19-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal&nbsp;picked up his racket to re-start the practice&nbsp;sessions in Mallorca&nbsp;at his academy. The world number 2 was accompanied by former tennis star Carlos Moya&nbsp;and played against some graduates from his academy. Social distancing was followed and all precautions were in place as the kids watched their idol practising on court. Tennis world was rocked last week with a series of positive tests coming from Novak&nbsp;Djokovic's&nbsp;Adria&nbsp;Tour where a number of top stars including Djoko&nbsp;tested positive for Covid-19.&nbsp;

19-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal picked up his racket to re-start the practice sessions in Mallorca at his academy. The world number 2 was accompanied by former tennis star Carlos Moya and played against some graduates from his academy. Social distancing was followed and all precautions were in place as the kids watched their idol practising on court. Tennis world was rocked last week with a series of positive tests coming from Novak Djokovic's Adria Tour where a number of top stars including Djoko tested positive for Covid-19.

India and the US on Tuesday deliberated on a host of bilateral, regional and global issues during an online meeting between Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan&nbsp;Shringla&nbsp;and US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale.&nbsp;The Ministry of External Affairs said the two sides also reaffirmed their commitment to work towards ensuring a free, open, peaceful and prosperous Indo-Pacific.&nbsp;The talks were held under the India-US Foreign Office Consultations. It is not immediately known whether the border row between India and China figured in the talks.&nbsp;The&nbsp;MEA said in a statement&nbsp;that&nbsp;Shringla&nbsp;and Hale exchanged views on a number of regional and global issues of shared interest.&nbsp;India and the US have been expanding cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region where China has been trying to expand its military and economic clout.&nbsp;

Dharavi, known as Asia's largest slum, reported only one new coronavirus patient on Tuesday which took the case tally in the densely populated area in the heart of Mumbai to 2,335.&nbsp;The last time Dharavi had recorded a single new coronavirus case was on April 5, three months ago.&nbsp;The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation however, did not share any latest information about COVID-19 deaths in the area.&nbsp;The BMC official said that Dharavi has only 352 active COVID-19 cases as 1,735 patients have been discharged from hospitals upon recovery.&nbsp;The first coronavirus case was found in Dharavi on April 1, 20 days after the first case was found in Mumbai.&nbsp;Some 6.5 lakh people are estimated to live in Dharavi which is spread over 2.5 square kilometres.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The owner of an India-based ventilator firm has hit out at Rahul Gandhi days after the Congress leader accused the Centre of procuring &ldquo;substandard&rdquo; equipment from the company.&nbsp;In an interview to news agency ANI,&nbsp;AgVa&nbsp;owner Diwakar&nbsp;Vaish&nbsp;said Rahul should have done due diligence and consulted doctors before making the claim in a tweet.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Face masks and hand&nbsp;sanitisers&nbsp;will no longer be&nbsp;categorised&nbsp;as essential commodities as per a new order passed by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.&nbsp; The decision was taken after feedback from all stakeholders and no complaints were received from states regarding the availability of masks or hand&nbsp;sanitisers.&nbsp;The relaxation will help in free pricing, storage and marketing of the two products, which have been in high demand since the novel coronavirus became a serious threat in the country. Both the items were listed as essential commodities as there was a sudden spike in demand for these items and many instances of overcharging were reported during the&nbsp;coranavirus&nbsp;induced lockdown.&nbsp;

Not everyone was sad or scared during the lockdown&nbsp;induced by a global pandemic. A&nbsp;pan-India online survey conducted by Centre for Marketing in Emerging Economies (CMEE) at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow&nbsp;showed many were glad as they could spend ample time with family, the fact that they did not have to brace traffic to commute to work daily.&nbsp;13% of respondents across various online platforms like Facebook and LinkedIn, said they were happy, while&nbsp;56% of these happy people tried out new dishes and 38% talked over phone with friends and relatives, things they were not able to do earlier. The survey covered participants in 104 cities across 23 states across metros, tier-1 and tier-2 cities.

The Rajya Sabha secretariat has drawn up a protocol taking into account the Covid-19 situation for its Standing Committee meetings. Attendees must maintain social distancing and the protocol mandates that a distance of six feet be maintained between two people. Only two officials from a ministry or department would be allowed in the meeting. In case more than two officers are available, they will have to wait outside the meeting venue and can come in only taking turns. No hard copies of documents, papers, reports, etc. would be allowed to be brought to the meeting. Hand sanitisers, disposable gloves, face covers/masks would be made available for all members, secretariat staff and officials at the meetings.

