The deadlock between the government and India's anti-graft activist, Anna Hazare over the formulation of an effective Lokpal Bill continues to persist, as his fast enters the eighth day on Tuesday. The opposition parties called for nationwide rallies this week and prompted the government of Manmohan Singh to take tentative steps to open talks. Speaking about the health of Hazare, Manish Sisodia, and a close aide informed mediapersons that he had shed 600 grams of weight since yesterday however, the doctors have said that his condition was stable.