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1. The Rajya Sabha's monsoon session productivity falls, thanks to disruptions, from 32.2 per cent in the first week to 13.7 per cent in the second. Its overall figure for this period stood at 21.6 per cent, according to the House Secretariat's records. 2. In an escalation following Monday's border gunfight between their two police forces that left six Assam policemen dead, Mizoram on Friday says it has filed a case over the incident, naming Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and other top officials of the neighboruing state in it. 3. The Jammu and Kashmir Police announces the most wanted top Jaish commander has been killed in an encounter. 4. Raids are being carried out across Jammu and Kashmir at 14 locations over investigations linked to two cases. The raids come weeks after an attack on an Indian military facility at the Air Force base in Jammu Airport where drones were used. 5. Top Indian and Chinese commanders are holding the 12th round of the military talk in the Ladakh sector on the LAC standoff which has been on for 14 months now. 6. India reports 41,649 new Covid cases in 24 hours and 593 deaths in that period. 7. Scores of cars are submerged in Jharkhand's capital Ranchi after heavy showers over the last 24 hours deluging the capital city. The roads have turned into mini canals, with water gushing in from everywhere. 8. Discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur produces one of the best performances by an Indian in the Olympics, though in a qualifying round, as she makes it to the finals of the ongoing Games after finishing second.