

As India men's hockey team suffered a defeat in the semi-finals of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics against Belgium on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country is proud of what Manpreet and his boys have been able to achieve in the ongoing competition so far.

2. Unidentified militant killed in encounter in J-K's Bandipora

An unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in the Chandaji area of Bandipora on Tuesday.  

3. COVID-19: India logs 30,549 new infections, 422 deaths

A single-day rise of 30,549 new infections, 422 fatalities push India's COVID-19 tally of cases to 3,17,26,507, death toll to 4,25,195 , as per the data updated by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry at 8 am on Tuesday.

4. Former Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat meets PM Modi, Amit Shah in Delhi

Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital on Monday. Rawat discussed the issue of land ownership laws in Uttarakhand with the top leaders, sources said.

5. UN creates permanent body to address challenges of racism

The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution Monday establishing a Permanent Forum of People of African Descent to provide expert advice on addressing the challenges of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance. 

09:15 August 03

1. Tokyo Olympics (Hockey): Belgium beat India 5-2 in semifinals

A contest that will be remembered for a long time. The Indian men and women teams in a space of a few days added a beautiful saga in their chapters by making it to the semi-finals at the Tokyo Olympics.

2. Encounter underway in J-K's Bandipora

An encounter broke out between security forces and militants in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday morning.

3. Tokyo Olympics: Sonam Malik loses to Mongolia's Khurelkhuu in Women's Freestyle 62 kg category

Wrestler Sonam Malik lost to Bolortoya Khurelkhuu of Mongolia in Women's Freestyle 62 kg category here at the Tokyo Olympics.

4. Punjab govt spent Rs 2.76 crore towards taxes for 93 MLAs: RTI

The Punjab Legislative Assembly under the Right to Information Act (RTI) has revealed that the income taxes to the tune of Rs 2.76 crore of 93 MLA amongst 117 MLAs is being paid by the state government.  

5. Pak clarifies Qureshi's remarks on IS; says it has 'no favourites' in Afghanistan

Pakistan on Monday clarified that it favoured no particular side in the war-torn Afghanistan and said Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi's recent comments on the Islamic State (IS) and Afghan Taliban were being "misconstrued". Qureshi, during a press conference in Multan on Saturday, was asked about reports of IS militants moving into Afghanistan.

08:28 August 03

1. PM Modi to chair debate at UNSC on Aug 9

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually preside over an open debate on maritime security at the UN Security Council (UNSC) on August 9. Spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs Arindam Bagchi said it will be the first time an Indian Prime Minister will chair an open debate at the UN Security Council.

2. Kashmir police release list of top 10 terrorists on target

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar has released a list of top 10 terrorists that are on target by the Jammu and Kashmir police.

3. Party workers who get 5,100 people to download NaMo app will have chance to meet PM: Delhi BJP chief

Delhi BJP leaders and workers who can get 5,100 people to download the NaMo app will get an opportunity to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a senior party leader said on Monday. The app is Prime Minister Modi's official mobile application.

4. 7 dead, 2.5 lakh affected as heavy rains flood West Bengal

At least seven people have died and nearly 2.5 lakh have been displaced from their homes in six flood-hit districts of West Bengal, where water released from the Damodar Valley Corporation dams (DVC) and heavy rain late last week have inundated streets and hamlets, a senior state government official said on Monday. 

5. 'India desires normal neighbourly relations with Pakistan, onus on Islamabad to create conducive atmosphere'

India's Permanent Representative to United Nations, TS Tirumurti on Monday (local time) said India desires to have peaceful and normal relations with Pakistan but in an atmosphere free from terror.  

15:25 August 03

1. CBSE class 10 results: 99.04 percent students pass; girls outshine boys by narrow margin

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has declared the class 10 results 2021 on Tuesday at 12 PM exactly without any delay. Girls outshone boys by a slender margin of 0.35 per cent while 99.04 per cent students passed the class 10 exams, the results which were declared by the CBSE on Tuesday.

2. Editors Guild files plea in SC seeking court-monitored SIT probe into Pegasus row

The Editors Guild of India (EGI) has demanded a court-monitored Special Investigation Team probe into the Pegasus snooping row and directions to the Central government to furnish details of contracts entered with foreign companies as well as the list of persons spied upon in a writ petition filed in the Supreme Court.

