1. PM Narendra Modi to address the nation at 4 pm today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation today at 4 pm. The Prime Minister's Office, on Monday, tweeted, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 4 PM tomorrow." In his Mann Ki Baat radio address on Sunday, Modi said India is much better placed than many other nations with respect to the fight against the pandemic and that the country’s recovery rate is rising.
2. LAC Standoff: India, China to hold third round of Lt Gen talks today
Indian and Chinese militaries will hold another round of Lt General-level talks today in an attempt to de-escalate tension in eastern Ladakh and finalise modalities for disengagement of troops from the sensitive region, government sources said. It will be the third round of Lt General-level talks and it will take place in Chushul sector on the Indian side of Line of Actual Control. The meeting is scheduled to start at 10:30 AM, the sources said.
3. MP cabinet expansion likely today amid COVID-19 crisis
The much-awaited expansion of the single-member Madhya Pradesh cabinet under Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan might take place today at 5 pm at Minto hall in Bhopal. The cabinet has not been expanded since Chouhan took oath as chief minister for the fourth time on March 23, after his predecessor Kamal Nath of the Congress stepped down. However, Chouhan could not get time to set up the council of ministers amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
