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1. Ahead of a mahapanchayat in Karnal by farmers today, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij requests farmers to hold a peaceful protest and says the state machinery is prepared and has made suitable arrangements, including deploying adequate security and creating route diversions. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, which is heading the farmers' agitation against three farm laws, has given a call for gherao of the secretariat demanding registration of an FIR against those officers who had allegedly ordered a lathi charge on agitators during their protest against a BJP event in Karnal on August 28. 2. A relatively lesser known Taliban leader, Mullah Hassan Akhund, seen as a 'lightweight' and who is on a UN terror list, could be the unlikely choice as the next Prime Minister of Afghanistan as a compromise candidate between rival factions of the Taliban. Disagreements between the extremist group's multiple factions have so far stymied government formation in the war-torn nation. Kabul fell to Taliban three weeks ago. 3. Seven men arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old girl in Maharashtra's Pune, the police say. The girl has been admitted to a hospital and is undergoing treatment. 4. For the third time in the last 11 days, India administers more than 1 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare says. India's total vaccination coverage crossed 69.68 crore doses and until 7 pm on Monday, 92 lakh vaccine doses were administered. 5. The Union Health Ministry, following the detection of nipah virus in Kerala, has recommended some measures to be adopted by the state government. These include alerting districts neighbouring the affected Kozhikode and increased contact tracing.