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1. Sources say India has protested after a drone is seen flying over the Indian High Commission in Islamabad. 2. India passes a grim milestone today as it becomes only the third country to report over 4 lakh Covid deaths after the US and Brazil. Half of the fatalities are reported during a second wave that overwhelmed the healthcare system and crematoriums. 3. The central government has sent six high-level multi-disciplinary public health teams to six states reporting a high number of COVID-19 cases. The teams will assist the states of Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Manipur in COVID-19 control and containment measures. 4. Navjot Singh Sidhu today puts out nine tweets attacking Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh over the state's power crisis. 5. The Enforcement Directorate attaches assets worth over Rs 65 crore in the Maharashtra state cooperative bank case of 2019. There are links here to the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar as the opposition says central agencies are being used to target them yet again. 6. Bollywood actor Yami Gautam has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in Mumbai for alleged violation of the Foreign Exchange Management Act. The probe agency has unearthed foreign exchange transactions to the tune of Rs 1.5 crore in her bank account. 7. Petrol prices hiked yet again, the price now crosses Rs 105 a litre in Mumbai. The price of cooking gas was also increased by Rs 25 a litre yesterday. 8. VK Sasikala to go on a state wide tour post the lockdown restrictions, once they are lifted in a big in a big statement of intent. She says she'll start the tour by visiting Jayalalitha's memorial. 9. TMC MP tweets video of Suvendu Adhikari at Solicitor General Tushar Mehta' house. 10. Russian health authorities launch booster COVID-19 vaccinations for those who had been immunized more than six months ago and also for foreigners.