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Allahabad HC drops SC/ST Act charge against Aligarh man convicted of raping minor
Additional Advocate Rupak Chaubey, one of the government counsel, said they will challenge the verdict in the Supreme Court.
Uttarakhand introduces austerity measures to deal with lockdown fallout
In current financial year 2020-21, there will be no hike in the pay scale for any post.
Ahmedabad crosses 15,000-mark, case fatality rate worse than state average
While June has seen a higher number of samples taken each day — at least 5,000 — except on June 1 (4,329) and June 8 (4,603), a little more than 4,800 samples were taken on Wednesday.
Bengal: Junior docs protest move to make hospital Covid facility
The protesters said the agitation would continue till the fulfilment of the demand.
Testing not must for asymptomatic travellers to Goa from today
Goa has recorded 387 Covid-19 cases, of which 320 are active.
Hyderabad: Colleague assaulted, 300 docs at Covid hospital go on strike
The patient, a 55-year-old with comorbidities, succumbed on Tuesday night, following which his relatives attacked the duty doctor first with a plastic chair, and then with a metal chair, injuring his hip.
Recovered cases more than active cases: Health Ministry
An analysis of the 1,42,950 ‘closed cases’ shows that while 1,35,205 have recovered (94.5%), 7,745 have died.
Uddhav reaches out to ‘sons of soil’ again, warns of lockdown
On Wednesday, he urged the local youths to take benefit of the contingencies that had been created due to the pandemic.
Gujarat: Stranded Manipur students of Darul Uloom wait for train to go home
Close to 170 madrasa students, including about 23 from Darul Uloom Baroda, were left waiting at the station when the special train to Manipur chugged out of the platform carrying only half its capacity
ICMR to put up new treatment protocol on website today
ICMR, the country’s apex health research institution, has been mulling over the use of Remdesivir, an antiviral drug which has shown improvement in coronavirus patients in formal clinical trials.
Amid sliding maize prices, trouble brews for Bihar farmers
Bihar accounts for more than 80 per cent of India’s 6-7 million tonnes (mt) of annual rabi maize crop. Maize prices at Gulabbagh, the state’s largest mandi for the feed grain in Purnia, are currently averaging Rs 1,250 per quintal.
Bid to lure MLAs, destabilise govt: Rajasthan Cong
Government Chief Whip in Rajasthan Assembly Mahesh Joshi said these attempts “are not only directly against democratic values, but also against public aspirations, illegal, immoral, condemnable and punishable by law”.
Punjab’s power consumption reaches 9k MW, to peak soon with paddy sowing getting underway
As on Saturday, as many as 2,59,799 industrial units had started operating in the state and 1,21,190 shops had opened up thereby increasing the demand of power supply.
Kerala govt gives NOC to Athirapally project, faces stiff opposition
CPI, a partner in the CPI(M)-led LDF government, on Wednesday joined the Congress-led Opposition and environmentalists in demanding the withdrawal of the NOC, which was issued on June 4.
Develop holy sites in harmony with nature, says PM Modi
The Prime Minister said the state should envision and design development projects for holy sites like Kedarnath and Badrinath in a manner that stands the test of time.
Amid surge in cases, Rajasthan decides to regulate borders
The decision came a day after Rajasthan registered 369 cases — the highest single-day jump in the state — including 100 from Jaipur.
67 lakh migrants return to 116 dists in 6 states
The data shows a concentration of returning migrants in 15 districts, including eight from Bihar, of the 53 that recorded over a lakh each.
Punjab: State now no. two in Wheat procurement
For six decades, Punjab has been the top wheat producer and it has paid a price by using fertilisers, pesticides and over-exploiting its underground aquifers. The agriculture state not only has a huge pesticide overload but is also facing desertification.
7 deaths, 370 cases in 24 hours: Haryana’s Covid count now 5,579
The Covid-19 positive rate in the state reached 3.65 per cent and the case-doubling rate was seven days, as of Wednesday evening. Haryana had continuously been increasing its testing numbers. Till Wednesday evening, Haryana was conducting 6251 tests per million population.
HC issues notice to Punjab on fee plea by medical university
The government announced a uniform fee structure for all the private medical and dental colleges last month. The decision meant the institutes taking higher amounts have to now abide by the government-announced rates.
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