India Reports Highest Covid Cases In 3 Weeks; Other Top Stories

India's Covid graph continued to show an upward trend as the country reported 44,230 new cases on Friday, the most in three weeks. Boxer Lovlina Borgohain reached the semi-final in women's Welter (64-69kg) category, assuring India of 2nd medal at the Tokyo Olympics. In Maharashtra, the government is considering major relaxations for those who are fully vaccinated against Covid. "Civilians in Mizoram roam around carrying AK-47s and sniper guns," Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said defending his government's move to issue an advisory to its people against travelling to Mizoram. The CBSE Class 12 results were announced on Friday for over 13 lakh students of whom 99.37 per cent passed. A stretch of road is seen collapsing as a hillside crashes down in viral video of a landslide that took place in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur this morning.