7,823 new cases in State
The Hindu
The State’s active case pool dips to below the one-lakh mark for the first time
Kerala registered 7,823 new cases of COVID-19 when 86,031 samples were tested in the past 24 hours.
The State’s active case pool has come down below the one-lakh mark for the first time in months and on Tuesday, the active case pool had 96,646 patients. The number of patients reported to have recovered from the disease on the day was 12,490.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists