Maharashtra reports 53,605 new Covid-19 cases, 864 deaths
MUMBAI: Maharashtra's Covid-19 caseload on Saturday crossed the 50 lakh-mark as it reported 53,605 new cases, a health department official said. The case tally of the state rose to 50,53,336, while with 864 fatalities the death toll reached 75,277, he said. A...
Over 9 lakh given oxygen support in India, 1.7 lakh ventilator: Vardhan
While 1,70,841 COVID patients across the country have required ventilators so far, as many as 9,02,291 patients have needed oxygen support, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday. In his virtual address at the 25th meeting of the Group of...
Anti-Covid drug developed by DRDO cleared for emergency use
The Drugs Controller General of India has approved an anti-COVID oral drug, developed by DRDO, for emergency use as adjunct therapy in moderate to severe coronavirus patients, the defence ministry said on Saturday. It said clinical trials of the drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose...
Allow states to have own apps for vaccination: Maha CM
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has urged the central government to allow states to develop their ownapplications for COVID-19 vaccination programme. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Thackeray said the vaccination drive in Maharashtra has been the "fastest and...
Positive Covid Report Not Mandatory For Admission in Hospitals, Says Health Ministry
New Delhi: The Health Ministry on Saturday took a major decision, bringing major relief to all those who have been seeking hospital admission. The ministry said that a positive coronavirus disease (Covid-19) report is no more mandatory for admission to...
Maha to have separate Covid task force for kids
With the possibility of a third wave of COVID-19 pandemic looming, the Maharashtra government is setting up a paediatric task force to create infrastructure for the treatment of children, health minister Rajesh Tope said on Friday. More than 1.30 lakh minors...
Complete lockdown in Karnataka from May 10-24;
CM says Covid-19 cases rising The Karnataka government has decided to impose a 14-day complete lockdown in the state to check the spread of Covid-19 cases. Announcing the decision Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said the state government had to impose a...
Justice Ambadas Joshi sworn in as Lokayukta of Goa
Mumbai - Retired judge of the Bombay High Court Justice Ambadas Haribhau Joshi was sworn in as the Lokayukta of Goa at a brief oath taking ceremony held online on Friday (7th May). Maharashtra and Goa Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari administered...
3rd Covid wave may not happen if… says govt
Principal Scientific Advisor to Centre, Prof K Vijayraghavan on the Covid crisis: "If we take strong measures, the third wave may not happen in all the places or indeed anywhere at all. It depends much on how effectively the...
No supply of Covaxin: Maharashtra govt
Rajesh Tope, Maharashtra Health Minister: "We need 1700 MT of oxygen. We urge the Central govt to provide us the required oxygen. "We received 9 lakh vaccines two days back and 8 lakh vaccines have been administered so far. We...
Chhota Rajan alive: AIIMS
Underworld don Chhota Rajan is still alive. He is admitted at AIIMS for treatment of COVID19: AIIMS official. It was reported widely that the gangster had died of Covid-19 at the AIIMS, Delhi. However, the hospital clarified that the Chhota...
Modi spoke his ‘Mann ki Baat’, didn’t listen: Soren
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi's phone call to him on the COVID-19 situation in the country as the PM's "Mann Ki Baat", instead of business. Soren's reaction came after Modi spoke to...
MK Stalin to Take Oath as Tamil Nadu CM Today
Chennai: After scoring a massive victory, DMK president MK Stalin will on Friday take oath as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu. He will be administered the oath of office by state Governor Banwarilal Purohit at 9 AM today at...
Waze allowed to get medicines, clothes in jail
A special court in Mumbai on Thursday directed the Taloja jail authorities to provide medicines and a few items of daily need to suspended police officer Sachin Waze. Waze, arrested in connection with the recovery of an explosives-laden SUV near industrialist...
16 killed in post-poll violence, Mamata announces Rs 2 lakh for kin
Stating that at least 16 people of different political parties have lost their lives in the post-poll violence in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying unable to digest defeat in the state...
Aircraft carrying Remdesivir crash lands at Gwalior, pilots injured
A 7-seater aircraft Beech Craft King Air B-250 GT of the Madhya Pradesh state aviation department carrying Remdesivir injections from Indore for Covid-19 patients crash landed at Gwalior airport on Thursday evening. Three people including captain Majid Akhtar and co-pilot suffered...
Video: Nagpur-Hyderabad charter plane lands safely in Mumbai after developing snag
Mumbai: The Nagpur-Hyderabad charter flight ( aircraft V T - J I L ) has landed safely in Mumbai Airport after developing a technical snag while taking off. As per reports, the wheel of the Beechcraft charter flight was seperated from...
Ex-governor Tathagata Roy slams ‘KDSA’ for BJP’s Bengal loss
Tathagata Roy, former Tripura governor whose Twitter bio proudly proclaims: 'Unabashedly Right-wing Hindu socio-political activist, thinker, writer, ideologue. Former Governor. Pic shows iconic Rabindra Setu. Bharat Mata ki Jai', has let fly at BJP leaders Kailash Vijayvargiya, Dilip Ghosh and...
Mumbai: Two persons arrested by ATS with 7-kg uranium worth Rs 21 crore
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested two persons with 7-kg uranium worth Rs 21 crore. According to ATS, uranium is used in making explosives. The agency had received information that the accused were searching for a customer to sell the...
RLD chief Ajit Singh dies after contracting Covid
Former Union minister and Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Chaudhary Ajit Singh died of Covid-19. He was 82. The RLD chief, a prominent leader in western Uttar Pradesh, was undergoing treatment at a Gurugram hospital after he tested positive for coronavirus. His condition...
In a First, Saudi Arabia Releases Photo of Black Stone From Holy Mecca
For the first time in history, several high resolution images of the most important Islamic site — the Grand Mosque of Mecca, has been released by the authorities of Saudi Arabia. This is for the first time, the world can...
