HYDERABAD: Continuing its record of high-four-digit cases every day, Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday reported 9,747 cases. This comes after recording over 10,000 cases a day for three consecutive days last week. The latest addition takes the total to 1,76,333 cases in AP. The state over the last 24 hours suffered 67 Covid deaths, which takes … Read more
MUMBAI: A top World Health Organisation (WHO) official has voiced concern that Covid-19 is moving into India’s rural areas, where shaky healthcare systems can easily get overwhelmed, leading to higher mortality rates. Mike Ryan, head of emergency preparedness at the WHO, also said that the pattern of the disease moving into younger age groups is … Read more
The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Maharashtra government to file an affidavit about the benefits extended to the kin of frontline health and administrative workers, who get infected or succumb to COVID- 19 in the line of duty. A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sarang Kotwal was hearing two public … Read more
PUNE: Sugarcane growers in southern India are increasingly opting for harvesting machines as they fear the coronavirus crisis will prevent the migrant workforce from returning in time for the October harvest. The anticipated labour shortage is expected to see farmer entrepreneurs in the sugarcane belt place orders for more than 200 new harvesting machines, each … Read more
NEW DELHI: The single-day increase of coronavirus cases crossed the 50,000-mark for the first time on Thursday, pushing India’s COVID-19 caseload to 15,83,792, while the recoveries surpassed 10 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry. The country registered a record increase of 52,123 infections in 24 hours while the death-toll climbed to 34,968 with 775 … Read more
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Government on Wednesday extended the lockdown in the state till August 31 in view of rising coronavirus cases. A notification issued by Chief Secretary Sanjay Kumar said the decision has been taken as an “emergency step to prevent and contain” the spread of COVID-19. As part of the Mission Begin Again initiative, malls … Read more
NEW DELHI: The government on Monday said it has released Rs 1.65 lakh crore of Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation in FY20 while the cess collections was Rs 95,444 crore. The highest compensation was given to Maharashtra at Rs 19,233 crore followed by Karnataka at Rs 18,628 crore, finance ministry said in a statement. … Read more
MUMBAI: Differences within the ruling coalition in Maharashtra have once again resulted in the government rescinding important appointments made in the state. On Thursday, power minister Nitin Raut cancelled the appointments of 16 people as non-executive members to the boards of four power companies in the state. Raut, a Congress leader, had made the appointments … Read more
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government on Wednesday decided to enforce a complete lockdown across the state on Sundays after a spike in COVID-19 cases in some districts during the past one week. In a new initiative, police will provide face masks to people who step out of homes without the protective gear, and recover its … Read more