3. Rahul Gandhi rides bicycle to Parliament over fuel price hike

Opposition parties intensified the protests by heading to conduct a mock session outside the Houses. In a mark of protest against skyrocketing fuel prices, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday rode a bicycle to the parliament. Petrol price has crossed Rs 100 per litre in different parts of the country.

4. Mizoram asks HM's intervention to get supply of emergency medicines

Following the border clash between Assam and Mizoram on July 26, several organizations in Assam had blocked the National Highway 306. This has resulted into a complete halt of goods entering Mizoram which include basic medicines, life saving medical drugs and Covid19 medicines as well, writes ETV Bharat's senior correspondent Gautam Debroy.

5. Assam govt deploys two women officers to maintain law and order along the state border

Assam government has deputed Ramandeep Kaur, Superintendent of Police and Kirti Jali, Deputy Commissioner of Cachar district which borders Kolasib district in Mizoram, to maintain law and order along the state border.

14:23 August 03

1. 2019 Hyderabad encounter: Why this matter is going on and on, asks SC

The Supreme Court has granted a six months extension to three-member inquiry commission, headed by former apex court judge V S Sirpurkar, investigating the Hyderabad encounter wherein four men were accused of gang rape and murder were allegedly gunned down by the police in 2019.  

2. China orders mass testing in Wuhan as COVID outbreak spreads

Chinese authorities announced Tuesday mass coronavirus testing in Wuhan as an unusually wide series of COVID-19 outbreaks reached the city where the disease was first detected in late 2019. Wuhan, the provincial capital of 11 million people in central China, is the latest city to undergo city-wide testing.

3. Market at new peak: Nifty surpasses 16k mark for first time, Sensex surges over 550 pts

Rallying for the second consecutive day, the benchmark stock market indices BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty hit their lifetime peaks in morning trade on Tuesday.

4. Muslim man marries off adopted Hindu daughter to Hindu boy

Mehboob Masli, a Muslim man who had raised his orphaned Hindu daughter Pooja Vadigeri (18), married her off to a Hindu boy as per vedic traditions in Karnataka's Vijayapura recently. He made sure that Pooja's marriage to a Hindu man as per customs was held in a grand manner on Friday.

5. PREVIEW: History maker India women eye Argentina scalp to make maiden hockey Olympic final

A historic feat already achieved, a rampaging Indian women's hockey team would aim for more glory when it takes on mighty but beatable Argentina in the semifinals of the Olympic Games here on Wednesday.

12:59 August 03

1. Parliament, Constitution insulted by acts of Oppn: Modi at BJP meet

At the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) parliamentary meeting on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a strong objection to a tweet by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Derek O'Brien comparing the passing of legislation to making of a "papri chaat".

2. CBSE Class 10 results 2021 declared

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has declared the class 10 results 2021 on Tuesday at 12 PM exactly without any delay.  

3. Rahul Gandhi rides bicycle to Parliament over fuel price hike

As the logjam in Parliament continued, Opposition parties intensified the protests by heading to conduct a mock session outside the Houses.  

4. Indian Army helicopter crashes in Punjab's Pathankot

An Indian Army helicopter crashed near Pathankot in Punjab. The chopper had crashed near Ranjit Sagar Dam in the district. A rescue operation is underway.  

5. Pakistani terrorist killed by security forces in encounter at J-K's Bandipora

A Pakistani terrorist Babar Ali has been killed in an encounter by the security forces in the Chhandaji region of Bandipora, police said on Tuesday.  

11:37 August 03

1. Oppn leaders meet over breakfast to chalk out joint strategy on Pegasus issue

In a bid to present a united face on the Pegasus spyware issue, leaders of several opposition parties attended a breakfast meeting hosted by former Congress President Rahul Gandhi at the Constitution Club here on Tuesday.

2. J&K Police circular on verification draws flak from mainstream political parties

A fresh order by the Jammu and Kashmir police to deny security clearance to those accused of stone pelting and law and order allegations have drawn flak from the mainstream political parties who condemned the circular.

3. Small town girl from Mizoram helped India defeat Australia at Tokyo Olympics

The 21-year old Lalremsiami who hails from a small town (Kolasib) in Mizoram played a crucial role as India defeated giant Australia (1-0) at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday.

