LIVE News Updates: 170 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir

170 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Jammu and Kashmir today, 42 from Jammu division and 128 from Kashmir division. Total number of cases stands at 8019 including 2825 actives cases, 5075 recoveries and 119 deaths: Government of J&K

Highest single-day spike of 972 COVID-18 cases in UP, tally 25,797, active cases 7,451; toll rises to 749 with 14 more deaths: Health official

Highest single-day spike of 211 COVID-19 cases in Kerala, tally 4,964, active cases 2,098: CM Pinarayi Vijayan

Uttarakhand recorded 64 new COVID-19 cases today, taking total number of cases to 3,048 out of which 498 cases are active: State Health Departmen

JEE-Mains to be conducted from September 1 to 6, JEE-Advanced postponed to September 27 in view of COVID-19: HRD Ministry

Medical entrance exam NEET postponed to September 13 in view of COVID-19 pandemic: HRD Ministry

An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 hit 63 km southwest of Gurugram Haryana: National Centre for Seismology, reports ANI.

To make up for the loss in instructional hours during the current session 2020-21, the CISCE has worked with its subject experts, to reduce the syllabi for all major subjects at ICSE and ISC levels: Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE)

Chandigarh reports 4 new COVID-19 positive cases today, taking the total number of cases in the state to 454: Health Department, Chandigarh, reported ANI

Centre moves SC, seeks closure of proceedings against two Italian marines accused of killing Indian fishermen in Kerala

4 new COVID-19 cases in Nagaland, tally 539, active cases 311: Health Minister S Pangnyu Phom

China responds to PM Modi's strong message in Ladakh, says "groundless to view China as expansionist", reported NDTV

211 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Kerala today. The total number of positive cases stands at 4,964 including 2,098 active cases. There are 130 COVID-19 hotspots in the state: State Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan

Affirmative action is vital for social justice. I strongly support the Congress President’s demand to extend the reservation for OBCs in All India Quota of medical and dental seats, in State/UT Govt medical education institutions also, tweeted Rahul Gandhi

Highest single-day spike of 37 COVID-19 cases in Arunachal Pradesh, tally 232, active cases 160: Health official

CICSE board announces assessment scheme for cancelled board exams; to calculate average of students' best three papers' marks

The recovery rate among COVID-19 patients has crossed 60%. It stands at 60.73% today: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, reported ANI

A bus carrying Sikh pilgrims was hit by a train in Sheikhupura district in Pakistan's Punjab, 19 passengers killed, 8 injured: Local media, reported ANI

Congress President Sonia Gandhi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over "denial of reservation for OBC candidates under All-India Quota being filled through National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), in State/UT Medical education institutions.", reported ANI

Andhra Pradesh reported 837 more coronavirus cases in the 24 hours ending 9 am on Friday, taking the state's corona vases to 16,934, the state nodal officer said. Eight deaths reported from different parts of the state took the state's death toll to 206

The aviation regulator DGCA said on Friday it was extending the suspension of scheduled international passenger flights in the country till July 31 but added that some international scheduled services on selected routes may be permitted on a case to case basis.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday met the family of late Dr. Aseem Gupta who had recently succumbed to coronavirus and handed over compensation of ₹1 crore to them.

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 on the Richter scale hit near Champhai in Mizoram at 14:35 hours today: National Center for Seismology, reported ANI

97-year-old woman dies of COVID-19 in Puducherry, toll rises to 13; tally 824 with 24 new cases, active cases 427: Govt bulletin

Bharat Mata's enemies have seen your fire and fury: PM Modi addressing soldiers in Ladakh, reported ANI

Your courage is higher than the heights where you are posted today: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing soldiers in Ladakh, reported ANI

The bravery that you and your compatriots showed, a message has gone to the world about India’s strength: Prime Minister Narendra Modi to solidiers in Nimmoo, Ladakh, reported ANI

Ladakhis say: China took our land.

PM says: Nobody took our land.

Obviously, someone is lying, tweeted Rahul Gandhi

India and China are in communication and negotiations on lowering the temperatures through military and diplomatic channels. No party should engage in any action that may escalate the situation at this point: Zhao Lijian, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on PM Modi's Ladakh visit, reported ANI.

