LIVE News Updates: India crosses 5 lakh coronavirus cases

188 fresh COVID-19 cases in Punjab raise infection tally to 4,957; toll reaches 122 with 2 new deaths: Medical bulletin

China's attempt to alter status quo on ground can have 'ripples and repercussions' in broader bilateral relationship: Indian envoy Misri

Recovered cases have exceeded active cases by 96,173. During the last 24 hours, a total of 13,940 COVID-19 patients have been cured. This has led to the recovery rate touching 58.24%: Govt of India

Four people dead, one other seriously injured as car overturns on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Palghar district: Police

TN reports 3,645 fresh coronavirus cases, the highest single day spike, and 46 fatalities, taking tally to 74,622 and death toll to 957: Govt

Over $30 bn needed to develop COVID-19 tests, treatments, vaccines: World Health Organization

The total number of COVID-19 cases in the State is 147 including 100 active cases and 47 cured/discharged: Department of Information and Public Relations, Government of Mizoram, reported ANI

West Bengal Higher secondary exam which was supposed to be conducted on 2nd, 6th and 8th July has been cancelled, next date will be announced later: Partha Chatterjee, State Education Minister, reported ANI.

The scheduled International commercial passenger services to/from India shall remain suspended till 15th July: Government of India, reported ANI

Single highest day spike of 605 cases takes COVID-19 tally in Andhra Pradesh past 11,000 mark on Friday: toll mounts to 146 with 10 deaths: Govt

Yusuf Memon, a 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case convict and brother of absconding accused Tiger Memon, has died at Nashik Road prison in Maharashtra; cause of death yet to be ascertained: Jail official

An Indian Air Force helicopter made an emergency landing on the Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal expressway in Haryana on Friday following a technical glitch, a police official said. All the personnel are reported to be safe, he said."

The IAF helicopter made an emergency landing due to some technical snag. All Police Control Room vehicles and police personnel were rushed to the spot. Later, IAF engineers attended to the chopper and it took off after two hours," Assistant Sub-Inspector of Sonipat Police Sandeep Kumar told PTI over the phone.

Our brave soldiers were martyred for the integrity and security our nation.

Their sacrifice will not go in vain.

Not an inch of land will be given.

The country wants to know the truth, tweeted Priyanka Gandhi.

Country wants to know if China has not captured our land in Ladakh, as claimed by PM, then why were our 20 soldiers martyred, says Sonia Gandhi

Is our territorial integrity being violated by China in Ladakh; Will PM take nation in confidence on situation at border: Sonia Gandhi

Prime Minister, the nation wants to hear the truth, tweeted Rahul Gandhi

Rajasthan reports 91 coronavirus cases, pushing total number of COVID-19 patients in state to 16,387: Official data

Odisha's COVID-19 tally crosses 6,000-mark, with 218 more people, including seven NDRF personnel, testing positive for infection: Health Department official.

Assam announces a tAssam has declared a 2 week lockdown in Guwahati from Monday to control the spread of coronavirus, reported NDTV

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal says more ICU beds will be set up on a large scale at LNJP Hospital, Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital and GTB Hospital

Delhi has reported 74,000 COVID-19 cases so far, but situation is under control: CM Arvind Kejriwal

Five people, including two minors were killed in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district on Friday.

The police said a car skidded off the road after it went out of the driver's control in Raggi Nallah area of Doda district.

Third terrorist neutralised in the encounter at Chewa Ular in Tral area of Awantipora, Pulwama district. Operation is still underway, reported ANI.

SC stays coercive action against TV news anchor Amish Devgan in FIRs lodged for alleged defamatory remarks against Sufi saint.

Till the time a vaccine is not developed for COVID19, we all have to maintain 'Do gaj doori' and wear face masks: Prime Minister Narendra Modi during launch of ‘Atma Nirbhar Uttar Pradesh Rojgar Abhiyan' through video conference, reported ANI

Salute to our brave martyrs.

