Control over food and drink: Uttar Pradesh’s Yogi govt bans sale of liquor, meat in 25 wards of Kasganj; The state had earlier banned the sale of liquor and meat in 22 wards of Mathura Nagar Nigam

C-Section deliveries: In India, 14% of deliveries are C-section in government hospitals; in private hospitals, they are as high as 47%; the good news is that now, more than 88% of all deliveries in the country happen in a medical institution under trained health personnel

Nagaland killings by the Army: The Konyak Union, the apex body of the Konyak Naga tribe that resides in Nagaland’s Mon district announced fresh regulations to continue its “non-cooperation” with the armed forces on Konyak soil — a decision took following the killing of 14 civilians by central security forces

Kashmir terrorist attack: Two cops were killed and 12 others injured as militants opened fire on a police bus near Srinagar; at least 19 police personnel have been killed in militant attacks this year

Gujarat covid deaths data: Gujarat government doubles Covid death figures to nearly 20,000 in submission to SC; the official count is about 10,000; public health experts have been calling for an audit of “excess deaths” across India to ascertain the real figures of deaths caused by Covid