The five-nation BRICS summit chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for settling the situation in Afghanistan through peaceful means; one dose of vaccine is 96.6 per cent effective in preventing death and two Covid shots are 97.5 per cent effective, the government said, citing data between April and August; several states have restricted the public celebrations of Ganesh Chaturthi; Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, on a two-day visit to Jammu, travelled to the Vaishno Devi shrine from Katra on foot; and other top stories of the day.