4. Landslide in Solan, search on for trapped people

A landslide hit Himachal Pradesh's Solan district early Tuesday, trapping three people under the debris, a state disaster management official said. While one of them has been pulled out of the rubble, an operation is on to rescue the other two.

5. RRR update: Team reaches Ukraine to film last schedule, makers share video

Filmmaker SS Rajamouli and his team behind period drama RRR will be shooting the last schedule of the movie in Ukraine. The Telugu-language film is a fictional tale on the lives of two freedom fighters in the early 20th century - Alluri Sitarama Raju, played by Ram Charan and Kumaram Bheem, essayed by NT Rama Rao Jr.

10:36 August 03

1. Wins and losses are a part of life, India is proud of our players: PM Modi on men's hockey team

As India men's hockey team suffered a defeat in the semi-finals of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics against Belgium on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country is proud of what Manpreet and his boys have been able to achieve in the ongoing competition so far.

2. Unidentified militant killed in encounter in J-K's Bandipora

An unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in the Chandaji area of Bandipora on Tuesday.  

3. COVID-19: India logs 30,549 new infections, 422 deaths

A single-day rise of 30,549 new infections, 422 fatalities push India's COVID-19 tally of cases to 3,17,26,507, death toll to 4,25,195 , as per the data updated by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry at 8 am on Tuesday.

4. Former Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat meets PM Modi, Amit Shah in Delhi

Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital on Monday. Rawat discussed the issue of land ownership laws in Uttarakhand with the top leaders, sources said.

5. UN creates permanent body to address challenges of racism

The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution Monday establishing a Permanent Forum of People of African Descent to provide expert advice on addressing the challenges of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance. 

09:15 August 03

1. Tokyo Olympics (Hockey): Belgium beat India 5-2 in semifinals

A contest that will be remembered for a long time. The Indian men and women teams in a space of a few days added a beautiful saga in their chapters by making it to the semi-finals at the Tokyo Olympics.

2. Encounter underway in J-K's Bandipora

An encounter broke out between security forces and militants in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday morning.

3. Tokyo Olympics: Sonam Malik loses to Mongolia's Khurelkhuu in Women's Freestyle 62 kg category

Wrestler Sonam Malik lost to Bolortoya Khurelkhuu of Mongolia in Women's Freestyle 62 kg category here at the Tokyo Olympics.

4. Punjab govt spent Rs 2.76 crore towards taxes for 93 MLAs: RTI

The Punjab Legislative Assembly under the Right to Information Act (RTI) has revealed that the income taxes to the tune of Rs 2.76 crore of 93 MLA amongst 117 MLAs is being paid by the state government.  

5. Pak clarifies Qureshi's remarks on IS; says it has 'no favourites' in Afghanistan

Pakistan on Monday clarified that it favoured no particular side in the war-torn Afghanistan and said Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi's recent comments on the Islamic State (IS) and Afghan Taliban were being "misconstrued". Qureshi, during a press conference in Multan on Saturday, was asked about reports of IS militants moving into Afghanistan.

08:28 August 03

1. PM Modi to chair debate at UNSC on Aug 9

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually preside over an open debate on maritime security at the UN Security Council (UNSC) on August 9. Spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs Arindam Bagchi said it will be the first time an Indian Prime Minister will chair an open debate at the UN Security Council.

2. Kashmir police release list of top 10 terrorists on target

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar has released a list of top 10 terrorists that are on target by the Jammu and Kashmir police.

3. Party workers who get 5,100 people to download NaMo app will have chance to meet PM: Delhi BJP chief

Delhi BJP leaders and workers who can get 5,100 people to download the NaMo app will get an opportunity to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a senior party leader said on Monday. The app is Prime Minister Modi's official mobile application.

4. 7 dead, 2.5 lakh affected as heavy rains flood West Bengal

At least seven people have died and nearly 2.5 lakh have been displaced from their homes in six flood-hit districts of West Bengal, where water released from the Damodar Valley Corporation dams (DVC) and heavy rain late last week have inundated streets and hamlets, a senior state government official said on Monday. 

5. 'India desires normal neighbourly relations with Pakistan, onus on Islamabad to create conducive atmosphere'

India's Permanent Representative to United Nations, TS Tirumurti on Monday (local time) said India desires to have peaceful and normal relations with Pakistan but in an atmosphere free from terror.  

Last Updated : Aug 3, 2021, 3:30 PM IST

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