Russia has made it clear that it will not interfere in the ongoing India-China dispute on its own unless asked specifically to mediate by either of the two countries. However, Russia continues to motivate New Delhi and Beijing to resolve the border dispute through dialogue.

Roman Babushkin, Russian Deputy Chief of Mission in Delhi on Tuesday said that Russia has no doubt that Indian and Chinese friends would find a mutually acceptable solution through dialogue.

Amid the simmering tensions between Indian and Chinese troops at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, China has started deploying its soldiers in large numbers near the LAC.

On Monday (September 7), the Indian Army succeeded in foiling the incursion of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) into the Mukhri area of ​​Chushul, but more such actions are expected from China in the coming days.

Late-stage studies of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine candidate are on temporary hold while the company investigates whether a recipient's potentially unexplained illness is a side effect of the shot.

In a statement issued on Tuesday evening, the company said its standard review process triggered a pause to vaccination to allow review of safety data.

The officials of the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday raided the office of the Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) at Atmakur town of Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh.

The raid was carried out under the supervision of Nellore ACB Inspector Ramesh along with a team of four at 10 am on Tuesday.

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.

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