India COVID-19 cases cross 2.9 million, nearly 69,000 cases and 983 deaths in 24 hours; 9 trapped after fire breaks out in Hydroelectric plant in Telangana; 14 labourers hospitalised after ammonia gas leak at dairy plant in Andhra’s Chittoor; UP: 578 villages flooded in 16 districts; relief operation not being carried out in Ayodhya; Kerala all-party meet opposes Thiruvananthapuram airport privatisation move by Centre; and more