Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver the inaugural address at the ‘Conclave on Transformational Reforms in Higher Education under National Education Policy’ on Friday through video conference.

The conclave is being organised by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and University Grants Commission (UGC).

Delhi Police on Thursday said it has arrested the accused in the case of sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl in Pashchim Vihar area on Tuesday.

Earlier, cops said they were questioning the neighbours and scanning CCTV footage of the nearby area to identify the accused.

The city police are yet to reveal more information about the accused.

Rhea Chakraborty was the one who on July 16 had asked for a CBI enquiry in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case. Now, after CBI filed an FIR against her and 6 others, Rhea's lawyer Satish Maneshinde has said that CBI filing an FIR is illegal.

In a statement, Maneshinde said, The Bihar Government transferred a case with which it had NO Jurisdiction to investigate, to CBI instead of The Mumbai Police, which is the legal position.

Andhra Pradesh is gearing up to reopen colleges from October 15. In a review meeting at his camp office, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has framed a set of guidelines and sought views from the officials of the higher education department.

Schools, colleges, and other educational institutions remained closed since March to contain the spread of COVID-19.

At least 8 people were killed after a massive fire erupted at a hospital in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Wednesday night.

The fire broke out at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on the fourth floor of the Shrey hospital, which is located in Ahmedabad's Navrangpura area.

Following the incident, at least 35 patients were reportedly moved to other hospitals.

Mumbai received the highest rainfall of the season within just 12 hours on Wednesday besides the highest-ever wind speed, the city civic body said.

According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the island city recorded 215.8 mm rain, followed by 101.9 mm in eastern suburbs and 76.03 mm in western suburbs.

Gold prices jumped on Thursday to Rs 54,700 from Rs 53,750 per 10 gram, while silver climbed to Rs 71,500 from Rs 65,050 per kilogram, 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.

Bharti Airtel on Wednesday announced a multi-year strategic pact with Amazon Web Services (AWS) – the cloud services arm of the retail giant – to deliver Cloud solutions to large as well as small and medium enterprise (SME) customers in India.

Puneet Chandok, president, commercial business, India and South Asia, Amazon Internet Services, said it is a 50:50 strategic partnership.

Novavax Inc said on Wednesday it has entered a supply and license agreement with the Serum Institute of India for the development and commercialization of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate.

The Indian drugmaker will have exclusive rights for the vaccine in India during the term of the deal and non-exclusive rights during the Pandemic Period in all countries other than those designated by the World Bank as upper-middle or high-income countries.

The Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA), launched to boost employment and livelihood opportunities for migrant workers returning to villages in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak has created 17 crore mandays of employment.

In six weeks, Rs 13,240 crore has been spent so far to create job opportunities in the rural areas.

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