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20 Apr 2021

Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal isolates after wife tests COVID-positive

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal isolated himself after his wife, Sunita, tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday.

20 Apr 2021

India

Maharashtra woman scales Mount Annapurna, world's tenth highest peak

Priyanka Mohite from Satara in Western Maharashtra has scaled Mount Annapurna, the tenth highest mountain peak in the world, becoming the first Indian woman climber to achieve the feat.

20 Apr 2021

Coronavirus

Overcrowded bus ferrying migrants from Delhi overturns, three die

Three people died and at least seven were injured after a bus carrying migrant workers from Delhi overturned in Gwalior district.

20 Apr 2021

India

Maharashtra: Grocery stores to open only between 7-11 am

In Maharashtra, all grocery stores, vegetable shops, dairies, bakeries, and fruit vendors will be open only between 7 am and 11 am, according to a new state government order. These shops were earlier allowed to open until 8 pm.

JNU issues strict guidelines inside campus for week-long lockdown

The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has issued strict guidelines and imposed several restrictions on the campus during the week-long lockdown in Delhi to curb a surge in COVID-19 cases.

20 Apr 2021

West Bengal

WB: 90 suburban train drivers, guards contract coronavirus, services hit

Eastern Railway on Tuesday said that it has so far canceled 56 local trains in the Sealdah Division after around 90 drivers and guards tested positive for COVID-19.

20 Apr 2021

Vaccine

J&J seeks permission to conduct COVID-19 vaccine trial in India

US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday that it has sought approval from India's drug regulator to conduct a bridging clinical study of its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine in the country.

20 Apr 2021

Calcutta High Court

SC refuses bail to businessman's son in car crash case

The Supreme Court has junked a plea seeking bail to the son of Kolkata restaurant chain owner in the 2019 Jaguar car crash case that left two Bangladeshi nationals dead.

20 Apr 2021

India

Coronavirus: Huge vaccine wastage by states, especially in Tamil Nadu

Even as several Indian states report a shortage of vaccines, an RTI (Right to Information) query has indicated a huge wastage of doses since the country began its inoculation program this January.

20 Apr 2021

Madhya Pradesh

MP's largest COVID-19 care center set up in Indore

Madhya Pradesh's largest COVID-19 care center has come up in Indore with various items like clothes for patients, beddings, and oxygen machines worth Rs. 5 crore donated by people, a senior state official said.

No lockdown in five Uttar Pradesh cities, rules Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today put on hold the Monday order of Allahabad High Court, which directed that a lockdown must be imposed in five cities of Uttar Pradesh to control the coronavirus surge.

Coronavirus: India's tally reaches 15.3M with 2.6L new cases

After seeing a slew of record spikes in coronavirus infections, India reported 2.6 lakh new cases on Tuesday. The nationwide tally has reached 1.53 crore.

20 Apr 2021

India

COVID-19: Sputnik V vaccine to arrive in India this month

The first batch of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V will reach India within the next 10 days.

20 Apr 2021

India

COVID-19: First 'Oxygen Express' leaves Mumbai for Vizag

The first-ever "Oxygen Express" carrying seven empty tankers on Monday left Mumbai for Visakhapatnam, where they will be loaded with liquid medical oxygen for transportation to Maharashtra, reports said.

20 Apr 2021

Arvind Kejriwal

As Delhi's lockdown begins, thousands of migrant workers head home

In what reminds of the grim scenes from 2020, thousands of migrant workers rushed to bus terminals and railway stations of Delhi to undertake journeys toward their homes, merely hours after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a week-long lockdown.

19 Apr 2021

Coronavirus

Delhi COVID-19 lockdown: What's allowed and what's not?

Earlier on Monday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a six-day lockdown in the national capital.

19 Apr 2021

Uttar Pradesh

Week-long lockdown in 5 UP cities, including Lucknow and Varanasi

As Uttar Pradesh sees a record surge in coronavirus infections, five major cities in the state are set to go on a lockdown starting Monday night.

19 Apr 2021

Vaccine

Coronavirus: All aged over 18 can be vaccinated from May

The central government has decided to expand the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive to all persons above the age of 18 starting May.

19 Apr 2021

COVID-19

Clinical features, CT scans will rule out false negatives: Experts

Amid a staggering surge in COVID-19 cases, India's top experts on Monday said RT-PCR tests detect coronavirus in around 80 percent of the cases, so clinical features and CT scans/chest X-rays should be used to rule out false negatives in symptomatic patients followed by a repeat test after 24 hours.

19 Apr 2021

Uttar Pradesh

Medical team going to COVID-19 patient's house attacked

Three government medical personnel, including two doctors, and their driver were injured after their car was attacked by a group of people when they had gone to a village in Ballia district to give medicines to a COVID-19 patient.

