Name: Farmers' protest becomes stage for Opposition unity
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Description: Opposition parties turned the farmers protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi into a show of strength against the BJP govt. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi was joined by Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal and CPI(M) chief Sitaram Yechury. Regional leaders like NCP chief Sharad Pawar, JDU's KC Tyagi also took on the govt's anti-farmer policies. The AIADMK, the DMK, and the BSP skipped the event.

Opposition parties turned the farmers protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi into a show of strength against the BJP govt. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi was joined by Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal and CPI(M) chief Sitaram Yechury. Regional leaders like NCP chief Sharad Pawar, JDU's KC Tyagi also took on the govt's anti-farmer policies. The AIADMK, the DMK, and the BSP skipped the event.

Delhi chief minister Arvind&nbsp;Kejriwal&nbsp;on Thursday&nbsp;launched plasma bank to help treat critical Covid-19 patients in the Capital. The CM appealed to all eligible citizens to come forward and donate plasma.&nbsp;Kejriwal also shared a phone number 1031 and a whatsapp number 8800007722 where volunteers&nbsp;can register to donate. Blood plasma from people who have recovered from coronavirus&nbsp;is used to treat critical Covid&nbsp;patients.

Twenty-eight ministers took oath on Thursday in Shivraj Singh Chouhan's government in Madhya Pradesh. Several loyalists of Jyotiraditya Scindia were among the ministers who took oath, including his aunt &amp; BJP MLA Yashodhara Raje Scindia. Others included BJP MLA Gopal Bhargava, Imarti Devi, Prabhuram Choudhary and Pradhuman Singh Tomar. The oath was administered by Anandiben Patel, the Uttar Pradesh Governor who has been given additional charge of Madhya Pradesh.

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday termed India's ban on Chinese app a digital strike on Beijing. "We banned Chinese apps to protect data of countrymen. It was a digital strike," the minister stated. India, in a surprise move, banned 59 Chinese apps days after a violent face-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh left 20 soldiers dead.

Democratic presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden has said that he will lift the temporary suspension on H-1B visas if he wins the November presidential elections. H-1B visas are the most sought-after by Indian IT professionals. On June 23, in a huge blow to Indian IT professionals eyeing the US job market, the Trump administration suspended the H-1B visas along with other types of foreign work visas until the end of 2020 to protect American workers.

A Covid-19 care centre with 600 beds has been set up at the Commonwealth Games stadium in Delhi amid a surge in coronavirus cases. A total of 80 doctors and 150 nurses will be looking after the patients. Delhi government is also in the process of turning 40 hotels and 80 banquet halls into Covid Care Centres for addition of around 15,000 Covid beds. The national capital has logged more than 87,000 infections, the highest in India after Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.
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The Congress has hit out at the Modi government for sending a house vacation notice to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. The party said that neither Priyanka nor the Congress leadership will be cowed down by such moves. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the entire country knows the "deep hatred and vendetta of Prime Minister Narendra Modi" towards the Congress leadership. He added that notice shows the anxieties&nbsp;of PM Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath.

Patanjali's Coronil ayurvedic drug, that Yoga guru Ramdev earlier touted as cure for Covid, has been cleared for sale as an immunity booster. The Ayush ministry on Wednesday clarified that it has approved the drug as an ayurvedic immunity booster, and not as a cure or treatment for coronavirus. Last week, the ministry had directed Ramdev's firm to immediately stop advertising the product until its "cure for Covid" claim was verified. Ramved also made a u-turn on the claim later.

Four Tamil Nadu policemen have been arrested in the custodial deaths of a father-son duo in the town of Tuticorin. 50-yr-old Jeyaraj and his 31-yr-old son Benicks were allegedly tortured by cops after keeping their shop open beyond the allowed time. One inspector, 2 sub-inspectors and a constable have been arrested by the Crime Branch and have been charged with murder. The case, which has generated massive outrage across the country, had been handed over to the CBI.

The CRPF has rejected the claims that its men shot a Kashmiri civilian during a gunfight with the terrorists on Wednesday in Sopore. Some reports and victim's relatives had claimed that the civilian, who was caught in the crossfire, and whose 3-yr-old grandson was rescued by the cops, was shot by the CRPF. Zulfiqar Hasan, the ADG of CRPF, has rubbished&nbsp;the claims as totally untrue.&nbsp;

Democratic presidential candidate and former vice-president Joe Biden said that if he wins the November elections, strengthening relationship with India which is the US&rsquo; &ldquo;natural partner&rdquo;, will be a high priority for his administration. &ldquo;India needs to be a partner in the region for our safety&rsquo;s sake, and quite frankly for theirs,&rdquo; he said in response to a question on India-US relationship during a virtual fund raiser event. Biden added that he was proud of his role as V-P in securing congressional approval for India-US nuclear deal in 2008.

