Top News Of The Day: Prominent Congress Leader RPN Singh Joins BJP

RPN Singh, one of the Congress's most prominent leaders in Uttar Pradesh, quit the party today and announced his switch to the BJP ahead of next month's election in the state; Health Minster Mansukh Mandaviya met with top officials of states as he flagged three big concerns - the decline in quality testing, data emerging from the states and how covid emergency funds were being used; strictest restrictions are now being imposed in Thiruvananthapuram which has a shockingly high positivity rate of 50% to ensure hospitals aren't overburdened and other top stories.