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Paris to fly 'biggest flag ever' to mark handover of Olympics

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo will receive the Olympic flag from International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach during the Tokyo 2020 Games closing ceremony on Sunday.

We can't mortgage future to keep Messi: Barcelona president Laporta

Barca shocked the football world on Thursday with the announcement that Messi would leave the club

Experts welcome permanent air quality commission in NCR region

Apart from Delhi-NCR's own sources of emissions, a major contributor especially in winters is the burning of agriculture waste by the farmers in Punjab and Haryana.

Britain's coronavirus cases top 6 million since start of pandemic

The country reported another 31,808 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period

Olympic golf: Aditi Ashok stays on course for historic medal in Tokyo

India's Aditi Ashok continued with her great form as she moved to the second spot after the third round in women's golf competition, remaining on course for a maiden medal at the Olympic Games

Virgin Galactic reopens ticket sales, charges $450,000 per seat

The price more than doubled from the roughly $200,000 price point the company had years ago

We achieved something bigger than medal: Women's hockey team coach Marijne

Indian women's hockey coach Sjoerd Marijne told his team to be proud of themselves and embrace the fact of inspiring a whole nation and making the Indians proud

Railways operating 846 passenger trains in view of Covid: Govt

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha that to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, the Railways had discontinued all passenger carrying trains in March 2020.

Karnataka to enforce weekend curfew in districts bordering Kerala, Maha

No relaxations on mandatory RT-PCR tests

India, China disengage in Gogra in eastern Ladakh after 12th round of talks

Indian Army said the disengagement process was carried out over August 4 and 5 and the troops of both sides are now in their respective permanent bases

Apple leads China tablet market in Apr-Jun quarter with market share of 31%

Apple maintained its leading status despite sharp decline in its tablet shipments in China with a market share of 31 percent

Mandaviya discusses Corbevax production with Biological E Ltd MD

The Minister was briefed on the progress of Biological's upcoming Covid vaccine Corbevax.

Wrestler Punia secures semifinal spot with stunning win over Iranian

Punia defeated Iran's Morteza Ghiasi by fall in the quarterfinal of the Tokyo Olympic Games men's 65kg event to secure a last-four berth

Tokyo: Haryana to give Rs 50 lakh each to 9 women hockey players from state

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday announced an award of Rs 50 lakh each to the nine members of the Olympics women's hockey team representing the state

Xiaomi becomes world's top smartphone brand in June 2021: Counterpoint

Xiaomi for the first time has surpassed Samsung and Apple to become the number one smartphone brand in the world in June, a Counterpoint Research showed on Thursday.

Covid TPR in Kerala jumps to 13.49% as 22,040 people turn positive

There seems to be no respite from Covid in Kerala as the daily test positivity rate (TPR) jumped to 13.49 per cent on Thursday, against 11.37 per cent a day earlier.

All 26 Airtel telecom circles show identical subscriber fall of 1.3% in May

At an all-India level, Airtel subscribers were down in May by 4.6 million, or 1.3%

Kerala records over 20,000 Covid cases for fourth successive day

The test positivity rate was 13.61 per cent, while the total number of active cases was 1,60,824.

Tamil Nadu extends lockdown till August 9, no fresh relaxations

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday announced the extension of Covid-19 lockdown

Smartphone maker Micromax unveils affordable phone, earbuds

Home-grown smartphone maker Micromax on Friday launched a new affordable smartphone called IN 2b in two storage variants.