Top News Of The Day: India Over 3 Lakh Cases Daily, Highest In 8 Months

India's daily Covid graph saw a worrying upward curve today as the country added 3.17 lakh Covid cases - a new high in the third wave - taking the tally to 3.82 crore. At the global level, India is the second worst-hit country after the US; the Indian Army has sought assistance from China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) to locate missing teenager Miram Taron and return him as per established protocol, sources in the defence establishment said on Thursday; the BJP today announced 34 candidates in its first list for Goa but a big name was missing - Utpal Parrikar, the son of former Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, a party veteran. Utpal Parrikar had publicly declared he would like to contest from his father's seat Panaji but the BJP picked sitting MLA Atanasio "Babush" Monserrate - a Congress alum - instead and other stories.