LIVE News Updates: GOI must listen to veterans, inform India to ensure safety of Indian territory, says Rahul

GOI must listen to the veterans and:

1. Inform India of the steps taken to ensure no more Indian territory is taken by China.

2. Allow an independent fact finding mission to identify incursion, intrusion and encroachment by China, tweeted Rahul Gandhi.

Gujarat reports highest single-day spike of 875 coronavirus cases, taking tally to 40,155, while 14 patients succumb taking death toll to 2,024: health department

China has temporarily banned food imports from three Ecuadorian companies after detecting coronavirus on packaging for frozen shrimp, following fresh scrutiny on refrigerated goods after a recent disease outbreak in Beijing

3,680 new COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu, tally 1,30,261, active cases 46,105; toll rises to 1,829 with 64 more deaths: Health Dept

An epidemiologist and an animal health specialist from the World Health Organization were flying to China on Friday to try and identify the animal source of the new coronavirus pandemic

India and China hold 16th meeting of Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on border affairs: MEA

Chandigarh reports 13 new COVID-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours, taking total cases to 536 including 121 active cases and 7 deaths: Chandigarh Administration, reported ANI

Himachal Pradesh detects 2 new COVID positive cases today, taking the total number of positive cases to 1,143 including 268 active, 851 recoveries and 9 deaths: State Health Department, reported ANI

73 new COVID-19 positive cases in Border Security Force (BSF) in the last 24 hours, 14 recovered. The total number of positive cases in BSF stands at 1,659, including 927 recovered cases: Border Security Force, reported ANI

Highest spike of 1,338 new COVID-19 cases in UP, tally 33,700, active cases 11,024; toll rises to 889 with 27 more deaths: Health official.

STF issues press note in Vikas Dubey encounter matter. "A herd of cattle had come in front of the vehicle due to which driver took sudden turn leading to accident...Police tried to go close to him to nab him alive but he continued to fire. Police retalitaed in self-defence, reported ANI

Complete lockdown announced for Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad and some parts of Rural Pune from 13th July to 23rd July. Only shops related to essential services like dairy and medical stores & and hospitals will remain open: Pune Divisional commissioner Deepak Mhaisekar, reported ANI

Next academic session in the universities will be through online classes tentatively from September 1, 2020, for the first and higher semester and offline (classroom) teaching from October 1 or as may be directed by state government/MHA/UGC guidelines: Karnataka government, says ANI.

Sensex drops 143.36 points to end at 36,594.33; Nifty slips 45.40 points to 10,768.05

Holding Bihar assembly polls amid COVID-19 pandemic may put people at risk, voter turnout may be very low: Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan.

CICSE board not to publish merit list for class 10, 12 exams this year in view of exceptional circumstances: Secretary Gerry Arathoon

ICSE and ISC result announced. The Council of Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) announced ICSE (Class 10) and ISC (class 12) results at 3 pm today, reported NDTV. Results can be viewed at the official website cisce.org or results.cisce.org

222 new COVID-18 positive cases and 3 deaths reported in the state Police force in the last 48 hours. The total number of positive cases in the Force now stands at 5,935 including 74 deaths and 4,715 recovered: Maharashtra Police, reported ANI

The law and order situation in UP has worsened. Politician-criminal nexus dominate s the state. This nexus came to light in the Kanpur ambush.

Who are the people involved in giving patronage to such a criminal - this truth should be revealed.

A judicial inquiry should be conducted under supervision of a Supreme Court judge, tweeted Priyanka Gandhi.

Delhi High Court dismisses the petition filed by Sharjeel Imam (who was arrested for giving seditious speech & abetting riots in Jamia in Dec 2019) challenging trial court's order of giving more time to the investigation agency to probe him under UAPA without issuing a notice.

His silence is better than many replies

it has kept dignity of many questions, tweeted Rahul Gandhi.

Seven country-made bombs have been recovered from the government ration shop owned by Dayashankar Agnihotri, an accomplish of Vikas Dubey at Bikru village in Chaubey police station area. A case is being registered: Kanpur Police, reported ANI

Five more people succumb to COVID-19 in Assam; death toll climbs to 32: State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

Around 2.7 lakh tests are being done daily. Despite being such a large country, we've not reached the community transmission stage of COVID-19. Though there are some small pockets where there could be slightly higher transmission locally: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, reported ANI

Recovery rate among COVID-19 patients stands at about 63%, mortality rate is just 2.72%. We are not concerned about the number of cases. We are ramping up testing so that maximum cases can be detected & treated: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, reported ANI.

Andhra Pradesh reports 1,608 new COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths over last 24 hours. Total cases in the state climb to 25,422, out of which 11,936 are active patients: State Health Department, reported ANI

Court grants bail to 82 Bangladesh national booked for attending Tablighi Jamaat congregation by allegedly violating visa rules, guidelines.

