India on Tuesday recorded 4,417 cases of Covid-19, taking the nation's tally of coronavirus infections to 2,137,268,615. With 23 new deaths, India's toll from the Covid-19 pandemic has reached 528,030. India's tally of cured Covid cases has reached 43,886,496 after 6,032 people recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday reached national capital Delhi and met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at his residence as the meeting between the two went on for nearly an hour. During his two-day trip to the national capital, Kumar plans to meet various opposition leaders, including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The Bihar CM will call on the President and the Vice President.
The government is working on a new version of the data protection bill and proposed Digital India law to make the online world more accountable, IT and Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. During the launch of the second batch of Cytrain Setu, Vaishnaw said the government will float a New Telecom Bill within a week. The minister said that a new version of the Data Protection Bill and proposed Digital India law is in the works.
At least 11 more people were killed in Pakistan in the last 24 hours due to catastrophic floods, taking the death toll to 1,325 in the country amidst efforts to minimise the losses by rescuing the people and providing them food and shelter. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said in its update that 12,703 people were also injured due to accidents related to floods, which were triggered by the monsoon rains.
Europe's largest nuclear plant was knocked off Ukraine's electricity grid Monday after its last transmission line was disconnected as a result of a fire caused by Russian shelling, the facility's operator said. Russian forces have kept up intensive shelling of the area around Zaporizhzhia in recent days, Energoatom said in a statement.
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