The West Bengal government is mulling a 14-day total lockdown in North 24 Parganas on account of rise in fresh Covid-19 cases. The plan for fresh lockdown comes in the wake of a proposal from the North 24 Parganas district administration for a fresh containment plan. Bidhannagar, Barasat, Basirhat, Barrackpore and Bongaon municipal areas likely to come under the lockdown in that district. Proposal suggests closing of markets and public transport in the district, only stand alone shops to remain open. Govt yet to decide on the date of imposition of the fresh lockdown. It may review situation after 10 days from the date of fresh lockdown imposition. The Bengal govt is also mulling similar fresh lockdown in adjacent Kolkata and Howrah where fresh cases are also rising steeply.

US Federal immigration authorities on Monday said international students will be forced to leave the US or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall. The move has left many high and dry amid a global pandemic with travel bans in several countries.&nbsp;US Immigration and Custom Enforcement said the State Department "will not issue visas to students enrolled in schools or programmes that are fully online for the fall semester nor will US Customs and Border Protection permit these students to enter the United States. Most US colleges and universities have not yet announced their plans for the fall semester.&nbsp;Senator Elizabeth Warren took strong notice of the decision and said the move 'hurts students'. She called it 'xenophobic'. Bernie Sanders tweeted, the cruelty of this White House knows no bounds. Foreign students are being threatened with a choice: risk your life going to class in-person or get deported. We must stand up to Trump's bigotry.

A passenger planning to travel on a Vistara flight will soon be able to book the adjacent seat as well at a discounted rate so as to keep it vacant. Vistara released a survey on Monday stating that 24% passengers were worried that fellow flyers would not adhere to coronavirus-related health protocols while flying. The airline has sent out a note to travel agents informing that currently, passengers can book the adjacent seat, in order to keep it vacant, at the same price, but they are looking to offer discounts as well. The occupancy rate in Vistara flights has been on an average between 50 to 60% since domestic flights resumed on May 25.

Australian authorities will reimpose strict lockdown for six weeks in metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire in a bid to slow a rapid spread of coronavirus. Premier Daniel Andrews announced the stay-at-home orders would be reimposed from Wednesday midnight. Melbourne reported close to 200 coronavirus cases on Tuesday. Australia has also closed borders between Victoria and New South Wales for the first time in 100 years to curb the rising infections.

Brazil&rsquo;s President Jair Bolsonaro has undergone another test for Covid-19 after showing symptoms of the virus. Bolsonaro had a light fever and is taking hydroxychloroquine, a medication he has been touting to combat the coronavirus, according to reports. The presidential office confirmed Bolsonaro was tested on Monday night at a Brasilia hospital and that the result was awaited. The president is currently in good health condition, according to a statement. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Bolsonaro has mocked social distancing and wearing masks, and has been regularly seen mingling with people. Brazil is number 2 globally in terms of Covid deaths and cases just behind the US.

Coronavirus cases in India have crossed the 7 lakh-mark while the death toll is now over 20,000. The country reported over 22,000 new infections and 467 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the data from health ministry on Tuesday morning. India is now ranked third in the world after the United States and Brazil, two countries with the highest Covid count in the world. Coronavirus cases in India climbed from 6 lakh to 7 lakh in just 4 days. After Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, Delhi has become the third state to record over 1 lakh coronavirus cases. Maharashtra now has over 2 lakh Covid cases and Tamil Nadu has 1.11 lakh.

Dallas FC registered 10 more positive cases of Covid-19 as they withdrew their team from MLS&nbsp;is Back tournament. This comes after 13 footballers out of the 557 staying at the Disney&nbsp;World facility in Orlando&nbsp;tested positive. 10 of those cases came from Dallas as they decided to withdraw from the competition. Courtesy the withdrawal, MLS&nbsp;is coming up with a new schedule for the tournament as the first game between&nbsp;Orlando City and Inter Miami remains the same.&nbsp;

More than 1,100 people are expected to be enrolled in the first two phases of human clinical trials for India's first Covid-19 vaccine candidate Covaxin, Bharat Biotech has said. NDTV reported that Phase I clinical trials are scheduled to start next week. Results from Phase I will determine the start of the next phase of testing. The ICMR has selected 12 institutes to conduct these trials, including AIIMS in Delhi and Patna. The top medical body has directed that trials be fast-tracked. The government has insisted it will release a viable coronavirus vaccine on August 15, but experts have cautioned against rushing the trials.

