Kerala has been reporting highest daily Covid-19 cases in India for days. The positivity rate or the percentage of how fast an infection spreads is 12.48 per cent in Kerala, while the national average is 1.9 per cent, according to government data. The state government says Covid cases in Kerala are at a plateau and the current numbers are not unexpected. "The testing in Kerala is a concern and the Indian Medical Association (IMA) had earlier recommended that daily testing needs to be increased to around 100,000. But the per day testing still continues to be between 40,000 to 60,000," Dr Sulphi Noohu, member of IMA's central committee, said.
Decision on release of Rajiv killers soon
Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit will take a decision on the release of seven people convicted in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi "within three to four days", Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the Supreme Court. The court, which is hearing a petition regarding the release of the convicts, had earlier expressed unhappiness over the Governor's tardiness on the issue. In 2018, the Tamil Nadu government had recommended the premature release of all the seven convicts in the 1991 assassination case. The cabinet's decision, however, needed a sign-off from the Governor, with whom the matter has been pending since. For more than two years Governor didn't decide on the TN cabinet recommendation.
