Morning news brief: US crosses 700,000 Covid death toll, India celebrates Gandhi's birth anniversary, and more
Morning news brief: US Covid death toll, Gandhi Jayanti
Coronavirus deaths have crossed the alarming limit of 700,000 in the US on Friday as an average of 1,000 people are dying because of the virus on a daily basis in the country. In the UK,following the shortage of tanker drivers in the UK, the government has decided to bring in British Army to deliver petrol all over the country now. Meanwhile, in the east,on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Raj Ghat in Delhi to pay tributes to the 'father of the nation'.United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also reiterated his calls for peace on the occasion of 'International Day of Non-Violence'.
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