| Welcome to the Evening Wrap newsletter, your guide to the day's biggest stories with concise analysis from The Hindu. We hope you are staying safe. Facebook bans BJP leader Facing severe criticism over alleged bias in implementing its own hate speech rules in India, Facebook has now banned BJP politician T. Raja Singh from its platforms for violating its policy on content promoting violence and hate. "We have banned Raja Singh from Facebook for violating our policy prohibiting those that promote or engage in violence and hate from having a presence on our platform. The process for evaluating potential violators is extensive and it is what led us to our decision to remove his account," a Facebook spokesperson said. The action comes after reports by The Wall Street Journal said that the company violated its own rules for hate-speech in favour of some individuals, including those associated with the ruling BJP. The action banning Singh comes in the wake of reported opposition to it from Ankhi Das, the head of public policy at Facebook India. Das had reasoned that punishing violations by politicians from the ruling party "would damage the company's business prospects in the country". The Journal report had also highlighted posts by Singh that labelled "Muslims as traitors" and had said that "Rohingya refugees in India should be shot". Apps ban: China says India 'abusing national security', colluding with U.S. China on Thursday hit out at India's move to ban 118 Chinese apps, accusing New Delhi of "abusing the concept of national security" and suggesting India was coordinating with the United States in its actions against Chinese companies. "The Indian side abused the concept of 'national security' and adopted discriminatory restrictive measures against Chinese companies, violating relevant WTO rules. China urges India to correct its wrong practices," Ministry of Commerce spokesperson Gao Feng was quoted as saying by state media.  Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesman Gao Feng. File "India's ban against Chinese apps not only damages the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese investors and service providers, but also harms the interests of Indian consumers and the investment environment of India as an open economy," he said. In a separate statement, the Foreign Ministry in Beijing suggested there was co-ordination between India and the U.S., which on September 2 welcomed India's move to ban 118 apps, which followed the previous June order to ban 59 Chinese apps. "I have noted that the U.S. State department on the same day said that India banned more than 100 Chinese apps and called on other countries to roll out the Clean Network initiative. So I don't know if there is any co-relation or interaction between India and the U.S.," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying. Army Chief arrives in Leh on a two-day visit Amid high tensions on the South Bank of Pangomg Tso (lake) in Ladakh and high operational alert by the Army and the Indian Air Force (IAF), Army Chief Gen. Manoj Naravane arrived in Leh on Thursday. He is on a two-day visit to Leh to review the operational preparedness in the Ladakh region following recent developments, an Army source said. Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, had visited front line air bases in the Eastern Air Command (EAC) a day before. The IAF said in a statement, "On arrival at the bases in EAC on Wednesday, the CAS was received by respective Air Officers Commanding who apprised him of the readiness state and operational preparedness of the combat units under their command." And at Chushul, talks between India and China continued for the fourth day as the two sides attempted to de-escalate tensions. "The talks are going on but we must not expect much from them," a military source said. PM's Twitter account hacked A Twitter account linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's website narendramodi.in was hacked early on Thursday morning, with hackers attempting to solicit cryptocurrency from his followers. The U.S.-headquartered social media giant said that it was aware of this activity and had taken steps to secure the compromised account. "We are actively investigating the situation. At this time, we are not aware of additional accounts being impacted," a Twitter spokesperson said in an emailed reply.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi. File Twitter suffered a major hack in July this year, with some hackers accessing its internal systems to take control of the accounts of major public figures and corporations, including that of U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden. The hack of Modi's account, as per investigations by Twitter, was not due to a compromise of its systems or service. SC to hear AP govt's plea on keeping English as medium of instruction till Class VI The Supreme Court Thursday issued a notice on Andhra Pradesh government's plea seeking to make English the medium of education from Classes I to VI in all its schools. The Andhra Pradesh government had approached the Supreme Court challenging its State High Court's decision to strike down a government order of November 2019 that had made English medium education compulsory from classes I to VI in primary, upper primary, and high schools under all managements from 2020-21. It was to be gradually extended to each further class from the next consequent academic years. A bench comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and K M Joseph has sought the response of Srinivas Guntipalli, on whose plea the Andhra Pradesh High Court had, in April this year, stopped the implementation of the state's plan to make English the medium of instruction. Senior advocate K V Vishwanathan, appearing for the state government, assailed the order during the hearing conducted via video conference. He said most parents wanted English to be the medium of education and it was a progressive, forward-looking measure in accordance with the Constitution. The court issued notice but refused the State's plea to stay the High Court order. It has fixed the plea for hearing on September 25. SC orders removal of 48,000 slum dwellings along Delhi railway tracks The Supreme Court has ordered the removal of about 48,000 slum dwellings located within safety zones along railway tracks in Delhi. It has ordered the removal to be completed within three months. In one of the last orders delivered by a Bench led by Justice Arun Mishra, who retired on Wednesday, the court declared "no interference, political or otherwise, should be there" against their removal. Significantly, it said that any order of interim stay passed by any court against the removal of these encroachments shall be deemed ineffective. The court also directed stakeholders to prepare a comprehensive plan for removal of the slum dwellings. The plan is to be made and executed in a phased manner. A Railway affidavit in the court had said that there was a "predominant presence" of slum dwellings along 140 km of rail tracks in Delhi. N. Ravi elected Chairman of Kasturi & Sons Limited N. Ravi was elected Chairman of Kasturi & Sons, the holding company of The Hindu Group, at the meeting of the company's Board on September 3, 2020. A former Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu and currently the Publisher of the group's various newspapers, Ravi succeeds N. Murali. The Board placed on record its appreciation of Murali's sterling contribution in steering the company during the period of expansion and the creation of subsidiaries to sharpen the focus on specific publications and businesses.  N. Ravi. Among the subsidiary companies under Kasturi and Sons Ltd. are THG Publishing that publishes The Hindu, Business Line, Frontline and Sportstar; KSL Media that publishes Hindu Tamil Thisai; KSL Digital Ventures that hosts the digital real estate platform, Roofandfloor.com; and Sporting Pastime that has taken up the resorts business. Covid Watch: Numbers and Developments The number of reported coronavirus cases from India stood at 39,25,585 at the time of publishing this newsletter, with the death toll at 68,566. Emphasising that while life is important, livelihood is equally vital, the Union Health Ministry on Thursday said India is undertaking the unlocking process despite the trend of rising Covid-19 cases. It is, however, doing so with adequate precautions, preparedness and awareness. Speaking at a press conference, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that five states -- Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra -- accounted for 70% of the total Covid cases in India. But only two states, Karnataka and Delhi, were showing an increase in daily deaths. There is an increase in the case fatality trajectory in two states: Karnataka and Delhi. Delhi has seen a 50% and Karnataka has seen a 9.6% increase in average daily case fatality, he said. US CDC tells states to gear up for coronavirus vaccine distribution in October Reuters is reporting that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has asked state public health officials to get ready to distribute a potential coronavirus vaccine to high-risk groups by late October. The timing of the vaccine has political implications as U.S. President Donald Trump seeks re-election in November. Trump has committed billions of federal dollars to develop a vaccine for Covid-19, which has killed more than 180,000 Americans. "For the purpose of initial planning, CDC provided states with certain planning assumptions as they work on state-specific plans for vaccine distribution, including possibly having limited quantities of vaccines in October and November," a CDC spokeswoman told Reuters. Evening Wrap will return tomorrow. | 
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