In another highest single-day spike of coronavirus cases, India on Saturday reported 27,114 new cases in the last 24 hours. As many as 519 deaths were reported during this period.

With this, the country's total count has crossed the eight lakh-mark.

The total number of positive cases in the country stands at 8,20,916, including 2,83,407 active cases, 5,15,386 cured/discharged/migrated and 22,123 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Richa Dubey, the wife of slain gangster Vikas Dubey who was killed in an encounter by the police on Friday morning, said that her husband did wrong and deserved this fate.

Yes yes yes. Vikas did wrong and he deserved this fate she said, in an agitated tone when reporters asked her whether Vikas deserved this fate.

In a bid to restore peace and tranquillity at the India-China border along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), both countries on Friday decided to push ahead with complete disengagement of troops in eastern Ladakh.

On Friday, the two countries held another round of diplomatic talks to review the situation in border areas including the progress made in the disengagement progress. Another round of meeting between senior commanders of the two armies will be held soon to discuss further steps to ensure the de-escalation of tensions in a timely manner.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday lauded the Dharavi model to fight the coronavirus pandemic after Asia's largest slum reported a single-digit rise in COVID-19 cases for three consecutive days even as the number of infected persons continues to rise in Mumbai.

Dharavi in Mumbai reported 12 new coronavirus cases on Friday, after recording one, three and nine new cases on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.

The Ministry of Railways on Friday started the bidding process for 44 train sets to be run as luxurious Vande Bharat Express.

Train 18, which was launched last year as the first Vande Bharat, was made by the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai. Currently, there are two semi-high speed Vande Bharat trains, running runs between New Delhi and Varanasi, and between New Delhi and Katra.

The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday said the fine for violating mask rule in the state amid COVID-19 pandemic has been raised to Rs 500 from the current penalty of Rs 100.

Anyone found without a mask in public would be fined Rs 500.

This comes as a 55-hour lockdown over the weekend comes into effect at 10 pm today.

Gold prices jumped to Rs 49,100 from Rs 48,7000 per 10 gram, while silver climbed to Rs 51,900 from Rs 50,020 per kilogram, according to Good Returns website.

Gold jewellery prices vary across India, the second-largest consumer of the metal, due to excise duty, state taxes, and making charges.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday firmly rejected President Donald Trump's arguments for sweeping presidential immunity and ruled that a New York prosecutor can obtain his financial records but prevented - at least for now - Democratic-led House of Representatives committees from getting similar documents.

The twin 7-2 rulings authored by conservative Chief Justice John Roberts mark another milestone in Trump's tumultuous presidency and in the short term prevent details of his finances from becoming public because lower courts must resolve lingering issues.

India's Reliance will load its first cargo of Venezuelan crude in three months this week in exchange for diesel under a swap deal the parties say is permitted under the U.S. sanctions regime on the Latin American country, according to a Reliance source and a shipping document from state oil firm PDVSA.

Washington has exempted some Venezuelan oil trade from sanctions, when transactions are in exchange for fuel and food or to repay debts rather than for cash.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled to meet Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and the three service chiefs to dicuss the current military standoff between the Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LOC) in Eastern Ladakh today.

The meeting will also focus on the overall security situation of the country.

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