India on Wednesday recorded 43,654 fresh cases of COVID cases in the past 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry. The Union Health Ministry said that nearly 22 districts – 7 from Kerala, 5 from Manipur, 3 in Meghalaya among others, are reporting an increasing trend in COVID-19 cases in the last 4 weeks and termed it a matter of concern.
As many as seven Opposition parties have written to President Ramnath Kovind urging him to instruct the Centre to discuss farmers’ issues, Pegasus in the House on Wednesday. The letter ha been signed by BSP, RLP, SAD, National Conference, CPI and the CPI(M), besides the NCP, though, main opposition party Congress is not among the signatories.
In other news, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who arrived in Delhi on Monday will meet Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi. She will also hold a meeting with Trinamool Congress MPs. The TMC supremo had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday.
