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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday attend an event to distribute Ayushman cards to beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya YojanaMa Amrutam (PMJAY-MA) scheme in Gujarat, officials said. Modi will join the programme organised in Gujarat capital Gandhinagar in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel via video conference and will also interact with three beneficiaries, an official release said on Sunday. The Ayushman PVC cards (made of polyvinyl chloride material which can be carried easily) are to be distributed to more than 5 million beneficiaries under the PMJAY-MA scheme in Gujarat, the release said.

Senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor will face-off in an electoral contest on Monday for the post of AICC chief, as the party gets set to have a non-Gandhi president in more than 24 years. Over 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates form the electoral college to pick the party chief in a secret ballot. Voting would take place at the AICC headquarters here and at over 65 polling booths across the country in an electoral contest which is taking place for the sixth time in the party's 137-year history.

 

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Congress presidential elections: Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole casts his vote

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Congress presidential elections: Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra cast their vote

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India logs 2,060 new Covid cases, 10 deaths

India reported 2,060 new coronavirus cases, raising its tally to 44,630,888, while 10 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 528,905, the Health Ministry said on Monday. The active cases increased to 26,834 and comprise 0.06 per cent of the total infections, according to data updated by the ministry at 8 am.

 

The national Covid-19 recovery rate increased to 98.75 per cent, it added.

 

An increase of 209 cases was recorded in the active Covid-19 case count in a span of 24 hours.

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Congress presidential elections: Madhusudan Mistry conducts final checks before voting begins

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Congress presidential elections: Visuals from Lucknow, UP

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Congress presidential elections

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Congress presidential elections

Congress Party to vote today to elect its next president. Senior party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor are in the fray.

 

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Congress presidential elections: 280 delegates will cast their votes in Delhi Congress office

A total of 75 Congress delegates incl party's interim pres Sonia Gandhi, Gen Secy Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, former PM Manmohan Singh & other CWC members & senior leaders will cast their votes in AICC headquarters, Delhi

 

280 delegates will cast their votes in Delhi Congress office.

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Voting for Congress presidential elections will begin at 10 am