231 more COVID-19 positive cases reported in Bihar today, taking the total case tally to 10,914: Bihar Health Department, reported ANI

Andhra Pradesh recorded 837 new COVID-19 cases and 8 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking total number of cases to 16,934 out of which 9,096 cases are active. Number of deaths due to the disease rises to 206: State Health Department, reported ANI

The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in Himachal Pradesh is now 1,016 including 356 active cases, 637 recovered and 8 deaths: State Health Department, reported ANI

The news about a dreadful incident in Kanpur had just come in and another report about the murder of four persons of a family in Prayagraj came.

In another incident, a father and daughter were murdered in Ghaziabad.

It is unusual for criminals to turn so domineering like this in UP.

Looking at this #JungleRaj accountability has to be fixed, tweeted Priyanka Gandhi

Sending the ED to harass Ahmed Patel ji in the middle of the COVID pandemic shows the perversion of this government’s priorities. Thousands are dying, our health workers are desperate for supportive measures, the economy is facing an unprecedented crisis, the Chinese are entering our territory, our soldiers are being killed, and this is what the Government is busy spending time on. They say crisis unveils the true nature of people, it appears the saying applies to governments as well, tweeted Priyanka Gandhi.

Till now, 7.81 lakh PPEs and 12.76 lakh N95 masks have been supplied in Delhi, 11.78 lakh PPEs and 20.64 N95 masks in Maharashtra, and 5.39 lakh PPEs and 9.81 lakh N95 masks in Tamil Nadu by Union Health Ministry: Govt of India, reported ANI

The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has increased to over 10.8 million, while the deaths have soared to more than 520,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

As on 2nd July, 561 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Odisha; taking the total number of cases to 8,106 including 5,502 recoveries and 2,567 active cases: Information and Public Relations, Department Government of Odisha, reported ANI

123 new COVID-19 positive cases and 5 deaths have been reported in Rajasthan till 10:30 am today. Total number of cases stand at 18,785 including 3307 and 435 deaths: State Health Department, reported ANI

Another proof of Gundaraja in UP. When the police is not safe, how will the public be?

My heartfelt condolences are with the families of the martyrs and I wish the injured a speedy recovery, tweeted Rahul Gandhi

All places of worship in Kanpur will remain closed till July 31 in view of the continued rise in the number of Corona cases.

District Magistrate Dr Brahmadeo Ram Tiwari said that the decision was taken unanimously at a meeting of various religious leaders.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Leh this morning to review the situation after June 15 clash in Ladakh where 20 soldiers were killed in face-off with Chinese troops, reported NDTV

The miscreants fired indiscriminately on the police who went to arrest them, in which 8 police personnel including CO, SO of UP police were killed.

My condolences to the families of these martyrs of UP Police.

Law and order in UP has deteriorated, criminals are fearless the public and police are not safe.

CM himself has the responsibility of law and order. After such a terrible incident, they should take strict action. There should be no laxity, tweeted Priyanka Gandhi

Uttar Pradesh will never forget the martyred policemen who had discharged their duties with unmatched courage. Their sacrifice will not go in vain: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, reproted ANI

The Lucknow administration has decided to put moveable property of three main accused in the anti-CAA protest under hammer as they have failed to pay compensation for the property damaged during the violence in 2019.

A government spokesman said that recovery certificates have been issued against the three persons. “Their properties have already been sealed and they were given time to pay the compensation. AS they have failed to do so, the administration has decided to auction this property,” Lucknow District Magistrate Abhishek Prakash said in a statement issued last night.

In a daring incident a criminal ambushed a police party in the wee hours of Friday killing eight policemen, government spokesman said on Friday.

The incident was reported from Kanpur, 80 km south-west of Lucknow, where a police party headed by a senior rank officer had gone to arrest a criminal Vikas Dubey.

The southeastern US state of Florida reported 10,109 new cases of COVID-19, smashing the previous single day record, the state's Department of Heath reported.

India reports 379 deaths and highest single-day spike of 20,903 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Positive cases stand at 6,25,544 including 2,27,439 active cases, 3,79,892 cured/discharged/migrated and 18213 deaths: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, reported ANI

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported a new single-day record of COVID-19 cases across the country at 54,357.

According to the update of the CDC website, there are 54,357 new cases and 725 new deaths on Thursday compared to the previous day, Xinhua news agency reported.

Goa witnessed its highest single-day spike in the number of Covid-19 cases on Thursday with 95 persons testing positive, taking the tally of active cases in the state to 744, according to state Health Ministry data.