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Kerala, the state with development indicators comparable to the first world, will invest in training and exporting health workers with the aim of capitalizing on their remittances, its Finance Minister Thomas Isaac said.

The total number of tests for detection of COVID-19 has crossed the two-crore mark in India, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) data.

Shravan Purnima 2020: One of the most auspicious days in the Hindu calendar, Shravan or Sawan Purnima, is being observed by devotees ofLord Shiva today. This year Shravan Purnima assumes even more significance as it coincides with Sawan Somwar - a day dedicated to Shiva. Sawan Somwar is observed on every Mondayin the month of Sawan, which corresponds to July-August.

A Naxal, who had a bounty of Rs 8 lakhs on his head, surrendered in the Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh after his sister's appeal to not to return to the jungles again on Raksha Bandhan.

Nearly two-thirds of migrant workers, who had left for home due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown, have either returned to cities or wish to do so in absence of skilled employment in villages, according to a new study that surveyed 4,835 households.

On the festival of Raksha Bandhan, the Congress shared throwback photos of Rahul Gandhi and sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Instagram.

Actor Sushant Singh Rajput was taking medication for bipolar disorder in the months before his death, it has emerged from doctors, according to the Mumbai Police. Sharing details of their investigation into the actor's death on June 14, the police said he had repeatedly googled the name of his former manager Disha Salian - who died by suicide on June 9 - and a mental illness in his final days, and, in his last few hours, he had done searches on his own name.

Michelin-star chef Vikas Khanna, who will soon reach the milestone of having distributed 25 million meals across India amid COVID-19, is now aiming to provide essential rations and supplies to 10 million street vendors and their families facing hardships due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who met Home Minister Amit Shah recently, today tweeted to say that he has self-isolated himself as perprotocol.

The first invitation card for the "Bhoomi Pujan" of Ram temple in Ayodhya was received by Iqbal Ansari, who was one of the litigants in Ayodhya land dispute case.

Actor Sushant Singh Rajput was "murdered", his cousin Neeraj Bablu, an MLA in Bihar, alleged in the state assembly today, demanding a CBI investigation.

Six staff members working with Karnataka Chief Ministerin BS Yediyurappa's staff have tested positive for coronavirus, a day after Mr Yediyurappa tested positive.

"Public institutions need the patronage of the powerful if they are to inspire public confidence," Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said today, questioning why Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, has been admitted to a private hospital.

The decision to quarantine a Bihar Police officer, who reached Mumbai to supervise the probe being conducted by that state's police into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, is as per the Maharashtra governments directives, the city civic body said on Monday.

Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh was cremated today at the Chhatarpur crematorium in Delhi in the presence of his family members and relatives. The cremation happened two days after he died in a Singapore hospital.