The death toll from coronavirus infection surpassed half a million people on Sunday. According to a Reuters tally, a grim milestone for the global pandemic that seems to be resurgent in some countries. Even as other regions are still grappling with the first wave.

The respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus infection has been particularly dangerous for the elderly. Although other adults and children are also among the 501,000 fatalities and 10.1 million reported cases.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led Delhi government on Monday announced setting up of a plasma bank for the treatment of coronavirus patients. Delhi was one of the first states to have given a go-ahead for plasma therapy in April.

The plasma bank will be set up at Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS). This will be made available for government and private hospitals after getting a doctor’s recommendation.

Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining US President Donald Trump. Dozens of others it believes carried out the drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad.

Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasimehr said on Monday that Donald Trump, along with more than 30 others. Iran accuses of involvement in the January 3 attack that killed General Qassem Soleimani. "Murder and terrorism charges", the semi-official ISNA news agency reported.

Mumbai Police is acting tough with all the rule-breakers in the city and suburb. On Sunday (June 28), it had seized 7,075 vehicles saying. “Over 7,000 citizens violated the rules of phase-wise unlocking by taking their vehicles out for non-official/ non-medical motive /non-emergency reasons on 28 June. We hope that Mumbaikars will join hands with us by respecting the norms and ensure that the city unlocks responsibly.”

But 24 hours later things didn’t change much through Mumbai Police went numerous steps ahead. As per data on Monday (June 29), Mumbai Police seized 16,291 vehicles.

Apple and Google seem to be responding to the government’s ban of 59 Chinese apps yesterday. Bytedance owned apps -- TikTok and Helo -- have disappeared from the App Store and Google Play. They could have delisted themselves voluntarily too, and not all apps in the government’s list have been taken off yet. Popular apps like AliBaba Group’s UC Browser and UC News, Bigo Technologies’ Likee, Xiaomi’s Mi community, Tencent owned WeChat, and e-commerce platforms Club Factory and Shein can still be found on the platforms. They could have delisted themselves voluntarily too, and not all apps in the government’s list have been taken off yet.

Popular Chinese apps like AliBaba Group’s UC Browser and UC News, Bigo Technologies’ Likee, Xiaomi’s Mi community, Tencent owned WeChat, and e-commerce platforms Club Factory and Shein can still be found on the platforms.

Indian Railways after deciding to cancel all the regular passenger train services till 12 August. This has now started to the process of refund for the cancelled tickets.

In a tweet, Railway Ministry has tweeted that due to 'Advance Reservation Period' which is 120 days. Many travellers have booked their tickets in advance till 12 August.

However due to the nationwide lockdown which was imposed on March 25 to tackle coronavirus pandemic. Indian Railways have already refunded the amount of cancelled tickets booked in the regular trains to the passengers till 30 June.

With the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Masood Bhat in an encounter in South Kashmir. The Doda district has become militancy free, police said on Monday.

In a joint operation in the Khulchohar area of Anantnag district by the police and the Army on Monday, a total of three terrorists was killed. These included two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, including one district commander, and one Hizbul Mujahideen commander of the name Masood Bhat.

The number of coronavirus infection patients in India increased by 19,459 in past 24 hours. Taking the tally to 5,48,318, according data released by the Union Health Ministry today morning. The data showed 380 persons succumbed to the covid-19 in the last 24 hours as the toll increased to 16,475. The number of active cases stands at 2,10,120, while 3,21,722 people have recovered. The recovery rate stands at 58.67 percent.

During the last 24 hours, a total of 12,010 coronavirus infection patients have been cured.

Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday ruled out lifting the lockdown. In the state which continues to witness a huge surge in coronavirus infections. The state remains the worst-hit by the coronavirus pandemic with a total of 1,64,626 cases till date. Ten major cities including Mumbai continue to be in red zones. Seeing the spike in coronavirus infection cases. Cities like Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Palwar may further need to tighten lockdown measures, according to government officials.

In a televised address, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray made it clear that the restrictions will continue even after June 30 as the crisis is not yet over.

Gold prices in India hovered near record highs today, tracking firm global rates. On MCX, August gold futures were up about 0.3 percent to ₹48,450 per 10 gram. Silver rates also edged higher with futures on MCX rising 0.5 percent to ₹48,600 per kg. Last week, gold prices in India had hit a record high of ₹48,589 per 10 gram. In the previous session, gold had gained 0.8 percent while silver 0.6 percent.

In global markets gold prices continued their rally, edging closer to a eight-year high. As surging coronavirus cases across the world dented optimism about a quick global recovery.