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1. According to a government study Delta variant behind India’s second wave of the COVID-19, the B.1.617.2 is dominant variant in India and is 50 per cent more transmissible. However the UK study has found that the Delta variant is leading to more hospitalisations and has become the dominant strain there. 2. RBI cuts GDP forecast for financial year 2021-2022 from 10.5 per cent to 9.5 per cent. RBI keeps key rates unchanged. RBI says the spread of cases in rural areas poses risks. 3. Punjab Health Minister BS Sidhu has ordered an enquiry after Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal alleged that the state government is selling Covaxin at a hefty margin to private hospitals. 4. Big focus on health capacity building in the Kerala budget including a pediatric ICU’s. Rs 1000 crore for vaccines. 5. Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci calls on China to release the medical records of nine people whose ailments might provide vital clues into whether COVID-19 first emerged as the result of a lab leak. 6. In India, 132364 cases of COVID-19 and 2713 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours. The positivity rate is coming at 6.37 per cent. It’s the 11th straight day when the positivity rate is under 10 per cent. 8. Home Minister Amit Shah says that India under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi successfully fought the battle against COVID-19. 9. Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs a meeting with CSIR’s society highlighting the contribution of the Indian scientists in the fight against the global pandemic. 10. Karnataka cancels board exams for class 12. 11. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has ordered the cancellation of 12 class board exams conducted by Council for Higher Secondary Education this year.