More than 700 Covid cases were recorded in a day after a gap of over four months, taking the active caseload to 4,623, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday morning.
The Delhi government has postponed a play on the life of Babasaheb Ambedkar that was to be staged from January 5 due to rising COVID-19 cases in the national capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday held a high-level meeting to review COVID-19 related situation.
| 5 April 2021 1:50 AM GMT
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday held a high-level meeting to review COVID-19 related situation in the country as India recorded 93,249 new cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike since September 2020, taking the total tally to 1,24,85,509, sources said.
All senior officers including Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, Principal Secretary to PM P.K. Mishra, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, and Vinod Paul, NITI Aayog member and chairman of government s empowered group on COVID management are participating in the meeting.
The country has been recording an unabated spike in cases from over three weeks. Daily cases the country peaked on September 16, 2020, with 97,894 people testing positive for the virus in a single day.
EC dismisses Mamata s claims about presence of outsiders at Nandigram polling booth
The Election Commission has stated that the allegations made by Banerjee were factually incorrect and devoid of substance .
| 4 April 2021 2:19 PM GMT
KOLKATA: Election Commission dismissed West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee s allegations of disruption of polling at a booth in Nandigram during the second phase of assembly elections on April 1.
While rejecting the claim made by Banerjee about the presence of outsiders at a polling booth in Nandigram, the Election Commission has stated that the allegations were factually incorrect and devoid of substance .
The EC sent the letter to Banerjee on Saturday in response to a complaint filed by her on April 1, when polling was held in Nandigram, alleging irregularities in the polling process.