Monsoon rains battered many parts of the country. Karnataka has received 99.7% more rain than normal in the first 11 days of July. Retail inflation in India dropped marginally to 7.01% in June from 7.04% in May. The Supreme Court has extended activist P Varavara Rao’s temporary bail. The Supreme Court has asked a Karnataka High Court judge, H P Sandesh to defer hearing in the anti corruption bureau matter for 3 days. Opposition members as well as activists have accused the government of distorting the national emblem. The issue surfaced a day after PM Modi unveiled the national emblem on top of the new parliament building.