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Union Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba has asked states and UTs to prepare a containment plan keeping in view the situation in their respective regions so that effective measures are taken in time to fight COVID-19.

Pramod Kumar Mishra, well known as PK Mishra has been appointed as the new principal secretary to PM Modi. Also, in another move, former Cabinet secretary PK Sinha has been appointed as the principal advisor to the Prime Minister. Ahead of TDP's 'Chalo Atmakur' protest, the Jagan Mohan Reddy government has kept TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu and his son Nara Lokesh under house arrest in Andhra Pradesh. Naidu had called for 12-hour hunger strike across the state. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for the daily wrap up of news from across the country.

The current cabinet secretary Pramod Kumar Sinha will be retiring next month, after the completion of his extended service of two years, granted by the Modi government

The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC), headed by Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha, earlier in the day reviewed relief measures in affected areas of Odisha, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh

The Prime Minister's Office has distributed work among the ministries. After a meeting with Modi, the Cabinet secretary has been asked to be on their toes to help the state governments and the Central government to ensure better coordination.