India crossed a grim milestone of 1 crore Covid cases this week. However, the number of active cases is low. 

On Sunday, India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,00,31,223 with 26,624 new infections being reported in a day, while the death toll increased to 1,45,477 with 341 new fatalities.

The COVID-19 active caseload in India has dropped to 3.05 lakh, comprising just 3.04 per cent of the total infections.

Last week, US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer began shipping the first batches of its long-awaited and newly-authorised coronavirus vaccine.

The US added a second COVID-19 vaccine to its arsenal on December 18, with USFDA authorized an emergency rollout of the vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. and the National Institutes of Health.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise visit to Gurudwara Rakab Ganj on Sunday and paid tributes to Guru Teg Bahadur, the ninth Sikh guru. this is a part of his efforts to reach out to the protesting farmers. On Friday? he said, he said that farmers have already started to gain the benefits of the new farm laws

In International News, Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Sunday dissolved Parliament at the recommendation of Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and announced new dates for mid-term general election in April-May.

President Bhandari has announced April 30 for the first phase and May 10 for the second phase of the mid-term election.