New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh on Sunday reported their first cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. In Madhya Pradesh eight people who had returned from abroad tested positive. In Himachal Pradesh one case was confirmed from nine samples sent for genome sequencing. Of the eight...
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Patna: Six people were killed in a boiler explosion at a factory in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur. The police chief of the district has confirmed the incident, adding six were also injured. The explosion at the noodles factory happened around 10 am, district magistrate Pravan Kumar said.
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Two men were arrested by the Amboli police on Saturday for allegedly posing as Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officers and demanding Rs 20 lakh from an actor after they “caught” her and her friends during a raid at a rave party in Santacruz (West) hotel. The police said the...
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Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope on Saturday said statewide lockdown will be imposed only if the demand for medical oxygen touches 800 metric tons per day. The state government does not want people to face more restrictions, the health minister said urging people to follow Covid appropriate behaviour strictly....
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Imposition of a fresh lockdown in Maharashtra will be considered only if the daily demand for medical oxygen touches 800 metric tonne, Public Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Saturday. The statement comes on a day when Maharashtra reported 1,485 Covid-19 cases and 12 deaths. This included two new cases of Omicron variant...
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‘India is fighting Covid-19 thanks to the spirited effort by our Jan Shakti’: PM Modi “India’s vaccination numbers are rising and this shows the innovative zeal of our scientists and the trust of our people. We have to keep taking precautions against COVID-19 in the wake of the new...
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Coronavirus LIVE Updates: The Union Health Ministry on Satudary decided to deploy multi-disciplinary central teams to 10 identified states that are either reporting an increasing number of Omicron and COVID19 cases or slow vaccination pace. “Multi-disciplinary central deployed in Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Mizoram, Karnataka, Bihar, Uttar...
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Chandigarh: Twenty-two farmers’ unions – part of the 32 that came together under the Samyukt Kisan Morcha banner last year to protest against the centre’s farm laws – have joined hands to set up a political party that is expected to contest all 117 seats in the February-March Punjab...
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Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said there is a need to ensure that nobody is able to harm the unity of the country and that it remains secure. Addressing the Gurpurab celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev Ji at Gurudwara Lakhpat Sahib in Gujarat’s Kutch via video conferencing,...
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In view of the threat posed by the Omicron variant and the rising Covid-19 cases in the state, the Maharashtra government on Friday imposed fresh restrictions, including prohibitory orders banning the assembly of more than five persons in a group from 9 am to 6 pm in public places. Also, the Brihanmumbai Municipal...
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