The medical fitness requirement for women to get Permanent Commission in the army is "arbitrary" and "irrational", the Supreme Court said today while pronouncing verdict on petitions filed by around 80 women officers for permanent commission in the army; Mumbai prepares for 10,000 Covid cases a day; passengers with RT-PCR-negative report can only enter Bengaluru; India's daily coronavirus cases cross 50,000 mark; and other top news of the day.
