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13 May

Maharashtra Reported 1,495 Coronavirus Cases On Wednesday Which Is The Highest Single Day Spike Yet In The State.

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Maharashtra reported 1,495 coronavirus cases on Wednesday – the highest single-day spike in the state taking its total to 25,992, while the number of deaths rose to 975 with 54 people dying of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, health department officials said. State capital Mumbai breached the 15,000-mark today with 800 new cases taking its tally to 15,747. Mumbai is the worst-hit city in India; it also accounts for 40 of the 54 deaths in the state in the last 24 hours.Mumbai also accounts for 21 per cent of the total COVID-19 cases in the country. With a death…

13 May

Yogi Adityanath Directed The Sttate’s Industrial Development And Revenue Departments To Set Up A Land Bank.

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday asked officials to give momentum to the plan for providing employment to migrant workers as well as to encourage industrial development in the state in order to ensure restoration of the economy hit by the COVID-19 crisis.Yogi Adityanath has directed the state's industrial development and revenue departments to set up a "land bank" to make land available for new industries, a UP government spokesperson said.The chief minister has also asked officials to increase the capacity of quarantine centres with large numbers of migrants returning to the state.

13 May

Chandrakant Patil Said A “Political Earthquake” Would Take Place After COVID-19 Crisis.

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Maharashtra BJP Chief Chandrakant Patil on Wednesday said a "political earthquake" would take place at the national level once the COVID-19 situation normalises.Chandrakant Patil said the Congress leadership should try to keep its flock together as several leaders will switchover to the BJP."I heard that a state level Congress leader was trying to lure (senior BJP leader) Eknath Khadse. He should know that Khadse has been a firebrand leader of the party for several years. There will be a political earthquake at the national level including in Maharashtra as several Congress leaders will join the BJP post the COVID-19 crisis,"…

13 May

Congress Leader Appreciate PM Modi’s Sincere Attempt Of Sending Back Stranded People.

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Even as his party has been up in arms against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the migrant labourers' issue, Leader of the Congress party in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has appreciated PM Modi's "sincere attempts" to bring back those stranded to their home.Mr Chowdhury, the five-time MP from West Bengal's Berhampur Lok Sabha seat, in a letter to the PM last night, urged him to reduce the rate of tickets, if not making it free, keeping in view the fact that these out-of-job labourers are facing severe financial crunch."I do like to appreciate your sincere attempt of sending back…

13 May

Nirmala Sitharaman Announced 15 Different Measures Today For MSMEs, NBFCs And Others.

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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced relief for middle classes too today as part of the government's efforts to soften the blow of coronavirus. To allow people more cash in hand, the government has offered a 25 per cent reduction in TDS (Tax Deduction at Source) for non-salaried specified payments and TCS (Tax Collection at Source) for specified receipts, Ms Sitharaman said while announcing the contours of the 20 lakh crore financial package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday to counter the huge financial cost of the coronavirus.This will apply to payment for contract, professional fees, interest, rent, dividend,…

12 May

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Today Expressed Gratitude To The Nurses.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed gratitude to the "phenomenal nurses working round the clock" to keep the planet healthy, on International Nurses Day. He also thanked the nurses for their effort towards defeating COVID-19, caused by a highly contagious novel coronavirus."International Day of the Nurse is a special day to express gratitude to the phenomenal nurses working round the clock to keep our planet healthy. Presently, they are doing great work towards defeating COVID-19. We are extremely grateful to the nurses and their families," the Prime Minister tweeted.International Nurses Day is celebrated every year on May 12 to mark…

12 May

The Delivery Boy, Who Had Tested Positive For Corona Virus Has Been Discharged.

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A 19-year-old pizza delivery boy who had tested positive for coronavirus last month in Delhi, prompting authorities to put 72 families in home-quarantine, has been discharged from the hospital, officials said Tuesday.All 16 high-risk contacts of the delivery boy, who were all his colleagues, had tested negative in April."The pizza delivery boy was discharged from the hospital last week. He is doing fine now," South Delhi District Magistrate BM Mishra told.

11 May

The Supreme Court Will Have A Single-Judge Bench Hearing Certain Kinds Of Petitions From Wednesday.

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For the first time since its inception, the Supreme Court will have a single-judge bench hearing certain kinds of petitions from Wednesday. The new system is being introduced to dispose of piled up pending cases.A Supreme Court bench typically has at least two judges.The single-judge bench will hear appeals of bail and anticipatory bail petitions in cases that involve offences liable for punishment of not more than seven-year jail term. Earlier, such cases were heard by two-judge benches.

11 May

World Health Organization’s Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan Today Praised India.

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World Health Organization's Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan today praised India for keeping the coronavirus cases and deaths very low compared to other countries and said it will play an important role in the development of a vaccine for COVID-19.She said the whole world has to be prepared for the ongoing transmission of infection for "many many months and for perhaps years to come".Ms Swaminathan said it is not just enough to develop and test the vaccine, but it is also crucial to manufacture it, scale-up procurement and get health systems to vaccinate populations.

11 May

Nepal’s Foreign Minister Summoned India’s Ambassador On Monday Over A New Road Being Built.

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In an escalating diplomatic row, Nepal's foreign minister summoned India's ambassador on Monday over a new road being built through the Lipulekh pass in Uttarakhand that is claimed by Kathmandu.Nepal has expressed its anger since India on Friday inaugurated the 80-kilometre road along the border with China in Uttarakhand with Dharchula at a height of 17,000 feet in the Himalayas.