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1. Asked if India is in touch with Taliban in Afghanistan, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar says 'it is still early days'. He says the priority is to ensure the safe return of Indians in Afghanistan. 2. Ahmad Massoud, son of the late Anti Taliban hero Ahmad Shah Massoud says he has weapons and men stock piled in the Panchsheel Valley and is ready to take the Taliban. 3. Former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and his family are in the United Arab Emirates. He claims he is in talks to return home. He is making efforts to safeguard the rule of Afghans. 4. Allegations of rape, murder and crimes against women after the Bengal election will be probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation, or CBI, the Calcutta High Court says Thursday afternoon. 5. Minister of state for education Subhash Sarkar kicks off a row after commenting Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore complexion. He claims his mother discriminated him because of his skin. Comments spark outrage in Bengal. 6. India today logs 36,401 fresh coronavirus cases, which is 3.4 per cent higher than yesterday's numbers, taking the total tally of cases to 3,23,22,258. 7. Tamil Nadu announces it will open schools for classes 9 to 12 from the September 1with 50 pc attendance.
