New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) India reported 1,957 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, against 2,424 Covid cases recorded on the previous day, said the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday.
In the same period, the country has recorded eight more Covid related deaths, taking the death toll to 5,28,822 as per the report.
Meanwhile, the active caseload presently stands at 27,374 cases, accounting for 0.06 per cent of the country's total positive cases.
The recovery of 2,654 patients in the last 24 hours took the cumulative tally to 4,40,60,198. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.75 per cent.
Meanwhile, India's daily positivity rate has been reported to be 0.71 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate currently also stands at 1.21 per cent.
Also in the same period, a total of 2,76,125 tests were conducted across the country, increasing the overall tally to over 89.73 crore.
As of Tuesday morning, India's Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 219.04 crore.
Over 4.10 crore adolescents have been administered with a first dose of Covid-19 jab since the beginning of vaccination drive for this age bracket.
The plea said the Central government, contrary to the constitutional provisions and without having approval from the Parliament and without any gazette notification, quashed the century-old army selection process and imposed the scheme on the country.
The two accused shooters, identified as Priyavrat alias Fauji (26), a resident of Sonipat in Haryana, and Kashish alias Kuldeep (24), a resident of Jhajjar in Haryana, were arrested from Kutch district in Gujarat on Sunday.
In June 2019, Ram Rahim Singh had withdrawn his parole plea after the state BJP government was cornered by opposition parties for favouring the self-styled godman, who sought parole for 42 days to tend to his agricultural fields at his sect's headquarters in Sirsa town.
The Chief Minister, in a statement, said that the decision "reflects the sorry state of affairs in the country as the party in power is recklessly running the country without bothering about its youth".
In a Facebook post, the Bambiha gang accused Aulakh of being involved in Moosewala's shooting. It also alleged that Aulakh extorted money from other singers in the Punjabi music industry.
On sustained interrogation, it was revealed that Manoj Kumar had marital issues with his wife due to which he started sending friend requests to random women on social media and would harass them through calling and messaging apps.
