While the Taliban managed to surround Kabul today, the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani left the country for Tajikistan amid the push for power from terrorists. The head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah, confirmed the news through a video posted on Facebook. He has further asked the people to keep calm and requested the Afghan security forces to cooperate in ensuring security.

When asked for a comment on the whereabouts of President Ghani, the office said, Cannot say anything about Ashraf Ghani's movement for security reasons.

India saw a single-day rise of 38,667 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of cases to 3,21,56,493, while the death toll rose to 4,30,732 with 478 fresh fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Saturday.

The ministry said the country has now reported less than 50,000 daily new cases for 48 consecutive days.

The Punjab government Saturday announced that from Monday the state will allow entry to only those who are either fully vaccinated against coronavirus or have a negative RT-PCR report.

The directions, issued after Chief Minister Amarinder Singh held a Covid review meeting here, also said there will be strict monitoring of people coming from Himachal Pradesh and Jammu.

Tata Power Solar Systems has received a notice of award to build 50MWp solar PV plant with 50MWh battery energy storage system project at Phyang village in Leh, Ladakh.

The order value is Rs 386 crore and the commercial operation date is set for March 2023.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday that August 14 will be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day in the memory of the struggles and sacrifices of people, saying the pain of partition can never be forgotten.

Modi noted that millions of people were displaced and many lost their lives due to mindless hate and violence caused by the partition.

The Taliban has claimed to have captured two more provincial capitals in Afghanistan after over-running over a dozen others in the past one week.

Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid on Friday posted on his social media account that the insurgents captured Tirin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan province, and Firoz Koah, capital of Ghor province, reports Xinhua news agency.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and the Trinamool Congress are likely to take part in a virtual interaction with Congress President Sonia Gandhi on August 20.

Confirming that the Congress leadership has convened a virtual meet next Friday, possibly in a bid to unite non-BJP parties, a senior DMK leader said, We are expecting an official invite today (Friday). Probably it will be received by his (Chief Minister's) office.

The price of 10 gm of 22-carat gold increased by Rs 320 to Rs 45,860 on Saturday, amid a recovery in international precious metal prices and rupee depreciation. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 45,540 per 10 grams. Meanwhile, silver was selling at Rs 62,500 per kg: up Rs 200 from yesterday, according to the website Good Returns.

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

As many as 66 people have been found infected with the Delta plus variant of coronavirus in Maharashtra so far, some of them fully vaccinated, and five of them have died, including one in Mumbai, the state health department said on Friday. Seven of these patients were aged under 18. The variant, considered highly infectious, was detected during genome sequencing of swab samples sent from different parts of the state. A 63-year-old fully vaccinated woman from Mumbai succumbed to the infection in the last week of July, the first death due to the Delta Plus variant in the city, a civic official said.

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals on Friday said its consolidated profit after tax (PAT) increased by 21 per cent to Rs 306 crore for the first quarter ended June 30.

The Mumbai-based drug major had reported a PAT of Rs 254 crore in the April-June quarter of the 2020-21 fiscal.

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