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The Monsoon Session of Parliament is scheduled to continue till August 13.

New Delhi: Amid the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Parliament, the Centre briefed opposition parties on the COVID-19 situation in the country and strategies being implemented to deal with it on Tuesday (July 20).

Opposition parties on Monday hit out at the government over the alleged phone-tapping of prominent personalities in the country using Israeli spyware, Pegasus, and demanded an independent judicial or parliamentary committee probe.

In another update, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami will hold a meeting with senior officials and District Magistrates to review the situation due to torrential rain and cloudburst incidents across the state.

20 July 2021

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Till July 17, 48.68 cr doses of COVID-19 vaccines manufactured in India, says government.

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What does the government want to know by recording phones of journalists and politicians? If BJP has done it, then they should be punished. If they deny, saying they don't know about it, then it's an issue of national security: Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav on Pegasus row