Sat, 08 May 2021 14:06:57
India saw a record 4,187 fatalities due to COVID-19 in a single day, taking the country's death toll to 2,38,270, while 4,01,078 new infections were reported in a day, pushing the tally to 2,18,92,676, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Saturday.
Registering a steady increase, the active cases have increased to 37,23,446, comprising 17.01 per cent of the total infections, wh
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Sat, 08 May 2021 14:05:36
The Shiv Sena on Saturday said that while smaller countries in the neighbourhood are offering help to India to tackle COVID-19, the Modi government is not even ready to stop the work of the multi-crore Central Vista project.
The party also said that the system created in the past 70 years by previous prime ministers, including Pandit Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Manmohan Singh, has helped the count
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Sat, 08 May 2021 14:03:55
Taking note of an "unprecedented surge" in COVID-19 cases in the country, the Supreme Court on Saturday passed directions for decongestion of prisons and ordered forthwith release of all those prisoners who were granted bail or parole last year in view of the pandemic.
A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices L Nageswara Rao and Surya Kant said that all those prisoners who were
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Sat, 08 May 2021 14:00:46
In a gory incident, at least four workers were killed in a blast at a limestone mine in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday, police said.
The toll is expected to go up as the dismembered bodies lay strewn all over the blast site.
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Sat, 08 May 2021 13:57:18
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Saturday lashed out at the Centre for its handling of the COVID-19 situation in the country saying that the medical body is astonished to see "extreme lethargy and inappropriate actions" from the Union Health Ministry in combatting the pandemic.
"IMA is astonished to see the extreme lethargy and inappropriate actions from the Ministry of health in combatt
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Sat, 08 May 2021 13:55:39
Five people have been arrested so far for allegedly blocking beds in private hospitals in the city for COVID patients, police said on Friday.
"Other than four-five people, we have not arrested anyone else though our investigations are on," a police officer probing the matter told PTI.
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Sat, 08 May 2021 13:52:08
Shutting shops, suspending public vehicle transport and strictly restricting the on-road movement of people, Kerala came under complete lockdown from Saturday morning to contain the massive spread of COVID-19 pandemic.
The restrictions came into force by 6am and would be extended up to May 16 midnight, official sources here said.
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Sat, 08 May 2021 09:45:45
Karnataka's Covid Treatment Protocol Committee has taken the decision that stable patients will be shifted to Covid Care Centres (CCC) or step down hospitals, informed Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister, Dr CN Ashwatha Narayana on Friday.
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Sat, 08 May 2021 09:43:14
There was a minor fire on board India's aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya on Saturday morning, a Navy spokesperson said.
The fire was doused and all personnel on board are safe, the spokesperson said in a statement here.
"The duty staff observed smoke emanating from the part of the warship having accommodation for sailors.
"The ship's duty personnel acted promptly to fight the fire. All p
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