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Former Assam chief minister Bhumidhar Barman died on Sunday evening at a private hospital in Guwahati after a prolonged illness, his family said.He was 91.Barman, a veteran Congress leader, was a two-time chief minister of the state.His first term as the chief minister lasted from April 22 to May...
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Delhi on Sunday reported 25,462 COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day spike in the national capital till date, according to data shared by the Health Department. The city also reported 161 deaths, while the positivity rate shot up to 29.74 per cent, also the highest so far. A...
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Mumbai police are likely to call the director a pharma company for one more round of questioning for allegedly stocking thousands of Remdesivir medicine vials, an official said on Sunday. Rajesh Dokania, director of Bruck Pharma, a Daman-based pharmaceutical company that manufactures...
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar also announced a decision to extend closure of schools/colleges/coaching centres till May 15 from April 30 decided earlier. Religious places of all faiths will remain shut till May 15 in view of the sudden spike in coronavirus cases in Bihar, the...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modis resignation for mishandling of the COVID-19 second wave and alleged that the prime minister failed in planning to contain the rise in the number of infections.Asserting that PM Modi did little to address...
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Britain's Opposition Labour Party on Sunday joined calls for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to cancel his visit to India, starting next Sunday, amid growing concerns of a new variant of COVID-19 detected in the country.Public Health England has said that 77 cases of the so-called double mutant...
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Cases have been filed against four airlines for failing to check the RT-PCR test reports of passengers arriving from Maharashtra, Delhi government sources said on Sunday. These cases against the four airlines -- Vistara, Indigo, SpiceJet and Air Asia -- have been filed under the Disaster...
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Uttar Pradesh registered the highest single-day rise in COVID-19 cases as well as fatality count, with the disease claiming 129 more lives, while 30,596 fresh cases pushed its tally to 8,51,620. Briefing reporters in Lucknow, Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said...
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Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel on Sunday admitted that the present requirement of beds and other healthcare facilities in the wake of the spike in coronavirus cases is more than the state administrations's capacity.Patel, who handles health portfolio, said though the state government...
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Delhi Commonwealth Games gold medallist and sitting Rajasthan MLA Krishna Poonia on Sunday tested positive for COVID-19 and is undergoing treatment at a Jaipur hospital. The 43-year-old Krishna, who became the first Indian woman to bag an individual gold in the CWG by winning the...
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Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson Raghav Chadha hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the COVID-19 situation in the country and asked him to leave election management and start corona management. At a press conference, he took a jibe at the prime minister and said the fast pase in which...
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The government plans to double the production of antiviral drug remdesivir to around 3 lakh vials per day over the next 15 days, to make it available readily for the treatment of COVID-19. Minister of State of Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh L Mandaviya tweeted that the process has...
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Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and his wife Asha Hooda tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. The 73-year-old Congress leader and his wife are in Delhi and they will get themselves admitted to a hospital in Gurgaon as a precautionary measure, party MLA B B Batra told...
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In view of the alarming rise in COVID-19 cases in the national capital, the Delhi High Court on Sunday issued an office order stating that from April 19 onwards it will only take up extremely urgent matters filed this year. The order issued by the High Court's Registrar General Manoj Jain...
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Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the COVID-19 crisis, stressing that ramping up vaccination was the key to battling the pandemic. In a letter to the prime minister, the veteran Congress leader said one must not look at absolute numbers...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reviewed the COVID-19 situation in Varanasi, his Lok Sabha constituency, and stressed the need for vaccination of everyone over 45 years of age. He asked the local administration to help people with full sensitivity and asserted that the...
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Terming the COVID-19 situation in the national capital as very serious, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday seeking help for beds and oxygen for coronavirus patients. Kejriwal also requested the prime minister for reserving at least...
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At least six COVID-19 patients died in the ICU of a government hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol due to low pressure in medical oxygen supply, an official said on Sunday.The incident took place at the Government Medical College Hospital Shahdol on the intervening night of Saturday and...
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The daily coronavirus positivity rate in India in the last 12 days has doubled to 16.69 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate has increased to 13.54 per cent in the past one month, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. India reported a record 2,61,500 new coronavirus cases and...
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India took only 92 days to reach the mark of 12-crore vaccinations, the fastest country to do so, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. It is followed by the United States which took 97 days and China which took 108 days.The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses...
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Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said around 25,500 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Delhi and the positivity rate has increased to nearly 30 per cent in the last 24 hours. He also said that the Delhi government has sought the Centre's help in ensuring adequate beds...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday cancelled all his public rallies in poll-bound West Bengal following a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases in the country. He also advised all other politicians to think about the consequences of holding large public...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday condoled the loss of lives in a hospital fire in Raipur and appealed to the Chhattisgarh government to provide all help to the bereaved families. Four coronavirus patients were killed in the fire at the intensive care unit of a private hospital in...
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Amid a steep rise in coronavirus cases, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare a national health emergency. The former Union minister also called on the Election Commission to declare a moratorium on election rallies in view of the sharp...
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Actor Neil Nitik Mukesh has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently under home quarantine. Mukesh took to social media to inform fans about his diagnosis.Mukesh, 39, said he and members of his family had tested positive for COVID-19 despite taking necessary...
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Engineering entrance exam JEE-Mains scheduled to be held from April 27-30 has been postponed in view of the COVID-19 situation, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' announced on Sunday. Given the current #covid19 situation, I have advised @DG_NTA to postpone the JEE (Main)...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting on Sunday to review the COVID-19 situation in Varanasi, his Lok Sabha constituency. At 11 am, Prime Minister @narendramodi will be chairing a meeting to review the COVID-19 situation in Varanasi. The meeting will be attended by top officials,...
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Arjun Rampal has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The actor shared the update on his social media handles. Arjun is currently under home quarantine and following all the necessary protocols.Arjun Rampal wrote in his post that he is asymptomatic and is currently getting the medical...
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India registered its highest-ever single-day spike with 261,500 fresh cases of the coronavirus disease and recorded 1501 fatalities, taking the tally to 14,788,109 and the death toll to 177150, according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare on Sunday. The number of active cases...
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The Delhi government has issued an order making it mandatory for all residents of Delhi who visit the Kumbh in Haridwar to quarantine themselves at home for fourteen days on return. Anyone who violates the order will face legal action.An order issued by Chief Secretary Vijay Dev states, All those...
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A 39-year-old nurse from Miami, Florida has been arrested for threatening to kill US Vice President Kamala Harris, the local media reports said.According to a criminal complaint filed in a Florida district court, Niviane Petit Phelps made threats to kill and inflict bodily harm upon Harris, CNN...
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