Yavatmal

Two new COVID-19 mutations found in samples from Maharashtra's Amravati and Yavatmal, say researchers

Researchers at Pune's BJ Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital said the strains found in the two districts are able to 'escape neutralising antibodies'

COVID-19: After a gap of 75 days, Maharashtra reports more than 5,000 new cases

The state had reported 5,229 infections on 4 December, after which it had been registering a gradual but steady drop in number of new cases

As COVID-19 cases surge, weekend lockdown in Maharashtra's Amaravati, 10-day restrictions in Yavatmal

In Amravati, the lockdown will be imposed from 8 pm on Saturday to 7 am on Monday while in Yavatmal, schools, colleges and coaching classes will remain shut till 28 February

Maharashtra: 12 children, administered sanitiser drops instead of polio doses in Yavatmal, stable now

Action is likely to be taken against two medical officers and three contractual employees, the district collector said

Maharashtra polls: Yavatmal's Adivasi farmers 'prepared to fight' as govt's promise to fix land rights issue falls flat

Around 30,000 farmers from various parts of the state, including Yavatmal in Vidarbha, covered a distance of 180 kilometres from Nashik to Mumbai on foot, with the aim to gherao the Legislative Assembly building and press their demand for the full implementation of FRA, and also of the loan waiver the government had promised in 2017

In landmark move, Yavatmal pesticide contact poisoning victims file case in Bern against agrochemical company Syngenta

In 2017, over 60 farmers died, and hundreds were affected reportedly by the increased use of pesticides sprayed without any protective gear, on the cotton crop in Yavatmal and other districts of Maharashtra.

Nine migrant workers killed, several injured in truck-bus collision in Bihar's Bhagalpur, day after 12 labourers were hurt in road accident in Uttar Pradesh

At least nine migrant workers were killed and several others were injured after a truck collided with a bus in Bihar's Bhagalpur on Tuesday

Coronavirus lockdown: Migrant labourers set out on long journey home; over 300 seen crammed in container trucks in Maharashtra

Hit by a sudden 21-day lockdown due to coronavirus and no transport, hundreds of migrant labourers are walking from the Delhi-NCR region and Gujarat to reach their homes, about 200 to 300 kilometres away, in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan

Maharashtra's rural infrastructure ill-equipped to handle coronavirus; experts say next 15 days critical

Across Maharashtra, there are only three testing centres, in Pune, Mumbai and Nagpur, which are simply ill-equipped to handle a large volume of cases, if the coronavirus infections progress to stage 3 in state

BJP-Sena pitting rebel candidates, VBA hampering Congress-NCP chances in 23 seats: Maharashtra battle was a close one, but Opposition failed to sway voters

The Opposition in Maharashtra failed to convince voters that the contest is closer than it appears, largely because of its own limitations, and partly because of pliable regional media. When BJP started importing Opposition leaders ahead of the elections, not many asked why they needed to engineer these defections in the first place if the outcome was a forgone conclusion.