Top News Of The Day: Ugly Political Fight Over Delhi's Oxygen Demand

The Delhi government exaggerated the capital's oxygen needs by four times at the peak of the second wave of Covid in April-May and the supply of excess oxygen to Delhi "affected other states", says a report that has set off a new clash between the Centre and Arvind Kejriwal's government. The Central government sources say it is the interim report of a Supreme Court audit team. AAP, however, says there is no such report and the claim is part of "malicious and false" propaganda; Union Minister for Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday said Twitter denied him access to his account for almost an hour today over complaints that he violated the copyright law by posting clips from television debates. Mr Prasad's run-in with Twitter comes amid its months-long clash with the BJP-led government at the centre over issues ranging from requests to take down tweets supporting the farmers' protest, discrediting posts by leaders of the BJP and more recently new regulation; The Congress cannot be left out of any alternative front to take on the BJP, senior politician Sharad Pawar said today, days after a meeting at his home in Delhi sparked speculation about Third Front moves for the 2024; and other top news of the day.