LIVE: PM Narendra Modi to meet 8 CMs from North-Eastern states

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have a virtual meeting with the Chief Ministers of the eight Northeastern states to discuss the COVID-19 situation in the region.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have a virtual meeting on Tuesday (July 13) with the Chief Ministers of the eight Northeastern states to discuss the COVID-19 situation in the region.

Apparently, three out of every five districts that reported a test positivity rate of more than 10 per cent over the past week are in the Northeast region.

The Union Health Ministry data show that of the 58 districts that reported a positivity rate higher than 10 per cent between July 5 and July 11, as many as 37 were from the Northeast region.

While absolute numbers in the Northeast are small compared to the larger Indian states, the overall weekly positivity in India was only 2.21 per cent as of Sunday (July 11).

With 37,154 new coronavirus infections, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,08,74,376, while the total recoveries crossed three crore, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.

The death toll climbed to 4,08,764 with 724 fresh fatalities. While Kerala reported 12,220 new cases, Maharashtra detected 8,535 infections.

The country’s active caseload stands at 4,50,899. Active cases in Maharashtra have increased by more than 2,000. Maharashtra now has more active cases than Kerala.

13 July 2021

19:37 IST

Breaking: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s election petition to be heard by Calcutta High Court’s Justice Shampa Sarkar bench on July 14.

Mamata Banerjee had moved Calcutta High Court challenging Suvendu Adhikari’s win from the Nandigram Constituency in the recently held West Bengal assembly polls. Suvendu Adhikari had won by 1956 votes.

17:53 IST

The farmers will protest outside the Parliament as the Centre is not willing for talks, said Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Tuesday. "Farmers' protest will continue. We will go to Delhi on July 22 and sit outside the Parliament. 200 people will go every day," Tikait told reporters. 

In a statement, the Sanyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) said that farmers and leaders from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and even from distant states like West Bengal, Chattisgarh and Karnataka are arriving at the borders of Delhi to participate in the protest against the three agri laws.