According to a report in The Indian Express, the additional troop infusion in J&amp;K is provide security to a move to hoist tricolour in every panchayat in the state. The report quoted govt sources as saying that the deployment is being done to ensure no disruption to the process and avoid any untoward&nbsp;incident. The deployment of more troops in the Valley had raised speculation that Centre may be planning to scrap Article 35A that gives special privileges to state subjects in J&amp;K

According to a report in The Indian Express, the additional troop infusion in J&K is provide security to a move to hoist tricolour in every panchayat in the state. The report quoted govt sources as saying that the deployment is being done to ensure no disruption to the process and avoid any untoward incident. The deployment of more troops in the Valley had raised speculation that Centre may be planning to scrap Article 35A that gives special privileges to state subjects in J&K

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot took a swipe at Sachin Pilot saying, being handsome or speaking good English isn't everything. "Speaking good English, giving good bytes and being handsome isn't everything. What is inside your heart for the country, your ideology, policies, and commitment, everything is considered," he said. Gehlot added that it is wrong to say that the newer generation is not appreciated within the Congress party. He added, he struggled a lot 40 years ago in Youth Congress and NSUI, but the new generation is welcome and the party's future is in their hands. Sachin Pilot, was shown the door after he failed to attend the CLP meetings for two consecutive days.

New Delhi, PTI: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the current COVID-19 situation in the national capital is better than what it was in June, but the war against the disease has not been won yet.
He said had the Delhi government fought the virus alone, it would have "failed" and therefore his dispensation sought cooperation from the BJP-led Centre, NGOs, and other organisations.
"Our first principle was that this fight cannot be won alone," Kejriwal said.
The chief minister said the AAP government will continue its preparations to deal with any spike in COVID-19 cases.
Addressing an online media briefing, the chief minister said according to the Centre's formula, Delhi was expected to have 2.25 lakh cases by July 15, but at present, there are only 1.15 lakh cases.
As the COVID-19 cases had started rising in the first week of June, it was expected that there would be 1.34 lakh active cases by July 15,&nbsp; but till date, there are only 18,600 active cases in the city.
"We are in better situation today, as compared to June, but it does not mean we have won the war (against COVID-19). We have yet to go a long way.
"There may be a spike again in COVID-19 cases. We don't have to be complacent. We will not sit idle. We will have to be fully prepared," Kejriwal said.
The 'Delhi Model', which was recently praised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is based on collective efforts by the AAP government, the Centre, other organisations and all political parties, he said and thanked the BJP the and Congress for their cooperation.
The chief minister said the Delhi government worked on three principles after realising that the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be won alone.
"If the Delhi government had thought it would win the fight against coronavirus alone, we would have failed. Our first principle was that this fight cannot be won alone.
"Our second principle was that we did not criticise our critics for their views about our work. We improved things after somebody flagged it. The third principle was that we did not accept defeat. Had we accepted defeat, there would have been a surge in the numbers of deaths," he also said.
According to Kejriwal, the government scaled up testing for COVID-19 aggressively and daily 20,000 to 23,000 tests are being conducted in Delhi.
"The COVID-19 situation is under control, but we will continue our preparations against the virus," he said.
Lauding his government's home-isolation policy, he said due to it, people are coming forward in large numbers to undergo tests.
"There are 15,500 beds in COVID-19 care facilities. On June 1, we had only 300 ICU beds, but today, we have 2,100 ICU beds out of which 1,000 have so far been occupied," he said.
On Tuesday,&nbsp;Delhi recorded 1,606 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the tally in the city to over 1.15 lakh, while the death toll from the disease mounted to 3,446. PTI BUN TDS TDS

Speaking at the company's annual general meeting, RIL Chairman confirmed that Google and Jio will collaborate to make a high quality, low cost 4G smartphone. "Jio is determined to make India 2G-mukt," said Ambani. Ambani said, Reliance has sold 100 million Jio Phones till date, but there are many feature phone users waiting to upgrade to a conventional smart phone. He added Reliance can fill that gap by designing an entry level 4G or even a 5G smart phone, at a fraction of the current cost. The smartphone that will be built jointly by Google and Jio will run on the Android Operating System. &ldquo;People in India no longer have to wait for technology to come for you. Smartphones and affordable data have made it possible for a billion Indians to come online. We have never been more hopeful about India&rsquo;s future,&rdquo; Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in a video message.

Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa is set to join the Philippines-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) as vice president. Lavasa still has over two years left in his term at the Election Commission of India. He would have retired as the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) in October 2022. Lavasa's premature exit as Election Commissioner would only be the second in EC's history, and puts his colleague Sushil Chandra next in the line of succession. Reports say his appointment to the ADB was finalised with the approval of the union government.

Weighing in on the political crisis in Rajasthan, senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily&nbsp;backed Rajasthan&nbsp;Chief Minister Ashok&nbsp;Gehlot, and hinted that rebel leader Sachin Pilot should have patiently waited for his turn to become CM, working from within to bolster the party. The former Karnataka Chief Minister and union minister said, aspiring youth of today don't have patience and they need to have more perseverance. He added&nbsp;party general secretaries put in charge of states are not doing their job, and called&nbsp;for revamp to strengthen the Sonia Gandhi-led party. Moily&nbsp;said&nbsp;Congress general secretaries in charge of States are not 'vigilant' and don't understand the problems faced by local party units. He added that Rajasthan-type crisis can be easily be prevented
&nbsp;

In a gamechanger&nbsp;for India, Reliance&nbsp;Jio unveiled its 5G roadmap, at the virtual&nbsp;&nbsp;AGM&nbsp;addressed by RIL&nbsp;chairman Mukesh&nbsp;Ambani. Setting a&nbsp;precedent&nbsp;for Atmanirbhar&nbsp;Bharat, Ambani&nbsp;said that&nbsp;Jio's&nbsp;5G solutions&nbsp;are fully made and developed in India&nbsp;and will premiere for consumers in 2021.&nbsp;
"The time has come for services made in India to fully go global," he said.
Mukesh&nbsp;Ambani&nbsp;said,&nbsp;Jio has designed and developed a complete 5G solution from scratch.&nbsp;The made-in-India technology can be deployed and launched in a years&rsquo; time once spectrum is available.&nbsp;Jio can easily upgrade its 4G network to 5G , since it is all-IP network architecture, and finally, once proven in India, Jio Platforms would be well positioned to be an exporter of 5G solutions to other telecom operators globally, as a complete managed service.&nbsp;

A day after sacking him from the posts of deputy CM and Rajasthan Congress chief, the Congress' on Wednesday said that the doors have not closed for Sachin Pilot.
On a day that Pilot refuted reports of him joining the BJP saying he is still with the Congress, the party's national general secretary and Rajasthan in-charge Avinash Pande tweeted: "May God give... good sense and he realises his mistake. I pray that he comes out of the elusive trap of BJP".
Earlier in the day, Pilot and other rebel MLAs were served disqualification notices by the Assembly speaker for revolting against the party and skipping the MLAs meets.
Pilot has said that he worked very hard to bring the Congress back in power in Rajasthan and clarified that he is not joining the BJP. He added those spreading the rumours want to tarnish his image in the eyes of the Gandhis.&nbsp;

West Bengal police have arrested one person in connection with the death of BJP MLA Debendra Nath Roy, whose body was found hanging, near his home on Monday. The CID has taken Niloy Singh, whose name was written in the suicide note found in Roy's pocket, in custody. The death has triggered a bitter war between the BJP and the Trinamool with the saffron party alleging murder and attacking the ruling party for spiralling law and order in the state. The Trinamool has hit back at the BJP for politicising a suicide case. Both the parties have also met President Ram Nath Kovind with their representation on the case.

HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank along with Minister of State for HRD, Sanjay Dhotre launched a low-cost Covid-19 test developed by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT) Delhi on Wednesday.&nbsp;Called 'Corosure', the test is being dubbed as the world&rsquo;s most affordable probe free RT-PCR based Covid-19 diagnostic kit, however the price has not been made public yet. The test kit uses an alternative method for testing Covid-19 samples and is being launched by Delhi-based pharma&nbsp;company&nbsp;Newtech Medical Devices. As per reports, the test kit can be used to conduct two million tests per month at an extremely affordable cost.&nbsp;The product, has been approved by the&nbsp;ICMR and the&nbsp;DCGI.
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PTI, New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday launched a fierce attack on the government's foreign policy, saying the country is losing power and respect everywhere and the current dispensation does not know what to do.
"India's global strategy is in tatters. We are losing power and respect everywhere and the Government of India has no idea what to do," he tweeted.
He cited a media report that claimed that Iran has dropped India from the Chabahar rail project, citing funding delays.
The former Congress president has been attacking the government on its foreign policy and the Congress party has been alleging that it has failed.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the coronavirus pandemic has presented new challenges for the world which everyone needs to be prepared for. Addressing a digital conclave on World Youth Skills Day, PM Modi also presented a new mantra for the youth to stay relevant in the time of crisis and empowers them. Stressing that it is very important to stay relevant in the current time, PM said "the mantra is: Skill, re-skill and upskill.&rdquo;

The results of over 18.89 lakh students who registered to appear for the class 10 board exams has been declared. There has been a marginal increase in pass percentage since last year, 91.46% students passed the class 10 exam.&nbsp;
This year, Trivandrum has emerged as the best performing district with 99.28%, followed by Chennai with 98.95% and Bengaluru with 98.23%.
Students can&nbsp;check their results at&nbsp;cbse.nic.in&nbsp;or&nbsp;cbseresults.nic.in. The results will also be available at&nbsp;Digi locker and Umang app.
The CBSE class 10 results 2020 are special because this year, the marks have been awarded without conducting all the exams.
In a tweet, HRD&nbsp;Minister Ramesh&nbsp;Pokhriyal&nbsp;Nishank&nbsp;congratulated&nbsp;parents, teachers &amp; students,&nbsp;for making it possible. He reiterated, students' health &amp; quality education is a priority.

PTI, New Delhi: The fourth round of India-China military talks to discuss the border tension lasted for close to 15 hours. The marathon meeting between Lt Gen level officers that started at 11:30 am on Tuesday ended around 2 am on Wednesday.
The Indian delegation was led by Lieutenant General Harinder Singh, commander of the Leh-based 14 Corps, while Major General Liu Lin, commander of the South Xinjiang military region, was led the Chinese side.
The key focus of the talks was on rolling out the phase two of the disengagement process. Also on the table reportedly was firming up modalities for withdrawal of forces and weapons from the rear bases in a time-bound and verifiable manner. Reports quoting sources said that the aim is the further de-escalation of the situation at various friction points.
The third round of military talks on June 30 lasted for 12 hours.
The talks are taking place days after implementation of the first phase of the disengagement process from the friction points.
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has already completed pulling back troops from Gogra, Hot Springs and Galwan Valley and significantly thinned down its presence in the ridgeline of Finger Four in the Pangong Tso area in the last one week as demanded by India.
In line with a mutually agreed decision, the two sides created a minimum buffer zone of three kilometres in most of the friction points where they were locked in a standoff.
The formal process of disengagement of troops began on June 6, a day after a nearly two-hour telephonic conversation between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on ways to bring down tension in the area.

Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot, who was removed as the president of Congress&rsquo; state unit on Tuesday, has said that he is not going to join the BJP. &ldquo;I am not joining BJP. Those saying that are just trying to lower me in the eyes of Gandhis,&rdquo; he told Hindustan Times.
Pilot also cancelled a press conference scheduled for Wednesday morning. Pilot&nbsp; insisted that he is still with the Congress&nbsp;amid reports that he is in serious talks with senior BJP leaders.
Sachin Pilot and other rebel Congress MLAs from Rajasthan have been issued disqualification notice by the Assembly speaker. The move comes a day after Sachin Pilot was sacked as deputy CM and state party chief after his open rebellion. The speaker has asked the leaders to respond by Friday to the disqualification notices.
A meeting of Congress MLAs on Tuesday had unanimously&nbsp;resolved to sack Pilot and his supporters after the attempted to topple the Gehlot govt. The chief minister, who has the support of close to 100 MLAs is banking on Pilot and his supporters' disqualification from the Assembly, which will bring down the majority mark in case of a floor test.
Moments after party's action against him on Tuesday,Sachin&nbsp;Pilot took to twitter and wrote that &lsquo;truth can be troubled, cannot be defeated&rsquo;.
The 42-year-old leader, who didn&rsquo;t attend a second meeting of Congress legislature party on Tuesday, also&nbsp;changed his twitter bio. The action against, Pilot, who is campaign in the national capital, comes after he also skipped the legislative meet on Monday. Over 100 MLAs&nbsp;had turned up for the meet on Monday, which passed a resolution backing Pilot's rival and chief minister Ashok&nbsp;Ghelot. The Congress after the Monday's meeting had left the door open for Pilot and had requested him to join the Tuesday's meeting in Jaipur.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; In his changed twitter bio, the former minister at the Centre,&nbsp;has removed the designation of Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister and state&nbsp;president. Besides other information, Pilot&rsquo;s bio now reads that his is an MLA from&nbsp;Tonk.&nbsp;&nbsp;

India for the first time reported over 29,000 coronavirus cases in a single day. In the biggest one-day spike, 29,429 Covid cases were reported in 24 hours between Tuesday to Wednesday, health ministry data showed. This took the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 9,36,6181. 582 deaths were also reported in the same period taking the total number of fatalities to 24,309. But the good news amid the Covid gloom is the rising recovery rate that stands at over 63%. Close to 6 lakh people have recovered from the contagion so far. According to ICMR, over 3 lakh and 20 thousand samples were tested for Covid on Tuesday.

Sachin Pilot and other rebel Congress MLAs from Rajasthan have been issued disqualification notice by the Assembly speaker. The move comes a day after Sachin Pilot was sacked as deputy CM and state party chief after his open rebellion. The speaker has asked the leaders to respond by Friday to the disqualification notices.
A meeting of Congress MLAs on Tuesday had unanimously&nbsp;resolved to sack Pilot and his supporters after the attempted to topple the Gehlot govt. The chief minister, who has the support of close to 100 MLAs is banking on Pilot and his supporters' disqualification from the Assembly, which will bring down the majority mark in case of a floor test.
Moments after party's action against him on Tuesday,Sachin&nbsp;Pilot took to twitter and wrote that &lsquo;truth can be troubled, cannot be defeated&rsquo;.
The 42-year-old leader, who didn&rsquo;t attend a second meeting of Congress legislature party on Tuesday, also&nbsp;changed his twitter bio. The action against, Pilot, who is campaign in the national capital, comes after he also skipped the legislative meet on Monday. Over 100 MLAs&nbsp;had turned up for the meet on Monday, which passed a resolution backing Pilot's rival and chief minister Ashok&nbsp;Ghelot. The Congress after the Monday's meeting had left the door open for Pilot and had requested him to join the Tuesday's meeting in Jaipur.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; In his changed twitter bio, the former minister at the Centre,&nbsp;has removed the designation of Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister and state&nbsp;president. Besides other information, Pilot&rsquo;s bio now reads that his is an MLA from&nbsp;Tonk.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Pilot&rsquo;s two loyalists&nbsp;Vishvendra&nbsp;Singh, Ramesh Meena have also been dropped from the Gehlot Cabinet. Govind Singh&nbsp;Dotasra&nbsp;has been made Congress state president and will replace Pilot. Hem Singh&nbsp;Shekhawat&nbsp;has taken over as the&nbsp;Sewa&nbsp;Dal state president.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On Monday, the Rajasthan Congress Legislature Party passed a resolution to extend their support to the Ashok Gehlot-led government, which Pilot claimed, has been reduced to a minority.&nbsp;
Rajasthan governor Kalraj Mishra&nbsp;accepted Gehlot's proposal to remove Sachin Pilot as Deputy CM, and Vishvender Singh and Ramesh Meena as ministers.

