Indra Mani Pandey has been appointed as the next Indian envoy to UN bodies and other international organisations in Geneva. A sensitive post, he will represent India in more than 25 important organisation of the United Nations in Geneva including World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

He will have an important task at hand, given the calls are growing for reforms at the WHO due to its failure to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

The United States on Wednesday welcomed the Indian government's decision to ban 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok and WeChat, saying that the move will boost the country's sovereignty and national security.

Addressing the State Department press conference, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, We welcome India's ban on certain mobile apps. India's clean app approach will boost India's sovereignty and boost integrity and national security.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi has been asked to vacate her Lodhi Estate bungalow after living there for the past 23 years. The Central Government on Wednesday cancelled government accommodation allotted to her and asked her to vacate the house within one month.

A notice regarding this was issued to the Congress General Secretary by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. The decision was taken as she is not an SPG protectee now.

Hero MotoCorp, India's largest two-wheeler maker, on Wednesday reported that the company sold 4,50,744 units in June 2020, four times the numbers it recorded in May this year.

The figures, however, saw a 26.88% dip last month as compared to the same period of last year.

European aircraft manufacturer Airbus says it plans to shed 15,000 jobs over the next year, mostly in Europe, as it struggles with the financial hit of the coronavirus pandemic.

With air traffic not expected to recover to pre-Covid levels before 2023 and potentially as late as 2025, Airbus now needs to take additional measures, the company said in a statement.

Facebook has removed a network of accounts, Groups and Pages related to a US-based anti-government network called Boogaloo.

Calling it a violent organization, the social network said it has banned the network from its platform and will remove content praising, supporting or representing it.

The third round of the India-China military talks on Tuesday lasted 12 hours, with the focus being on defining the details of disengagement. The talks between the commander of the Leh-based 14 Corps Lieutenant General Harinder Singh and the commander of the South Xinjiang military region, Major General Liu Lin, come even as tensions continue between India and China after the deadly face-off last week that left 20 Indian soldiers dead.

As the coronavirus cases in India continue to spread rapidly, India is now just behind the United States, Brazil, and Russia in terms of the total confirmed cases. It is, therefore, the biggest epicenter of the coronavirus disease pandemic in Asia and the fourth worst-affected nation in the world.

With over 18,000 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count on Wednesday crossed the 5.85 lakh-mark, while the death toll has crossed the 16,800-mark as well.

Former Attorney General of India Mukul Rohatgi on Wednesday refused to represent TikTok, a popular short video-sharing platform, in court in a case involving the central government's ban on 59 Chinese apps.

Rohatgi said that he will not appear for TikTok, a Chinese app, in a case against the Government of India.

In an unfortunate incident, a wedding ceremony in rural Patna which took place two weeks ago set off the biggest infection chain in Bihar, health department officials reported on Tuesday. The groom was running a high fever, and died two days later, with his body cremated without being tested for COVID-19.

As per media reports, more than 100 people tested COVID=19 positive in the last few days, in the Paliganj sub-division of Patna district, located about 55 km from the state capital.

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