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1. IAF special repatriation flight with 168 passengers onboard, including 107 Indian nationals, is on its way to Delhi from Kabul. 2. Another commercial flight carrying 87 Indians evacuated from Afghanistan lands in Delhi. This one is from Kabul, Tajikistan and now Delhi. 3. Another Indigo flight carrying evacuated Indians lands in Delhi. This one went to Doha, then finally came back to the capital 4. Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh dies on Saturday in Lucknow due to sepsis and multi-organ failure. He was 89. The senior BJP leader had been undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit of the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) in the Uttar Pradesh capital since July 4. On Friday, his condition deteriorated, following which he was placed on dialysis. 5. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will on Monday lead an all-party delegation from his state to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to demand a caste-based Census. The team will include opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, a strong critic of the state government, and the state Mines and Geology Minister Janak Ram, a BJP legislator and a relative lightweight. 6. In a move that will bring relief to shopowners in the national capital ahead of the festive season, the Delhi government lifts the 8 pm deadline for shops following a slide in Covid cases.