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In your evening news update, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh says the involvement of Pakistan in the drone attack on an Air Force station here cannot be ruled out; Epidemiologist and health expert Dr Chandrakant Lahariya says the Delta Plus variant is very similar to the Delta variant and is unlikely to cause a possible third wave and West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar was forced to cut short his inaugural address to the newly constituted state assembly amid ruckus by opposition BJP over post-poll violence in the state.

In your daily news update, Army Chief Gen M M Naravane says the availability of drones has increased the complexity of security challenges; Prime Minister Modi appreciates doctors for their relentless service during the Covid-19 pandemic; Anti-CAA activist and Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi was cleared of all charges by a special NIA court and Supreme Court says if an abducted person is treated well and not assaulted or threatened to be killed, then the kidnapper cannot be sentenced to life imprisonment under Section 364A of the Indian Penal Code.

In your daily news update, DCGI permits Cipla to import Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine for restricted emergency use; ICC says this year's T20 World Cup will be played from October 17 to November 14 and former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh fails to appear before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case.

In this episode of The Lead by DH radio, naturalists and authors of ‘Photographic Field Guide – Wildlife of South India' David Raju and Surya Ramachandran talk about their book and the wildlife.

Hi Everybody, this is Priyamani. We are up against a formidable enemy that is the coronavirus. This virus has driven us all indoors and locked us up. We have lived in fear for more than a year. But now I can tell you that it's time to beat the enemy. Take your vaccine shots, jump to safety. Make the difference and don't forget to take the jab.

You heard her. Go get that jab because it's a jab well done!

In your evening news brief, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti make their participation in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections conditional; Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal calls for everyone to work together to ensure there is no shortage of oxygen in the next Covid-19 wave; Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar appeals to the farmers to end their agitation and a woman entrepreneur allegedly died in Kanpur after her vehicle was stuck up in traffic following a blockade during President Ram Nath Kovind's visit.

In your evening news update, Twitter denies Union IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad access to his account for an hour; a war of words breaks out between the BJP and AAP over a report by Supreme Court-appointed panel and Maharashtra becomes the first state in the country to cross the three-crore vaccination.

In your evening news update, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met senior leaders from Jammu and Kashmir; Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani announces the world's cheapest smartphone, JioPhone Next and Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah asks MLAs not to project him as the Chief Ministerial face for the 2023 Karnataka Assembly polls.

In your evening news update, NCB takes   Iqbal Kaskar into custody;   3 people died and 20 injured after a car bomb went off near Hafiz Saeed's house,   AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccines remain broadly effective against Delta and Kappa variants, say Oxford researchers and   Prashant Kishor met NCP supremo Sharad Pawar.

In your evening news brief, Kashmir parties decide to attend PM Modi’s meeting; The UK launches negotiations to join a trade partnership in and around the Pacific Ocean and in Uttarakhand, ayurvedic doctors can now prescribe allopathic medicines.

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In your evening news brief, Karnataka adds six more districts, including Bengaluru Rural, under Unlock 2.0; Prime Minister Narendra says yoga remains a "ray of hope" and a source of strength for the people in the fight against the pandemic and Supreme Court asks Centre to submit details of compensation provided to people who died of Covid-19.

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