At least 10 people dead, over 40 missing in various districts of Nepal over last 24 hours as monsoon intensifies triggering landslides and flooding: Officials, reported ANI

It is extremely unfair to conduct exams during the COVID-19 pandemic. UGC must hear the voice of the students and academics. Exams should be cancelled and students promoted on basis of past performance, tweeted Rahul Gandhi

The US Department of Transportation said it has revoked permission for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to conduct charter flights to the United States, citing Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) concerns over Pakistani pilot certifications, reported Hindustan Times.

A minor fire broke out at one of the rooms in Shastri Bhawan here on Friday morning, which was put out by firefighters within a few minutes.

The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in Himachal Pradesh is now 1,141 including 284 active cases, 833 recovered and 9 deaths: State Health Department, reported ANI.

At least 44 people missing following landslides in Myagdi, Jajarkot and Sindhupalchok districts of Nepal, in the last 24 hours, reported ANI.

SC notice to Union of India, Kerala & 12 other state govts after hearing a petition, seeking a direction to declare the practice of using barbaric means, explosives etc to ward off wild animals as unconstitutional, illegal and violative of Articles 14, and 21 of the Constitution, reported ANI

The condition of the 3 injured police personnel is stable; bullets brushed by two of them.VIkas Dubey had 3 bullet injuries on the chest and one on his arm: Dr RB Kamal, Principal, LLR Hospital, Kanpur, reported ANI

OPD and emergency services at the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences was shut following exposure to coronavirus, officials said on Friday.

India among top 5 nations in solar energy: Prime Minister Narendra Modi while launching 750 MW solar project in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh

Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicates to the nation the 750 MW Solar Project set up at Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, via video conferencing, reported ANI

Odisha's COVID19 case tally rises to 11,956 with 755 new positive cases reported in the last 24 hours. The number of recovered patients in the state is 7407, death toll 56: State Health Department, reported ANI

A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking directions for the Uttar Pradesh government to conduct a thorough investigation into the killing/alleged encounter of five aides of gangster Vikas Dubey who might have been involved in the killing of eight policemen in Kanpur on July 3.

The petitioner also expressed apprehension of Dubey's encounter killing and sought CBI probe into the matter. The plea was moved on Thursday evening by advocate and petitioner-in-person Ghanshyam Upadhyay seeking urgent hearing on the matter.

According to police, 4 policemen were injured after a car from UP STF convoy bringing back Vikas Dubey from Madhya Pradesh, overturned today morning, reported ANI.

Injured policemen brought to Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital in Kanpur, following encounter of gangster, reported ANI.

Number of COVID-19 cases reaches 1,272 in Puducherry; active cases stand at 618: Puducherry Health Department, reported ANI.

An Army man was killed in a ceasefire violation by the Pakistan Army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, officials said.

Rajasthan reported 115 new COVID-19 cases and 6 deaths till 10:30 am today, taking total number of cases to 22,678 and death toll to 495. Active cases stand at 5,043: State Health department, reported ANI.

Media persons, who were following the convoy bringing back gangster Vikas Dubey, were stopped by police in Sachendi area of Kanpur before the encounter around 6.30 am in which the criminal was killed

India reports 475 deaths and the highest single-day spike of 26,506 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Positive cases stand at 7,93,802 including 2,76,685 active cases, 4,95,513 cured/discharged/migrated and 21,604 deaths: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, reported ANI.

Come, lets Join #SpeakUPForStudent campaign, tweeted Rahul Gandhi.

A criminal died today but what about crime and protection to crime, tweeted Priyanka Gandhi

Four Naxals have been killed in an encounter with a joint team of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and Special Task Force (STF) in Bagaha area of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. Arms & ammunition recovered: Lokaria Police, Bagaha, reported ANI

A total of 240 people tested positive for the Novel Coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday as the total number of COVID-19 patients reached 9,501 in the Union Territory, officials said.

Another 85 COVID-19 patients have died in Britain, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in the country to 44,602, the British Department of Health and Social Care said.

The National Health Commission said on Friday that 19 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery in the Chinese mainland on Thursday.

After the Agra District Magistrate's stern warning on Wednesday that another lockdown was inevitable if people continued to violate the ICMR guidelines, and moved around markets without masks, the city will be under strict lockdown for three days beginning Friday evening.

The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has surged to over 12.2 million, while the deaths have increased to more than 554,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

As of Friday morning, the total number of cases stood at 12,232,211, while the fatalities rose to 554,291, 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 infections and fatalities at 3,112,252 and 133,228, respectively, according to the CSSE.

Brazil came in the second place with 1,755,779 infections and 69,184 deaths.

In terms of cases, India ranks third (767,296), and is followed by Russia (706,240), Peru (316,448), Chile (306,216), the UK (289,154), Mexico (282,283), Spain (253,056), Iran (250,458), Italy (242,363), Pakistan (240,848), South Africa (238,339), Saudi Arabia (223,327), Turkey (209,962), France (207,356), Germany (199,001), Bangladesh (175,494), Colombia (128,638), Canada (108,656) and Qatar (102,110), the CSSE figures showed.

The other countries with over 10,000 deaths are the UK (44,687), Italy (34,926), Mexico (33,526), France (29,982), Spain (28,401), India (21,129), Iran (12,305), Peru (11,314) and Russia (10,826).