COVID cases continue to stay over 600-mark
The Hindu
GHMC logs maximum cases at 73, Karimnagar 67
Telangana recorded 614 new cases on Friday, taking the total number of active COVID patients to 9,141. Four more deaths put the number of ‘official’ deaths to 3,800 on the day. Daily testing continued to remain above the 1-lakh mark with 1,11,251 tests conducted. Results of 1,950 samples are awaited. Overall number of people infected since March 2020 is 6.45 lakh and those recovered is 6.32 lakh. The cases in the twin cities within GHMC were highest at 73 followed by 67 in Karimnagar, 59 in Warangal Urban, 47 in Khammam and 45 in Nalgonda. Narayanpet reported zero cases with Jogulamba-Gadwal and Nirmal logging one each, Kamareddy and Wanaparthy having just two, and Medak three.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.