Rakshabandhan is celebrated in a grand manner across the country. It is a festival that connects brothers and sisters and brings the family together. All siblings await this day to meet, tie the rakhi and exchange gifts.
Day: August 3, 2020
Following news reports that a Bihar IPS officer probing Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death was ‘forcibly quarantined’ by civic authorities in Mumbai, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has come down heavily on the city administration.
A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah tested positive, it has emerged that the Union Home Secretary A K Bhalla, senior officials and private staff of Shah would undergo Covid-19 testing.
Sivagangai MP Karti P Chidambaram has tested coronavirus positive.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and others leaders today greeted people on Raksha Bandhan.
Even though Kodambakkam, Anna Nagar and Teynampet had emerged as dangerous spots where Covid-19 was ravaging, the recovery rate in these areas are high.
Tamilnadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami will visit southern districts of the State and review the coronavirus prevention measures on 6 and 7 August.
A latest study by the National Institute of Oceanography at Goa published in a peer-reviewed journal has said warming of Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean is likely to weaken the India monsoon further in the near future, which could be accentuated by land mass changes across the country.
Intense rainfall is predicted in many parts of the country including Tamilnadu, Kerala, Mumbai and other areas on the west coast and in peninsular India during the next three days as the monsoon is likely to strengthen over the Arabian Sea, and a low pressure is likely to develop in Bay of Bengal.