Mumbai News Highlights: President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday inaugurated the new Darbar Hall at the Raj Bhavan in Mumbai. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray was also present for the occasion. The president is here on a four-day visit to Maharashtra, the Raj Bhavan said.
Meanwhile, Mumbai reported 367 Covid-19 cases on Friday, the fifth consecutive day when the addition to the overall count was less than 500, and one death, a civic official said.
In signs that the pandemic may be ebbing here, civic data also showed that the caseload doubling time had increased from 949 days on Thursday to 1,055 days on Friday, while the city, where the positivity rate was 1.06 per cent, was clear of containment zones and sealed building for the second consecutive day. It also said 316 of the 367 cases of the cases detected now, or 86 per cent, were asymptomatic. 841 patients were discharged on the day.
Amid the hijab row, Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray said the Shiv Sena is of the view that students should wear the uniform if it is prescribed in schools or colleges and asserted that religious or political controversies should be kept away from the centres of education. Thackeray’s comments come in the wake of the controversy in Karnataka over the wearing of ‘hijab’- the Islamic headscarf- in educational institutions by Muslim girls
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Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-news-live-hijab-row-aaditya-thackeray-covid-bmc-7765343/
