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A medium-intensity earthquake of 4.5 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Kargil of Ladakh on Thursday whereas Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a meeting on Thursday via video conference with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, to review the COVID-19 situation in Delhi-NCR. On the other hand, Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli is likely to address the nation on Thursday as calls for his resignation from the posts of the prime minister and ruling party co-chair grew louder. This and more, get to know the top national stories at a glance.

1. 4.5 magnitude earthquake hits Ladakh

A medium-intensity earthquake of 4.5 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Kargil of Ladakh on Thursday. According to the National Center for Seismology, the quake struck 119 km North-Northwest of Ladakh at 13:11 pm.

2. Amit Shah to meet with CMs over COVID-19 situation in Delhi-NCR today

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a meeting on Thursday via video conference with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, to review the COVID-19 situation in Delhi-NCR.

3. Will Nepal PM Oli resign today?

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is likely to address the nation on Thursday as calls for his resignation from the posts of the prime minister and ruling party co-chair grew louder.

4. Teenage girl raped by four men in Uttar Pradesh

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by four men in the Aurai area here, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Jun 26 when the four men, who had gone to attend a marriage function in a village in the area, dragged the girl to a secluded place and raped her, they said.

5. Madhya Pradesh: 28 ministers join Shivraj Singh Chouhan's team

The Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led Madhya Pradesh cabinet was expanded on Thursday after a three-month-long break with the induction of 28 ministers, including a dozen loyalists of BJP MP Jyotiraditya Scindia, whose exit from the Congress in March led to falling of the Kamal Nath-led regime in the state.

6. Under the pressure of Chinese Government, Apple stopped updating mobile games on the China App Store

Apple has reportedly stopped updating thousands of mobile games on the China App Store under the pressure from the Chinese government to comply with the law of the land, the media reported.

7. IMD issues yellow and orange alerts for coastal districts of Karnataka

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) in Bengaluru on Thursday issued a yellow alert for the coastal districts of Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada and Udipi districts for July 1, 2, 4 and 5 and an orange alert for June 3.

8. IPL 13 likely overseas, toss-up between UAE and Sri Lanka

The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League is in all probability headed to foreign shores with UAE and Sri Lanka in the race to host the 2020 edition of the cash-rich league. The final announcement is expected soon as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is still awaiting an official decision on the fate of the T20 World Cup which was to be held in Australia in October-November.

9. Drunk cop beats up doctor, attendant at Madhya Pradesh hospital

A doctor and an attendant were allegedly beaten up by a drunk police constable at a hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district on Wednesday, police said. Constable Raju Nikode had visited the district hospital to get himself examined and a doctor there asked him to go to a flu clinic instead, Kotwali police station in-charge Manish Lodha said.

10. Manoj Bajpayee says he was contemplating suicide after NSD rejection

Actor Manoj Bajpayee, made his way to Bollywood from Bihar, getting his break with Shekhar Kapur's Bandit Queen in 1994 and bursting onto the scene four years later with Ram Gopal Varma's cult, Satya. Looking back at his journey, the actor said that he grappled with multiple failed attempts to enter National School of Drama and even contemplated taking his life.