Here's a recap of moments captured in India in the past 24 hours.
The bravery wall has the names of 138 officers, including five who got the awards posthumously.
The Centreal Reserve Police Force operations, will have to acquire an intelligence-based strategy to combat Maoists who have organised themselves as a "regular fighting army", Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Wednesday.
The 130 crore people of the country, all the states and every individual fought this battle against COVID-19 as one nation, he said.