New cases, caseload continue to dip in Kerala
The Hindu
19,894 newly diagnosed, TPR comes down to 15.97%
New COVID-19 cases and the active case pool continue to dip in Kerala, even as there has been no change in the graph of hospitalisations, ICU occupancy and deaths over the past several weeks. The trend in hospitalisations and deaths is expected to remain the same for at least two to three weeks before it shows a decline. On Sunday, Kerala reported 19,894 new cases, when 1,24,537 samples were tested in 24 hours. The test positivity rate (TPR), which had stabilised around 16% for the past three days, registered 15.97 % on the day.A group of 13 men from Dakshin Datta Para village in Nadia district, West Bengal, busy transplanting paddy has been catching the eye of many in Mayildathurai district in recent days. A video clip of the Bengali migrant agricultural workers Singing Hindi and Bengali songs while planting paddy at Nallathukudi village here has gone viral.
Leaders and legislators hailing from Ballari, which is part of the Kalyana Karnataka region, seem to be a source of much political upheaval in Karnataka, going by recent history. This has been the case since the time illegal mining hit national and international headlines in the 2000s and the place gained reputation as “Republic of Ballari”.
The former BJP MLA of Udupi K. Raghupathi Bhat claimed on Saturday that he contesting the Legislative Council elections from South West Graduates’ Constituency as rebel candidate made the saffron party field its party leader C. T. Ravi in the biennial elections to the Legislative Council from the Legislative Assembly.