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1. The train traffic between CSMT in south Mumbai and Kasara station of the Central Railway, over 100 km away, resumed on Thursday afternoon, 17 hours after a part of the track was washed away due to torrential rains, an official says. 2. The phone numbers of industrialist Anil Ambani and a few other top executives from aerospace industry were found on the alleged list of potential targets of surveillance through the Israeli spyware Pegasus, news portal The Wire has reports. The numbers of Mr Ambani and one other official of Reliance Group were put on the list as the Rafale deal came under public scrutiny ahead of the 2019 national elections, The Wire reports. 3. High drama continus in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha for the third straight day of the monsoon session as opposition MPs staged protests over a range of issues, including the Pegasus snooping controversy and today's I-T raids on media houses. In the Rajya Sabha, Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw was forced to cut short his statement on the row by the uproar among opposition members. 4. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Navjot Sidhu will meet today for tea in a first effort for peace ahead of the cricketer-turned-politician's inauguration as the Punjab Congress chief. The overture came from Mr Sidhu, who invited the Chief Minister for the programme at the party office. Mr Singh responded with an invite for a tea for all party leaders and MLAs.The tea party will be held at the Punjab Bhawan, after which they will proceed to the party office. 5. BS Yediyurappa on Thursday says that he would follow whatever the BJP leadership decided for him after July 26, when his government completes two years, indicating that he may not remain Karnataka Chief Minister after the weekend. 6. Union minister and BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi on Thursday denounces farmers protesting here against the three contentious farm laws as 'mawali' after she was asked about incidents of alleged violence during their protests. 7. The COVID-19 cases associated with the Olympic Games breaches the 100-mark on Friday with the announcement of 19 new infections and the Czech contingent seemed among the worst hit after a fourth athlete, road cyclist Michal Schlegel, tested positive for the virus. The Tokyo Olympic organisers, in their daily COVID-19 update, announced that three athletes, 10 Games-concerned personnel, three mediapersons and as many contractors associated with the event have been found positive. The total number of cases directly linked to the Games stands at 106 on Friday with 11 of them athletes.