Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that Prime Minister Imran Khan bowled a “googly” to ensure Indian government’s presence at the groundbreaking ceremony of the landmark Kartarpur Corridor. Pakistan earlier invited Swaraj for the ceremony. India was represented at the events by Union ministers Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Hardeep Singh Puri. Qureshi noted that it was the same Indian government that had said it will not engage with Pakistan.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday alleged that the Central government is putting lives of people&nbsp;at risk by purchasing sub-standard ventilators for the fight against coronavirus. Quoting an article, Rahul tweeted, under&nbsp;PMCares&nbsp; fund public money is used to buy sub-standard products. Quoting a former employee, the news article alleged that PM CARES Ventilator Maker AgVa has "fudged" software in order to hide "poor performance".&nbsp;Rahul's tweet comes soon after Congress asked four specific questions to the Centre, mostly revolving around the makers, the tendering process and price.

India has blocked the Russian portal which was used by banned pro-Khalistan group Sikhs For Justice for online voter registration for 'Referendum 2020' to demand Khalistan, which seeks a separate homeland for the Sikhs.&nbsp;The group&nbsp;had&nbsp;appealed to Punjab residents aged 18 or above from any religion as well as the Sikhs living anywhere else in India to register their votes for participation in the Referendum&nbsp;and claimed to have distributed 10,000 voter registration forms throughout the state in a day.&nbsp;The secessionist group chose July 4 to launch the campaign in memory of Sikhs killed during the 1955 attack at Darbar Sahib.&nbsp;The Hindustan Times reported that the Centre on Sunday blocked 40 websites linked to Sikhs for Justice.&nbsp;

The Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world,&nbsp;and other monuments under the Archeological Survey of India,&nbsp;are&nbsp;set to be reopened on Monday for visitors who will have to adhere to the Covid-19 guidelines.&nbsp;According to the report, only 5,000 tourists will be allowed&nbsp;to visit the 17th-century monument&nbsp;in a day,&nbsp;and will&nbsp;split into two groups.&nbsp;All centrally protected monuments &amp; sites shall be bound by the protocols like sanitization, social distancing &amp; other health protocols, the Union Tourism Ministry said in a tweet.&nbsp;The authorities are opening monuments including Red Fort&nbsp;and Humayun Tomb&nbsp;in Delhi despite the sharp rise in the number of cases of the novel coronavirus.&nbsp;

TMC MP Kalyan&nbsp;Banerjee&nbsp;on Sunday made controversial remarks while criticising Finance Minister Nirmala&nbsp;Sitharaman's&nbsp;handling of the economic crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic. Equating the Finance Minister with a 'naagin', Banerjee&nbsp;said that just like&nbsp;poisonous snakes kill people, her policies are killing the country's economy. The Lok&nbsp;Sabha&nbsp;MP made the comments while addressing a rally in West Bengal's Bankura&nbsp;organised to protest against fuel hike. The BJP&nbsp;has reacted very sharply to&nbsp;Banerjee's&nbsp;comments and plans to file a complaint.&nbsp;While Bengal BJP&nbsp;President Dilip&nbsp;Ghosh&nbsp;claimed&nbsp;Mamata&nbsp;Banerjee&nbsp;had lost her hold over the party leaders, national spokeserson&nbsp;Sambit&nbsp;Patra&nbsp;called Kalyan&nbsp;Banerjee's&nbsp;comment misogynistic.

Ahead of the assembly elections scheduled for November this year, Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal United national president Nitish Kumar will launch party&rsquo;s election campaign on August 7, through a virtual rally that aims to reach out to 10 lakh people through various social media platforms.&nbsp;Nitish&rsquo;s rally is in line with the trend of virtual rallies, kick started by BJP leader Amit Shah last month in wake of Covid-19 situation, and will be the first big political event by the head of NDA ally JD(U). During the rally&nbsp;Kumar is likely to spell out his developmental initiatives and urge people to ensure the return of the alliance to power for another term.&nbsp;

