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The Congress on Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to publicly condemn China for its "brazen incursions" into Indian territory and urged the government to take "strong and quick action" to resolve the Line of Actual Control (LAC) issue. Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal said at a virtual press conference that the prime minister should address the nation and promise that anyone capturing Indian territory would be pushed back. In other stories, the Jharkhand government has said it would not allow Patanjali's "corona kit" in the state unless and until it gets required certification from the central government. As per the latest official data, the cumulative revenue earned by both the Centre and States from the petroleum sector has gone up from Rs 3.33 lakh crore to Rs 5.55 lakh crore, an increase of 66% between 2014-15 and 2019-20.

1. PM should condemn China publicly for incursions: Congres

2. NSUI office-bearer shot dead in Madhya Pradesh's Mandla

3. BRO restores bridge near India-China border in Uttarakhand

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) have restored a collapsed bridge within 5 days on Dhapa-Milam road at Munsyari Tehsil. The bridge, near India-China border, had collapsed when a truck carrying heavy construction equipment tried to cross it.
4. 24-yr-old Indian Army soldier dies during rescue op in Ladakh

5. Jharkhand bans Patanjali's Coronil

Jharkhand government has banned Patanjali's Coronil tablet, which Yoga Guru Ramdev claimed was a cure for Covid-19, saying it would not be allowed in the state unless and until authorities concerned do not give their go ahead to the drug.
6. HK bans annual pro-democracy rally for 1st time in 17 yrs

Police in Hong Kong announced on Saturday that the annual pro-democracy rally which takes place every year on July 1 has been banned for the first time in 17 years.
7. ASEAN takes position against China's vast historical sea claims

8. Minting money: Centre's petroleum earnings doubled in five years

Oil marketing companies’ decision to raise the retail prices of petrol and diesel for over 15 days in a row attracted much criticism but the Centre and States are real beneficiaries of high retail prices of petrol and diesel. In principle, oil marketing companies are free to revise the retail price of petrol and diesel as per the international price of crude oil but only one third of the retail price of these two commodities comes to oil companies and two-third goes to the exchequer in form of central and state taxes.
9. Sushant Singh Rajput death row: Police interrogate YRF casting director Shanoo Sharma

Mumbai Police on Saturday questioned casting director Shanoo Sharma in the alleged suicide case of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
10. 'Only ICC seems to believe T20 WC can still be held as per schedule'