Experts have cautioned against another superspreader event- Kawar Yatra, stating that the pilgrimage could be “five times more likely to be a superspreader than the Kumbh festival.” This comes after the Uttarakhand government is mulling to allow the annual Kanwar yatra.
POLITICS UPDATE:
~New Department to be Created in Assam to Protect Indigenous Faith and Culture announces Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
~Trinamool Congress staged a protest in West Bengal’s Kolkata and Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow against the increasing fuel prices across the country.
~Eye on Uttarakhand polls, Arvind Kejriwal asks why people of hill state can’t get free electricity like Delhi
~Information and Broadcasting Ministry begins optimising govt-to-citizen connect to counter “fake stories”.
