10.02 am: Twitter on Sunday removed a “misleading” tweet downplaying the efficacy of masks posted by Scott Atlas, a top coronavirus advis...
10.02 am: Twitter on Sunday removed a “misleading” tweet downplaying the efficacy of masks posted by Scott Atlas, a top coronavirus adviser to President Donald Trump, Reuters reports.
“Masks work? NO,” Atlas wrote. Twitter Inc removed the tweet, saying it violated its misleading information policy on Covid-19, which targets statements that have been confirmed to be false or misleading by subject-matter experts.
9.58 am: Bihar Inspector General of Police of Purnia range Vinod Kumar died of Covid-19 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, on Sunday, the Hindustan Times reports. This is the first coronavirus-related death of a senior police official in Bihar.
9.55 am: The Rajasthan Police books Gujjar community leader Kirori Singh Bainsla and 33 others for holding a mahapanchayat in Bharatpur district without taking permission from the district administration, The Indian Express reports. The FIR lodged at Bayana police station states that about 2,500-3,000 people had gathered for the mahapanchayat over their six demands related to reservation.
9.50 am: Haryana reported no coronavirus-related death on Sunday for the first time in four-and-a-half months, even as its caseload increased by 952 taking the tally to 1,50,033, The Indian Express reports.
9.47 am: China’s economic growth accelerated to 4.9% over a year earlier in the latest quarter as a shaky recovery from the coronavirus pandemic gathered strength, according to the figures announced...
