India registered 26,291 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, its highest single-day spike this year, taking the country's infection tally to 1,13,85,339, according to Union health ministry data.
The death toll due to the infection reached 1,58,725 with 118 more fatalities being recorded in a day, according to the data updated at 8 am. With this, the total active Covid caseload has gone up to 2,19,262 which is 1.93 per cent of the total infections in the country.
In an exclusive interview with India Today, legal expert Harish Salve discussed the constitutional crisis in West Bengal following Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's refusal to resign despite losing her seat and the decisive mandate against her party.
An India Today ground report from Tehran details the ongoing conflict, its impact on the city's infrastructure and how Iranians have gathered at Enghelab Square to demonstrate solidarity and unity amid war.
The Congress state unit in Tamil Nadu held an online meeting and decided to extend support to TVK. Congress is seeking a power-sharing agreement and is likely to demand two cabinet portfolios, along with a few board and corporation chairman posts, and other government roles such as trust members and directors.
Watch as India Today's Geeta Mohan brings this exclusive ground report from Iran's fourteenth-century Golestan Palace, which was damaged during the US-Israel airstrikes on Tehran.