The Kerala&nbsp;government has extended safety rules for the coronavirus pandemic for the next one year. This means wearing masks in public and social distancing will be mandatory and face covers will also have to be worn at workplaces and six feet of social distancing will apply everywhere. The government said weddings can only be attended by up to 50 people and funerals by 20. No gatherings or protests can be held without written permission from authorities&nbsp;and the&nbsp;participants in such gatherings will not exceed 10 people. In shops and all other commercial establishments, the maximum number of people or customers allowed at a time shall not exceed 20 depending on the size of&nbsp;establishment.&nbsp;Spitting in public places&nbsp;is&nbsp;strictly&nbsp;prohibited&nbsp;and passes will not be needed for interstate travel but passengers will need to register at&nbsp;a govt&nbsp;e-platform.&nbsp;

The number of COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalisation in Delhi is decreasing as more and more of them are getting cured while staying in home isolation, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday.The number of patients in hospital has gone down and there are 9,900 COVID beds currently vacant, he said.&nbsp;The chief minister also thanked the Union government for 1000-bed COVID-19 hospital built by DRDO&nbsp;in Delhi.

2 days after visiting Ladakh&nbsp;Prime Minister Narendra&nbsp;Modi&nbsp;met President Ram Nath&nbsp;Kovind&nbsp;at the Rashtrapati&nbsp;Bhavan&nbsp;on Sunday. The Prime Minister briefed the President about issues of national and international importance, according to the Rashtrapati&nbsp;Bhavan. PM Modi&nbsp;had made an unannounced visit to Ladakh&nbsp;on&nbsp;Friday to review the situation amid a standoff with China. During his visit he interacted with soldiers at Nimu&nbsp;and also met the soldiers who were injured in Galwan&nbsp;clashes.&nbsp;

Resentment over Thursday's expansion of the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh continued with ruling party MLA Ajay&nbsp;Vishnoi&nbsp;shooting off a letter to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.&nbsp;Vishnoi, a former minister and a&nbsp;four time&nbsp;MLA, in his letter&nbsp;claimed there was resentment among the people of Jabalpur and Rewa divisions.&nbsp;In&nbsp;a&nbsp;apparent reference to Congressman-turned-BJP Rajya Sabha MP&nbsp;Jyotiraditya&nbsp;Scindia&nbsp;whose loyalists managed to corner a sizable share of the berths, the BJP MLA wrote to Chouhan, saying he&nbsp;can understand&nbsp;CM&rsquo;s&nbsp;difficulties but people can't.&nbsp;On Thursday, a supporter of Indore BJP MLA Ramesh Mendola tried to immolate himself after the cabinet expansion.&nbsp;

The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday had said that a maximum of 500 pilgrims can be allowed to undertake the Amarnath Yatra&nbsp;per day. Reviewing arrangements for the pilgrimage, J&amp;K Chief Secretary said that the yatra this year would have to be undertaken in a restricted manner so that the SoPs for Covid-19 are strictly adhered to during the period. The curtailed pilgrimage is likely to be held from July 23 to August 3 this year from the shorter Baltal route.

On a day two Uttar Pradesh ministers tested positive for the deadly coronavirus, chief minister Yogi&nbsp;Adityanath&nbsp;said&nbsp;big events can be held while adhering to the protocol pertaining to&nbsp;Covid-19&nbsp;and the &lsquo;Van Mahotsav&rsquo; will be a witness to this.&nbsp;His government has set a target of planting 25 crore saplings during the &lsquo;Van Mahotsav&rsquo;. Earlier in the day&nbsp;Uttar Pradesh Minister for Rural Development Rajendra Pratap Singh, his wife, son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren tested positive for the virus.&nbsp;The second Minister to test positive is Dharam Singh Saini, who heads the&nbsp;Ayush&nbsp;Ministry.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

Bollywood actor&nbsp;Akshay Kumar's&nbsp;chopper ride to Nashik&nbsp;during the&nbsp;lockdown has sparked a controversy. Reacting to the alleged trip,&nbsp;Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal&nbsp;told PTI&nbsp;that he will order an inquiry &amp; look into the special permission obtained by the actor for the air travel and stay at a resort in Nashik.&nbsp;While the neither the actor not his spokespersons commented on the matter, reports claim that Akshay&nbsp;flew to Nashik with special permission to see a doctor.

