32,097 new cases in State
The Hindu
Test positivity rate at 18.41%
Kerala reported 32,097 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, when 1,74,307 samples were tested in the past 24 hours. The case graph seems to have settled at a higher baseline of a daily caseload of 30-32,000 cases, as was witnessed in the week immediately after Onam.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.