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Congress writes to Facebook CEO again

The Congress’ letter to Zuckerberg came over an article in Time magazine, which the opposition party claimed “revealed” more information and “evidence of biases and a quid pro quo relationship” of Facebook India with the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Tour De France to go ahead, despite COVID-19 concerns

The number of daily cases in France has been rising steadily in recent weeks, casting a menacing shadow over the three-week event which is starting nine weeks later than originally scheduled.

Single voter list for LS, assembly, local body polls?

At present, the Election Commission prepares the electoral roll or voter list for Lok Sabha and assembly polls. The state election commissions, which are altogether separate bodies as per constitutional provisions, hold elections for local bodies such as municipalities and panchayats in their respective states based on their own voter lists.

An update from the Health Minister:

Only 0.29% of COVID-19 patients are on ventilators, 1.93% on ICU & 2.88% of cases are on oxygen support. More than 9 lakh samples were tested in the last 24 hours.

BSF finds Pakistani tunnel

The sandbags have proper markings of Pakistan, which clearly shows that it was dug with proper planning & engineeri… https://t.co/EPDafnSFVl

— ANI (@ANI) 1598692973000

UP Rajya Sabha polls: Nomination papers of BJP leader Syed Zafar filed

CM Yediyurappa to flag off first RORO train from Bengaluru to Solapur tomorrow

New e-market platform launched to bridge gap between Indian farmers and UAE food industry

The UAE has launched Agriota, a new technology-driven agri-commodity trading and sourcing e-market platform that will bridge the gap between millions of rural farmers in India and the Gulf nation’s food industry.

Upon landing in the UAE, all IPL participants have followed a mandatory testing & quarantine programme. Total of 1,988 RT-PCR COVID tests were carried out between August 20th – 28th. 13 personnel have tested positive of which 2 are players

– Board of Control for Cricket in India

A protest will be lodged with Pakistani authorities, asking to take action against the guilty

– Jammu BSF IG NS Jamwal on the recovery of a tunnel in Samba area of Jammu and Kashmir

We were getting input about the existence of a tunnel in Samba area (of Jammu & Kashmir). A special team found the tunnel yesterday

– Jammu BSF IG NS Jamwal

Meghalaya’s COVID-19 tally rises to 2,248

Affordable rental housing complexes included in list of infrastructure sub sectors

The Centre has included affordable rental housing complexes in the harmonized list of infrastructure sub-sectors.

The department of economic affairs under the ministry of finance issued a notification earlier this week to this effect.

877 newborns,61 pregnant women die in Meghalaya in last four months: Official

At least 61 pregnant women and 877 newborns have died in Meghalaya in the four months starting from April for want of admission to hospitals and also due to lack of medical attention because of diversion of the health machinery to fight COVID-19 pandemic, a senior health department official said.

Puducherry MLA files plea in SC to stall NEET

On behalf of Puducherry government, we filed a writ petition in SC to stall NEET exam. The case has been filed in my name. The petition will be heard by next week. We hope for a good ruling from the SC which will safeguard the student community: R K R Anantharaman, Puducherry MLA

UAE formally ends Israel boycott amid US-brokered deal

The ruler of the United Arab Emirates has issued a decree formally ending the country’s boycott of Israel amid a US-brokered deal to normalize relations between the two countries.

The state-run WAM news agency reported the decree on Saturday, saying it was on the orders of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi and the Emirates’ leader.

Sushant case: Rhea arrives for CBI questioning for second day

Actress Rhea Chakraborty, who is accused of abetting the suicide of film star Sushant Singh Rajput, reached the DRDO guest house here for the second consecutive day on Saturday for questioning by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), an official said.

Modern technology is helping deal with the challenges related to agriculture. One example of it was how the government used technology to minimize damage caused by locust attack in about 10 States recently

– PM Modi

Financial experts express mixed feelings on RBI’s restructuring package

The loan restructuring package announced by the Reserve Bank of India evoked mixed reactions from experts in the financial sector, as some found it helpful for the tourism industry, while others described the guidelines of the scheme as “restrictive” to the NBFCs.

Tourism Finance Corporation of India MD and CEO Anirban Chakraborty said hotels and the hospitality sector are under the MSME segment in the loan restructuring framework of RBI.

The emergency credit line extended to the borrowers is a good measure to help the sector sustain for the next two years, he said at a webinar organised by Enqube Collaborations on Friday.