An aide of notorious gangster Vikas Dubey, who is the main accused in the cold-blooded murder of eight UP cops, on Sunday admitted that someone from the police department had called Dubey and tipped him off about the raid.&nbsp;

The DRDO with assistance of Tata Sons have set up a 1000-bed Covid hospital with 250 ICU beds in a record 11 days in New Delhi. The hospital is near the airport and will be operated by Armed Forces Medical Services. The centre will also have specialised intensive care unit beds and will be fully air-conditioned. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited the DRDO-built facility in Delhi Cantonment. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has decided to name different wards of new Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Covid-19 Hospital in Delhi after the Indian Army troops who lost their lives in the Galwan valley clash last month.

Police officers arrested for the custodial deaths of father and son, Jayaraj and Bennicks in Tamil Nadu were on Saturday assaulted by inmates of the Peroorani prison in Thoothukudi district. The officers, who are in judicial custody for charges including murder, were assaulted when they accessed the common area in the prison. According to prison authorities, the arrested officers were having a conversation when the attack happened. Following this incident, the prison administration decided to shift them to another jail.

In a shocking video doing the rounds of social media, the body of a person who reportedly died due to&nbsp;Covid-19 was disposed of at a bus stop&nbsp;in Haveri district of Karnataka.&nbsp;As per some reports, the 45-year-old had been suffering from fever for over a week and went to a local hospital to collect his report. As his result was yet to come, he decided to rest at the bus shelter where he was found dead after some time. After hospital staff was informed, they rushed to the shelter and wrapped his body in PPE and abandoned it there for over three hours, a Times of India report said. After social media outrage, the staff returned and took the body in an ambulance for his last rites.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal inaugurated the 10,000-bed Sardar Patel Covid care centre, the &ldquo;largest&rdquo; of its kind in the world, at the Radha Soami Satsang Beas in the national capital on Sunday. The centre has been set up in Chhatarpur for treating mild and asymptomatic coronavirus patients. It will also serve as a treatment centre for those who are asymptomatic but cannot afford home isolation. The centre is 1,700 feet long, 700 feet wide -- roughly the size of 20 football fields -- and has 200 enclosures with 50 beds each. Authorities say it is the largest of its kind in the world. While the Delhi government has provided administrative support, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) will be the nodal agency operating the centre. Volunteers from the religious sect of Radha Soami Beas will also help run the centre.

The estimated monthly&nbsp;wage loss attributed to job cuts in the country during the first two lockdowns alone would amount to ₹33,800 crore, as per a study by the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research. Assuming these employees remained jobless for a steady six months, the overall anticipated wage loss would amount&nbsp;to ₹2 lakh crore, or 3 times the finances allotted for the MGNREGA scheme within the 2020-2021 union finances, the research mentioned.&nbsp;The research paper also stated&nbsp;that Lockdown 1 and Lockdown 2 have put around 11.6 crore and 7.9&nbsp;crore workers at risk of job loss, respectively.

India reported its highest single-day spike of 24,850 new Covid-19 cases and 613 deaths in the last 24 hours. Positive cases now stand at 6.7 lakh including 2.4 lakh active cases, and 4.09 lakh recoveries. The total death toll in India stands at 19,268. Maharashtra continues to be the worst-hit with over 2 lakh cases, followed by Tamil Nadu and Delhi.

The toll in the ongoing current wave of Assam floods has increased to 37. The situation, however, has largely improved in seven districts even as 11 lakh people in 18 of the state's 33 districts have been affected. The Assam State Disaster Management Authority officials said that in the current wave of floods, at least 22 persons have died in Morigaon, Tinsukia, Dhubri, Nagaon, Nalbari, Barpeta, Dhemaji. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to the families of people who lost their lives.

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