Breaking News: September 13, 2020 | As it happened

The withdrawal of the southwest monsoon from west Rajasthan, which was likely to take place this week, is expected to be delayed due to the formation of cyclonic circulations, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday.

The IMD has also issued an orange alert for Telangana, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for Monday.

The southwest monsoon was likely to start withdrawing from west Rajasthan this week.

Southern states such as Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala witnessed heavy to very heavy rainfall, while isolated places in Uttar Pradesh reported light to moderate showers on Sunday.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), a low-pressure area lies over the westcentral Bay of Bengal off the north Andhra Pradesh coast. It is likely to move west-northwestwards towards central India across Telangana during the next two-three days.

The Gujarat government on Sunday said it will launch a special scheme to provide interest-free loans to promote self-employment among women in the time of coronavirus pandemic on September 17, birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Under the Mukhyamantri Mahila Kalyan Scheme (MMKS), loans of Rs one lakh will be given to women self-help groups (SHGs) each comprising 10 members, an official release said.

Militants attacked a team of security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, but there are no reports of any loss of life, police said.

"Around 5:45pm, militants fired on a party of Army's Rashtriya Rifles at Parigam in south Kashmir's Pulwama," a police official said.

The security forces retaliated forcing the militants to flee, he said.

There are no reports of any loss of life or injury, he said.

The area has been cordoned off and a search operation has been launched to nab the attackers, the official said, adding details are awaited. 

The Rajya Sabha, on first day of the Monsoon session on Monday, will elect its Deputy Chairman, with NDA's Harivansh Narayan Singh and RJD's Manoj Jha in the fray for the post.

For the ruling National Democratic Alliance, BJP chief J.P. Nadda will move the first motion in support of Singh while Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad will move the first motion from the opposition, and voting may take place, if required.

The upper house of Parliament will also pay condolence to former President Pranab Mukherjee and 18 sitting and former MPs, including Amar Singh.

Scientific experts have warned of a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic and another complete nation-wide lockdown in the UK unless stricter measures are adhered to amid a rising number of infections in the country over the past week.

Peter Openshaw, a professor of experimental medicine and an expert respiratory medicine at Imperial College London, said the new “rule of six” restrictions on large gatherings which comes in force from Monday is extremely crucial.

Nepal resumed the visa services for foreign nationals on Sunday, a month after one of the staffers at the immigration department tested positive for COVID-19. Issuing a notice, the Department of Immigration said it will not charge any late fees and penalties for visa renewal till September 27 keeping in view the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic.

The department had closed all visa services as per the decision of the government.

The department has urged all the service seekers to contact it within 15 days after the resumption of services for the exemption of late fee and penalty.

Actor Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli met Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhavan on Sunday.

The Uttar Pradesh government has transferred five IAS officers including two district magistrates, an official said Sunday. The official said Amit Singh Bansal, the district magistrate of Banda, has been made the district magistrate of Mau.

Manish Kumar Verma, the district magistrate of Kaushambi, has been made the special secretary (basic education). Amit Kumar Singh, the special secretary in the micro, small and medium enterprises, has been made the new district magistrate of Kaushambi.

Anand Kumar Singh, who was the special secretary (basic education), has been made the new district magistrate of Banda. Neha Sharma has been made the ACEO of Noida. Earlier she was the special secretary backward welfare department.

Rajesh Kumar Pandey, who was earlier transferred as district magistrate of Mau, has been kept in waiting. 

A group of scientists in India is working on genomic sequences of SARS-CoV-2 around the world, including India, to identify genetic variability & potential molecular targets in virus & human to find the best possible answer to combat COVID-19: Ministry of Science and Technology. 

Unidentified assailants shot at a man in Madhu Vihar area today; the injured man was later declared dead

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• Coronavirus is not leaving anytime soon, hence we need to protect ourselves. 
• I don't want to talk about politics today. 
• I would like to urge people to maintain social distancing. 
• We have allowed several restaurants to re-start their business. 
• It's important to clean public toilets

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicates to the nation three projects related to the petroleum sector in Bihar, through video conferencing today.
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People perform yoga at the ITBP-run Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre and Hospital at Radha Soami Beas in Chhatarpur: Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). At present, there are 1,386 patients admitted at the ITBP-run Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre and Hospital at Radha Soami Beas in Chhatarpur. Total 2,454 patients have been discharged after treatment till now; 3,921 patients admitted to the centre so far: ITBP

India's COVID-19 case tally crosses 47 lakh mark with a spike of 94,372 new cases & 1,114 deaths reported in the last 24 hours. The total case tally stands at 47,54,357 including 9,73,175 active cases, 37,02,596 cured/discharged/migrated & 78,586 deaths: Ministry of Health

Candidates begin arriving at examination centres to write NEET exam (National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test); visuals from Vidya Mandir in Mylapore. A candidate says,“NEET is just an exam.There's nothing to fear about. If not cleared this time,we can reappear next year".

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NEET examination will be conducted at 25 exam centres in Siliguri today, amid strict precaution against COVID-19. Director of Siliguri Institute of Technology yesterday said, "1,500 students will appear in the examination at this centre."

We're abiding by all COVID-19 guidelines including thermal screening & sanitisation. If any student shows symptoms, they will be taken into isolation centre wherein invigilators will be wearing PPE kits: Dr Pradosh Kumar Adhvaryyu, Director of Siliguri Institute of Technology. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation three projects related to the petroleum sector in Bihar via video conferencing today.

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Here's a quick overview: 

The total number of global cases has surpassed 28.9 million, including more than 924,000 fatalities. More than 20,805,000 patients are reported to have recovered.

Total positive cases country-wise:

USA 6,514,231
India 4,367,436
Brazil 4,165,124
Russia 1,035,789
Peru 691,575