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The Taj Mahal and the Agra Fort would be reopened for public viewing from September 21, it was announced on Monday. Agra District Magistrate P.N. Singh made the announcement in a tweet.

Guidelines for social distancing and mask wearing have been circulated. While only 5,000 people would be permitted to visit the Taj daily, the Agra Fort will allow only 2,500. The two world heritage monuments were closed since March 17 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Other historical monuments like Etmauddaula's tomb, Sikandra, and Fatehpur Sikri were reopened from September 1.

8,368 new COVID-19 positive cases and 70 deaths reported in Andhra Pradesh today. Total number of cases now at 5,06,493 including 97,932 active cases, 4,04,074 recoveries and 4,487 deaths: State COVID-19 nodal officer https://t.co/CKUZM6caPU

China has put its homegrown coronavirus vaccines on display for the first time, as the country where the contagion was discovered looks to shape the narrative surrounding the pandemic.

High hopes hang on the small vials of liquid on show at a Beijing trade fair this week -- vaccine candidates produced by Chinese companies Sinovac Biotech and Sinopharm.

Neither has hit the market yet but the makers hope they will be approved after all-important phase 3 trials as early as year-end.

Actress Rhea Chakraborty has filed a police complaint against Priyanka Singh, sister of her late boyfriend and actor Sushant Singh Rajput, including others for sharing bogus medical prescription for the late actor.

Rhea's lawyer Satish Maneshinde confirmed the news on Monday.

"Rhea Chakraborty has filed a police complaint before the Mumbai Police against Priyanka Singh, Dr Tarun Kumar of Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and others for offences of forgery, NDPS Act and Tele Medicine Practice Guidelines 2020, for having sent a bogus medical prescription depicting SSR as an Out Patient Department person," said lawyer Maneshinde.

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to have a virtual convocation in the month of November, in view of COVID-19 pandemic

A Delhi court on Monday extended the Enforcement Directorate custody of ex-AAP councillor Tahir Hussain till September 10 in a money laundering case against him in connection with the riots in northeast Delhi.

Senior National Conference leader and former legislator Thakur Rachpal Singh died of COVID-19 at a hospital in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district on Monday, officials said.

They (Bihar govt) want to keep people under an atmosphere of fear. According to National Crime Records Bureau's data, crime rate in Bihar is at 40%. An incident of rape takes place every 4 hours, while a murder every 5 hrs in Bihar. CM should talk about this: Tejashwi Yadav, RJD

A child was killed, while his mother and sister were seriously injured when an LPG cylinder exploded in a house here on Monday, police said.

A man accused of murder beaten to death in presence of cops in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar

The Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust will be presenting the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2019 to Sir David Attenborough, today September 7, 2020 at 5 PM, in the presence of Former PM Dr. Manmohan Singh, Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Shri Rahul Gandhi & other esteemed guests.

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The Supreme Court was informed on Monday that Attorney General for India KK Venugopal is under self quarantine after his colleague tested positive for COVID-19.

Additional Solicitor General SV Raju informed the Bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and Hemant Gupta about Venugopal being in quarantine as he sought adjournment in a case concerning appointments to different tribunals.

On being informed of this development, the Bench said that it will take up the case for hearing on Tuesday, September 15.

The Delhi Police Special Cell said on Monday that it arrested two members of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), identified as Bhupender alias Dilawar Singh and Kulwant Singh, after a brief exchange of fire in the national capital.

"Six pistols and 40 cartridges were seized from their possession," said Special Cell DCP PS Kushwah.

The two alleged terrorists of the banned Sikh outfit, who hail from Ludhiana, were also wanted in some cases in Punjab, Delhi Police said.

Police is now interrogating them to know about their terror plans.

Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 1,27,892 on Monday with the state registering its highest single-day spike of 3,861 new cases, while 10 fresh fatalities pushed the coronavirus death toll to 556, a health official said.

Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut has been given Y-plus category security by central security agencies, officials said on Monday.

The decision has been taken in view of a renewed threat to the actor after she spoke about drug use among a section in the film industry following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

The home ministry has decided to accord Ranaut Y-plus category security through one of the paramilitary personnel, a home ministry official said.

The Y-plus category central cover entails deployment of about 10 armed commandos with the protectee, the official said.

A major fire broke out at a slum located in Kolkata's Narkeldanga Canal east road area on Monday morning destroying more than 100 shanties.

At least 10 fire tenders were pressed into action to douse the flames with fire fighters finally taking control over the situation after nearly two hours.

According to West Bengal fire brigade sources, the fire took place at Chagolpatty due to a transformer short circuit which soon engulfed the entire area in the morning. State Fire Minister Sujit Bose also visited the spot and said nearly 25 shanties were gutted in the flames.

Telangana reported 1,802 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 1,42,771 while nine more deaths pushed the toll to 895, the state government said.

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted Japan's Ibaraki prefecture on Monday.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the temblor occurred at 6.34 a.m., with its epicentre at a latitude of 36.7 degrees north and a longitude of 141. 6 degrees east, and at a depth of 20 km, reports Xinhua news agency.

Authorities have not issued a tsunami warning and there were no immediate reports of injuries or damagaes.

India's COVID-19 case tally crosses 42 lakh mark with a spike of 90,802 new cases & 1,016 deaths reported in the last 24 hours. The total case tally stands at 42,04,614 including 8,82,542 active cases, 32,50,429 cured/discharged/migrated & 71,642 deaths, says Ministry of Health

Services of Kochi Metro resume with COVID-19 protocols in place as part of Unlock 4 guidelines. In the first phase, metro trains will run at intervals of 20 minutes from 7 am to 8 pm.

Actor Rhea Chakraborty arrives at Narcotics Control Bureau office in Mumbai for the second day as part of the investigation related to Sushant SIngh Rajput Case

Australia's Victoria state, the worst-hit by the coronavirus pandemic, has extended a strict COVID-19 lockdown by another two weeks, as infection numbers had not fallen enough to ease restrictions.

Indian Railways has started to operate 13 special trains within the state from today, after relaxed restrictions

Earthquake of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter scale occurred 102 kms north of Mumbai at 8 am today: National Centre for Seismology (NCS)

Australia on Monday announced that it had struck supply and production agreements with pharmaceutical companies worth 1.7 billion Australian dollars (USD 1.2 billion) over two potential COVID-19 vaccines.

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 27 million mark, while the deaths have increased to over 882,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

As of Monday morning, the total number of cases stood at 27,002,224 and the fatalities rose to 882,053, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.

The US accounted for the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 6,275,614 and 188,932 respectively, according to the CSSE.

Brazil came in the second place with 4,137,521 infections and 126,650 deaths.

In terms of cases, India ranks third (4,113,811), and is followed by Russia (1,022,228), Peru (683,702), Colombia (658,456), South Africa (638,517), Mexico (634,023), Spain (498,989), Argentina (478,792), Chile (422,510), Iran (386,658), the UK (349,500), France (347,268), Bangladesh (325,157), Saudi Arabia (320,688), Pakistan (298,509), Turkey (279,806), Italy (277,634), Iraq (260,370), Germany 251,728), Philippines (237,365), Indonesia (194,109), Ukraine (139,171), Canada (133,890), Israel (130,644), Bolivia (120,241), Qatar (120,095), Ecuador (118,045) and Kazakhstan (106,301), the CSSE figures showed.

The other countries with over 10,000 deaths are the India (70,626), Mexico (67,558), the UK (41,640), Italy (35,541), France (30,730), Spain (29,418), Peru (29,687), Iran (22,293), Colombia (21,156), Russia (17,768), South Africa (14,889) and Chile (11,592).