Centre to provide fresh insurance cover to 'COVID-19 warriors'

The Union Health Ministry on Monday announced that all claims of "COVID-19 warriors" under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package will be settled till April 24 after which a fresh insurance policy for them will become effective.

Coronavirus: India reports record spike of 2.73 lakh new cases

India on Monday reported 2.73 lakh new coronavirus infections, marking the biggest single-day spike since the pandemic began.

19 Apr 2021

Pune

Man mows down two daughters under truck, later kills himself

A 40-year-old man allegedly killed his two daughters by mowing them under the wheels of his truck and later killed himself by jumping before the same vehicle at a village in Maharashtra's Pune district early on Sunday, police said.

19 Apr 2021

Narendra Modi

PM Modi holds meeting as India battles second COVID-19 wave

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held an important meeting today to review the coronavirus situation in the country, which is deteriorating with each passing day.

19 Apr 2021

Hong Kong

Hong Kong suspends flights connecting India till May 3

Hong Kong has suspended all flights connecting it with India from Tuesday to May 3 amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the country, aviation industry sources said on Sunday.

19 Apr 2021

Arvind Kejriwal

Week-long lockdown in Delhi; 'health system could collapse,' says Kejriwal

The Delhi government on Monday announced a week-long lockdown in light of the worsening COVID-19 situation in the national capital. The lockdown will come into effect from 10 pm on Monday.

19 Apr 2021

Maharashtra

Coronavirus: Maharashtra declares six states as places of 'sensitive origin'

As it is struggling to keep the COVID-19 numbers in check, Maharashtra on Sunday declared six states as "places of sensitive origin," in a bid to halt the influx of other variants of the virus from different places.

18 Apr 2021

Arvind Kejriwal

As COVID-19 cases rise, Delhi likely to extend weekend curfew

The Delhi government is reportedly considering an extension of the weekend curfew in the national capital.

18 Apr 2021

Narendra Modi

Kejriwal seeks Modi's help for hospital beds, oxygen in Delhi

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking help with the enhanced supply of oxygen and beds for COVID-19 patients in the national capital.

18 Apr 2021

Uttar Pradesh

Ghaziabad reports 2 COVID-19 deaths; bodies pile up for cremation

Despite Ghaziabad reporting only two "COVID-related deaths" in April, the Hindon cremation ground has reportedly been struggling to cope with the number of bodies piling up.

18 Apr 2021

India

COVID-19: What leads to a false negative RT-PCR test?

India is presently in the middle of a dreadful second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic as lakhs of fresh cases are being reported daily.

18 Apr 2021

Maharashtra

Coronavirus: India reports 2.6L cases; 17 states record biggest jump

India on Friday reported 2.6 lakh new coronavirus infections, marking the biggest single-day spike since the pandemic began.

JEE Main (April) session postponed due to COVID-19

The April session for Joint Entrance Examination (Main) has been postponed in light of the worsening COVID-19 situation, the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced on Sunday.

17 Apr 2021

PMO

Modi busy with Bengal polls, says Thackeray; BJP leaders react

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's office has claimed that he had contacted the Prime Minister's Office to discuss the shortage of medical oxygen and the anti-viral drug Remdesivir but was told that PM Narendra Modi was busy campaigning for elections in West Bengal.

17 Apr 2021

Arvind Kejriwal

24,000 COVID-19 cases in Delhi, short on oxygen, beds: Kejriwal

Delhi recorded as many as 24,000 fresh coronavirus cases in the past 24-hour period, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today.

17 Apr 2021

United Sates

US ban on export of vaccine material hampering production: CPI(M)

The CPI(M) urged the US on Saturday to lift its ban on the export of vaccine material, alleging that it has hampered the production of vaccines in India due to a shortage of such materials.

17 Apr 2021

Lucknow

Lucknow: COVID-19 patient's family complains about shortage of hospital beds

A shortage of hospital beds in Lucknow seems to have kept a 65-year-old COVID-19 patient waiting for proper treatment.

17 Apr 2021

India

Kumbh pilgrims will distribute coronavirus as 'prasad,' says Mumbai Mayor

Mumbai's Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Saturday criticized those visiting the ongoing Kumbh Mela in Uttarakhand, saying they will bring coronavirus as prasad to their respective states.

17 Apr 2021

Madhya Pradesh

Two held for ATM fraud amounting to Rs. 92.39 lakh

Two persons were arrested in an ATM cash withdrawal fraud amounting to Rs. 92.39 lakh in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district, police said on Saturday.

17 Apr 2021

Indian Railways

COVID-19: Railways develops policy to transport liquid medical oxygen

The Railways has formulated a policy for the transportation of liquid medical oxygen in cryogenic tankers after a plea by the government of Maharashtra, one of the worst affected states by the coronavirus, to combat the pandemic.