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Home Minister Amit Shah will chair an all-party meeting to review the COVID-19 situation in Delhi today. In another meeting held with Delhi LG and CM on Sunday, Shah announced a series of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state. On the other hand, late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's last rites will be performed in Mumbai today. This and more, get to know a glance of top national stories.

1. Amit Shah to chair all-party meet over management of COVID-19 situation in Delhi today

Home Minister Amit Shah will chair an all-party meeting to review the COVID-19 situation in Delhi today. In another meeting held with Delhi LG and CM on Sunday, Shah announced a series of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state.

2. COVID-19 LIVE: Jharkhand reports 37 new cases; state tally climbs to 1761

Jharkhand reported 37 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday, taking the total tally of COVID-19 positive cases in the state to 1761.

3. Migrant labourers reaching Himachal can be sent to worksites observing COVID-19 precautions

In an amendment to the Quarantine Requirements, the Himachal Pradesh government on Monday said that the labourers arriving in the state can be sent directly to worksites observing all due precautions related to COVID-19.

4. Sushant Singh Rajput's last rites in Mumbai today

Late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's last rites will be performed in Mumbai on Monday. The last rites will be performed after his father and other family members arrive in Mumbai from Patna, according to a report.

5. Monsoon progress likely to slow this week: IMD

The IMD said on Sunday said that Monsoon will progress slower this week. Conditions are becoming favorable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon into some more parts of North Arabian Sea, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, remaining parts of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar and some parts of East Uttar Pradesh during next 48 hours.

6. Why flood threat looms over Bihar every year?

Bihar is India's most flood-prone state, with 76% population in the North Bihar living under the recurring threat of flood devastation. Every year people are killed and every year property worth thousands of crores of rupees gets washed away. But why this flood comes and who is responsible for it, let's take a look at the situation.

7. COVID-19 news from across the nation

Lieutenant Governor of New Delhi Anil Baijal inspected the site of a proposed 10,000-bed makeshift hospital for COVID-19 patients. Meanwhile, considering the surge in COVID-19 cases in the state, municipal elections have been postponed in Jharkhand.

8. TIMS Hospital no better than dumping yard: TPCC working president Revanth Reddy

Post his visit to Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences, MP Revanath Reddy compared the condition of the hospital to that of a dumping yard. He said that the state government allotted budget and assigned staff but no COVID-19 facility has been set up at TIMS yet.

9. Distribution of fortified rice begins in selected districts of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh: Paswan

Union Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said that the distribution of nutritious rice has started in selected districts of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh.

10. Petrol price up by Rs 5/litre, diesel by Rs 4.87 in nine hikes

Petrol price on Monday was hiked by 48 paise per litre and diesel by 23 paise a litre as oil companies for the ninth day in a row adjusted retail rates in line with costs since ending an 82-day hiatus in rate revision.