[ad_1] New Delhi, May 7 After a dip yesterday, India again witnessed an increase of 3,561 Covid infections in the past 24 hours, bringing the total count to 52,952 and the number of deaths to 1,783. Stressing that the increase in new cases could be related to aggressive testing, AIIMS …
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[ad_1] Already the worst affected by the coronavirus pandemic, Maharashtra reported 1,233 positive cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, the highest in a single day, bringing the state’s count to 16,758. It also recorded 34 deaths on Wednesday, bringing the number to 651. Mumbai, the most affected city in the country, …
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[ad_1] Bangalore: On a warm Wednesday afternoon, spirits rose to the gates of a sprawling construction site in southern Bengaluru. In the context of five residential towers under construction, which will house more than 2,500 families in 31-story buildings, hundreds of workers shouted a demand: Let’s go home, even if …
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[ad_1] Written by Sampad Patnaik The | Bhubaneswar | Posted: May 8, 2020 4:50:58 AM Five trains with migrant workers from Surat to Odisha have been canceled on Friday. The Orissa Superior Court said Thursday that only those immigrants who test negative for COVID-19 should enter the state, forcing the …
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[ad_1] There are four animals that have become relevant in the context of coronavirus disease (Covid-19). This column is about them. It was only in 2013, after a decade of searching for the source of the Sars-CoV (or Sars-CoV-1) virus that causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, that scientists found the …
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[ad_1] The Uttarakhand government, at its cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, decided on Thursday to impose a health tax on liquor sales and increase the price of gasoline and diesel in the Himalayan state. The price of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) has been increased by Rs …
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[ad_1] A woman rides her scooter in previous commercials for Reliance Industries’ Jio telecommunications unit in Ahmedabad. (REUTERS) This is the third high profile investment in Reliance Jio in so many weeks. News18.com Last update: May 8, 2020 7:57 AM IST Reliance Jio, the telecommunications unit of Reliance Industries Ltd …
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[ad_1] A day after a video appeared showing how the bodies of Covid-19 victims at Lokmanya Tilak General Hospital, also known as Sion Hospital, were left in a room for an extended period alongside patients, the Municipal Corporation de Brihanmumbai (BMC) ordered an investigation into the matter A committee of …
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[ad_1] According to civil aviation minister Hardeep Puri, more than 200,000 Indians abroad had registered for repatriation and the final number could be double. In addition to the Air India flight, two ships were also dispatched to the Maldives to evacuate some 1,000 Indian citizens, while another was heading to …
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[ad_1] Leaders across the political spectrum condemned the loss of life in a gas leak at a Visakhapatnam chemical factory on Thursday amid demands for a probe and the relocation of the plant outside the city. President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu expressed their sadness at …
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