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South African speedster Anrich Nortje has been roped in by Delhi Capitals to replace England’s Chris Woakes in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, scheduled to be held in the UAE from September 19 to November 10. English all-rounder, Woakes had pulled out of the cash-rich T20 tournament in March due to family commitments after being signed up by the Delhi franchise for $200,000 in the auctions, held in December 2019.

India on Tuesday expressed interest in getting Russian COVID vaccine Sputnik V according to a statement. The statement on the website dedicated to the "world's first registered Covid-19 vaccine" lists out India along with 20 other countries that have shown interest in getting the vaccine. The statement says," At least 20 countries had expressed interest in obtaining the Sputnik V, including UAE, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Philippines, Brazil, Mexico and India."

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched  'Atma Nirbhar Bharat Saptah' at South Block on Monday. If India becomes capable of manufacturing things in India, we will be able to save a large section of the capital of the country. With the help of that capital, around 7000 MSMEs, associated with Defence Industry, can be encouraged, he said speaking at the launch.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra (RSK), a Swachh Bharat Mission interactive experience centre.  The inauguration also coincided with the centenary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi`s Champaran Satyagraha. The Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra is situated at Raj Ghat, the samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi. Modi subsequently watched a short video on `Swachh Bharat Mission` at the Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra.

Selvam, a sitting DMK MLA from the prestigious Thousand Lights constituency in Chennai met BJP leaders in Delhi, on a day when even the BJP Tamil Nadu unit said that he would be joining the party. However, after meeting BJP leaders in Delhi, he told reporters that he was not joining the BJP and had met them only to make certain demands related to his constituency.

Around Rs 1.62 crores were provided to the accused of North East Delhi violence before the violence started in February this year, Delhi Police sources said. Sources said that Rs 1.42 crores were spent on several things including management of 20 protests (Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests) at different sites and purchase of weapons.

India's national capital on Monday reported 805 coronavirus cases and 17 deaths taking the total number of cases in the city to 1,38,482. Also Read: Masks, face covers 'mandatory' in yoga institutes and gyms: Health ministry The death toll due to the virus in the city has crossed 4021. 

India is setting grim milestones each day, but the national capital is giving some positive news amid the gloom as the recovery rate in Delhi is inching closer to 90 per cent.  According to the data by the state health ministry, Delhi on Thursday recorded 1,093 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 134,403 cases. Also read | Over 1 million recovered in India from coronavirus: Health ministry

Delhi's COVID-19 recovery rate improved to over 86 per cent and active cases dipped to 13,681, lowest in the last seven weeks, even as 1,025 fresh instances were recorded on Friday, the health bulletin said. With 32 fresh fatalities, the death toll climbed to 3,777. Also read | Delhi reports under 1,000 coronavirus cases first time in over 35 days

The number of coroanvirus cases crossed the 1,000,000 mark on Friday morning as 34,956 fresh cases were recorded on Friday morning.  The death toll rose by 687 in the last 24 hours to an overall tally of 25,602. Overall, the number of total cases and recoveries see their biggest single-day rise in the last 24 hours. One of the worst affected state is Maharashtra which reported 8,308 new positive cases and 258 deaths. Total number of positive cases rise to 2,92,589 including 1,60,357 recovered cases, 1,20,480 active cases and 11,452 deaths.

Ahead of the 15th India European Union summit on Wednesday, EU has pointed out at New Delhi's protectionist policies on trade while calling for Free trade agreement to be a far-reaching one. An EU official said, "We have great potential to develop further and leaders will express to move towards balanced and comprehensive FTA".

France on Tuesday praised India's role in medicine supply during the COVID-19 crisis and expects New Delhi to play "even more critical role" in producing virus vaccine. Speaking at France's National Day, French Envoy to India, Emmanuel Lenain said, "Since the beginning, India has been playing a critical role by providing much-needed medicines and will play an even more critical role in producing the vaccine against Covid-19, once developed and tested."

As concerns grow over Kuwait expat bill that could force out lakhs of Indian workers from the country, India has discussed the matter with the country highlighting the "well regarded" role of Indians. MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava in his weekly presser said," We are closely following the developments in Kuwait.  This matter has been discussed between FMs of India and Kuwait. We share excellent bilateral ties which are deeply rooted in people to people linkages."

Maharashtra on Monday recorded 5,368 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours along with 204 deaths. Also Read: Many states have lower coronavirus rate than national average of 6.73%, says government The total number of COVID-19 cases in the state has now climbed to 2,11,987 with the death toll surging to 9,026.

Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibet, he headed the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamsala, India. The Tibetan leader has lived in India for over 60 years now but China calls him "a wolf in monk's clothes". Also see: From conflict with China to Nobel Peace Prize: Journey of the Dalai Lama

The name of coronavirus is dreadful enough to shake an entire family.  Mukul Garg's family who lives in New Delhi, however, had a far bigger challenge.  "We knew we would all be positive," the 33-year-old said as 17 people in his family contracted the deadly disease, reports The Washington Post.  Also read | COVID 19: Headache, vomiting added to list of symptoms in India

New Delhi's largest coronavirus hospital has set up a video calling service via ipads to help patients connect with family members.  The service initiated by Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) in the national capital is expected to provide a major relief to family members, who were earlier complaining that they are being kept completely clueless about the treatment given to the patient and were unable to meet them. 

Russia has been in touch with India and China over the situation at the Line of Actual control (LAC), and has welcomed efforts to cool the situation down. Moscow bilaterally has engaged with both "close partners" amidst the tensions over the violent face off at the LAC.  A Russian government source told WION, "Moscow is staying in touch with India and China, appreciating efforts of both partners to de-escalate and offering them to use multilateral platforms to expand the potential for cooperation."

The deadly coronavirus containment zones in Delhi have risen to 445 on Friday, according to government data.  Of these, 398 areas are active containment zones while 47 have been scaled-down but are yet to be de-contained.  A total of 218 areas have been added to the list of containment zones after June 21. COVID-19 cases in the national capital crossed 92,000 on Thursday.

Tamil Nadu's COVID-19 count crossed the 90,000 mark with almost 4,000 new cases for the third back to back day on Tuesday and with 60 deaths. Chennai recorded the most noteworthy single day increment of 2,393 cases and the rest of spread across the state.  While the State capital's aggregate portion of infection cases till date was 58,327, Tamil Nadu's count remained at 90,167.

The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is set to conduct a sero-surveillance study in all 11 districts of Delhi focusing on as many as 20,000 households on a random basis including individuals below 18 years of age. The survey is expected to start by this week in the national capital. A central government panel which was constituted on the directions of the Union Home Minister Amit Shah has recommended complete sero-surveillance in the city to detect the trend of COVID-19 infection in the population of Delhi.

As India began Unlock 1.0 on Monday, India's national capital recorded 1,007 new coronavirus cases taking the total number of cases to over 29,000. Also Read: More infections, lower fatality rate: Medical officials explain coronavirus situation in Tamil Nadu

India has said both France and Russia are important and you can't compare both as they are close partners for New Delhi Well placed sources said, "India's strategic partnership with France has its own merits, both are important and special in their own way." Explaining, "Comparison is not useful just as you cannot compare French champagne with Russian vodka."

A woman has alleged that her father, who had tested positive for coronavirus, was not admitted in time by a Delhi government hospital -- due to which he died on Thursday. The authorities have, however, denied the charges. The woman, Amarpreet Kaur, took to Twitter earlier in the day, saying, "My dad is having high fever. We need to shift him to hospital. I am standing outside LNJP Delhi and they are not taking him in. He is having corona, high fever and breathing problem. He won't survive without help. Pls help."