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The Leh Apex Body has announced that they are withdrawing the planned border march and stated they will continue their struggle in a peaceful manner through chain hunger strikes and protests.
During his 21-day fast last month, climate activist Sonam Wangchuk had called for the people of Ladakh to join him on a border march for an “onground check” of the alleged encroachment of grazing land at the India-China border.
Ladakh registers highest single-day spike with 245 new COVID-19 cases
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Last Updated: Apr 17, 2021, 12:12 PM IST
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Ladakh had so far recorded a total of 132 COVID-related deaths - 88 in Leh and 44 in Kargil - since the outbreak of the infection last year.
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Ladakh recorded 245 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day spike this year, pushing the virus case count in the Union Territory to 11,709, an official bulletin said on Saturday. The detection of the new cases - 236 in Leh and nine in Kargil - during the past 24 hours, raised the number of active cases to 1,363, the bulletin released by the Directorate of Health Services, Ladakh said.