Budget Session: 'Lowest' Covid deaths, panel on MSP, and more

34 outsiders bought J&K properties

As many as 34 people from outside Jammu & Kashmir have bought properties in the Union Territory after abrogation of Article 370, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The Article 370, which gave special status to J&K and also barred people from outside to acquire properties, was abrogated on August 5, 2019.

‘Lowest’ Covid deaths per mn people in India

India has one of the “lowest” 374 Covid-19 deaths per million population,  according to the World Health Organisation, compared to similarly affected countries like the USA, Brazil, Russia and Mexico,