India's COVID-19 caseload went past 28 lakh with a record single-day spike of 69,652 infections, while the recoveries increased to 20,96,664 on Thursday pushing the recovery rate to 73.91 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

The Shiv Sena on Thursday claimed the case of actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death was politicised to "malign" the Mumbai Police and the Maharashtra government.

As many as 50 lakh salaried people lost their livelihoods in the month of July, taking the total tally of those who lost jobs in the segment since April to 1.89 crore, private think tank Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) said in a report released earlier this month. Even as the data showed an overall improvement in the employment rate since April, CMIE flagged the issue of "ballooning numbers" of jobs lost in the salaried segment as a "source of worry", terming the recovery in the job scenario as an "unhealthy" one. 

Star Indian Cricketer, Suresh Raina who recently announced his retirement from international cricket along with his former skipper MS Dhoni has now come in support of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

 Congress MP Vivek Tankha on Wednesday hit out at Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for announcing that government jobs would only be given to the youth of Madhya Pradesh, saying it would "kill" India's spirit of federalism if all states followed this dictum.

 Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris was nominated the Democratic Party's candidate for the US vice-president, becoming the first-ever American of Indian and African descent to be selected by a major party for the top post.

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