August 14, 2020: Top headlines of the day

Congress government wins trust vote in Rajasthan, Home Minister Amit Shah tests negative for COVID-19, popular playback singer SP Balasubrahmanyam critical and admitted in ICU and more. Here’s today’s news wrap:

Gehlot-led Congress govt wins trust vote in Rajasthan assembly

Earlier on Friday, as the Assembly Session got underway, Sachin Pilot's seating became the centre of attention. Read More

President Kovind warns China on eve of India’s Independence Day

In a veiled message to China amid the border standoff, President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday asserted that while India believes in peace it is also capable of giving a befitting response to any attempt of aggression as he said 'some in our neighbourhood' tried to carry out 'misadventure of expansion'. Read More

Amit Shah tests negative for COVID-19, to be in home isolation

Home Minister Shah had tested positive for COVID-19 on 2 August and was admitted to the hospital. Read More

SP Balasubrahmanyam critical, on life support

MGM Healthcare, where he is undergoing treatment for over a week, has just issued a statement saying that the singer’s health has deteriorated, he is in a critical condition and is on life support. Read More

Rahul Gandhi slams govt over COVID-19 vaccine

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that India will be one of the nations to produce a vaccine for the novel coronavirus and the process will require a "clearly-defined" strategy. Read More

SC holds Bhushan guilty of contempt of court

An apex court bench of Justices Arun Mishra, BR Gavai and Krishna Murari has made the finding regarding Bhushan’s tweets in about current Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and the Supreme Court itself. Read More

WHO in conversation with Russia for more information on COVID-19 vaccine

A senior expert of the World Health Organization said that it is currently in conversation with Russia to get additional information about the COVID-19 vaccine that Russia will start production soon. Read More

ED finds no big transfers between Sushant Singh Rajput and Rhea's accounts

However, the ED has found that Rs 15 crore was transacted from his account as alleged by his father K.K. Singh, said an ED source related to the probe. Read More

Kerala CM, 8 ministers in quarantine after visiting Kozhikode crash site

Twenty-two officials, including the Malappuram district collector and district police chief who assisted in the rescue operations, have tested positive. Read More

In coronavirus era, how will India celebrate Independence Day?

The function at Red Fort, whose highlight is flag-hoisting by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will have a truncated guest list, security personnel in PPE kits, and would be sans school children. Read More

India's longest-serving Prime Ministers

Of India’s 15 Prime Ministers since Independence, some have held the reins of power for well over a decade, while some others were barely able to last a couple of weeks in the hot seat. Have A Look

IPL 2020: 3 Records MS Dhoni could break this year

One of the main reasons behind why people were waiting for the IPL is to see the return of MS Dhoni. The veteran wicket-keeper batsman hasn’t played competitive cricket since the loss in the semi-final in the 2019 World Cup. Read More

IPL 2020: List of international players who will miss first week of tournament in UAE

With quarantine rules in play in UAE and other international bilateral series’ going on too all the franchises will have to dig deep into their bench strength to fill in gaps in the first phase of the tournament. Read More

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