The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition which asked that the funds received in PM CARES be transferred to the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF).
Apart from this, the court also said that there is no need to create a new national disaster relief plan for COVID-19 and the relief provisions issued under the Disaster Management Act are sufficient.
Meanwhile, Bollywood actor Aamir Khan’s meeting with the First Lady of Turkey has created a fresh controversy.
Senior editor Arfa Khanum Sherwani discusses these issues.