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BJP chief J P Nadda to meet UP party MPs to discuss poll preparedness

BJP chief J.P. Nadda will meet party MPs from Uttar Pradesh to discuss preparedness for next year's assembly polls

Tokyo Olympics: Simone Biles withdraws from women's all-around final

Simone Biles, the defending champion in all-around event of women's artistic gymnastics, has withdrawn from the Tokyo Olympic Games competition to be held on Thursday "to focus on her mental health".

14 parties attend Opposition meet to corner Centre, AAP also joins in

Fourteen opposition parties met here on Wednesday to devise a strategy to corner the Centre on issues like the Pegasus snooping row and Assam-Mizoram discord

Google Search, YouTube sales soar to record high in Covid-19 pandemic

Riding on Search and YouTube advertising growth amid the pandemic, Google has posted a record $61.88 billion in revenue for its June quarter

Microsoft posts $46.2 billion revenue riding on Azure Cloud growth

Microsoft has posted a healthy revenue of $46.2 billion, up 21 per cent, with $16.5 billion in net income that rose 47 per cent in the June quarter

Mukesh Sahani tones down after criticism by his own party MLA

The aggressive tone of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) president Mukesh Sahani has come down after his own party MLA Raju Kumar Singh put a question mark over his leadership

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 195.2 mn, deaths surge past 4.17 mn

The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 195.2 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.17 million and vaccinations soared to over 3.91 billion: Johns Hopkins University

12.9 mn ration cards cancelled, deleted across India; UP, Maha top list

As many as 1.29 crore ration cards were deleted or cancelled by various states and union territories during the last three years with Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra topping the list

Typhoon Nepartak turns northward and makes landfall in Japan: Report

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said that typhoon Nepartak has turned northward and made landfall on the Pacific coast of the northeastern Miyagi prefecture on Wednesday morning

Olympics: Dutch rowers set world best time to win men's quadruple sculls

The Netherlands set a world best time of five minutes and 32.03 seconds to claim the men's quadruple sculls gold here on Wednesday.

iPhone sales hit record $39.6 billion in April-June quarter: Apple

Apple has said that the iPhone revenue set a June quarter record of $39.6 billion, growing 50 per cent year-over-year and exceeding its own expectations.

Olympics: Not planning to retire anytime soon,says Paddler Sharath Kamal

Sharath Kamal has said that he will take a "lot of positives" from his defeat against China's former world No. 1 and three-time world champion Ma Long in the third round at the Tokyo Olympic Games

Apple posts record growth in India in April-June quarter, says Tim Cook

Riding on the stellar performance for its entire line-up of products, Apple has recorded an incredible growth in India in the June quarter, its CEO Tim Cook has said

WH considering vaccine mandate for all federal workers: Joe Biden

US President Joe Biden has said his administration is considering a mandate that requires all federal workers to be vaccinated against Covid-19

18 killed in Uttar Pradesh as truck rams into stationary double-decker bus

Eighteen people were killed when a truck rammed into a double-decker bus on the Lucknow-Ayodhya National Highway under the Ram Sanehighat police circle.

Mamata meets PM Modi in Delhi, demands more vaccines and medicines

Banerjee also discussed several different projects of the state and tax issues.

Olympics: Boxer Lovlina beats German opponent to reach quarters in 69kg

India's Lovlina Borgohain advanced to the next round in the women's 69kg boxing competition by beating Germany's Nadine Apetz, a boxer nearly 12 years elder to her, 3-2 to reach the quarterfinals

Olympics football: Spain have injury issues ahead of key encounter

There was mixed news for the Spanish football team at the Tokyo Olympics as they prepared for Thursday's decisive group match against Argentina.

Positive signs of progress in women's hockey team: Coach Sjoerd Marijne

The Indian women's hockey team's Dutch coach Sjoerd Marijne said on Tuesday that he had noted "positive signs of progress" in India's performance against Germany

Olympics: Siblings in rivalry, Hayward brothers from Australia, New Zealand

Brothers have played together at the Olympics from the days of Dhyan Chand and Roop Singh, who represented India in the 1932 and 1936 Olympics