Latest Live: Centre calls all-party meet on Tuesday on Sri Lanka crisis

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The central government has called an all-party meet over the ongoing crisis in Sri Lanka on Tuesday, July 19 which will be chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar.

India on Sunday reported 20,528 new Covid-19 cases, taking the tally to 43,750,599. With 49 new deaths, the toll from Covid-19 reached 525,709. India's tally of cured cases is at 43,081,441 with 17,790 new additions in last 24 hours.

India and China started the 16th round of high-level military talks on Sunday with an aim to resolve the outstanding issues in remaining friction points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. The talks are being held at the Chushul Moldo meeting point on the Indian side of the LAC in the region, official sources said. 
 

Double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu lifted the Singapore Open Super 500 trophy after outwitting China's Wang Zhi Yi in an intense women's singles final on Sunday. Sindhu managed to stay strong in the key moments to come up trumps against the 22-year-old Wang, the reigning Asian Championships gold medallist. The final scoreline read 21-9 11-21 21-15 in the Indian's favour.