
State closely monitoring COVID-19 situation: Ajit Pawar
The Hindu
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar assured that the State government is closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on January 5 assured that the State government is closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation, with the health department instructed to take necessary precautions to curb the virus’s spread.
During his visit to Sassoon General Hospital, Pune, Mr. Pawar said that although the JN.1 variant is not highly severe, people are advised to wear masks.
He informed that the health department briefed Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on January 5 about the COVID-19 situation, stating that daily reporting of cases and issuing directives to civil surgeons and health departments for precautionary measures.
Mr. Pawar urged the public to cooperate in adhering to COVID-appropriate behaviour, stressing the importance of mask usage despite the relatively mild nature of the present COVID-19 variant.

On December 23, the newly elected office bearers of the Anna Nagar Towers Club, led by its president ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, who is a former MLA, met with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin and conveyed their greetings. According to a press release, besides, ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, the Anna Nagar Towers Club delegation that met Stalin at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK Party headquarters, included vice-president R. Sivakumar, secretary R. Muralibabu, joint secretary D. Manojkumar, treasurer K. Jayachandran and executive committee members N. D. Avinash, K. Kumar, N. R. Madhurakavi, K. Mohan, U. Niranjan, S. Parthasarathi, K. Rajasekar, S. Rajasekar, M. S. Ramesh, R. Satheesh, N. C. Venkatesan and K. Yuvaraj. Karthik Mohan, deputy secretary of DMK’s Information Technology Wing, was present on the occasion.












