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1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds talks with top political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir at his Delhi residence today, in the first such meeting after the region's special status was scrapped in 2019. Fourteen mainstream Jammu and Kashmir leaders from eight political parties, including four Chief Ministers, attends the meeting aimed at setting on course the political process in the region, which has been under President's Rule since 2018 when the BJP withdrew support from then Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's government. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval are also present. 2. COVID-19 has left Indians at diaspora by 6.1 per cent. This is a global wealth report by Credit Suisse. The total wealth in India fell by 594 USD Billion or 4.4 per cent. Wealth differences between adults widened in 2020 and COVID-19 has been a double whammy for the millennial generation. Repercussions of COVID-19 contributes to a sizeable increase in wealth inequality. 3. The Managing Director of Twitter India Manish Maheshwari has moved the Karnataka High Court and has challenged the police's notice which has been issued to him. The High Court has ordered no course of action against Manish Maheshwari. 4. From having to shave their heads to being doused in sanitiser, it's a literal walk of shame for BJP workers in West Bengal who are trying to switch back to their old party Trinamool Congress following the state election results in May. While the ride back is smoother for the likes of Mukul Roy, a top Trinamool lieutenant who switched to the BJP before the 2019 general elections, it's an entirely different experience for many of the party's foot soldiers. Those being accepted back in have been seen undergoing egregious tests of loyalty and prostrating to please the powers that be. Recently, six BJP workers shaved off their hair when they swapped party flags in Hooghly.