India recorded 12,729 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 221 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Friday, the country saw a total of 12,165 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.23 per cent which is the highest since March 2020 and total recoveries data reached 3,37,24,959.
Senior Trinamool Congress leader Subrata Mukherjee died while being treated for cardiac ailments at a state-run hospital in Kolkata on Thursday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said. Mukherjee, who was the state panchayat minister, was 75. He is survived by his wife. Mukherjee was also in charge of three other departments.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Kedarnath. Modi will offer prayers at the shrine and inaugurate Shri Adi Shankaracharya Samadhi, which was damaged in 2013 floods, and unveil the 12-feet statue of Shri Adi Shankaracharya. 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended greetings to the people of Gujarat on the occasion of Gujarati New Year on Friday.
Following the Diwali celebrations across the national capital (Delhi), the air quality deteriorated to 'very poor' category. The air quality index (AQI) touched 386 on Friday morning, while the AQI stood at 341 on the day of Diwali. Extremely poor pollution levels were previously predicted in Delhi due to firecracker emissions, unfavourable weather and a significant spike in stubble burning in neighbouring states.
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