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1. Growing protests after the shocking rape-murder and forceible cremation of a 9-year-old girl in Delhi. 2. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi leads a meeting of opposition leaders this morning - the second in a week - amid disruptions and protests in parliament over the Pegasus snooping row, the handling of the pandemic, and farmers' agitation, among other issues. Tuesday's breakfast meeting was called to discuss the option of holding a 'mock parliament' outside. 3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday morning renewes his attack on the opposition, once again accusing it of not allowing Parliament's monsoon session to function. He said repeated adjournments forced by a vociferous opposition were "an insult to the constitution... to democracy and to the public'. 3. India suffers a heartbreaking loss to Belgium in the men's hockey semi-final as they lost 2-5 on Tuesday. India will now compete in the bronze medal against either Australia or Germany who will face-off in the second semi-final later in the day. India conceded early in the first quarter as Belgium converted a penalty corner to take the lead in the second minute. India ended the first half well as they fought back to take 2-1 lead after the first 15 minutes of the contest. 4. The Maharashtra government on Monday relaxes the restrictions put in place to stem the spike in Covid cases, allowing malls, gymnasiums and salons to open up. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, too, eased several curbs in the city. 5. Authorities in Wuhan on Tuesday said they would test its entire population for Covid-19 after the central Chinese city where the coronavirus emerged reported its first local infections in more than a year.