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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will not be meeting his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe in Moscow as suggested by some Chinese propaganda websites. The development comes after Chinese media reported that Singh will meet his Chinese counterpart amid the border tensions following the violent face-off at Ladakh's Galwan Valley. Meanwhile, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has issued a statement claiming that all the doubts of the Ayush Ministry will be cleared and the communication gap will be covered in regards with Coronil. This and more, read top national stories at a glance.

1. Rajnath Singh to not meet Chinese counterpart in Moscow

India has refuted claims by some Chinese propaganda websites of a meeting between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Chinese counterpart. The development comes after Chinese media reported that Singh will meet his Chinese counterpart amid the border tensions between New Delhi and Beijing following the last week's violent face-off at Ladakh's Galwan Valley, where 20 Indian troops lost their lives.

2. Army Chief in Ground Zero of India-China faceoff as Lt Gens agree to 'disengage' at Moldo

Just after the conclusion of the Army Commanders’ Conference (ACC) meet at South Block on Tuesday afternoon, Indian Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane left in a military aircraft and reached eastern Ladakh, Ground Zero of the ongoing tense face-off between the world’s two biggest armies.

3. Pak rejects allegations of violation of Vienna Convention by its diplomats in India as baseless'

Pakistan on Tuesday rejected what it called baseless allegations by India of any violation of the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations by its High Commission officials in New Delhi and asserted that they always function within the parameters of international law.

4. Senior Karnataka IAS officer commits suicide in Bengaluru

Former Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Bengaluru Urban Vijay Shankar, who was involved in the IMA ponzi scam, allegedly committed suicide here by hanging himself.

5. Telangana CM wants Centre to confer Bharat Ratna on former PM

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday said the state cabinet and legislature would pass resolutions requesting Bharat Ratna award to former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao.

6. Communication gap over 'Coronil' & 'Swasari' will be addressed with Ayush Ministry: Baba Ramdev

After Ayush Ministry suspended the promotion and advertisement of Pantanjali's Coronil and Swasari medicine to cure COVID19, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev issued a statement saying that all the doubts of the Ministry will be cleared. He also claimed that all the standard parameters of randomised placebo-controlled clinical trials have been 100% fulfilled by Patanjali.

7. 20,000 beds for COVID-19 patients in Delhi by next week: Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah in a tweet said that 20,000 beds, including 250 in ICUs, will be ready for COVID-19 patients in Delhi by next week. The Union Minister in a series of tweets the 10,000-bed COVID Care Centre will be operationalised by June 26. Responding to Shah's tweets, Delhi CM Kejriwal thanked Shah for helping his govt and Delhiites in these difficult times.

8. Spike in COVID cases in Telangana on, takes it ahead of AP, K'taka

Telangana has seen a huge spike in COVID-19 cases with 879 people testing positive on Tuesday. This is the highest single-day spike in the state taking the total tally to 9,553, overtaking both Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

9. Another earthquake of magnitude 4.1 hits Mizoram

An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 on the Richter scale struck 31 km South South-West (SSW) of Champhai, Mizoram at 08:02 am today, according to National Center for Seismology (NCS).

10. Centre okays Kerala's policy seeking COVID-19 -ve certificate from expats

The Union government upholds the decision of Kerala government seeking COVID-19 negative certificate from expats from the gulf and other countries, who want to make a return to the southern state.