Govt implementing several projects to ensure availability of water in drought-prone Bundelkhand region: PM Modi

Jharkhand allows public transport within state; hotels, lodges to reopen in view of JEE/NEET exams

India has controlled spread of locust swarms using modern technologies including drones

– PM Narendra Modi

When we talk about self-reliance in agriculture then it is not limited to self-sufficiency in food grains but encompasses self-reliance of the entire economy of the village

– PM Narendra Modi

West Bengal govt writes to Railway Board, says metro, local train services can be resumed

IIT Kharagpur researchers develop microneedle to administer drug in a painless way

Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have developed a microneedle which is capable of administering large drug molecules in a painless way, a statement issued by the institute said on Saturday.

The Institute’s Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering has not only reduced the diameter size of the microneedles but also increased the strength so that they do not break while penetrating the skin, it said.

The microneedle can be used even in COVID-19 vaccination in future, besides for insulin delivery, the statement said.

Pak set to reopen educational institutions from mid-September as COVID-19 situation improves

DERC’s power tariff for 2020-21 will add to financial challenges of discoms: TPDDL

The new power tariff announced by the DERC for 2020-21, without any hike in the existing rates, will “substantially increase” the financial “challenges” and “ability” to ensure round-the-clock electricity supply by the discoms in Delhi, a spokesperson of the TPDDL said on Saturday.

The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) announced the new tariff on Friday, saying no hike was considered due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Considering the COVID-19 pandemic, the DERC has maintained the tariff at the existing level. However, for the discoms, this tariff order will substantially increase the financial challenges and hence, the ability to ensure 24×7 power supply,” the spokesperson of the Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) said.

PM inaugurates Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the College and Administration Buildings of Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agric… https://t.co/MJfT4xfKk3

— ANI (@ANI) 1598685644000

Flood-like situation in 4 C’garh districts, thousands shifted

Heavy rains battered several parts of Chhattisgarh over the last two days, creating a flood-like situation in some areas of at least four districts and causing rivers, including the Mahanadi, to flow above the danger mark, officials said.

Nearly 12,000 houses in various districts of the state were partially or completely damaged due to the incessant rainfall and thousands of people were shifted to relief camps, they said.

Chinese, Indians constitute 48% of foreign students in US in 2019: Report

Chinese and Indians accounted for 48 per cent of all active foreign students in the US in 2019, according to an official report.

A report on immigration students in US, released on Friday by the Student and Exchange Visitor Programme (SEVP) — a part of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — said there were 1.52 million active records in SEVIS for F-1 and M-1 students during calendar year 2019, a 1.7 per cent decrease from 2018.

Jammu-Srinagar NH cleared for stranded vehicles after four days closure

Govt making numerous efforts to popularise sports and support sporting talent

– PM Modi

August receives 25 pc more rainfall; highest in 44 years: IMD

Mumbai police will provide protection to Rhea Chakraborty on CBI’s request

Mumbai police will provide protection to Rhea Chakraborty whenever she commutes from her residence to DRDO guest house. This is being done on the request of Central Bureau of Investigation: Mumbai Police official

Odisha floods: 1.5 lakh people affected across 543 villages

Flood situation continues in several parts of Bhadrak district. Additional District Magistrate, Bhadrak says, “1.5 lakh people are affected across 543 villages in the district that are facing flood situation. Over 3,000 people have been evacuated so far.”

Pranab Mukherjee health update

Former President Pranab Mukherjee is being treated for lung infection. His renal parameters have improved. He continues to be in deep coma and on ventilator support. He remains haemodynamically stable: Army Hospital (R&R), Delhi Cantonment

Suresh Raina pulls out of upcoming IPL, says CSK

Suresh Raina returns to India from UAE 'for personal reasons' and will be unavailable for the remainder of the IPL… https://t.co/Au8yee9GtM

— ANI (@ANI) 1598680595000

President Kovind virtually confers the National Sports and Adventure Awards 2020

President Ram Nath Kovind virtually confers the National Sports and Adventure Awards 2020. https://t.co/f0VZoDoz9y

— ANI (@ANI) 1598680174000

Kiren Rijiju defends govt’s decision to confer Sports Awards to record 74 winners

J-K: Seven terrorists neutralised, one surrendered in last 24 hours

Acting on a specific police input, an operation was launched in Zadoora area of Pulwama district by security forces at 1 am on Saturday in which three terrorists were neutralised. A soldier, who was critically injured in the encounter succumbed to his injuries, according to a Public Relations Officer of Defence, Srinagar. Incrimination materials including arms and ammunition were seized from the encounter site.

