- India recorded 26,041 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the active caseload to 2,99,620 - the lowest its been in 191 days. Active cases currently account for only 0.89 per cent of the total Covid cases in India. India also reported 276 fresh deaths.
- With 26,041 fresh Covid cases recorded in the last 24 hours, India's daily tally this morning was eight per cent lesser than yesterday. The active cases account for less than 1 per cent of the overall cases, the Health Ministry latest data shows.
- A total of 7.9 per cent of all cancer cases between 2012 and 2019 were found in children below 14 years, a report prepared by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said.
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Sunday expanded his Cabinet by inducting seven new ministers. All the new ministers were administered oath of office and secrecy by Governor Anandiben Patel at a hurriedly convened ceremony at the Raj Bhavan, in the presence of the Chief Minister and his Cabinet colleagues.
- Chief Justice of India N V Ramana Sunday exhorted women lawyers to strongly raise their demand for 50 per cent reservation in the judiciary while assuring them of his "total support".
- India’s Mars Orbiter spacecraft has completed seven years in its orbit, well beyond its designed mission life of six months. MOM is ISRO's maiden interplanetary mission. Launched November 5, 2013, the probe was successfully inserted into Martian orbit September 24, 2014 in its first attempt.
- Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi carried out his first cabinet expansion Sunday, inducting 15 Cabinet Ministers which included seven new entrants, as the Congress gears up to face assembly elections that are barely five months away.
- Canada will allow direct flights from India from Monday, lifting the ban on them after a gap of more than five months.
- South Korea will begin administering booster Covid-19 shots for high-risk people, including those aged 60 and older, and medical workers, in the near future.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi heaped praise Sunday on Patayat Sahu of Kalahandi district. Sahu has created a garden of medicinal plants on his farmland. Speaking about Sahu’s inspiring story on his popular radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’, Modi heaped praise on the nature lover.
- India recorded 26,041 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the active caseload to 2,99,620 - the lowest its been in 191 days. Active cases currently account for only 0.89 per cent of the total Covid cases in India. India also reported 276 fresh deaths.
- At least 73 per cent population in 12 districts of Odisha have developed antibodies against Covid-19, said Sanghamitra Pati, director of ICMR’s Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) on Sunday.
- Farmers on Monday blocked highways and other roads at many places in Punjab, where the ruling Congress said it firmly stands by the farm unions' call for Bharat Bandh against the Centre's three agri laws.
- Nearly 40 lakh pupils from government and private schools will in the second week of November participate in a National Achievement Survey, which will evaluate their learning levels and assess any decline during the pandemic. Students of Classes III, V, VIII and X will take the written, single-paper test — which will assess their competence in mathematics, social sciences, language and comprehension — on a single day.
- Five teachers of a government primary school in the Agra district have been suspended for "unethical behaviour" after a video purportedly showing them dancing to film songs in a classroom.
- The Supreme Court has said that the relaxation granted on the limitation period for filing court cases in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic would come to an end on October 2.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission. Under this, a unique digital health ID will be provided to the people, which will contain all the health records of the person. The pilot project of the National Digital Health Mission was announced by the prime minister from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15, 2020.
- A recently concluded serological survey covering 12 districts of Odisha to estimate and compare the age-specific prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies has found that 70 per cent children in the age group 6-10 years were found to have developed antibodies, while the figure for the 11 -18 years age group was 74 per cent.
- Jitin Prasada, who switched from the Congress to the BJP earlier this year, was among the seven new ministers to join the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh.
- Veteran Goa Congress leader Luizinho Faleiro today quit his party of 40 years amid reports that he is joining the Trinamool Congress of Mamata Banerjee
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