A look at the headlines right now:
- ‘Let contentious matters and extraneous debates not distract us’, says President Ram Nath Kovind: The president addressed the nation on the eve of the 72nd Independence Day.
- Around 30 feared dead as motorway bridge collapses in Italy’s Genoa: Italian Transport Minister Danilo Toninelli said he was following the ‘immense tragedy’ with ‘great apprehension’.
- Rupee breaches 70 per US dollar for the first time, government blames ‘external factors’: ‘The falling rupee and failing economy is Modiji’s Independence Day gift to the nation,’ the Opposition party said.
- More than 30,000 people still in relief camps, says Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan: A crisis management team has begun evacuating people living near the Mullaperiyar dam.
- ‘It’s not possible to hold simultaneous elections in 2019,’ says Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar: Meanwhile, the Congress dared PM Narendra Modi to dissolve the Lok Sabha early and announce general elections later this year.
- AAP moves court in connection with Delhi chief secretary case, accuses police of ‘leaking chargesheet’ to the media: The court asked the police to reply to the petition by August 25.
- Taliban kills 17 soldiers while taking control of Army base in Afghanistan’s Faryab province: The militant group and the country’s forces have been battling for five consecutive days in the eastern provincial capital of Ghazni.
- Bihar official arrested for allegedly sexually harassing women inmates at a short stay home: The police is on the lookout for four others accused in the case, including two women.
- Jammu and Kashmir Police arrest two people for ‘communally sensitive’ Facebook post, Whatsapp video: Both accused have been lodged in the district jail at Dhangri.
- Delhi court summons Congress leader Naveen Jindal and 14 others in coal allocation scam: They have been accused of money laundering.
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