Top news of the day: Centre couldn’t accurately anticipate gravity of the pandemic, says parliamentary panel; India to hold G20 summit in September 2023, and more

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Centre couldn’t accurately anticipate gravity of the pandemic, says parliamentary panel

The Central government could not accurately anticipate the gravity of the possible resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic and its subsequent waves, said the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare in its report “Vaccine Development, Distribution Management and Mitigation of Pandemic COVID-19’’. It added that it is disturbed at the unfortunate denial of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare regarding COVID-19 deaths due to oxygen shortage in the country. It has now recommended that the Ministry, in coordination with the States, must audit the deaths due to oxygen shortage.

India to hold G20 summit in September 2023

The G20 Leaders’ Summit will be held in New Delhi on September 9 and 10 in 2023, and Bangladesh, Egypt, Mauritius, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Singapore, Spain and the UAE will be the “guest countries” at the event.

Siddique Kappan to remain in jail due to pending PMLA case

Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan, who was recently granted bail by the Supreme Court, will continue to remain in a jail as a case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate against him is still pending, officials of the prison department said.

Violence erupts in Kolkata, Howrah during BJP’s march to State Secretariat