News18 Afternoon Digest: India Registers More Than 25,000 Fresh Cases, Highest this year, Vote Counting Underway for AP Municipal Polls
News18 Afternoon Digest: India Registers More Than 25,000 Fresh Cases, Highest this year, Vote Counting Underway for AP Municipal Polls
Here are the top stories we are covering this afternoon: Priyanka Chopra Teases Her Action Avatar in Citadel as She Shoots with Richard Madden, MS Dhoni Shaves Head, Picture in Monk Avatar Goes Viral, Brazil Beats India to Become Second Worst-hit Nation Again as Coronavirus Cases Rise at Alarming Rate, In a First, Biden-Modi-Suga-Morrison Write Joint Op-ed, Commit to Free Indo-Pacific Region, AP Municipal Election Results 2021: YSRCP Wins Kanigiri, Giddaluru, Tiruvuru & Srikakulam, Leads in Guntur, Kadapa & Chittoor, India Registers More Than 25,000 Fresh Cases, Maharashtra Sees Over 15,000 Cases for 2nd Consecutive Day.

India Registers More Than 25,000 Fresh Cases, Maharashtra Sees Over 15,000 Cases for 2nd Consecutive Day

India reported 25,320 new Covid-19 cases and 161 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Health Ministry data, this is the highest recorded tally of the year. Maharashtra on Saturday recorded 15,602 fresh coronavirus cases and 88 deaths, taking the tally to 22,97,793 and the toll to 52,811, even as sharp spike in cases in Mumbai and Nagpur kept the administration on its toes. The spike prompted Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to issue a shutdown warning to hotel and mall owners. READ MORE

AP Municipal Election Results 2021: YSRCP Wins Kanigiri, Giddaluru, Tiruvuru & Srikakulam, Leads in Guntur, Kadapa & Chittoor

The counting of votes for the Andhra Pradesh municipal elections has begun, with the ruling YSRCP leading the pack with wins in Kanigiri, Giddaluru, Tiruvuru and Srikakulam and a lead in Guntur, Kadapa and Chittoor. The triangular contest among YSRCP, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) is on in 12 municipal corporations, including Greater Visakhapatnam, Guntur and Vijayawada, and 71 Municipalities and Nagar Panchayats. READ MORE

In a First, Biden-Modi-Suga-Morrison Write Joint Op-ed, Commit to Free Indo-Pacific Region

In a rare move, the four leaders of the recent Quad Summit — Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga – shared vision for an Indo-Pacific region that is “free, open, resilient and inclusive”, in a joint opinion piece published by Washington Post on Sunday. READ MORE

Brazil Beats India to Become Second Worst-hit Nation Again as Coronavirus Cases Rise at Alarming Rate

Brazil witnessed a sharp spike in Covid-19 case and surpassed India to become the second-worst coronavirus-hit country in the world. Brazil on Saturday reported 85,663 new cases, its second highest number for one day. The nation also reported 2,216 Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, the third day in a row that fatalities exceeded 2,000 in the worst run of deaths since the virus pandemic began a year ago. READ MORE

MS Dhoni Shaves Head, Picture in Monk Avatar Goes Viral

There is hardly any doubt that MS Dhoni is a trendsetter, be it on the field or off it. Everyone remembers his long hair-look, when he had just burst onto the scene. Or his short hair, that he had sported after winning the 2007 World Cup. In the latest, Dhoni seems to have shaved his head in a Monk-like avatar. The picture has gone viral, while the fans are left wondering, what the look is all about. READ MORE

Priyanka Chopra Teases Her Action Avatar in Citadel as She Shoots with Richard Madden

Priyanka Chopra’s upcoming project Citadel, from Avengers: Endgame and Extraction fame director Russo Brothers, is currently shooting in London. Pictures from the sets have emerged and tease the actress’ intense action avatar in the series. READ MORE

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