Morning Digest | 3 children among 6 dead in Nashville school shooting; Centre asks States to be on alert as Covid numbers keep rising, and more

The Hindu’s Morning Digest brings readers a select list of stories to start the day.

Nashville school shooting | 3 children among 6 dead; suspect had drawn maps, done surveillance

The suspect in a Nashville school shooting on March 27 had drawn a detailed map of the school, including potential entry points, and conducted surveillance before killing three students and three adults in the latest in a series of mass shootings in a country growing increasingly unnerved by bloodshed in schools.

Trinamool joins Cong.-led protest, but Uddhav’s party aloof

In a zero-sum game, on the first day of Parliament after disqualification of senior Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi, the Opposition ranks on March 27 gained an ally in the Trinamool Congress (TMC), which has so far stayed away from all joint opposition events, but lost an old ally Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray), which, irked by Mr. Gandhi’s “denigrating” comments on Savarkar, pulled back.

States advised to undertake mock drills to ensure operational readiness of COVID-19 infrastructure

The Union Health Ministry on March 27 directed States and Union Territories to be on alert and ensure preparedness for COVID-19 management, in view of the rise in infections in the country.

Students to get new NCERT textbooks after a gap of nearly 20 years