Top News Of The Day: Rs 50,000 Compensation For Each Covid Death, Centre Tell Supreme Court

The families of those who die of Covid will receive Rs 50,000 compensation from the state governments, the Centre informed the Supreme Court today. Significantly, the compensation will be paid against not only for deaths that have already occurred but for future ones, too, the court was told; Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew to the US this morning at the invitation of President Joe Biden to participate in the first in-person summit of Quad leaders. The PM, who has a jam-packed schedule, will also address the UN General Assembly; Covishield is now an approved vaccine on the UK's revised guidelines for travel after a furious India warned of "reciprocal measures", but double-vaccinated Indians still have to quarantine because of "vaccination certification issues", according to UK officials and other top stories.