A silver slab, weighing about 40 kilogram, will be placed in the sanctum sanctorum of the proposed grand Ram temple in Ayodhya during the 'bhoomi pujan' ceremony, scheduled to be held in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 5.

The three-day rituals will begin from August 3 and culminate on August 5.

India has yet again witnessed its highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases with 40,425 cases reported in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

With these fresh cases, India's coronavirus cases tally has gone up to 11,18,043, out of which there are 3,90,459 active cases and 7,00,087 patients have been cured/discharged/migrated.

Oil prices dipped on Monday, weighed down by the prospect that a rise in the pace of coronavirus infections could derail a recovery in fuel demand.

Brent crude was down 10 cents, or 0.2%, at $43.04 a barrel by 0047 GMT, after dropping slightly last week. U.S. oil was off by 6 cents, or 0.2%, at $40.53 a barrel, after gaining 4 cents last week.

Seeking feedback on reopening of schools, the Union Ministry of Human Resources and Development (HRD) has released a circular asking states and union territories to ask parents about their expectations.

The circular was sent by the Department of School Education and Literacy, which falls under the HRD Ministry and also sought to know the expectations of parents from schools once they reopen.

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday stated that India's COVID-19 case fatality rate has fallen below 2.5%.

The Ministry informed that with 'effective Containment Strategy, aggressive testing, and standardized clinical management protocols', they have been able to control the death rates caused by the virus.

The United Arab Emirates on Monday blasted off its first-ever interplanetary Hope Probe mission to Mars from Japan.

Called the 'Al-Amal' in Arabic, the probe lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Centre at 01:58 am(local time).

Sending a clear message to the pharmaceutical industry that it is under the strict vigilance of the central government, the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) VG Somani has now sought clarification from Glenmark Pharmaceuticals regarding alleged false claims about the usage of branded generic 'FabiFlu' on patients with co-morbidities suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The DCGI has also pulled up Glenmark over the alleged overpricing of FabiFlu, the branded generic of the anti-viral Favipiravir, after a complaint about the same was received from a Member of Parliament.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said that some people think that the coronavirus would be eradicated by building a temple.

The NCP leader's comment comes a day after the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust proposed two dates in August for laying the foundation stone of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

India crossed 1 million Covid-19 cases on Friday, according to the health ministry data, reaching another grim milestone.

In the time it took for the cases to grow tenfold to 1,003,832, the number of fatalities increased by over five times to more than 25,000. Maharashtra and Delhi have seen the highest number of coronavirus deaths in the country so far.

Russians' real disposable income plunged the most in 20 years in the second quarter, while the economy shrank by 9.6 per cent year-on-year as the country has been hit by low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic.

Real disposable income has become one of the most socially-sensitive issues in Russia led by President Vladimir Putin, with the economy expected to contract by as much as 6 per cent this year.

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