# Assam chief minister

• Himanta Biswa Sharma, the face of the BJP in north-east India, will be sworn in on monday as the 15th CM of Assam.

• Himanta Biswa Sharma, and the outgoing CM Sarbananda Sonowal, met governor Jagdish Mukhi on sunday afternoon and put forward the BJP’s claim to form the government.

• Both leaders had made their way into the politics from the all assam student’s union.

# Delhi covid cases

• The capital on sunday recorded 13,336 new covid-19 cases the lowest figure since April 12.

• The health bulletin issued by the Delhi government showed that 61,552 tests have been conducted over a 24 hour period with a positivity rate of 21.63%.

• The Delhi government said the capital had received 499 metric tonnes of oxygen on saturday against its daily demand of 700 metric tonnes of oxygen.

# Great nicobar plan

• The environment appraisal committee (EAC) of ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MOEFCC) has flagged serious concerns about NITI aayog’s ambitious project for great nicobar island.

• The proposal includes an international container transshipment terminal, a greenfield international airport, a power plant and a township complex spread over 166 square kilometre.

• The committee has also asked for details of the corporate environment policy of the implementing agency.

# China rocket debris falls

• Debris from the last stage of China’s long march rocket fell into the waters of the Indian ocean west of the maldives on sunday.

• The reentry of the rocket, described by astro-physicists as the fourth largest uncontrolled reentry in history.

• This rocket was a part of key component of China’s under construction space station.

# Scotland

• British PM Boris johnson on sunday invited the leaders of the UK’s devolved nations for crisis talks on the union after Scotland’s pro-independence party won its fourth straight parliamentary elections.

• Nicola Strugeon, leader of the Scottish national party (SNP) said the poll results proved that a second independence vote for Scotland.