India has recorded over 1.61 lakh fresh Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, about 7,100 cases lower than yesterday, taking the country's caseload to 1,36,89,453. A total of 879 people also succumbed to the infection in the past 24 hours, pushing India's death toll due to the infection to 1,71,058, according to the Union health ministry. Mamata Banerjee sat on a dharna in Kolkata on Tuesday in protest against the Election Commission's 24-hour ban on her. Watch Nonstop 100.
