Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Heeraben Modi was on Wednesday admitted to hospital and her condition is reported to be stable. The hospital in a statement said,
‘Next 40 days crucial as India may see Covid surge in mid-January’
The next 40 days will be crucial as India may see a surge of COVID cases in mid of January, said Union Health Ministry sources on Wednesday. The sources said the assessment had been made after analysing the previous trends of the COVID surge the country experienced.
39 int’l travellers test Covid positive at airports across India
After the Centre re-started random testing of incoming passengers amid the rising scare of Covid-19 in several countries, a total of 39 international travellers have been found Covid positive across different airports of the country.
SC to hear on January 2 plea against forced religious conversions
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on January 2 a fresh plea seeking directions to the Centre and states to take stringent steps to control fraudulent religious conversions by ”intimidation, threatening, deceivingly luring through gifts and monetary benefits”.
Covid negative report may be mandatory for arrivals from China, 5 nations
The government is likely to make it mandatory for passengers arriving from China and five other places to have negative RT-PCR reports from next week, official sources said on Wednesday.
Unfair & unjust
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday said that it is deeply alarmed by the reports that the Taliban have prohibited women and girls from attending universities,

