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India Reports Record 36K Covid-19 Deaths in 10 Consecutive Days, Highest in World
India's daily infections crossed 4 lakh for the second day on Thursday with 4,14,554 COVID-19 cases.
Gouramangi Singh Reflects on FC Bengaluru United's Maiden Title, I-League Dreams and Seville Connection
Gouramangi Singh feels FC Bengaluru United winning the BDFA Super Division League will spur the young club to I-League qualification and reflects on the importance of the partnership with Seville.
Kanpur MP Urges UP CM For Prior Arrangements In View Of Third Wave Of COVID
BJP MP Satyadev Pachauri wrote to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday, urging him to issue necessary instructions to the district administration and health authorities here for arrangements to deal with COVID-19 before a third wave of...
LIC Employees to Have Five Working Days From May 10
Saturdays have been declared as a holiday for the insurer
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Thanks PM Modi for Oxygen, Requests for 700 MT of Daily Supply
In a letter, Kejriwal said that it was for the first time the national capital received more than 700 metric tonnes of the lifesaving gas.
News18 Afternoon Digest: Delhi Covid Patients Can Apply for Oxygen at Home; Kerala to Go Under Complete Lockdown from May 8 to 16
Here are the top stories of this afternoon: Delhi Covid Patients Can Apply for Oxygen at Home; Kerala to Go Under Complete Lockdown from May 8 to 16; As Covid-19 Shrouds Southern India Yet Again, Bengaluru Emerges as The Epicentre; Ajit Singh Dies of Covi...
PM Modi Dials Four CMs, Two LGs to Review Covid-19 Situation
Modi had also held a review meeting earlier in the day on the pandemic situation in various states and districts.
COVID-19: USICOC Foundation Ships 32 More Ventilators To India
The US India Chamber of Commerce (USICOC) Foundation has shipped another 32 portable ventilators to help India battle the deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The foundation is likely to send a third shipment of 25 ventilators in addition to seve...
Formal Announcements On Ambassadors Soon, Says White House
US President Joe Biden is expected to soon make formal announcements on several ambassadorial positions, the White House has said. However, it refrained from commenting on speculations related to the next US envoy to India.
US Looks Ahead to a Hopeful Summer as Toll Projected to Drop Sharply by End of July
Experts also warn that a 'substantial increase' in hospitalizations and deaths is possible if unvaccinated people do not follow basic precautions.
Oxygen Leaks from Tanker Enroute to Covid Facilities in Mahrashtra's Satara Districts
The leak was soon fixed and the tanker was allowed to travel ahead, he said, adding that the quantity of oxygen that got wasted is not known as yet.
K'taka HC Asks Centre to Raise Daily Oxygen Supply to 1,200MT as Patients are Dying Due to Shortage
A High court bench asked why did the Centre not create a buffer stock even after a Supreme Court order in this regard.
EC Defers Bye-elections for Parliamentary, Assembly Seats Due to Surge in Covid-19 Cases
The ECI further said that it will take a decision in the matter at appropriate time in the future after taking inputs from the concerned states and assessing the Covid-19 situation from mandated authorities like NDMA/SDMA.
MK Stalin Appointed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Swearing-in on Friday
Governor Banwarilal Purohit appointed Stalin as Tamil Nadu CM and invited him to form the ministry and have the swearing-in ceremony on 7 May at Raj Bhavan.
SC Strikes Down Maratha Quota, Says Reservation in Maharashtra Can't Exceed 50%
A five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan and comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao, S Abdul Nazeer, Hemant Gupta and S Ravindra Bhat pronounced the verdict on the matter.
'Mamata Symbol of Intolerance': JP Nadda After Visit to Slain BJP Workers' Homes; Rights Panels Seek Probe
Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said more than 300 BJP workers and their family members from Bengal have crossed over to Dhubri in Assam to save their lives.