Malaysia extends ban on foreign tourists

Malaysia has extended its pandemic movement restrictions including a ban on foreign tourists until the end of the year.

Hockey veterans to attend the National Sports Award Ceremony

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee Rani Rampal, who is also Captain of Indian Women’s Hockey Team & Arjuna Awardee, Hockey player Akashdeep Singh leave for Sports Authority of India (SAI) Centre in Bengaluru to attend the National Sports Award Ceremony that is being held virtually.

Trump to head to Louisiana as Hurricane Laura cleanup starts

The U.S. toll from the Category 4 hurricane stood at 14 deaths, with more than half of those killed by carbon monoxide poisoning from the unsafe operation of generators. President Donald Trump plans on Saturday to tour the damage in Louisiana and neighbouring Texas.

Pandemic reinforced need to be physically fit, mentally strong

– M Venkaiah Naidu on National Sports Day

Kamala Harris pledges to rejoin the Paris Climate agreement and re-enter Iran nuke deal if voted to power

Uttarakhand BJP Chief Bansidhar Bhagat tests positive for COVID19

UP Congress leader demands expulsion of Ghulam Nabi Azad from party

Congress leader Naseeb Pathan in Uttar Pradesh on Friday said the party should expel Ghulam Nabi Azad who is among 23 signatories to a letter which called for an overhaul of the organisation.

Indian heritage WWII spy Noor Inayat Khan gets honoured with blue plaque in London

Telangana reports 2.7K Covid-19 cases, recovery still lower than national average

Will FM answer how to describe mismanagement of economy before pandemic

– P Chidambaram

Single-day spike of 76,472 infections, 1,021 fatalities push India’s COVID-19 caseload to 34,63,972, death toll to 62,550: Health Ministry

Party election to pick PM Abe’s successor around Sept. 15, media say

Today, on National Sports Day, we pay tributes to Major Dhyan Chand, whose magic with the hockey stick can never be forgotten. This is also a day to laud the outstanding support given by the families, coaches and support staff towards the success of our talented athletes

– PM Narendra Modi

The water level of Yamuna River recorded at Delhi’s Old Yamuna Bridge was 204.26 metres at 8 am today

Three militants, one soldier killed in encounter in J-K’s Pulwama

Prize money on sports awards to be increased: Kiren Rijiju

We’ve taken a decision to increase prize money for sports & adventure awards. Prize money for sports awards has already been increased. Prize money for Arjuna Award & Khel Ratna Award has been increased to Rs 15 lakhs & Rs 25 lakhs respectively: Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju

Odisha: Examination cities to remain free from lockdown

There will be no lockdown or shutdown in force in the examination cities in Odisha from 30th August and 7th September and from 12th September and 14th September: State Government

Pulwama encounter update:

One soldier who was critically injured has succumbed to his injuries in an encounter that started last night in Zadoora area of Pulwama. Joint operation in progress: PRO Defence, Srinagar

Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman dies of cancer at 43

China’s Wuhan says all schools to reopen on Tuesday

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Jharkhand Assembly Election 2019: CM Raghubar Das, Speaker Dinesh Oraon among big names in second phase - assembly elections

Chief minister Raghubar Das, state assembly Speaker Dinesh Oraon, former state food supply minister Saryu Roy and the BJP’s state unit president Laxman Gilua are among the key contestants in the second phase of assembly election in Jharkhand on Saturday.Raghubar Das is locked in a bitter battle with his former cabinet colleague and now Independent candidate Saryu Roy in his home constituency of Jamshedpur-East.The BJP’s state unit president Laxman Gilua is fighting it out against the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’s (JMM’s) Sukhram Oraon in Chakradharpur seat. Sukhram Oraon is the former member of legislative assembly (MLA) from the seat. Everyone’s eyes are also on Chakradharpur because of the contest between sitting MLA Shashi Bhusan Samad as the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) candidate and All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) Party nominee Ram Lal Munda.The chief minister has promised to make it a district if voted to power.In Sisai seat, state assembly speaker and the Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate Dinesh Oraon is caught in a direct fight with JMM candidate Jigga Susaran Horo. Dinesh Oraon had won the seat in 2014.The state’s rural development and parliamentary Neelkanth Singh Munda is facing an uphill task in his home constituency Khunti with JMM’s Sushil Pahan as his rival in the Jharkhand Assembly Election 2019. JVM-P candidate and social activist Dayamani Barla has made it a triangular fight in Khunti, where controversial Patthalgadi movement ruled the roost for over a year and is plagued by tribal anger and unrest for long.Tamar is another seat of interest in the Jharkhand Assembly Election 2019 where the JMM’s Vikas Munda, son of former minister Ramesh Singh Munda, is taking on the BJP’s Rita Devi. Surrendered Maoist commander Kundan Pahan and former minister Raja Peter, both in jail for Ramesh Singh Munda’s murder, are also contesting from the seat. Peter had earlier defeated former chief minister Sibu Soren.The BJP and JMM are in a direct fight in the three districts of Kolhan where 13 assembly seats are polling. The BJP had five seats in East Singhbhum and erstwhile ally AJSU Party had one seat in East Singhbhum. The JMM, on the other hand, had all the five seats in West Singhbhum and both the seats in Seraikela-Kharsawan district in 2014.More than 48,25,000 voters will choose their representatives among the 260 candidates in the second phase of the Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019.The first phase was held on November 30. The fifth and final phase of polling will take place on December 20 and votes will be counted on December 23. Source link Read the full article

