- Uttar Pradesh Cabinet decides to provide 3 kgs of wheat and 2 kgs of rice to Below Poverty Line cardholders for three months
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls for localised containment strategies and scaling up vaccination process to contain the Covid pandemic; Reviews the Covid situation in the country.
- Prime Minister stresses on augmentation of health care resources in rural areas by adopting door to door testing and surveillance strategies.
- UIDAI says no one shall be denied vaccine, medicine, hospitalization or treatment for want of Aadhaar.
- Government relaxes rules for fast tracking approvals to import cylinders and pressure vessels for storage and transportation of medical oxygen.
- Government augments capacity of indigenous production of Covaxin under Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 Mission.
- First batch of drug 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose expected to be launched next week for COVID patients.
- Covid-19 cases continue to decline for last 12 days in the country; Recovery rate touches 83.8 per cent.
- Over three lakh 26 thousand new cases reported in the last 24 hours.
- Cyclone Tauktae likely to turn into severe cyclonic storm in few hours; Prime Minister reviews preparedness, asks officials to ensure essential services.
- US envoy arrives in Tel Aviv for talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials in a bid to de-escalate tensions.
