- Indian President Droupadi Murmu, on Sunday, paid a visit to Westminister Hall in London. She then penned a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II on behalf of India.
- Cinemas have made a comeback to Kashmir after three decades. On Sunday, Lt Governor Manoj Singha inaugurated multipurpose theatres at Shopian and Pulwama.
- China is creating a biological database of Tibetians. According to a recent report published by Human Rights Watch, China is carrying out large-scale DNA testing across towns and villages in Tibet.
- India has made an estimated gain of Rs. 35,000 crores by buying discounted crude from Russia. The government has also gained from windfall taxes after oil prices surged during the war.
- A Supreme court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has raised concern over the shrinking of Corbett’s tiger habitat. CEC added that safari within the forest reserve could further shrink the habitat.
- According to IMD, the southwest monsoon will start withdrawing in three days, bringing to completion India’s four-month rainy season that began in June.
- The Amara Raja Group, India’s second-largest automotive battery maker, is set to foray into the Electic Vehicle (EV) sector by investing Rs 7000 crores to make Lithium-ion batteries.
- From October, as telecom companies start rolling out 5G services, users can experience a download speed of 150-200 Mpbs.
- Malaria and Dengue remain a plague in India due to delayed treatment, say health experts. Lack of testing and diagnosis of these vector-borne diseases are reasons for the delay in giving the right treatment immediately.
- East Leicester in the UK has witnessed the worst communal fights in its recent past. Mobs of South Asian-origin Muslims and British-India Hindus clashed with each other violently.
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