India, China Tanks Pull Back, Other Top Stories

Indian and Chinese military tanks were seen moving back, in a video released by Indian defence sources, as the two sides reached an agreement on disengagement on both the north and south bank of the Pangong Lake, ending a months-long standoff in the area. "I want to assure this House that in these talks we have not conceded anything," Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said. The government had readied draft rules to regulate all social media and OTT (Over The Top) platforms. The rules revolve around a self-regulatory mechanism that will include a code of ethics. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is running the country on a "hum doh, hamare doh" (we two, our two) policy, Congress's Rahul Gandhi said in parliament in one of his sharpest takedowns of the BJP-led government. The Bihar government has ordered an inquiry into the findings of the investigation by The Indian Express, which tracked 885 entries in Covid testing records from three districts and found several cases of fudged mobile numbers, fake names. The opposition RJD has hit out at the government over this. Chhattisgarh has raised concerns about Bharat Biotech's Covid vaccine. Union Health Minster Dr. Harsh Vardhan said permissions were given after due evaluation of all data.