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A team, deputed by the Central government to assess the COVID-19 situation in Tamil Nadu, met Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Friday and discussed the strategy to contain the spread of the virus.

In a status report submitted West Bengal Chief Secretary on their final day in the state, the IMCT raised questions on the government’s claim that it has surveyed 50 lakh people.

A central government team is likely to visit Bihar on Friday to review floods situation across the state amid heavy rainfall warning by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). According to reports, the inter-ministerial team of the central government is being led by G Ramesh Kumar, Joint Secretary in the Home Ministry.

 A three-member panel, formed by Centre to probe the deaths of over 70 children at the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur has indicated serious irregularities. The team comprised of Dr Harish Chellani, a paediatrician at Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital, Dr NK Agarwal, Deputy Commissioner, Immunisation, Health Ministry, and Dr Sushma Nangya of Lady Hardinge College mentioned that proper hygiene norms are not being maintained at the hospital. 

Rijiju today toured flood-ravaged Lakhimpur, Dhemaji and Majuli districts along with senior central and state government officials.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi instructed a two-member central team on Tuesday to go to Arunachal Pradesh for an on-the-spot-assessment of damage in the wake of the recent landslide in Tawang District.

Over 120 people lost their lives in Tamil Nadu in the last fortnight following floods caused by incessant rains.

A team of central govt officials will visit Tamil Nadu to make first-hand assessment of the damage caused by floods on Thursday.