The crisis in Punjab Congress escalated Thursday with a flurry of meetings held by both the camps. Sources said Chief Minister Amarinder Singh is against the Central leaders' peace formula where Navjot Sidhu is to be elevated as state Congress chief; describing the British-era sedition law as "colonial", the Supreme Court has questioned questioned whether the law is "still necessary after 75 years of Independence". World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday warned the world about the 'early stages' of COVID-19 third wave amid Delta surge. "Unfortunately...we are now in the early stages of a third wave", he said, and other top stories.