Bengal Assembly elections 2021: Bengal has already voted for 135 seats and after today fifth phase of voting, results for more than half of its 294 seats will be sealed.
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Coronavirus Cases LIVE: Maharashtra and Delhi on Friday reported their biggest ever single-day surge in coronavirus cases, according to government data.
The waiver would temporarily lift certain intellectual property barriers and allow countries to locally manufacture COVID-19 diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines.
An Election Commission "progressive" report, which will get updated as the remaining phases of poll are conducted, said the maximum Rs 446.28 crore was seized in Tamil Nadu, where the elections have already ended, followed by West Bengal (Rs 300.11 crore), where four phases are yet to take place.
They also said that patients on ventilator support -- whether COVID or non-COVID ones -- were not affected by the power supply disruption caused by the blaze.
Such technology would be used in the coronavirus hotspots in Maharashtra, he said.
The police, after initial probe, said that the nun, identified as Mabel Joseph, is suspected to have died by suicide.
Other countries named by the Department of Treasury in its quarterly report to Congress, the first under the Biden administration, are Ireland, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Mexico.
Pradip Kumar Nandi, 73, was in home isolation and taken to the Berhampore hospital on Thursday night after his condition deteriorated
Harsh Vardhan made the remarks after visiting the AIIMS Trauma Centre in Delhi to assess the healthcare infrastructure in view of the spike in COVID-19 cases.
Genome sequencing with representative samples from all states seeing a COVID-19 surge is necessary before any conclusion can be drawn, experts said.
The BJP had moved the Election Commission with a complaint against Trinamool Congress leader Sujata Mondal Khan.
Uttar Pradesh has reported a growth rate of 19.25% in daily new cases.
The Gujarat High Court observed that transparency is needed to remove general conception from the minds of people that data shared by the government on COVID-19 tests and positive cases was not accurate.
Prakash Javadekar, who holds the key portfolios of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Information and Broadcasting; and Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises; informed about it on Twitter.
These include 1,109 samples testing positive for the UK variants, 79 for the South Africa variant and one sample for the Brazil variant, the ministry said.
The 40-year-old accused has been arrested and booked under IPC sections pertaining to rape, kidnapping and various provision of POCSO Act based on the victim's statement, officials said.
"I have tested positive for COVID19 today morning. Anyone who has come in contact with me in the last 5 days, please self isolate and take necessary precautions," Mr Surjewala said on Twitter.
Hesitation was visible on the face of a man who was hurrying out of the station when he was stopped by a healthcare worker asking him to take the COVID-19 test before leaving.
Justice BV Nagarathna, presently a judge in the Karnataka High Court, is one of those whose name was considered for Chief Justice after Justice Ramana's term.
Speaking to ANI, Foreign Minister of Maldives Abdulla Shahid said: "It's good to see the dialogue between Quad is there because it provides stability to the Indian Ocean and Pacific region."
In its letter, the Election Commission said it had noted that Covid safety rules had not been followed during the campaign.
Prima facie, it doesn't seem like Maoists have a hand in the killings, as no Maoist pamphlets were found at the spot, an official said.
Haffkine Bio-Pharmaceutical today said it would take least at one year's time for the company to start actual production of the COVID-19 vaccines.
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Rahul Gandhi's taunt for the government comes after several states have come up with strict restrictions as they grapple with shortage of beds, oxygen, essential medicines and vaccine doses.
The right accorded to 61 per cent of the state's candidates should be given to the remaining 39 per cent, the BJP said, urging the Election Commission to keep four rounds of voting in the interest of a level-playing field.
This morning over 2.17 lakh new cases were reported in 24 hours - the second consecutive day with more than two lakh, and the tenth with over one lakh
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"The current production capacity of indigenously developed Covaxin vaccine will be doubled by May-June 2021 and then increased nearly 6-7 fold by July-August 2021," it said.
Delhi dust storm: Visibility was affected after a dust storm hit Delhi on Friday afternoon. The cloudy weather brought the mercury down slightly, the India Meteorological Department said.
Nirav Modi: Earlier, the UK Westminster court had allowed the extradition plea and sent the case to the Home Secy.
Kazi, an assistant police inspector, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on April 11.
The Election Commission has decided to deploy at least 853 companies of central forces to ensure free and fair voting, an official of the poll panel said.
Out of the five candidates who tested positive, three are from the Trinamool Congress (TMC), and one each from the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he said.
YS Sharmila, a political entrant in Telangana and the daughter of former chief minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh, had announced that she would announce her political party and go on a rally from July 8.
Several states, including worst-hit Maharashtra, have complained of a shortage of medical oxygen because of massive demand triggered by the Covid surge.
The announcement from authorities in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, came as India recorded more than 217,000 fresh cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of new infections to more than two million since April 1.
Initial inquiry revealed that the father, Abid Ali, 45, had 27 criminal cases against him, including murder and loot.
On Thursday, arguments on Bhupinder Singh Hooda's discharge application and the framing of charges had been completed before the court in the case.
A Special Investigation Team of the Criminal Investigation Department has been constituted to conduct the probe in the incident which happened during the fourth phase of polling at Sitalkuchi.
Mr Yediyurappa said that he was fine but had been hospitalised on the advice of doctors.
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In Uttar Pradesh, people caught without a mask will be fined Rs 1,000 the first time and Rs 10,000 the next.
Earlier this week, DJB Vice-Chairman Raghav Chadha had accused Haryana of not honouring the legal commitments to supply water to Delhi.
Kerala Gold Smuggling Case: Scrapping the FIRs, the high court held that police should have approached the Special PMLA Court, which is considering the cases related to the money trail in the gold smuggling, seeking remedy to their grievances that the ED officials were fabricating evidences.
Jane Fraser, who rose to the top of the firm last month, is on familiar ground as she moves to exit retail banking in 13 markets across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa as part of a strategic overhaul.
When it comes to the scale of infections, the two nations are similarly matched, with cases hovering around 14 million and hospitals from Mumbai to Sao Paulo under increasing pressure as admissions continue to rise.
India Coronavirus News: The record daily surge reported today was the second day in a row that the country reported over two lakh daily cases.
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