Third wave of COVID-19 passed its peak in Delhi: Delhi Health Minister

• Jain also confirmed that there will be no reimposition of lockdown in Delhi. He said that he does not think that it will be an effective step now and added saying that wearing of masks by everyone will be more beneficial.

• The third wave of COVID-19 has passed its peak in Delhi, said Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain during a press briefing on November 16, 2020.

Nitish Kumar to be sworn-in as Bihar CM for 7th term today:- 

• Nitish Kumar will be sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the seventh term today, November 16, 2020. The swearing-in ceremony will take place at 4:30 PM at Raj Bhavan in Patna. 

• Nitish Kumar was unanimously elected as the leader of the NDA alliance at a meeting of its newly-elected MLAs in Patna on November 15th. Following the meeting, Nitish Kumar and Bihar BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal along with few other leaders met Bihar Governor Phagu Chauhan to stake claim to form the new government in the state.

• The NDA has the support from all MLAs of the BJP, JD(U), Hindustani Awaam Morcha (HAM) and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP). 

• National BJP president JP Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah will be attending the swearing-in ceremony of Nitish Kumar and his cabinet colleagues. On the other hand, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav will not be attending the ceremony.

Tarkishore Prasad, Renu Devi to be new Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar :- 

• The decision was taken in the meeting held between Nitish Kumar and Bihar BJP in-charge Bhupendra Yadav and election in-charge Devendra Fadnavis at Nitish Kumar’s residence.

• Nitish Kumar had held meetings with BJP and JD( U) leaders to discuss the probable size of the cabinet. Currently, the permissible size of the cabinet in the state is 36, as the size of the council of ministers can be only 15 percent of the total number of assembly seats, which stands at 243.

• Bihar will have two new Deputy Chief Ministers- BJP legislature party leader Tarkishore Prasad and Deputy leader Renu Devi.

National Press Day observed:-

• National Press Day was observed on November 16, 2020. The day is observed every year to spread the message of the need for a free and responsible press. 
• The Press Council of India had started functioning as a moral watchdog on this day to ensure that the press maintains high standards and is not swayed away by any influence or threats.
• Vice President M-Venkaiah Naidu greeted all the media professionals on the occasion and highlighted through a tweet that Media plays a key role in strengthening democracy and in informing and empowering the citizens and he praised the media persons for keeping the people informed continuously during the pandemic.