India has received the highest rainfall in August this year since 1976 -- 25 per cent more than the average, after recording 10 per cent less downpour than the average in July, thus setting a new record after 44 years, the IMD said.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) however, has forecast that the monsoon may slow down in September.

India's COVID-19 tally raced past 34 lakh with a single-day spike of76,472 cases, while the number of recoveries surged to 26,48,998, pushing the recovery rate to 76.47 per cent on Saturday, according to the Union health ministry.

The total number of COVID-19 cases rose to 34,63,972, while the death toll due to the disease climbed to62,550 with 1,021 people succumbing to it in a span of24 hours, the ministry's data updated at 8 am showed.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday took a dig at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over her 'Act of God' remarks on the economy, saying will the FM as the Messenger of God answer how should the mismanagement of the economy before the coronavirus pandemic be described.

Sitharaman on Thursday had said the economy has been hit by the pandemic, which is an 'Act of God', and it will see a contraction in the current fiscal.

The first piece of evidence of Chinese casualty in the Galwan valley clash might have slipped through the tight-lipped communist regime in China. A picture of a tombstone of a Chinese soldier in Galwan valley was doing the rounds on Chinese social media platform.

The image was shared on a military forum in China, and the tombstone describes certain details of the slain soldier. The picture identifies the soldier as Chen Xiangrong.

Over 82,000 passengers took to the skies across the country on August 27, Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) said on Friday.

In a series of tweets, the Ministry informed that the over 83,000 passenger arrivals took place across the country on the same day.

Heavy rainfall and flooding in Odisha's five districts claimed the lives of as many as five people in different incidents of drowning and collapse of houses, Pradeep Kumar Jena, Special Relief Commissioner informed on Friday.

A total of 5 more people died in Odisha due to house collapse and drowning in Bargarh, Nuapada, Jajpur, Baleswar and Bhadrak. 7 people had died earlier in Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Sundergarh and 2 were missing in Bargarh and Mayurbhanj, said Pradeep Kumar Jena, Special Relief Commissioner during a press briefing.

A road will be named after late cabinet minister and Indian cricketer Chetan Chauhan so that the present and future generations remember him, Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Keshav Prasad Maurya on Friday announced

Maurya announced this while launching the Major Dhyan Chand Vijaypath Yojana under which 19 international players from the state will get road connectivity to their houses.

India has tested more than 9 lakh COVID-19 samples each day for the second consecutive day, keeping a sharp focus on Test, Track and Treat strategy of the Union Government, Health Ministry said on Friday.

The country has already created a capacity of doing 10 lakh tests per day and 9,01,338 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, the ministry said in a release.

Three unidentified terrorists were killed in an encounter with police and security forces in the Zadoora area of Pulwama on Saturday, Kashmir Zone Police said.

A soldier was also critically injured in operation. He was rushed to the army hospital in Srinagar where he later succumbed to the injuries.

The encounter between security forces and terrorists broke out at 1 am on Saturday.

Gold prices today rose to 55,200 from Rs 54,380 per 10 gram a day before, while silver fell to Rs 65,500 from Rs 65,550 per kg, according to Good Returns website.

Gold jewellery prices vary across India, the second-largest consumer of the metal, due to excise duty, state taxes, and making charges.

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