Live news updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Natural Farming Conclave virtually today. He said, ‘the extraordinary success of the Digital India Mission is the country’s reply to those people who used to say that it’s not easy to bring change to villages…Our villages have shown that villages can not only bring changes but also lead the change.’

India on Sunday reported 18,257 new cases of Covid-19, taking its tally to 43,622,651. With 42 new deaths due to coronavirus infection, the nation’s toll has now reached 525,428. India’s tally of recovered Covid-19 cases now stands at 42,968,533 after 14,553 people were cured from the disease on Sunday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday dismissed Kyiv’s senior envoy to India and four other nations, without giving any reason, the presidential website said. Zelenskyy announced the sacking of Ukraine’s ambassadors to India, Germany, Czech Republic, Norway and Hungary.

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said that the price situation will gradually improve in the second half of the current fiscal, adding that the central bank would continue to take monetary measures to anchor inflation with a view to achieving strong and sustainable growth. “Overall, at this point of time, with the supply outlook appearing favourable and several high frequency indicators pointing to resilience of the recovery in the first quarter (April-June) of 2022-23, our current assessment is that inflation may ease gradually in the second half of 2022-23, precluding the chances of a hard landing in India,” Das said.