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US President Donald Trump has said that as compared to big countries, America is doing "very well" in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, while India is having a "tremendous problem" battling the disease and China is witnessing a "massive flare up" in infections.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar recommended a CBI investigation into the death of Sushant Singh Rajput today, shortly after the actor's father pressed for it in a phone call. "Since the family has given its consent, we are recommending a CBI probe on the FIR which was lodged in Bihar," Nitish Kumar told NDTV. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had earlier ruled out a CBI investigation alongside the Mumbai police probe into the actor's death on June 14.

Ayodhya: Festivities have begun ahead of the 'bhoomi pujan' or foundation stone laying ceremony of Ram Temple tomorrow. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation of Ram Temple. On Shravan Purnima, the last day of the holy month of Sawan, rituals of aarti and havan were performed at Ram Ki Paudi. Diyas or lamps were also lit at temples across Ayodhya.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will spend around three hours tomorrow in Ayodhya, where he will perform groundbreaking rituals for a Ram Temple.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is banking on a recovery in rural demand to slow the economy's first contraction in four decades. But capricious rainfall may play spoilsport.

India's COVID-19 count rose to 18,55,745 after 52,050 people tested positive on Tuesday, while the death count increased by 803 to reach 38,938, figures from the Union Health Ministry showed. 12,30,509 patients across the country have recovered so far, taking the recovery rate to 66.30% per cent. Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the latest among prominent public figures in the country to have contracted the virus, which has led to the death of a minister in the Uttar Pradesh government. Maharashtra has reported the highest number of cases, followed by Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh. 6,61,892 samples were tested on Monday, the highest done in a day so far.

An IAF aircraft installed on the campus of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) was shown listed on online website OLX with a sale price of over Rs 9 crore on Monday.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today tweeted to say that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.In a brief post on Twitter, Mr Siddaramaiah said that he has been admitted to the hospital on the advice of doctors.

With continuous rainfall all through the night, people in several parts of Mumbai on Tuesday woke up to severe waterlogging.

Coronavirus Live Updates: India's COVID-19 tally crossed the 18.5-lakh mark on Tuesday, two days after it went past 17 lakh, with 52,050 cases being reported in a day, according to the Union Health Ministry data. 

Without mentioning any party leader's name, Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar on Monday appealed to Congress workers not to make any "defamatory statement" against any political leader on social media platforms.

The United States on Monday said it welcomes India's new policy which allows foreign universities to establish campuses in India and Indian universities to do the same overseas.

BJP MP and actor Sunny Deol on Monday sought an impartial probe into the hooch tragedy in Punjab that claimed more than 100 lives.

Sleuths of the Haryana Special Task Force on Monday arrested a man allegedly with 35 kg of charas and 5-kg opium being smuggled from Uttar Pradesh in a jeep, an official said.

The CBI has recovered over Rs 50 lakh in cash during searches on Monday from one of the accused in a bank-fraud case against a real estate firm, who was recently charged by the central probe agency, officials said.