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The Delhi High Court on Friday declined to entertain a PIL alleging that power distribution companies (discoms) here calculated bills for the lockdown months by an "unjust and arbitrary" method and suggested the petitioner to first approach the electricity regulator, DERC. Meanwhile, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday seeking directions to start live-streaming of the proceedings in the suo motu contempt case against senior advocate Prashant Bhushan. This and more, take a look at the top national stories.

1. HC declines PIL against power bill calculation by discoms; says approach DERC

The Delhi High Court Friday declined to entertain a PIL alleging that power distribution companies (discoms) here calculated bills for the lockdown months by an "unjust and arbitrary" method and suggested to the petitioner to first approach the electricity regulator, DERC.

2.Oral nanomedicine may bring relief for Kala-Azar, other neglected diseases: DST

Patients affected by Kala-Azar, scientifically called visceral leishmaniasis (VL), one of the most neglected tropical diseases may soon find relief in an oral nanomedicine from India, according to Department of Science and Technology (DST).

3. Kerala HC dismisses Chennithala's plea against collecting call records of COVID patients

The Kerala High Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala seeking directions to the police not to collect call detail records (CDRs) of COVID-19 patients and persons likely infected under quarantine.

4.Plea in SC seeks live-streaming of suo motu contempt case proceedings against Prashant Bhushan

A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday seeking directions to start live-streaming of the proceedings in the suo motu contempt case against senior advocate Prashant Bhushan.

5.Delhi school to compensate people whose vehicles were damaged in wall collapse

The Apeejay School administration has agreed to provide compensation to people whose vehicles were damaged during the wall collapse incident on Wednesday, said Lado Sarai ward councillor Kishanwati who inspected the spot and spoke to the school administration regarding the matter.

6. Harris' father says no contact with daughters after custody battle

Donald Harris, the father of Indian-origin Senator and Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, has said that close contact with his daughters 'came to an abrupt halt' after a contentious custody battle, according to a media report.

7.India's export uptick led by East Asian economies; China leads with 78% growth: Report

The massive improvement in the country's export numbers in July is led by a full 78 per cent spike in shipments to China and other Asian economies which had successfully contained the pandemic, constituting 16 per cent of the overall exports basket, says a report.

8.Confirmed: Rohit Sharma and four other athletes to get Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma, para-athlete Mariappan Thangavelu, table tennis champion Manika Batra, wrestler Vinesh Phogat and women’s hockey team captain Rani Rampal will get Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.

9.Mahesh Bhatt-Rhea WhatsApp chat goes viral, director brutally trolled

On Friday, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt started trending on Twitter after screenshots of a WhatsApp conversation from June 8, allegedly between him and actress Rhea Chakraborty, made it to the news headlines.

10. Sushant death case: ED records Priyanka's statement

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday started recording the statement of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's sister Priyanka Singh in connection with its probe into the money laundering aspect in the actor's death case.