Coronavirus is spreading at the community level in Karnataka, state minister JC Madhuswamy said on Monday. "We have reached a point where it is difficult for the district authorities to restrain it, but they are still trying. Somewhere the situation has gone out of hands," the minister said in Tumkur where 9 people have died of Covid-19. Earlier, CM Yediyurappa had denied community transmission of the virus in the state. Karnataka has reported close to 24,000 coronavirus cases and 372 deaths so far.

The United States has said that it would not allow foreign students to remain in the country if all of their classes are moved online in the fall because of the coronavirus crisis. US Immigration and Custom Enforcement said the State Department "will not issue visas to students enrolled in schools or programmes that are fully online for the fall semester nor will US Customs and Border Protection permit these students to enter the United States. Most US colleges and universities have not yet announced their plans for the fall semester.
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Chinese police arrested an outspoken critic of President Xi Jinping on Monday morning,&nbsp;Bloomberg reported. A friend of&nbsp;Xu&nbsp;Zhangrun,&nbsp;who is a&nbsp;law professor at Tsinghua University,&nbsp;told the media outlet&nbsp;that he was&nbsp;taken away by police from his house at a Beijing suburb. The professor&rsquo;s friend said&nbsp;Xu&rsquo;s arrest&nbsp;was linked to a book he published in New York last month. The book is&nbsp;a collection of ten political essays with scathing criticisms of Xi and the Communist Party&rsquo;s rule.&nbsp;Chinese Foreign Ministry said they had no information about the arrest when asked during a regular briefing on Monday in Beijing.&nbsp;The move comes as Xi administration&nbsp;takes steps to crack down on potential threats to the Communist Party stemming from the economic fallout of the pandemic, the report said.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The Home Ministry on Monday allowed Universities and higher education institutions to conduct final examinations, laying to rest speculations that the HRD Ministry would cancel exams this year due to the Covid-19 crisis. The University Grants Commission has decided against scrapping exams for graduating students. In a meeting held on Monday, the higher education regulator decided to advise universities and colleges to conduct final semester exams by September-end. Universities and colleges will assess the graduating batch through an examination conducted in either online or offline or blended mode. Students who cannot appear for the final semester or final year exam, the universities will hold a special exam after September. The UGC notification earlier told varsities to hold term-end exams from July 1 to July 15 and declare results by the end of the month.

As the whispers of World T20 this year get louder, the chances of Indian Premier League happening in that window are getting stronger. After getting support from Sri&nbsp;Lanka&nbsp;and UAE for hosting the cash-rich league, New Zealand has now offered to host the 8-team tournament. A senior BCCI official told PTI&nbsp;that hosting the league in India is top priority but if the conditions due to the global pandemic are not ideal than the IPL will be staged outside the country. In that case, BCCI&nbsp;was earlier&nbsp;offered&nbsp;help by the Sri&nbsp;Lankan and UAE&nbsp;cricket boards and now New Zealand&nbsp;has too offered to host the tournament. IPL&nbsp;has twice moved out of the country, once in 2009 when the complete tournament took place in South Africa and then in 2014 when the initial part was hosted by the UAE. While UAE&nbsp;appears to be the front runner to host the league as there is a minimal time difference and multiple venues, New Zealand&nbsp;has been relatively Covid-19 free.&nbsp;

Delhi's Covid-19 tally on Monday breached the one lakh-mark as the national capital recorded 1,379 fresh coronavirus cases&nbsp;in past 24 hours.&nbsp;There were 48 more deaths in this period&nbsp;and the total cases now stand at 1,00,823.&nbsp;The silver lining, however, is the recovery rate, which has exceeded 70 per cent. According to Delhi government's daily bulletin, as many as 749 patients recovered in this period.&nbsp;Till now, 72,088 people have recovered, 25,620 are active cases and 3,115 patients have succumbed to the deadly disease. This means that the city has a case fatality rate of 3 per cent.&nbsp;On June 23, the national capital had reported its highest single-day spike of 3,947 cases.&nbsp;However, in the last few days, the number of fresh cases&nbsp;have&nbsp;oscillated, not showing a particular trend in figures.&nbsp; &nbsp;

Nadal&nbsp;goes back to his academy as he prepares for tennis' restart in August&nbsp;

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