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Published : Jul 25, 2021, 9:20 AM IST

Updated : Jul 25, 2021, 2:05 PM IST

14:03 July 25

1. Tokyo Olympics, Day 3: Mary Kom wins, enters Round of 16

Mary Kom wins, enters Round of 16 here at the Tokyo Olympics

2. Raj Kundra's 4 employees turn witnesses in pornography case

In a fresh development in pornography case against businessman Raj Kundra, four employees from his Viaan Industries have turned witnesses against him.

3. Tokyo Olympics, Day 3: Manika Batra beats Margaryta Pesotska in Women's Singles Round 2

Indian paddler Manika Batra on Sunday defeated Margaryta Pesotska of Ukraine 4-3 in Women's Singles Round 2 here at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. With this win, she has moved to third round.

4. Sarang Helicopter Display Team gears up for final performance at MAKS Air Show 2021 in Russia

The Sarang Helicopter Display Team has been gearing up for its final performance at MAKS Air Show 2021 in Russia. It is the only team from India participating in the event happening in Moscow.

5. Employees intensify stir against Vizag Steel Plant privatisation

Leaders of employees' unions affiliated with all trade unions took out a 'padayatra here on Sunday as they intensified the protest against the Centre's move to privatise Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.

12:35 July 25

1. Tokyo Olympics, Day 3: Sania-Ankita pair knocked out

Sania Mirza and debutant Ankita Raina were knocked out of the Tokyo Olympics despite dominating a large part of their women's doubles opener against Ukrainian twin sisters Nadiia and Liudmyla Kichenok, here on Sunday.

2. Weekly RT-PCR test mandatory for Lok Sabha staff during Monsoon Session

In view of the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, the Welfare branch of the Lok Sabha Secretariat has issued detailed guidelines for their personal staff and to follow the necessary Covid protocols during the period.

3. I-T Dept conducts pan-India searches on prominent business group

The Income Tax (I-T) Department has conducted a pan-India search operation on a prominent business group, which is involved in businesses in various sectors, including media, power, textiles and real estate, wif a group turnover of more than Rs 6,000 crore per annum

4. Congress high command to take final call on cabinet reshuffle in Rajasthan

A final decision on the issue of cabinet reshuffle in Rajasthan has been left to the Congress high command and the expansion is likely to be held in the next few days, party sources said.

5. In UNSC, India provided much-needed balance vis-a-vis P-5 and their inter-se fissures: Amb Tirumurti

A country of the size of India with its independent foreign policy has been a welcome entrant into the UN Security Council, providing much-needed balance vis-a-vis the powerful UN body's five permanent members and their inter-se fissures, New Delhi's envoy to the UN said ahead of its Presidency of the Council in August.

11:23 July 25

1. COVID-19: India logs close to 40K fresh cases, 535 deaths

India reported 39,742 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, as per the data updated by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry at 8 am on Sunday. The COVID-19 death toll has climbed to 4,20,551 with 535 fresh fatalities.

2. Dalai Lama offers prayers for Maharashtra flood victims

Tibetan spiritual leader, teh Dalai Lama TEMPhas written to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray dat he will offer prayers and condolences to teh families who have lost loved ones in teh devastating floods, his aides said on Sunday.

3. As Blinken heads to India, his deputy to 'represent US, allies interests' in China talks

On Monday, when Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be on his way to India, his deputy, Wendy Sherman, will be in China representing the interests of the US and its allies during talks with Beijing's top diplomats delivering a tough US message that it will act to defend its interests, according to senior administration officials.

4. French President Macron calls Israeli PM Bennett on allegations of snooping

French President Emmanuel Macron has spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on reports that Morocco's security forces may have used the Pegasus spyware to snoop on his cellphones, according to a media report.

5. Tokyo Olympics, Day 3: Deepak Kumar and Divyansh Singh Panwar fail to qualify in medal round

Shooters Deepak Kumar and Divyansh Singh Panwar on Saturday couldn't secure berth in the medal round of 10m Air Rifle Men's event here at the Tokyo Olympics.

10:11 July 25

1. Maharashtra: Death toll in rain fury rises to 112; CM Thackeray to inspect flood-hit Chiplun

As rains continue to batter Maharashtra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will inspect the flood situation in Chiplun on Sunday. The death toll from the torrential rains that battered Maharashtra over the last few days and triggered landslides and floods in some areas rose to 112 on Saturday, as per data provided by the state government.

2. Mumbai pornography case: Police finds hidden cupboard in Raj Kundra's Andheri office

While investigating the porn film case, Mumbai Police Crime Branch has found a hidden cupboard in actor Shilpa Shetty's husband and businessman Raj Kundra's Viaan and JL Stream office in Mumbai's Andheri during searches.

3. Weekly RT-PCR test mandatory for Lok Sabha staff during Monsoon Session

4. Chhattisgarh: Naxal killed in encounter in Sukma

A Naxal was killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Sunday, a police official said.The gunfight took place in the wee hours at a forest near Minpa village under Chintagufa police station limits, located about 400 km the state capital Raipur, when a joint team of security forces was out on a search operation, Sukma Superintendent of Police Sunil Sharma told the media.

5. Is Delta defeating us? Here's why the variant makes contact tracing so much harder

C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW. (The Conversation) The Greater Sydney lockdown began on June 26 and almost a month later, New South Wales is recording around 100 new COVID cases a day.

09:14 July 25

1. Fresh encounter in J-K's Kulgam; militant killed

An unidentified militant was killed in an ongoing encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Sunday. The gunfight began at the Munand area of Kulgam. With this, a total of 101 militants have been killed this year in Jammu & Kashmir, according to the police.

2. Tokyo Olympics, Day 2: PV Sindhu beats Ksenia Polikarpova in Women's Singles Group Stage

World Champion PV Sindhu on Sunday defeated Ksenia Polikarpova of Israel 21-7, 21-10 in Women's Singles Group Stage match here on Sunday at the Tokyo Olympics.

3. PM Modi to address 79th edition of 'Mann ki Baat' today

The programme will be broadcast on the entire network of AIR and Doordarshan and also on AIR News and mobile app. The radio programme comes amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the Indian contingent participating in the Tokyo Olympics.

4. Pak acknowledges recent bus explosion that killed 9 Chinese as terror attack

Pakistan on Saturday acknowledged that a recent incident involving the death of nine Chinese nationals in a bus explosion in restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was a terrorist attack, retracting from its earlier stand that the blast was caused due to technical problems.

5. It's political, two situations not comparable: expert on Dr. Singh's statement on reforms

A day after former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh claimed that the road ahead is more daunting than the 1991 economic crisis in view of the COVID-19 impact on the Indian economy, experts opined that Dr Singh's statement is a political statement and that the two situations are not comparable