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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday took a jibe at the Gandhi family on the 45th anniversary of the imposition of emergency, stating that it was "one family's greed for power" that led to its imposition. Meanwhile, ISRO chief K Sivan on Thursday stated that opening the space sector for private enterprises will help scale up benefits from space technology and enable Indian industry to be an important player in the global space economy. This and more, read top national stories at a glance.

1. 'One family's greed for power': Shah attacks Cong on 45 years of Emergency

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said it was one family's greed for power which led to the imposition of emergency, as today marks 45 years since then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi took the step. Shah said that though democracy was restored in India, it remained absent within the Congress.

2. Opening space sector will enable India to play important role in global space economy: ISRO Chief

ISRO chief K Sivan on Thursday stated that opening the space sector for private enterprises will help scale up benefits from space technology and enable Indian industry to be an important player in the global space economy.

3. Will not allow sale of spurious medicines: Maharashtra HM on 'coronil'

With the AYUSH Ministry asking Patanjali to stop advertising its 'coronavirus drug', Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Thursday warned Yoga guru Ramdev that the state will not allow the sale of "spurious medicines."

4. FIR against Digvijaya Singh, 150 Congress workers for protest against fuel price hike

Madhya Pradesh Police registered an FIR against Congress leader Digvijaya Singh and 150 other party workers for holding a cycle march amid COVID-19 pandemic. The party workers held the march to protest against fuel price hike in the country.

5. 'Contrary to Modi's statement, Ladakh status quo changed'

Senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday criticised Modi govt for failing to secure Indian border. In a series of tweets, he claimed that contrary to PM's claim Ladakh status quo has changed.

6. Defying mutual consensus to disengage, PLA troops return to Galwan Valley

Chinese People's Liberation Army troops has set up tents and an observation point to Patrolling Post 14 on the Line of Actual Control in Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh. The Chinese have returned with huge reinforcements even after they have agreed to withdraw their troops and dismantle their setups.

7. Diesel crosses Rs 80-mark in Delhi after 19th consecutive price hike

Diesel price in the national capital crossed the Rs 80 per litre-mark for the first time ever on Thursday as oil companies raised prices for the 19th day, taking the cumulative rate to Rs 10.63 a litre.

8. Assam: Brahmaputra river's water continues to rise, crosses warning level in Guwahati

Following a heavy downpour, the water level of the Brahmaputra river in Assam's Guwahati continues to rise. The level of the water and is away one meter from danger mark.

9. Ground Report from Delhi's largest COVID-19 facility

ETV Bharat brings a ground report from Delhi's largest COVID-19 care centre, where preparations are underway to start operations with 2,000 beds initially, and subsequently scale up to 10,000 beds.

10. COVID-19 LIVE: Over 75 lakh tests conducted in India till June 24, says ICMR

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday informed that over 75 lakh COVID-19 tests were conducted by various laboratories across the country till June 24.Moreover, 2,07,871 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.