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1. World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday warns the world about the 'early stages' of COVID-19 third wave amid Delta surge. 2. Chief Justice of India says the sedition law is colonial law. The Chief Justice questions the need for a colonial law like the sedtion law, says it is a threat to the functioning of institutions. 3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in his constituency Varanasi to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for various projects, says UP fought Covid with full dedication. 4. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be in Delhi from July 25th for three to four days. Sources say she will meet several opposition leaders including Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi during her visit. 5. Navjot Singh Sidhu is likely to be appointed as chief of the Congress' Punjab unit shortly, sources say, as the party closes in on a formula to quell the intense infighting that has endangered its campaign for next year's Assembly election. 6. ISRO's Gaganyan engine tests success, gets thumbs up and congratulations from Elon Musk. 7. India reports 41806 new COVID-19 cases, 581 deaths in the last 24 hours. It's the biggest jump in active cases since June.