Come, lets raise our voices for the martyrs, tweeted Priyanka Gandhi

One more terrorist neutralised in Operation Chewa, Pulwama; total 2 terrorists neutralised till now: Indian Army, reported ANI

In the last 24 hours, 2 deaths and 190 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Maharashtra Police; the total number of positive cases rises to 4,516, 56 deaths: Maharashtra Police

Class 12 students will get chance to sit for optional exams to improve score: CBSE Exam Controller Sanyam Bhardwaj

CBSE to announce class 10, 12 board results by July 15: Exam Controller Sanyam Bhardwaj

SC permits CBSE to issue notification on cancellation of remaining board exams of Classes 10 and 12 scheduled in July

Light rainfall to occur over a few places in Delhi-NCR during next 2-3 hours: Dr Kuldeep Srivastava, Head, Regional Weather forecasting Centre (RWFC), New Delhi, reported ANI

As a public servant I have some duties towards people of UP, and the duty is not to put any government propaganda before them but only truth.

The UP government is wasting its time by threatening me.

Take whatever legal actions you want to take. I will keep unveiling the truth in front of people. I am the granddaughter of Indira Gandhi, not like some opposition leaders who are undeclared BJP spokesperson, tweeted Priyanka Gandhi.

Sensex jumps 347.24 pts to 35,189.34 in opening session; Nifty surges 91.60 pts to 10,380.50

407 deaths and highest single-day spike of 17,296 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in India in the last 24 hours. Positive cases in India stand at 4,90,401 including 1,89,463 active cases,2,85,637cured/discharged/migrated & 15301 deaths: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, reported ANI

Chinese health authority said on Friday it received reports of 13 newly confirmed Covid-19 cases in the Chinese mainland on Thursday, including 11 domestically transmitted and two imported ones.

The number of Covid-19 cases in the US topped 2.4 million on Thursday, reaching 2,404,781, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

Total number of samples tested up to 25 June is 77,76,228; the number of samples tested on 25 June is 2,15,446: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), reported ANI

The death toll due to thunderstorm and lightning in Bihar rises to 92: State Disaster Department, reported ANI

Petrol price hiked by 21 paise per litre, diesel by 17 paise; rates up by Rs 8.87 for petrol and Rs 10.8 for diesel in 20 days

Despite the consistent execution of the multi-dimensional COVID-19 containment strategy, the daily tally of new cases and death figures, shows no signs of decline.

Till Friday morning, Agra reported two deaths and 11 fresh cases. The total number of deaths now stands at 84, while the total number of cases has gone up to 1,177. Of these, 984 have recovered and been discharged.

The US state of Texas has reported almost 6,000 new COVID-19 cases, setting a new record for confirmed infections in a 24 hour period for the third time this week.

As of Thursday, there have been 131,917 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state, 5,996 more cases than that of Wednesday, according to Texas Health and Human Services.

The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has topped 9.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 488,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

By Friday morning, the total number of cases stood at 9,583,144, while the fatalities increased to 488,740, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.

With 2,418,570 cases and 124,355 deaths, the US continues with the world's highest number of COVID-19 infections and fatalities, according to the CSSE.

Brazil comes in the second place with 1,228,114 infections and 54,971 deaths.

In terms of cases, Russia ranks third (613,148), and is followed by India (473,105), the UK (309,455), Peru (268,602), Chile (259,064), Spain (247,486), Italy (239,706), Iran (215,096), Mexico (202,951), France (197,885), Germany (193,371), Turkey (193,115), Pakistan (192,970), Saudi Arabia (170,639), Bangladesh (126,606), South Africa (118,375) and Canada (104,463), the CSSE figures showed.

The other countries with over 10,000 deaths are the UK (43,314), Italy (34,644), France (29,755), Spain (28,330), Mexico (25,060), India (14,894) and Iran (10,130).