India has tested more than 9 lakh COVID-19 samples each day for the second consecutive day, keeping a sharp focus on Test, Track and Treat strategy of the Union Government, Health Ministry said on Friday.

The country has already created a capacity of doing 10 lakh tests per day and 9,01,338 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, the ministry said in a release.

Three unidentified terrorists were killed in an encounter with police and security forces in the Zadoora area of Pulwama on Saturday, Kashmir Zone Police said.

A soldier was also critically injured in operation. He was rushed to the army hospital in Srinagar where he later succumbed to the injuries.

The encounter between security forces and terrorists broke out at 1 am on Saturday.

Gold prices today rose to 55,200 from Rs 54,380 per 10 gram a day before, while silver fell to Rs 65,500 from Rs 65,550 per kg, 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.

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has again raised his voice for internal party organizational elections. He has said that if Congress party wants to sit in the opposition for the next 50 years then there is no need for party elections. Ghulam Nabi Azad is the also leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha.

In a 27 minute video shared on his official Facebook page, Azad said that this should have happened 10-15 years ago. 'For the last many decades, we do not have elected bodies at the party. Now we are losing elections after elections, and if we have to come back we need to strengthen our party. Holding elections is one way of doing that.'

US President Donald Trump accepted the Presidential candidate nomination by the Republican Party for the upcoming elections in November on Thursday (local time).

The President was introduced by his daughter Ivanka before entering the stage. The crowd was seen chanting "four more years" as Trump took centre stage.

Rejecting the demand that University final year exams should be scrapped in wake of COVID-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court on Friday said that the examinations will be held by September 30 as directed by the University Grants Commission (UGC).

The verdict was pronounced by a three-judge bench led by justice Ashok Bhushan.

India witnessed a record single-day spike of 77,266 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, according to the data of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) on Friday.

With 1,057 more deaths in the last 24 hours, the cumulative toll reached 61,529.

The country's coronavirus count stands at 33,87,501 including 7,42,023 active cases, 25,83,948 cured/discharged/migrated.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has restructured Congress party panels in both the houses of the Parliament, ahead of the session starting September 14. She has included her confidants in the new five-member panel in Rajya Sabha, while elevated two young MPs to more senior positions in Lok Sabha. This also has an underline message to those who challenged her leadership in the recently wrote dissent letter.

These panels would be responsible for forming the party's strategy in both the houses. As opposition Congress party needs to revisit its strategy.

The much-awaited Rafale aircraft that finally arrived in India last month will be formally inducted into the Indian Air Force on September 10 by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

The ceremony, which will be held at the Ambala airbase in Haryana, and is likely to see the participation of French Defence Minister Florence Parly.

In a significant relaxation, the government has allowed serving of meals on board both domestic and international flights.

Selling on-board meals is a significant source of ancillary revenue for low-cost airlines. This had dried up as in-flight meals were banned to prevent on-board spread of coronavirus when air transport resumed on May 25.

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