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Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: Bihar's COVID-19 cases reach 6,289 as 193 test positive; Patna, Bhagalpur account for 10% of infections

23:45 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Himachal Pradesh Latest Update

Address proof must to enter Himachal Pradesh

The Himachal Pradesh government on Saturday said people entering the state will have to provide address proof, making it clear that those arriving from the red zones will be quarantined. A senior official said there have been cases of people coming from red zones, which are more seriously affected by coronavirus, but claiming that they were staying in a green zone.

23:37 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Delhi Latest Update

Nursing homes with 10 to 49 beds to be used for COVID-19 treatment, orders Delhi govt

In order to prevent COVID-19 patients from coming into contact with non-COVID patients and to increase the bed capacity in view of a potential growth in cases in the National Capital, the Delhi government has ordered all nursing homes in NCT of Delhi having bed strength of 10 to 49 beds to exclusively treat coronavirus cases, reports ANI. All such nursing homes (10 to 49 bedded) are required to make their COVID beds functional within three days failing which would initiate action against the defaulter nursing home, states the order.

23:31 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Maharashtra Latest Update

358 new coronavirus cases in Pune district, 13 deaths

358 new coronavirus patients were found in Pune district since previous evening, taking the number of cases to 11,560, a health official said on Saturday. The death toll in the district reached 484 with 13 patients succumbing to the infection during this period. "Of 358 cases, 282 were found in Pune Municipal Corporation limits, where 9,448 cases have been reported so far. 163 patients were also discharged from the hospitals upon recovery," said the official.

PTI

23:24 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Chhattisgarh Latest Update

Cases in Chhattisgarh up by 67 to 1,512

Chhattisgarh reports 67 new COVID-19 positive cases, taking the total number of positive cases to 1,512. Number of active cases stand at 875, ANI quotes the State Health Department as saying.

23:20 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Telangana Latest Update

Nineteen of family test positive in Telangana's Sangareddy

Nineteen members of a family in Telangana's Sangareddy district have tested positive for coronavirus,health department officials told news agency PTI. They said a 55-year-old woman in Zaherabad was admitted to a private hospital in Hyderabad earlier this week with multiple health problems. Her swabs were collected for coronavirus tests on June 9, but she died the same day.The woman was buried in the town on June 10 with 25 relatives attending the funeral.Meanwhile her samples tested positive on June 10, following which all the relatives were put in isolation at the government hospital here and their swabs were sent for COVID-19 tests.

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Coronavirus Outbreak in Jharkhand Latest Update

Confirmed cases in Jharkhand climb to 1,711

The number of COVID-19 cases in Jharkhand rose to 1,711 with 54 more people testing positive for the pathogen on Saturday, a government bulletin said. Of the total 1,711 COVID-19 cases, 887 are active cases and 816 people have been discharged from hospitals after recovering from the disease, it said.

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Coronavirus Outbreak Latest Update

Europe nations sign deal for 400 million vaccine doses

Pharma giant AstraZeneca has struck a deal with Europe’s Inclusive Vaccines Alliance to supply up to 400 million doses of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine, reports AP. The alliance forged by Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands to speed up production of a coronavirus vaccine is set to take delivery by the end of 2020 of a vaccine being tested by the University of Oxford. The agreement struck Saturday aims to make the vaccine available to other European countries that wish to take part. The cost is expected to be offset by funding from the governments.

