Newspaper Headlines: Don't Try To Change Status Quo, Says Defence Minister Rajnath Singh To China & Other Top Stories

Hindustan Times: Defence minister Rajnath Singh has asked China to strictly respect the Line of Actual Control (LAC), not make attempts to unilaterally change the status quo, and work with India for complete disengagement from all friction areas in eastern Ladakh in the midst of military tensions between the two sides, a government statement. A doctor's prescription will no longer be required for people to get a Covid-19 test, the Indian Council of Medical Research said in its revised testing advisory to states.

The Telegraph: Like generations of Indians before them, 900-odd passengers of the Delhi-Ranchi Rajdhani Express had meekly submitted on Thursday when railway authorities truncated the trip citing a track agitation and asked them to catch buses. The Bar Council of India has ordered a "thorough study and examination" of lawyer Prashant Bhushan's two tweets on the judiciary, for which the Supreme Court convicted him of criminal contempt and fined him Re 1.

The Asian Age: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Friday met with Chinese defence minister General Wei Fenghe in Moscow in a first high level political contact between the two countries who are involved in a four month tense military stand-off in the Ladakh sector. The Arunachal Pradesh police are investigating social media chatter that five porters engaged by the Indian Army were detained by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) in a forest area on the border.