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• 1. India Monday added 39,361 cases of coronavirus in 24 hours, which is marginally lower than Sunday's count. The country also reported 416 deaths over a 24-hour period Monday; it had reported 535 deaths a day ago.
  2. Assam and Mizoram Chief Ministers were at loggers heads when Home Minister Amit Shah intervened. Actually, both the CMs blamed the police forces of their counterpart states for violence along the border. Shah talked to both the leaders, asked them to find a solution and asked them to maintain peace. 
  3. Mallya has been accused by a consortium of 13 Indian banks of wilfully defaulting loans amounting to over Rs 9,000 crores which were sanctioned to the Kingfisher Airlines.
  4. This is the fourth time that BS Yediyurappa resigned from the post of Chief Minister. Yediyurappa has become Chief Minister four times so far, but could never complete his five-year term.
  5. MP Gautam Gambhir received a setback from the Supreme Court in connection with the illegal stocking of COVID drugs which took place during the second wave of Coronavirus. The Supreme Court refused to stop the ongoing proceedings against his trust.
  6. Both the houses of Parliament The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha continued to face disruptions over Pegasus snooping, farm laws and other issues for the fifth consecutive day yesterday. 
  7. The Union Govt has decided to set up a National Centre of Excellence for Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics for creating a world-class talent pool in India to cater to the Indian as well as global industry. Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur said.
  8. Six Assam cops killed, 50 injured in clashes at border with Mizoram. Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to the chief ministers of Assam and Mizoram, Himanta Biswa Sarma and Zoramthanga respectively, and urged them to ensure peace along the disputed border and find an amicable settlement.
  9. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee arrived in Delhi on 27 Jul (Monday) on her first visit to the national capital since assuming office for a third term and is likely to meet PM Modi today.
  10. Income Tax Return (ITR) Filing last date has been extended from July 31, 2021 to to September 30, 2021. The central government had announced that the deadline for filing ITR for Financial Year 2020-21 was extended due to prevalent Covid pandemic situation.
  11. The launch of the first uncrewed mission planned in December, as part of the human spaceflight programme 'Gaganyaan', will be delayed due to the COVID-19-induced disruption in delivery of hardware elements for the ambitious venture, Indian Space Research Organisation confirmed.
  12. Union Govt has said that there is no proposal of privatization of Defence Public Sector Undertaking, DPSUs and Ordinance Factory Board, OFB which are under the administrative control of Department of Defence Production. 
  13. The recent landslide in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, which claimed young Ayurvedic doctor Deepa Sharma’s life, was once a contestant in the Amitabh Bachchan hosted quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati. She had participated in season 7 & had reportedly won Rs 6,40,000 on the quiz show.
  14. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will release the class 10th result soon at cbseresults. nic. in. Though, the board is yet to confirm the result date and time, it is confirmed that it will release the result by July 31. 
  15. India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC), is getting ready to go for sea trials soon and is expected to be commissioned into the Eastern Naval Command in 2022 as INS Vikrant. It is a Rs 24,000-crore project

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