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Mansukh Mandaviya To Chair State Health Ministers' Meet Today
On Friday, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will convene a high-level virtual conference with state health ministers to discuss the alarming rise of Covid cases in India. Officials from the Empowered Group and the National Technical Advisory Committee on Immunisation will also attend the conference, according to the news agency.
According to the morning bulletin issued by the Centre on Thursday, India registered 5,335 new Covid cases in the preceding 24 hours, the highest daily total in 195 days. With 13 deaths confirmed on Wednesday, the death toll has increased to 5,30,929 people. Karnataka and Maharashtra each recorded two deaths, while Kerala and Punjab each reported one fatality. Kerala supplied a reconciliation figure of seven for fatalities within its borders.
On Wednesday, Delhi's Covid positivity rate exceeded 25%, with 509 fresh cases recorded. The positivity rate was pegged at 26.54%, with no new deaths. On Tuesday, Delhi recorded 521 cases, the highest daily rise since August 27 last year.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah To Visit Uttar Pradesh Today
During his day-long visit to Uttar Pradesh on Friday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will launch over Rs 4,567 crore in development projects and a music college, news agency ANI reported.
The Home Minister will begin his day on Friday with the launch of the Kaushambi Festival-2023 and the laying of the foundation stone for several development projects at an event held at Fasaiya Gram Sabha in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district.
In the evening, Shah would lay the foundation stone for Hariharpur Sangeet Mahavidyalaya and launch other development projects totalling 4,567 crore in the Namdarpur region of Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh.
Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, is also slated to visit Hariharpur hamlet in Azamgarh, where the Home Minister will lay the groundwork for the music college.
During his visit to the area in August last year, Yogi Adityanath pledged that a music college connected with Bhatkhande University, Lucknow, would be created.
Prominent Rationalist Prabir Ghosh Dies At 78
Prominent rationalist Prabir Ghosh dies at 78
Prominent rationalist Prabir Ghosh, who has penned several Bengali books debunking superstitious practices, died here on Friday due to old age-related ailments, his family. The president of Bharatiya Bigyan O Juktibadi Samity (Indian Science and Rationalist Association) died at his residence in Dumdum locality in north Kolkata.
AAP Appoints Harpal Singh Cheema As In Charge For Jalandhar Lok Sabha By-Election
For the Jalandhar Lok Sabha by-election in Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party appointed Harpal Singh Cheema, a minister in the Punjab government, as election in-charge.
Baisakhi: Pakistan High Commission Issue 2,856 Visas To Sikh Pilgrims
On the occasion of Baisakhi, Pakistan High Commission, New Delhi has issued 2,856 visas to Sikh pilgrims who will travel from India to participate in the annual festivities in Pakistan from 9-18 April 2023: Pakistan High Commission India
— ANI (@ANI) April 7, 2023
South Korea's Foreign Minister Park Jin Arrives In India On Maiden Visit
A warm welcome to FM @FMParkJin of Republic of Korea on his first official visit to India.
— Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) April 7, 2023
As 🇮🇳-🇰🇷 celebrate 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations this year, the visit will strengthen our Special Strategic Partnership. pic.twitter.com/cCARrX0Lan
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on recent incidents of violence in Nalanda and Rohtas
"Gradually it will be known who was behind it. Police and administration are probing the matter": Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on recent incidents of violence in Nalanda and Rohtas, as per ANI.
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