India reported over 90 thousand fresh COVID infections yesterday as the case tally crossed 5 million (50.2 lakh). Active cases stood at 9.95 lakh and deaths at 82 thousand. Delhi recorded 4,473 fresh COVID infections yesterday, its highest single-day spike yet as the case tally rose to 2.3 lakh. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Delhi BJP President Adesh Gupta, the state's Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, and seven MLAs have tested positive for Coronavirus. Karnataka home minister Basavaraj Bommai tested positive for COVID. The state's capital Bengaluru overtook Mumbai to become the second most affected city in the country with over 1.75 lakh cases. Russia concluded a deal with Dr. Reddy's lab to carry out a clinical trial and if successful, supply 100 million doses of its COVID vaccine – Sputnik V in India. Despite criticism from the West, Russia believes its vaccine elicits an antibody response without any adverse side effects. Addressing the Indo-China debacle, the home ministry told the Rajya Sabha yesterday that “there has been no infiltration along the Sino-Indian border in the last six months”. A year has passed since the PMC Bank debacle, depositors are yet to find a solution while the Lok Sabha passed a Banking Regulation Amendment Bill. Finance Minister Shri Shri Nirmala Sitharaman said the bill will protest the depositors. A special CBI court hearing on the Babri mosque demolition case will announce its judgment on September 30, and the judge SK Yadav has directed all the accused to be present in court on the day – including LK Advani and other BJP leaders such as MM Joshi, Kalyan Singh, and Uma Bharti. India banned air travel, with a blanket sweep overnight on March 24. A few weeks after, they allowed one single operator to 'repatriate' Indians stuck aboard – the government-owned Air India. Just how much money did the airline make from this? Over ₹2,500 crores. Meanwhile, the total revenues of the country's airlines fell over 85% to just ₹3,651 crores in the first quarter. Do we chase the virus or pot? The Narcotics Control Bureau investigator who was investigating the Sushant Singh Rajput drug case tested positive for Coronavirus himself, bringing to light the country’s priorities. 2020 has been rough enough for Bollywood, with the entertainment and media industry practically shut down for months and cinemas yet to reopen leading to thousands of crores in losses. But it's getting worse with a barrage of controversies that kicked off as justice for Sushant Singh Rajput and has now morphed into a war against drugs. Jaya Bachchan gave an emotional speech defending the industry in Rajya Sabha. In response, Kangana threw hate. UNITED STATES The vaccine’s coming claimed Trump. “The previous administration would have taken perhaps years to have a vaccine, because of the FDA and all the approvals,” Trump said. “We’re within weeks of getting it. You know, could be three weeks, four weeks.” Trump claimed that he never downplayed the pandemic, he “up-played” it instead. A World Trade Organization panel ruled that the Trump administration's tariffs on over $500 billion worth of Chinese goods violate international rules. But the ruling is ineffective as Trump denounced the WTO. Reported Bloomberg. A surge in people buying guns since the coronavirus pandemic began has flooded the FBI’s background check system, causing a spike in the number of delayed checks and allowing gun sales to proceed without them, FBI data disclosed on Tuesday showed. Reported Reuters. Bill Gates' father Bill Gates Sr passed away aged 94, due to Alzheimer's disease. AROUND THE WORLD Japan's parliament elected Yoshihide Suga as the country's new prime minister replacing Shinzo Abe who resigned earlier. The Caribbean island of Barbados will remove Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and declare a republic by November next year, said its prime minister Mia Mottley. “Time to fully leave our colonial past behind”, she added. The European Union does not recognize Al