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Published : Aug 7, 2021, 9:16 AM IST

Updated : Aug 7, 2021, 1:30 PM IST

13:23 August 07

1. India gave priority to poor in its strategy to combat COVID-19 crisis: PM Modi

India gave first priority to the poor in its strategy to combat the COVID-19 crisis, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday.

2. Fresh Plea in SC seeks removal of Rakesh Asthana as Delhi Police Commissioner

The Centre for Public Interest Litigation has filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking quashing of appointment of Rakesh Asthana as the Delhi Police Commissioner and appointing someone new in accordance with the top court's judgement in the Prakash Singh case.

3. Three arrested on charge of attempting to murder Biplab Deb: Police

Three men were arrested on the charge of attempting to murder Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, police said on Saturday.

4. Two injured in mysterious blast in J-K's Ramban

Two people, including a teenage boy, were injured in a mysterious explosion along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway near Banihal town in the Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday. The blast occurred at MG Construction site at around 11.15 pm on Friday, they said.

5. 'Legal, regulatory issues need to be worked out': US on delay in COVID vaccine grant to India

Underlining that the US is eager to continue providing COVID-19 related assistance to India, the Biden administration, however, said there are legal and regulatory issues that need to be worked out for delivering COVID-19 vaccines to different countries.

12:14 August 07

1. Hard to be happy with 4th place at Olympics: Aditi Ashok

In any other tournament, Aditi Ashok would have gladly taken a fourth-place finish but this was the Olympics and the golfer said it is hard for her to be happy even though she produced the best ever performance by an Indian at the showpiece.

2. You went farther than any Indian, blazed trail: PM to golfer Aditi Ashok

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lauded golfer Aditi Ashok, saying she may have narrowly missed out on a medal in the Tokyo Olympics but has gone farther than any Indian and blazed a trail.

3. Porn films case: Bombay HC rejects Kundra, his aide's pleas challenging arrest

The Bombay High Court on Saturday rejected the pleas filed by businessman Raj Kundra and Ryan Thorpe, the IT head of Kundra's company Viaan Industries. The duo had challenged their arrest and subsequent remand orders against them in a case of alleged production and streaming of pornographic content on apps.

4. Uttarakhand govt announces cash reward for hockey player Vandana Katariya

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has announced a cash reward of Rs 25 lakh to Indian women's hockey team player Vandana Kataria for her brilliant performance at the Tokyo Olympics.

5. Pro-Khalistani Pannun threatens CM Yogi via audio message

Pro-Khalistan group 'Sikhs for Justice' on Friday released an audio message threatening that UP CM Yogi Adityanath will not be allowed to unfurl the national tricolour on August 15.

11:16 August 07

1. Tokyo Olympics: Aditi Ashok finishes 4th, fails to bag India its first ever medal in Golf

India's Aditi Ashok missed a medal narrowly as she signed off 4th in the Olympic Games' golf competition after carding a three-under 68 in the weather-hit final round here on Saturday.

2. Modi praises India's goalkeeper; Tharoor subtly asks PM to take cue from player to 'protect country'

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday likened Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Indian goalkeeper of the Olympic medal winning hockey team, saying, the one who protects the country from attacks is as important as the one who scores goals against the opponents.

3. COVID-19: India logs 38,628 fresh cases, 617 deaths in 24 hrs

A single-day rise of 38,628 new infections, 617 fatalities push India's COVID-19 tally of cases to 3,18,95,385, death toll to 4,27,371, as per the data updated by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry at 8 am on Saturday.

4. Honey Singh domestic violence case: Rapper breaks silence, dubs allegations 'malicious'

5. NASA's Mars rover fails in first attempt to collect rock samples

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has failed in its first attempt to grab rock samples on Mars for future return to Earth. The car-sized Perseverance landed inside the Red Planet's Jezero Crater this past February with an objective to search for signs of ancient microbial life.

10:12 August 07

1. Aditi tied 3rd as storm disrupts final round of Olympic golf

India's Aditi Ashok was in the tied 3rd spot when a storm disrupted the fourth and final round of the Olympic Games' golf competition where the youngster is in pursuit of the country's maiden medal in the sport.

2. Honey Singh domestic violence case: Rapper breaks silence, dubs allegations 'malicious'

3. Security beefed up at 3 Mumbai railway stations after bomb threat

Security at three prominent railway stations in Mumbai and Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan's bungalow has been beefed up after the police received an anonymous call about bombs being placed at these locations, an official has said.

4. Delhi: BJP MP submits his report to PM on alleged rape, murder of minor

Northwest Delhi BJP MP Hans Raj Hans on Friday handed over to Prime Minister Narendra Modi a report on the alleged rape and murder of a nine-year-old Dalit girl in the Old Nangal area of the city.

5. Afghanistan at dangerous turning point: UN envoy

Afghanistan is at a dangerous turning point as the war has entered a new phase, said Deborah Lyons, the UN Secretary-General's special representative for the country.

09:08 August 07

1. Rename Modi, Jaitely stadiums too: Oppn, Twitter users tell PM

Opposition parties and Twitter users on Friday welcomed the decision of the central government to rename the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, India's highest sporting award, after legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand.

2. False negative testing by labs led to positivity error during Kumbh Mela: ED

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday raided the offices of 5 labs in 5 different cities in connection with the probe into the alleged fake COVID testing fraud that took place during the recenlty-held Kumbh Mela in Uttarakhand's Haridwar.

3. Army 'strong and tall' in face of challenges on 'active, unsettled' borders: Gen Naravane

Army chief General M M Naravane on Friday said the Indian Army stands "strong and tall" in the face of challenges faced on both "active and unsettled" west and north borders where exigencies have increased during the coronavirus pandemic.

4. Interstate border violence perpetrated by Mizoram Police: Assam Assembly team in report

The recent violence in Cachar district, along the Assam-Mizoram border, was perpetrated by the police force in the neighbouring state, an all-party delegation of the Assembly here that had visited the site of the incident said on Friday.

5. Taliban captures capital of Afghanistan's Nimroz province

Taliban on Friday captured the capital of Nimroz province along the Iranian border amid US troop withdrawal from the country.