Delhi Metro's Blue Line and Pink Line resumed services with curtailed operation timings on Wednesday after being closed for 171 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said.

Trains are to operate in batches of four-hour each from 7-11 AM in the morning and 4-8 PM in the evening in the first stage.

The Telangana Cabinet on Monday approved several bills, which be taken up for discussion at the Monsoon session of the State Legislative Assembly.

The meeting approved a number of bills to be taken up including the GST and Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management -2020 (FRBM) Bills.

Telugu actor Jaya Prakash Reddy passed away on Tuesday (September 8, 2020), after suffering from a cardiac arrest. He was 73 and took his last breath at his residence in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. V actor Sudheer Babu took to his Twitter page and confirmed the news by paying condolences. He shared a photo of Jaya Prakash Reddy and wrote, Woke up to terrible news. Rest in peace, sir. #JayaprakashReddy.

N. Chandrababu Naidu, the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh also expressed his sadness on the demise of Jaya Prakash Reddy.

With over 75,000 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count on Tuesday crossed the 42 lakh-mark, while the death toll has crossed the 72,000-mark as well.

At 9:30 AM on this day, the COVID-19 tally in the country has reached 42,80,423 cases, which include 8,83,697 active cases; 33,23,951 cured, discharged, or migrated patients, and 72,775 deaths.

World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday (September 7) warned that coronavirus COVID-19 is not the last pandemic and the world must be better prepared for the next pandemic. The WHO chief said that countries must invest in public health to tackle the next pandemic in a better manner.

More than 27.19 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 888,326? have died, according to a Reuters tally, since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

Amid the escalating border tensions between India and China, Beijing has now said that Indian Army soldiers have crossed the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Shenpao mountains near the Pangong Tso Lake and eastern Ladakh and further accused the Indian Army of firing 'warning shots'.

In a statement issued early on Tuesday morning, the Western Theater of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) claimed that India had, while acting provocative, illegally crossed the Line of Actual Control in Shenpao mountain near the south bank of Pangong Tso Lake on Monday.

The Congress Parliamentary Strategy Group will meet on Tuesday to chalk out strategy for the upcoming Parliament session. The meeting will be chaired by Party`s Interim President Sonia Gandhi.

According to sources, during the session, Congress is all set to take on the Modi government on the issue of Corona, economy, and clash with China.

The State Bank of India (SBI) on Monday said it has plans to recruit more than 14,000 employees this year and noted that media reports about 'On Tap VRS' scheme have been interpreted as a cost-cutting measure but it had been thought to provide a congenial solution to employees who expressed the desire for making a strategic shift in their vocations.

There have been media reports about the 'On Tap VRS' scheme proposed to be introduced by SBI. The reports have been interpreted as a cost-cutting measure and Bank's intent to reduce the workforce, an SBI spokesperson said.

United States (US) President Donald Trump and Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden took rhetorical swipes at each other on Monday as the presidential race entered its traditional homestretch on the U.S. Labor Day holiday.

Trump described Biden, whom he trails in national polls, as a threat to the economy and stupid, while Biden took aim at Trump`s reported disparaging of fallen troops.

The Punjab government of Monday announced some relaxations in lockdown in urban areas, including the opening of non-essential shops on Saturdays and relaxation in their timing from Monday to Saturday till 9 pm amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Night curfew will be in place in all cities and towns now from 9.30 pm to 5 am as per the revised decision. Hotels and restaurants will be allowed to remain open on all days, including Sundays, till 9 pm, after which home delivery of food will be allowed, as per the revised guidelines.

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