Days after India banned 59 Chinese mobile apps, China raised the issue during a bilateral meeting with New Delhi held recently, news agency ANI reported quoting govt sources. The Indian side made it very clear to the Chinese that the action was taken in view of the security issues and it did not want the data-related to its citizens to be compromised, the report added. India had recently banned 59 Chinese apps, including the widely-used social media platforms such as TikTok, WeChat and Helo, citing threat to the nation's sovereignty and security.

PTI, Chandigarh: Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Tuesday said the state government may impose a curfew or seal borders of its worst-hit four districts falling in the National Capital Region.
The state has so far reported 22,628 coronavirus cases, of which 15,425 have been detected in Gurgaon, Faridabad, Sonipat and Jhajjar, which fall in the National Capital Region (NCR).
So far, 238 of 312 fatalities in the state have been reported from the districts adjoining national capital Delhi.
Gurgaon and Faridabad are the hardest hit as 7,126 and 5,665 cases, respectively, have surfaced there so far. Both districts have reported 109 and 101 fatalities, respectively.
&ldquo;We can think of sealing the boundaries of these four districts; we can think of imposing a curfew in these four districts,&rdquo; Vij said.
Earlier in the day, Vij, who is also the state's Health Minister, had said the state's recovery rate is over 75 per cent, which is quite good.
He said adequate arrangements, including isolation facilities, doctors and medicines are there to deal with coronavirus cases.
&ldquo;We are conducting over 15,000 tests per million. I have issued orders for two lakh rapid antigen testing kits, which will help us scale up our testing,&rdquo; he said.
"Eighty per cent of our cases come from these districts (Gurgaon, Faridabad, Sonipat, Jhajjar). If need arises, in the interest of Haryana, if we have to impose stricter curbs to contain the spread of the infection, we will not hesitate to do so,&rdquo; said Vij.
When asked if the state government could impose a lockdown in the worst-affected areas, Vij replied, &ldquo;In Haryana's interest, whatever is required to be done, I will do that.&rdquo; Later in Chandigarh, Vij said one thing is clear that the surge in infections in the districts adjoining Delhi is linked to the national capital.

PTI, New Delhi: Delhi hospitals have over 11,000 beds available for coronavirus patients, according to the city government's health bulletin issued on Tuesday.
According to the bulletin, Delhi has a total of 15,300 beds and out of these 11,106 are lying vacant. In view of the Covid-19 situation in the national capital, the Delhi government has also made arrangement of beds in hotels and banquet halls which are linked to hospitals.
Delhi, on Tuesday, recorded 1,606 fresh coronavirus cases taking the tally in the city to over 1.15 lakh, while the death toll from the disease mounted to 3,446.
Last month, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had said Delhi would need 1.5 lakh beds in healthcare facilities by July 31 once people start coming to the city for treatment from other states.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain had said that around 7,000 beds will be occupied by June 15, and 15,000 beds will be occupied by June 30. However, experts have said that Delhi might need a fresh forecast for the end of July since there has been a decline in cases. The government had predicted that the capital would see 5.5 lakh cases by July end.

Facebook or the Force? The Delhi high court on Tuesday told an army officer to take his pick. The court asked the army officer to either abide by his organisation&rsquo;s mandate or resign while declining his plea seeking a stay on the army&rsquo;s directive to soldiers to delete 89 apps from their smartphones.
The court declined to stay the order as the matter related to the country&rsquo;s security and safety. 
The officer, Lieutenant Colonel PK Choudhary, moved the court after he was directed to remove the applications and also delete his Facebook and Instagram profiles. "It cannot work like this. You are part of an organisation. You have to abide by its mandate,&rdquo; the court told&nbsp;Lieutenant Colonel PK Choudhary, who moved the court after he was directed to remove the applications and also delete his Facebook and Instagram profiles. &ldquo;If you are so dear to FB, then put in your papers. See you have to make a choice, what do you want to do. You have other choices which are also irreversible,&rdquo; the court added. 
In his plea, the officer called himself an active Facebook user, who used the platform to connect with his friends and family as most of them are settled abroad, including his daughter.

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