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Maharashtra will get 1,121 ventilators from Gujarat, Andhra: Prakash Javadekar
Javadekar, a Pune resident, participated in the weekly Covid-19 review meeting along with Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday. He said that Covid-19 was a national calamity and that the Union government looks at all the states equally.
Gurgaon records over 800 cases in a day for the first time this year
The last time the count of fresh cases in Gurgaon crossed 800 in a single day was on November 24, when 822 new cases had emerged. And the largest single-day jump before today was on November 23, when 866 new cases had been detected.
Covid spike: Delhi colleges and coaching centres will remain closed as well, says Sisodia
On Friday, the Delhi government’s education department had notified that all offline academic activities for students of classes IX to XII in schools have been discontinued till further orders.
‘Is CR Paatil above state govt machinery’: AAP slams BJP over ‘free Remdesivir jabs’ in Surat
On Friday, Paatil told The Indian Express, “We have made arrangements to buy 5,000 Remdesivir injections from (Ahmedabad-based firm) Zydus, and have placed orders."
At 10%, Covid positivity rate highest in Delhi’s central, southwest districts
The overall positivity rate, which is the number of positive cases against total tests, stands at 4.6 per cent. The graph has, however, risen considerably over the last few days, with the daily positivity rate reaching 8.10 per cent on April 8.
Ambedkar Jayanti event at Chaityabhoomi to be aired live on April 14
State Energy Minister Nitin Raut has urged the Chief Minister to announce various social welfare schemes on Ambedkar Jayanti.
With Covid cases rising, there’s no clarity on if we should continue to hold offline classes, say coaching centres in Delhi
On Friday, the Delhi government’s directorate of education notified that all schools should discontinue offline academic activities for students of classes IX to XII till further orders.
Former MP minister, Congress leader Mahesh Joshi dies
The three-time MLA was first elected to the state assembly in 1967 from Indore-1 constituency. He was later elected twice from Indore-3 assembly segment.
Lockdown not an option in Delhi, will announce some more restrictions to check Covid spread: Kejriwal
Speaking to reporters after reviewing facilities at the LNJP Hospital here, Arvind Kejriwal said authorities are working to reinstate the level of arrangements that were put in place in November, when Delhi had battled the third wave of the virus, with daily case count peaking at 8,593 cases on November 10.
Pune: 17 ventilators received under PM-Care Fund gather dust at YCM hospital
Last year, PCMC had received 72 ventilators under the PM-Care Fund. Later, the central government had asked the PCMC to donate at least 16 ventilators to B J Medical College. The rest of them were installed at YCM hospital.
Delhi temperature to touch 40 degrees coming week
The minimum temperature recorded in the early morning hours also increased to 17.1 degrees on Saturday, higher than 14.3 degree Celsius recorded on Friday.
Union leader detained as Karnataka RTC employees’ strike enters 4th day
According to sources in the Belagavi administration, Chandrashekar wanted to meet the Deputy Commissioner of the district, which was not granted.
CIC raps Delhi University’s College of Vocational Studies for denying info to RTI applicant
The Indian Express had reported in September 2020 on how 180 books worth Rs 1 lakh had been bought for the library but never reached it. In March this year, Retd Delhi High Court judge, Justice S N Dhingra, upheld that there had been “irregularities” and indicted the principal for hushing up the matter.
Amid Covid-19 surge, PCMC to increase oxygen, ventilator beds; all 87 vaccination centres open today
"As COVID cases are rising every day, there is a shortage of beds in both private and civic hospitals. As a first step, health officials have been directed to set up oxygen beds in three COVID care centres," said Municipal Commissioner Rajesh Patil.
RTI: Goa authority showed green flag to 99.3% felling tree cut requests
The PIL filed by Living Heritage Foundation, a Goa-based NGO, has also stated that Goa has lost over 77,000 trees as the Tree Authority in the two districts of the state has failed to ensure replantation of the trees by the applicants who were allowed to fell trees.
Pune: Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms urged to isolate at care centres
Now, the PMC will paste stickers on the entrance doors of Covid-19 patients in home isolation, and put home quarantine stamps on their wrists to easily identify them in the public places.
Covid-19 in Delhi: Doubling rate down to six days from 16
Doubling time is the number of days required for the number of cases in an epidemic to double, based on the rate of cumulative increase in the number of cases.
Pimpri Chinchwad: Six arrested with banned drugs worth Rs 4.2 lakh
During searches, the police claims to have recovered 298 grams of marijuana from Mali, nine grams of charas from Nagarkar, 12.434 kilograms of marijuana along with packaging material and a weighing machine from Dangi and Dagade.
NDMC plans to launch websites for schools
The NDMC has yet to award the tender, and the target for the launch of the website is June 30.
Punjab’s positivity rate near doubled in less than two weeks in March, still high
It fell just a notch on April 1 (8.2 per cent), and since then has shown some improvement coming down to 8 per cent on April 7, 7.2 per cent on April 8, as per the Covid status report of the Punjab Health Department.
Punjabi singer Karan Aujla visits Ludhiana central jail, ADGP orders probe
Trashing the allegations, Jail Superintendent Rajiv Arora told The Indian Express that Aujla was his ‘family friend’ and came on a ‘personal visit’.
Pune: Relatives of Covid-19 patients gherao chemists after failing to get Remdesivir
The Chemists Association of Pune district officials said that they did not have a single vial on Saturday morning.
Chandigarh’s PGIMER to suspend its OPDs starting Monday
In the last nine days, the PGI campus has seen a surge in cases, with April 1 reporting three cases, on 2nd, four, on 3rd, two cases.
Punjab records highest ever single-day Covid tally, case doubling rate dips to 76 days
This is the fifth time in past 15 days that the daily case count in Punjab crossed the 3,000-mark.
Farmers protest ‘outside procurement’: Truckloads of wheat from UP meant for Ropar plant to return
At least 44 trucks of wheat from UP will be beginning their journey back following a protest by the farmers who were miffed at wheat from outside the state making its way to Punjab for a processing unit in Ropar district. Farmers alleged that the wheat was brought from outside to get MSP benefits in the state.
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