- Boxer MC Mary Kom and Men’s Hockey team captain Manpreet Singh lead 127-member Indian contingent at the event32nd Summer Olympic Games.
- Olympic gets underway with a sombre opening ceremony in Tokyo this evening after a year-long delay due to pandemic.
- President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi extend best wishes to athletes taking part in the Games.
- Rashtrapati Bhavan and its Museum Complex to re-open for public from 1st August.
- 59 people killed in landslide and rain-related incidents in Maharashtra.
- US Secretary of State, Antony J Blinken will visit India on July 27 and July 28. This is his first visit to the country after assuming charge as US Secretary of State. He will meet EAM S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on July 28.
- In Tral, Awantipora terrorists fired indiscriminately upon a civilian near his house at Larugam. Injured man identified as Javeed Ah Malik.
- Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day amid ruckus by opposition over Pegasus snooping and other issues.
- Government engaged in active discussions with farmers’ Unions to resolve farm law issues says, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.
- Director of solar power company in input tax credit fraud case arrested by DGGI.
- Over 42 crore 34 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in the country so far; National Recovery Rate stands at 97.36 per cent.
- DRDO conducts successful flight-test of New Generation Akash missile.
