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Delhi govt starts WhatsApp chatbot number 8130188222, helpline number 1800110093 for waterlogging complaints, says Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj.

The country's fiscal deficit for the first two months of the current financial year that started April 1 was Rs 50,615 crore, or 3 per cent of the estimate for the whole year, government data showed today.

1989 batch IFS officer Vikram Misri has been appointed as the new foreign secretary.  Misri has the rare distinction of serving as private secretary to three prime ministers

Jharkhand High Court on Friday granted bail to ​​former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in the land scam case.

Flight departures have been temporarily suspended at the Delhi airport's Terminal-1 following a roof collapse incident early Friday, according to an official. "Due to heavy rain since early this morning, a portion of the canopy at the old departure forecourt of Delhi airport's Terminal-1 collapsed around 5 am. There are injuries reported and emergency personnel are working to provide all necessary assistance and medical aid to those affected," a DIAL spokesperson said in a statement. As a result of this incident, the spokesperson said all departures from Terminal-1 are temporarily suspended and check-in counters are closed as a safety measure. Flight arrivals have not been impacted. "We sincerely regret this disruption and apologise for any inconvenience caused," the spokesperson said. The Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), a consortium led by GMR Group, is the operator of the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in the national capital. Terminal-1 has only domestic flight operations. The IGIA airport has three terminals -- T1, T2 and T3.

President Joe Biden and Republican contender Donald Trump traded barbs against each other as the two debated abortion rights in the United States. Trump stated that reversing abortion rights in the US was a "great decision" while Biden called the same as a"terrible, ridiculous decision." Biden put the blame for the decision on Trump for enabling the elimination of a  right to abortion by appointing conservatives to the US Supreme Court.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Karnataka police has filed a chargesheet against former Karnataka chief minister  BS Yediyurappa for the alleged sexual assault of a minor who visited his home with her mother to seek help in a case of sexual assault on the minor.