The CBI has registered a case against Dr G V K Reddy, Chairman of GVK group, the company that runs the Mumbai airport and others for alleged irregularities worth ₹705 crore in the development of Mumbai airport. Mumbai International Airport Limited or MIAL is a joint venture between Airports Authority of India, GVK and foreign entities. CBI FIR alleges that the GVK group connived with their family members, relatives and employees to give undue monetary advantage to them and to cause corresponding unlawful loss to AAI.

India has urged the United Nations to ''seriously and objectively'' address its concerns over recent developments in Hong Kong after China passed a sweeping national security law. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region law, the critics say, will smother the global financial hub's freedoms and autonomy. "Given the large Indian community that makes Hong Kong its home, India has been keeping a close watch on recent developments, India's permanent representative to the UN in Geneva Rajiv K Chander said. India's concern about the law comes amid rising tension with China along the LAC.

The Delhi government on Wednesday issued orders for maintaining "status quo" with respect to restrictions to be followed in view of the Covid-19 pandemic till July 31. The govt order stated that all rules will continue to be implemented except for modifying the night curfew for movement of individuals from 10 pm to 5 am, instead of 9 pm to 5 am. The directions have come after the Union Home Ministry order on June 30, extending the lockdown in containment zones up to July 31.

The CB-CID on Wednesday arrested a police official for the custodial deaths of a father-son duo in Tamil Nadu. A sub-inspector, the main accused, was arrested after the Tamil Nadu CB-CID took over the investigation. Twelve special teams formed under the Inspector General and Superintendent of Police of CB-CID are investigating all angles in the case. Search and arrest parties have fanned out to arrest the remaining accused. The judicial magistrate probing the killings has said there is evidence of assault on the father-son duo.

The Indian Railways on Wednesday officially started&nbsp;with its plans to allow private entities to operate passenger trains on its network by inviting request for qualifications for participation on 109 pairs of routes through 151 trains. The project would entail a private sector investment of about ₹30,000 crore, according to the national transporter. This is the first initiative for private investment for running passenger trains on the Indian Railways network. The Railways says, the objective is to introduce modern technology with reduced maintenance, reduced transit time, boost job creation, enhance safety, and provide a world-class travel experience to passengers.

Come July&nbsp;2 and tourists will return to Goa&nbsp;but only domestic ones.&nbsp;&nbsp;Goa Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar&nbsp;on Wednesday&nbsp;announced that the state will be open for tourism from Thursday.&nbsp;The Tourism Ministry has given permission to 250 hotels to re-open but the tourists need to follow certain guidelines to be able to stay in the coastal state. One, it is mandatory&nbsp;to pre-book hotels. Any non-registered hotels and homestays will not be allowed to open. Two, tourists have to either carry a&nbsp;Covid-19 negative certificate or get tested on arrival and stay at state-run quarantine facility till their reports arrive.&nbsp;Tourists&nbsp;who test positive will be given an option to either go back to their respective states or get treated in Goa.

Schools in Haryana will re-open from July 27 after the summer break ends. According to the order by the state's Education Ministry, only teaching and non-teaching staff will be required to go to the school for conducting online classes. The teachers had been going to school to conduct online classes and have been given a break from July 1 t0 July 27. No decision has been taken on resumption of physical classes in the state.&nbsp;The order also said all universities and colleges will be shut till July 31.&nbsp;

As India-China tensions continue, reports say&nbsp;Prime Minister Narendra Modi has deleted his account on Chinese social media app Weibo. The move comes days after India banned 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, Weibo and CamScanner citing data privacy concerns. Reports say, there was a delay in the deletion of PM Modi's account from Weibo's end due to its user policy regarding verified accounts and as a result, India had to initiate an official process. PM Modi had 115 posts on Weibo, reports say each post was manually deleted. While Weibo cannot be accessed from India, several media reports have found PM Modi's Weibo profile page to be missing.

The government on Wednesday cancelled the allotment of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra&rsquo;s house in the heart of national capital in Delhi's Lodhi&nbsp;Estate and told her to vacate the bungalow within a month. The decision was taken by the Cabinet Committee on Accommodation after the government stripped the Gandhi family of SPG&nbsp;protection cover. In a letter,&nbsp;the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has asked Priyanka Gandhi to exit the bungalow which she was&nbsp;last allotted on the recommendation of the SPG. She&nbsp;has been told that if she stays beyond August 1, she will have to pay penalty. The&nbsp;SPG cover given to Priyanka Gandhi, her mother and Congress president Sonia Gandhi and brother Rahul Gandhi, was withdrawn in November last year.
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Army chief Gen MM Naravane will visit Leh on Friday to to review the security situation in eastern Ladakh in view of the Chinese aggression along the LAC.&nbsp;Reports quoting government sources say, preparations are underway to arrange the visit, which is likely to conclude in a day. This will be Rajnath&nbsp;Singh's first visit to Ladakh since the tension broke out between the two countries in May, and Naravane's second in just over a week.
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