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At 723, India records lowest Covid fatalities since April 8
The first death due to Covid-19 in the country was reported last year in March. On May 23 this year, India witnessed the highest fatalities with 4,454 deaths in 24 hours. Monday is the 17th consecutive day in the last two months when the death toll has been below the 2,000-mark. The total caseload rose to 3,05,85,229 after India crossed the three crore-mark on June 25.
UP panchayat polls have lesson for opposition
The biggest lesson is that a divided opposition will not be able to realize its dreams of returning to power. The deep fragmentation between Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Congress will not only ensure the return of the BJP to power but will leave the opposition completely deflated.
'C' in Cong stands for 'cunning': Mayawati
Mayawati's statement comes after Congress had flayed the party alleging that the "B" in BSP stood for the BJP. "The 'B' in BSP stands for 'Bahujan' which includes Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and religious minorities. This group is in majority and that is why it is termed as 'Bahujan'," the BSP supremo said in a tweet.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma holds meeting with Muslims on population
After the meeting, the Chief Minister said that the Assam government would form eight sub-groups with representatives of the indigenous Muslim community to deliberate on issues such as health, education, skill development, preservation of cultural identity, financial inclusion and empowerment of women.
'DNA of all Indians is same, irrespective of religion': Mohan Bhagwat
Bhagwat said that the Sangh does not believe in the politics of votes. "We are in favour of the nation. We support those who are in favour of it. The work of connecting people cannot be done by politics. Politics is not a tool for this work, but is rather a weapon of destruction."
Less than 50,000 daily Covid cases reported for a week now: Centre
The country has also been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload, which stands at 4,85,350 now, it said, adding that a net decline of 10,183 was witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 1.59 per cent of the total positive cases. The Ministry also said that more people are recovering from Covid-19 infection, with daily recoveries continuing to outnumber daily new cases for 52 consecutive days now.
'Hybrid' terrorists attacking soft targets in Kashmir
Senior officials of the security forces and intelligence agencies believe they are. A part-time terrorist, also called a "hybrid terrorist", is an otherwise normal youth without any track record of terrorist activities. "Such youth are given a specific task identified and overlooked by an overground worker (OGW) and once accomplished, they are advised to return back to routine life.
Panchayat poll results show farm protests have no impact in western UP: BJP
The saffron party has won all the Zila Panchayat polls except one in Baghpat, but also won Muzaffarnagar, the home district of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait. The saffron camp believes that the result has built a positive atmosphere in favour of BJP among voters and cadre ahead of next year's polls and also exposed the so-called farmer leaders.
3rd COVID wave: US doctors impart online training to J'khand docs
Welcoming the guests, Dr Bharti Kashyap, chairperson, Women Doctors Wing, IMA Jharkhand said that this was the first time that such an international webinar has been arranged where specialists from top medical colleges in USA would share their insights and perspectives on combating a possible third Covid wave that is projected to hit several lakh children in Jharkhand.
Delhi reports 94 new Covid cases, 7 deaths
The daily Covid positivity rate stood at 0.13 per cent, it said. A total of 111 persons recovered from the disease in the same period, taking the national capital's total number of recoveries to 14,08,567. The active cases stood at 992, of which 300 are in home isolation. With the latest deaths reported on Sunday, Delhi's overall Covid death has reached 24,995.
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