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Noida Twin Towers collapse: When the final blow from the Supreme Court sealed the fate of Supertech
Sunday at 2:30 pm, Supertech Twin Towers in Noida Came down like a pack of cards in just 9 seconds, clouds of smoke, a heavy thunder-like sound and a debris that would take about three months to clear.
But what actually caused this massive structure to disappear in the rubble was a Supreme Court order on August 31 last year. It was a bench headed by Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah that passed these orders. Passing the order, the bench upheld the Allahabad High Court’s 2014 order on demolition of the 40-storey twin tower building of the Emerald Court project of Supertech Ltd.
9,436 new Kovid-19 cases, 30 deaths in 24 hours in India
With 9,436 new COVID-19 cases being reported in a day, the number of infections in India rose to 4,44,08,132, while the number of active cases, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Sunday decreased to 86,591.
The death toll due to the disease has risen to 5,27,754, with 30 new deaths being recorded. In addition, Kerala has accounted for 27 deaths and Goa has accounted for 100 deaths, data updated at 8 am showed. The ministry said the number of active cases now comprise 0.19 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.62 per cent. The data showed that the active COVID-19 caseload has registered a decline of 720 cases in a 24-hour period.
PM Modi inaugurates Atal Bridge on Sabarmati Riverfront
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated the Atal Bridge in Ahmedabad on Saturday and participated in the ‘Khadi Utsav’ on the Sabarmati Riverfront as he began his two-day visit to Gujarat. He and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel participated in the Khadi event, where the Prime Minister tried his hand at the charkha during a one-of-a-kind live event where 7,500 women artisans from different districts of the state spun their charkhas together. ,
Prime Minister Modi said that Khadi was a symbol of self-reliance and a force during the freedom movement as it “broke the chains of slavery”. “We have seen that Khadi became the force of the freedom movement and broke the chains of slavery. That can be the inspiration to make Khadi India Developed and self-reliant,” he said while addressing a gathering.
Russian systems ‘intercept’ Israel missiles in Syria amid tensions over ‘dangerous attacks’ in Ukraine
Russian-made air defense systems reportedly shot down Israeli missiles and bombs on August 25. According to Yegorov, the Pantsir-S1 and S-75 systems intercepted two missiles and seven guided aerial bombs. The latest Israel-Russia flare-up in Syria comes amid reports of repeated Israeli F-35 jets entering Iranian airspace over the past two months. According to Saudi-run news outlet Elaf, the Israeli jets successfully evaded Russian and Iranian radars during a massive exercise with the United States.
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