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COVID-19 situation 'stabilising', says Centre, but worrying stats pour in from Bengal, UP, Gujarat and MP
Fp Staff • 4 years agoMeanwhile, Randeep Guleria, director of AIIMS Hospital in Delhi warned that secondary infections like mucormycosis or "black fungus" were adding to India's mortality rate with states having reported more than 500 cases recently in COVID-19 patients with diabetes
Himanta Biswa Sarma to be new Assam CM; BJP unanimously elects him as state Legislature Party chief
• 4 years agoSarma's name was proposed by former chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal and seconded by BJP state party president Ranjeet Kumar Dass
COVID-19 crisis: Centre's repeated chest-thumping at receiving foreign aid 'pathetic', says Rahul Gandhi
• 4 years agoThe Congress had last week demanded transparency and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make public the details of all the relief material received from different countries
COVID-19 vaccination net to be cast wider from 1 May; experts flag inadequate supplies, pricing concerns
Neeradp • 4 years agoThe crucial third phase of India’s COVID-19 vaccination strategy, under which everyone above 18 years of age will be eligible for inoculation, will begin from 1 May
Indian Railways to run 'Oxygen Express' to meet high demand amid spike in COVID-19 cases
• 4 years agoEmpty tankers will begin their journey from Kalamboli and Boisar railway stations in and near Mumbai on Monday to load liquid medical oxygen in Vizag, Jamshedpur, Rourkela and Bokaro, officials said
Haridwar Kumbh Mela: Over 1,700 test positive for COVID-19 in 5 days, authorities say number likely to rise
• 4 years agoA majority of the 48.51 lakh people who took part in the last two royal baths (Shahi Snan) held on 12 and 14 April were seen openly violating COVID norms
Anil Deshmukh resigns as Maharashtra home minister hours after Bombay HC orders CBI probe into corruption allegations
Fp Staff • 4 years agoA division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish Kulkarni had on Monday said this was an 'extraordinary' and 'unprecedented' case that warranted an independent inquiry
‘Sad day for Indian democracy’: Arvind Kejriwal slams passage of Bill giving primacy to Delhi L-G
• 4 years agoParliament passed the GNCTD Bill, which mandates that the Delhi government seeks the opinion of the Lieutenant Governor before any executive action
'Anil Deshmukh wasn't in Mumbai': Sharad Pawar rules out home minister's resignation over Param Bir Singh's claims
• 4 years agoIn his letter to Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, Singh claimed that Deshmukh met arrested API Sachin Waze in February and told him to collect Rs 100 crore per month
Day after Bihar election results, BJP credits Modi for NDA's win, consoles JD(U); LJP, Left, AIMIM key talking points
Fppolitics • 4 years agoApart from the emerging winner, almost like always, the underdogs — the Left parties, AIMIM and LJP — captured people's attention even as they numerically did not amount to much in absolute terms