Surge in Coronavirus cases: PM Modi to hold meet with CMs today on COVID-19 situation
The meeting will be held via videoconferencing, where the Prime Minister will discuss the latest surge in COVID-19 cases in several states
BusinessToday.In | March 17, 2021 | Updated 09:20 IST
The meeting between PM Modi and the chief ministers will take place at 12.30 pm
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting on Wednesday, March 17, with chief ministers of all states to take stock of the COVID-19 situation in the country. PM Modi will also review the ongoing vaccination drive against the coronavirus.
The meeting will be held via videoconferencing, where the Prime Minister will discuss the latest surge in COVID-19 cases in several states. The PM s meeting with CMs will be the first such since India launched the world s largest immunisation drive against the disease on January 16.
BMC asks teachers to go back to Work from Home pattern, discontinues rotational attendance
Mirror Online / Updated: Mar 17, 2021, 10:40 IST
coronavirus cases is once again on a rise in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (
BMC) has asked the teachers of civic-run schools to go back to working from home.
The BMC on Tuesday asked schools to discontinue 50 per cent rotational attendance for teachers and other staff from March 17.
Instead, schools should ask all the teachers to take their classes under the Work from Home pattern using e-learning and online platforms until further notice, the education department of the BMC said.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that eight of the top 10 districts of India in terms of active COVID-19 cases are in Maharashtra. He added that the only way to curb the spread is to increase the pace of vaccination