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There has been a slight improvement in respiratory parameters of former President Pranab Mukherjee, though he continues to be on ventilator support, according to the Army Research and Referral Hospital on Thursday. Meanwhile, a bus carrying 45 passengers overturned on the Agra-Lucknow expressway in Uttar Pradesh in the early hours of Thursday. These and more, get to know the top national stories at a glance.

1. India ex-president on ventilator shows improvement

There has been a slight improvement in respiratory parameters of former President Pranab Mukherjee, though he continues to be on ventilator support, according to the Army Research and Referral Hospital on Thursday.

2.Contempt case: SC rejects submission of Bhushan for hearing on sentence by another bench

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the submission of activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan that the arguments on quantum of sentence in the contempt proceedings in which he has been held guilty be heard by another top court bench.

3.UP: Samajwadi Party MLAs hold protest outside Assembly over unemployment

Samajwadi Party MLAs held a protest against the Yogi Aditanath-led government outside the state Assembly over the issue of unemployment as three-day assembly session began on Thursday.

4. Doctor murdered in Agra, suspect in police custody

A doctor in Agra who went missing has been found dead and her alleged killer has confessed to the crime, police said.

5. 30 injured as bus overturns on Agra-Lucknow expressway

A bus carrying 45 passengers overturned on the Agra-Lucknow expressway in Uttar Pradesh in the early hours of Thursday.

6. Sewage samples tests hint at 6 lakh Covid cases in Hyderabad

About 6 lakh people in Hyderabad may have been infected with Covid-19 in the last 35 days, revealed a joint study by the Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT).

7. Chennai: Delivery executives protest as Swiggy cuts their pay-per-order

Swiggy's food delivery executives on Wednesday protested alleging drop in pay in new payment structure put in place by the company in Chennai. The agitated executives demanded that the company should roll back the new wage policy.

8. Russian opposition politician Navalny poisoned, in ICU

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was placed on a ventilator in a hospital intensive care unit in Siberia after falling ill from suspected poisoning during a flight, his spokeswoman said Thursday morning.

9.IPL choosing companies having Chinese money, says CAIT Secy Gen

Praveen Khandelwal, the Secretary-General of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), on Tuesday questioned the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) decision to award the title sponsorship rights for the 2020 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to Fantasy league platform Dream11.

10.Doctors who conducted Sushant Singh Rajput's autopsy get threats, abuse

Doctors who signed the autopsy report of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput are now receiving a torrent of abuse, threats and allegations.