The Armed Force Tribunal has held that a soldier inured during World War-II as part of British Indian Army would be entitled to war injury pension on a par with those injured in the post-Independence wars. The Lucknow bench of the tribunal passed these orders after the union government had denied this pension to a veteran who had been injured in Itlay in 1944 during the War-III. It was further argued that the present case pertains to pre-Independence and medical documents related to applications have already been destroyed after holding for 50 years. Therefore, in the absence of relevant medical documents the case cannot be decided at this stage. The tribunal, however, held that due to law of limitations applicants shall be entitled to war injury pension along with arrears from three years prior to filing of this application. Strongly opposing the plea, the union government subitted that Rawat is not entitled to war injury pension as per the ministry of defence letter dated february 29, 1972. Kerala reduced testing by 22% last week, compared to the week ending May 12, prompting health experts to draw a correlation between decreased testing and increased mortality. Kerala's Covid curve is in complete variance with the national trend of drop in both weekly cases and deaths. In India, the 28-day moving growth rate (MGR) of weekly positive cases dropped by 72% and deaths by 23%. Later, the DM released another order in which he said that the people who recently recovered from Covid, women and other exemptions as per vaccination guidelines would be entertained. The report also highlights the loneliness even as families are in "Work from Home" mode. Despite living in close proximitry, 20.5% elders living with members working or studying from home wanted some to just be with them.
