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Handloom sector is a symbol of the country’s glorious cultural heritage and an important source of livelihood in the country. The sector is key to women empowerment as over 70 per cent of handloom weavers and allied workers are women. To mark the 6thNational Handloom Day on 7th August and to instil pride of workmanship of handloom weaving amongst citizens, a social media campaign has been planned for the handloom weaving community

Union minister DV Sadananda Gowda took a jibe at Congress leaders who have been demanding that they be included in the bhumi pujan of Ram Temple in Ayodhya on August 5
 

 Mehbooba Mufti will continue to remain under detention for another three months at her official residence, which had earlier been declared a subsidiary jail

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said August 1 is the day on which Muslim women were freed from the social evil of triple talaq and it has been recorded in the country's history as 'Muslim Women's Rights Day'.
 

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to restore the preamble of the Indian Constitution in its original form

A fake Muslim fakir and his disciple who used to lie to devotees that they would cure them of coronavirus have been arrested by the Cyberabad police 
 

The three high throughput testing facilities have been set up strategically at ICMR institutions — National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research in Noida, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health in Mumbai and National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases in Kolkata

In a bid to keep the coronavirus at bay, the temperature of air conditioning units at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport has been set higher by 2 degrees than usual

Efforts to stymie and scuttle the bhumi puja on August 5 at Ayodhya are afoot as a petition has been filed at the Allahabad high court, seeking a stay on it  
 

India has offered to give long-term visas to around 700 Sikhs and Hindus who have been persecuted in Afghanistan
 

Kerala's second plasma bank has been set up at the Wayanad district hospital at nearby Mananthavady, close on the heels of a similar facility being launched at Manjeri in Malappuram.

A group of residents in Karnataka have been ensuring a dignified send off to COVID-19 victims. MyNation enters the final place of rest to see how safety is maintained during this act of humanity

A 40-year-old Madrassa teacher, Samsuddin Haji Suleman Jat, has been booked for raping a minor

 After Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli claimed Lord Ram belongs to Nepal, Shiva Sena has hit back
 

A complaint has been lodged against an opposition politician in Pakistan for emphasising that all religions are equal