- The country's cardiologist, Dr KK Aggarwal, a former president of the Indian Medical Association and a prominent face of the medical fraternity in the country, died on Monday night at the age of 72.
- Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced a house-to-house survey will be launched to detect persons with Covid symptoms and co-morbid conditions in the State. The survey will be conducted for three months.
- ASHAs will be provided one-time assistance of Rs 10,000 for bicycle, cupboard, slippers, umbrella and torch. They have been engaged to monitor home isolation cases in Odisha.
- All four Trinamool leaders will have to stay at the Presidency jail until the case comes up for hearing before the high court on Wednesday.
- Odisha has decided to cover the widows and orphan children of Covid-19 victims under the Madhubabu Pension Yojana, announced Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik during an all-party meeting held today.
- The Board of Control for Cricket In India (BCCI) today appointed former India opener Shiv Sunder Das as batting coach of the Senior India Women’s Cricket team.
- The Transport Department of the Odisha Government today fixed maximum hiring charges for Patient Transport Ambulance (PTA), Basic Life Support (BLS) ambulance and Advance Life Support (ALS) ambulance operating across the state.
- After their bail, challenged by the CBI, was stayed by the Calcutta High Court, Ministers Subrata Mukherjee and Firhad Hakim, Trinamool MLA Madan Mitra and former leader Sovan Chatterjee were taken to the Presidency correctional home late last night.
- India saw another grim record with 4,329 Covid patients dying in the last 24 hours even as daily cases dropped to 2.63 lakh. This is the second consecutive day that the country reported less that 3 lakh cases.
- India recorded a decline of nearly 1 lakh in its active caseload in the last 24 hours, Health Minister said on Monday evening. The country has a total of 33,53,765 active cases, official data this morning showed
- The government on Monday released a new anti-Covid drug. "It holds potential to significantly reduce recovery time and dependency on supplementary oxygen among patients," the Health Minister said.
- A total of nearly 1,000 doctors across India have lost their lives due to Covid so far, according to the Indian Medical Association. Five months into India's vaccination drive, only 66 per cent of India's healthcare workers have been fully vaccinated.
- With Uttar Pradesh battling a second Covid wave, the Allahabad High Court on Monday used a famous Hindi saying - "Ram Bharose" (at God's mercy)- as the health infrastructure in villages and small cities was discussed.
- The landfall process of the eye of extremely severe cyclonic storm Tauktae, which hit the Gujarat coast in Saurashtra region between Diu and Una, ended around midnight, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday.
- Two arrested Trinamool Congress ministers, an MLA and a former party leader, who were arrested by CBI in the Narada sting tape case, were taken to Presidency Correctional Home in Kolkata late on Monday night, sources in the central probe agency said.
- Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ will meet all Vice-Chancellors of central universities virtually today to review the online education amid COVID-19.
- In Delhi, petrol prices have been increased by 27 paise to ₹ 92.85 per litre and diesel prices have become dearer by 29 paise to ₹ 83.51 per litre, according to Indian Oil Corporation
- President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States is surging exports of Covid vaccines to other countries to reclaim "American leadership" in the global fight against the pandemic, dismissing rival efforts by China and Russia.
- The number of daily COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra plunged below the 30,000-mark on Monday with the state reporting 26,616 new infections, taking the count to 54,05,068, the health department said.
- China, which is actively pursuing vaccine diplomacy, said on Monday that it is "supportive" of India and South Africa's proposal for a temporary waiver of Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) for coronavirus vaccines.
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