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India on Tuesday recorded 8,586 new Covid cases, taking the nation's tally of coronavirus infections to 44,357,546. With 48 new deaths, including six reconciled by Kerala, India's toll of Covid has now reached 527,416. India recorded 9,680 recoveries from the Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, taking the tally of cured cases to 43,733,624.

The Congress sought to reach out to senior party leader Anand Sharma, who quit as chief of the Steering Committee for the upcoming Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections and resolve his grievances. State in charge Rajeev Shukla, whom Sharma blamed without taking his name, for ignoring him and leaving him out of party meetings, met party chief Sonia Gandhi on Monday evening and sources say he discussed affairs of the state and Sharma's resignation.

China on Monday announced plans to issue visas to hundreds of Indian students stranded at home for over two years due to Beijing's strict Covid restrictions, besides various categories of travel permits for Indians including business visas. As per the announcement, X1-Visa, will be issued to students who intend to go to China to pursue long-term study for higher academic education, including newly-enrolled students and students who return to China to resume their studies.

The central government suspended senior IAS officer, A Gopi Krishna, and DANICS officer Anand Kumar Tiwari in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case, officials said. They were named in the FIR lodged by the CBI in the ongoing probe into Delhi's excise policy. The CBI has named 15 individuals, including Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, in connection with alleged irregularities in the implementation of the Delhi government's Excise Policy 2021-22.