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1. Covid vaccines for children are likely in a matter of days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told at a meeting of BJP MPs at parliament. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya says at the meeting of the BJP's parliamentary party that the government would likely start vaccinating children next month, according to sources. 2. Ten policemen removed from duty after a man in his 20s dies by suicide in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district, hours after a brawl with cops at a Covid vaccination centre. Five of the 10 policemen have also been named in an 'abetment to suicide' complaint. 3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacks the Congress, accusing it of not allowing the monsoon session of parliament to function, and asks BJP MPs to 'expose the party before the public and the media'. The session has been marked by protests from the opposition and demands for discussions on the Pegasus phone-hacking row, the farm laws and other issues. 4. Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and G Kishan Reddy to be the BJP's central observers for the Karnataka legislative party meeting today to elect a new leader to replace B S Yediyurappa as the state's chief minister. 5. A day after five officers of Assam Police were killed and 50 others injured in clashes at the border with Mizoram, the central government has assured that the 'situation is under control', adding that more troops have been deployed. 6. Raj Kundra, Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty's husband, sent to judicial custody for 14 days in a case involving production and distribution of pornographic films. He was arrested on July 19 and this is the third time that his judicial custody has been extended.