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1. PM Narendra Modi launches crash course that aims to skill and upskill over 1 lakh 'Covid warriors' across the country, warns that the virus is still in our midst and can mutate. 2. Breach of Covid protocol will only hasten the third wave, the Delhi High Court warns, taking note of the violations in markets in the national capital following the massive easing of restrictions this week. 3. Historic high for fuel prices across the country with the price of petrol in Mumbai crossing Rs 103 per litre. Rahul Gandhi hits out at the government over the rise in fuel price. 4. India reports 62,480 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Daily recoveries continue to outnumber the daily new cases for the 36th consecutive day as the second wave of infections appears to be ebbing. India's daily test positivity rate - positive cases identified for every 100 tests - continues to decline. It stands at 3.24 per cent - below 5 per cent for the eleventh straight day. 5. Student-activists Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha walk out of Delhi’s Tihar Jail. The Supreme Court is going to hear the Delhi Police plea against the bail order. 6. Twitter India and IT Ministry officials have been called before the parliamentary panel to hear their views on safeguarding citizens’ rights and misuse of social online news media platform. 7. Tamil Nadu gets drive through vaccination facility in Chennai. 8. In Mumbai, 4 people people have been arrested in an alleged fake Covid vaccination camp. 9. Rupjoti Kurmi to join BJP.