 | India, Pakistan should resolve Kashmir issue peacefully through talks: Chinese Foreign MinistryChinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a media briefing that the issue should be resolved peacefully by India and Pakistan through dialogue. |
 | Centre holds meeting of experts on monkeypox, to revisit existing guidelinesA case is considered laboratory confirmed for monkeypox virus by detection of unique sequences of viral DNA either by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and/or sequencing. |
 | Khadi, the icon of India dying a slow death due to poor policy makingNow, many social activists and khadi experts are voicing it to reinstall khadi as a national icon, especially after the Central government brought an amendment to the National Flag Code. |
 | Thousands take part in protests against IAS Sriram’s postingSunni Yuvajana Sangham, Students Federation members take out marches in Malabar |
 | Odisha trains health staff to fight monkeypoxThey will also be imparted training on identifying suspects/confirmed cases and contacts, contact tracing and other surveillance activities. |
 | Each SCO country should decide on its own whether to use dollar: LavrovHe suggested further that there should be a roadmap of transitions to broader use of national currencies in mutual settlements. |
 | No increase in AP, TS Assembly seats till 2026: CentreThis was informed by Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai in the Rajya Sabha while responding to a question raised by BJP MP GVL Narasimha Rao. |
 | Unrest in Sullia after BJP youth leader's murderA tense situation prevailed in Bellare after the murder and the police resorted to shutting down all shops, establishments and hotels in the area amid protests by people. |
 | SCO Summit: Jaishankar may meet Bilawal, Wang Yi in TashkentBilawal Bhutto in the recent past has condemned the trial of Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik. He said though his country would like to normalise ties with India, the environment was not conducive. |
 | Monkeypox: Government holds urgent meet, travellers from abroad ‘put on watch’A 34-year-old man from Delhi with no history of foreign travel tested positive for monkeypox, taking India’s tally of cases to four and prompting the Centre to hold the meeting. |
 | 'India's doctor-population ratio of 1:854 better than WHO standard': MoS tells Lok SabhaAccording to the information provided by the NMC, there are 13,08,009 allopathic doctors registered with State Medical Councils and the National Medical Commission as on June, 2022. |
 | IAF to launch search for 19 Assam workers missing from Arunachal borderThe 19 workers, residents of Assam, had been engaged by a contractor to work for a road construction undertaken by the Border Road Organisation (BRO). |
 | WHO's methodology for estimating COVID-19 deaths unscientific: GovernmentAs on July 16, 2022, as reported by states and UTs, 5,25,660 deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported in the country, the reply said quoting India's official data. |
 | National institutions being set up as per split act: CentreThe minister said that eight national institutions are — IIT, NIT, IIM, IISER, Central University, Petroleum University, Agricultural University and IIIT — are being set up in the State. |
 | Path clear for Tribal University in TelanganaThe State government has given 116 acres of assigned land, 50 acres of forest land and 169 acres of government land for the university to be started in Mulugu. |
 | 'Covid-19 is nowhere near over, as the virus pushes at us, we must push back': WHOThe sub-variants of Omicron, like BA.4 and BA.5, continue to drive waves of cases, hospitalisation and death around the world. |
 | EPFO to soon disburse pension to over 73 lakh pensioners in one go via central systemThe centralized system will facilitate de-duplication & merger of all PF accounts of any member. |
 | Amit Shah to chair Northern Zonal Council meet in Jaipur on July 9It will see discussions on issues of common interests in areas of security, road, transport, industries, water, power, and economic and social planning, the official said. |
 | CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy seeks special category status for Andhra PradeshJagan sought special status citing the huge loses the State has incurred post the 2014 bifurcation. |
 | DRDO carries out successful trial of autonomous planeIt is powered by a small turbofan engine. As per the DRDO, “The airframe, undercarriage and entire flight control and avionics systems used for the aircraft were developed indigenously.” |
