Highlights: Take action against ransomware groups, Biden tells Putin

Jaishankar delivers relics of Georgian religious figure Ketevan the Martyr during visit Tbilisi visit.

Days after Russian ransomware attackers attacked a Miami-based MSP, the US president asked his counterpart to take action against the hackers.

Covid-related deaths cross 125,000-mark in Maharashtra; daily caseload remains static at close to 9,000

Haryana government decided to reopen schools for children in Class 9-12 from July 16 and children in Classes 6-8 from July 23

The US stock exchange could see a rebound to as energy and banking shares, news agency Reuters reported.

Mukul Roy was made chairman of public accounts committee in West Bengal on Friday. BJP, the party to which Roy still belongs and is holding the seat of an MP, walked out in protest.

Punjab lifted the ongoing weekend and night curfews on Friday as Covid-19 positivity in the state dropped to 0.4%. Indoor and outdoor gathering will also be allowed from July 12 onwards.

A day after news emerged of crowding in tourist spots the Union health ministry urged people to continue abiding by necessary precautions as Covid-19 cases are increasing even in countries like UK, Russia, and Bangladesh.

External affairs minister S Jaishankar said that is important for India and Russia to work together to ensure peace in Afghanistan, adding that both countries are committed to an independent Afghanistan.

Dr Samiran Panda, who heads the Division of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases at ICMR, urged breastfeeding mothers to get vaccinated against Covid-19. "Breastfeeding mothers should get themselves vaccinated against COVID-19 without any hesitation," Panda told ANI.

As US troops withdarw from the war-torn Afghanistan, Taliban claims to controls 85 per cent of Afghan territory.

Over 1500 PSA Oxygen plants are coming up across the nation. PSA Oxygen plants contributed by PM CARES would support more than 4 lakh oxygenated beds. Ensure that the plants are made functional at the earliest: PM Modi at today's meeting over augmentation and availability of oxygen

Responding to News Broadcasters Association (NBA) plea challenging the new IT rules "on the ground that they give govt authorities excessive powers," Kerala High Court in an interim order restrains the Central Govt from taking any coercive action against NBA under new IT Rules, ANI reported.

Enforcement Directorate obtains court's permission to record suspended Mumbai Police Officer Sachin Waze's statement in ED case against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh at Taloja prison on July 10

WhatsApp tells Delhi HC it will not compel users to opt for new privacy policy till data protection bill comes into force.

Delhi High Court begins hearing Facebook and WhatsApp pleas challenging a single-judge bench order dismissing their pleas against the Competition Commission of India (CCI) decision.

Indian athletes are all set to do the nation proud in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with India's Olympic-bound sportspersons on July 13, three days before the first batch of athletes departs for the Games in Tokyo. Read more

The condition of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh is better, the Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, told news agency PTI on Friday. Singh, who is currently in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital, was admitted on July 4 due to an infection and reduced consciousness levels.

PM Modi to chair a high-level meeting to review augmentation and availability of oxygen across the country at 11:30 am.

India reported 43,393 new cases and 911 more deaths due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Friday, taking the caseload and death toll to 30,752,950 and 405,939 respectively, according to the Union health ministry’s update at 8am. Read More

Only 50 tourists now allowed at Mussoorie's Kempty falls, says Uttarakhand after hundreds seen flouting Covid-19 norms, reports ANI.

Taiwan says Haiti police arrested 11 assassination suspects on its embassy grounds, news agency AFP reported.