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Coronavirus Outbreak in West Bengal Latest Update

West Bengal's COVID-19 count rises to 10,698

West Bengal reports 454 new COVID-19 positive cases, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 10,698 including 463 deaths and 5,693 active cases, ANI reports quoting the state health department

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Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update

We must focus on controlling number of fatalities, says Anand Mahindra

Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra on Saturday called for focus on controlling number of fatalities due to coronavirus and ensuring availability of hospital beds, saying that in a country of India's size the number of infection is inevitably going to rise. In a series of tweets, Mahindra said even though the level of transmission is probably significantly higher and largely untraceable and unreported, it shouldn't alarm the world.

What we must focus on & control is the number of fatalities & the availability of beds/ICU beds. These numbers are real & trackable. So far,the percentage of fatalities has been mercifully low & with boosted medical infrastructure we must aim to keep the numbers low. (2/3)

— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) June 13, 2020

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Coronavirus Outbreak in Bihar Latest Update

With 193 fresh cases, Bihar's cases climb to 6,289

The total number of coronavirus cases in Bihar rose to 6,289 on Saturday with 193 new cases, while the death toll stood at 35, health department officials said. Since Friday night, Patna district reported 24 COVID-19 cases with the youngest among them being a three-year-old girl from the capital city. The district has so far reported two casualties, they said. The officials, however, pointed out that till date 198 people in the district have been cured of the disease and the number of active cases stood at 122. Patna and Bhagalpur districts comprised 10 per cent of the state's total caseload with 322 and 319 instances of the infection respectively.

PTI

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Coronavirus Outbreak in West Bengal Latest Update

Kolkata traffic police constable dies of COVID-19

Traffic Police Constable Dilip Sardar, who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease a few days back and was admitted to the Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital succumbed on Saturday, making this the second death among Kolkata Police, reports PTI.

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Coronavirus Outbreak in Punjab Latest Update

Punjab to fix charges for treatment of COVID-19 patients in pvt hospital

Taking note of reports that some private hospitals in Punjab were charging exorbitant amount from COVID-19 patients, the state government will soon fix charges for treatment, Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said on Saturday. The minister pointed out that most of the COVID-19 patients do not need any special treatment. They only need to be kept under observation, served food and medicines, he said. He warned private hospitals overcharging coronavirus patients of stringent action and said that the government reserves the right to withdraw the land provided to hospitals at highly concessional rates.

PTI

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Coronavirus Outbreak in West Bengal Latest Update

West Bengal education minister asks schools not to hike fees

West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee on Saturday asked private schools not to effect any fee hike amid the COVID-19 scenario. "The state government has been telling schools not to hike fees and impose charges under different heads. Please remember it is an official directive. The chief minister had also made a plea regarding this, don't disregard that," Chatterjee said.

Parents staged protests against a rise in tuition fees in front of a school in Ranikuthi area in the morning. Similar demonstrations have been taking place before private schools in Lake Gardens, Belgharia and Dum Dum over the past two-three days.

22:26 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Delhi Latest Update

Delhi LG makes provisions for fines to be imposed on those violating COVID-19 guidelines

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Saturday approved regulations under which residents can be fined for flouting COVID-19 norms, reports News18. The rules are called the Delhi Epidemic Diseases, (Management of Covid-19) Regulations under which Delhi Police can impose a fine of Rs. 500 for the first offence and a fine of Rs. 1000/- for the repeat offence, if any person is found violating the following norms:

1. Observation of quarantine rules. 2. Maintaining of social distancing. 3. Wearing of Face mask/cover in all public places /workplaces. 4. Prohibition of spitting in public places. 5. Prohibition on consumption of paan, gutka, tobacco etc in public places.

22:19 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Himachal Pradesh Latest Update

Himachal Pradesh revises list of cities with high COVID-19 case load

The Himachal Pradesh government has revised its list of cities in the country having high prevalence of COVID-19 cases, Additional Chief Secretary (Health) RD Dhiman. The system of issuing e-pass has also been changed, making it mandatory for applicants to provide address proof, he added. In his list revision order issued on Friday, Dhiman said entire Delhi along with Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmadabad, Thane, Pune, Hyderabad, Chengalpattu, Gurugram, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kolkata/Howrah and Indore cities have high load of coronavirus infection cases.All persons arriving from these areas will be institutionally quarantined, Dhiman added.

PTI

22:09 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Madhya Pradesh Latest Update

198 infections, seven deaths reported in Madhya Pradesh today

198 coronavirus positive cases and seven deaths were reported in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday. The total number of positive cases in the state rose to 10,641 including 447 deaths and 7,377 recoveries, ANI quotes the state health department as saying.

22:01 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Delhi Latest Update

Cases in Delhi jump by 2,134 to 38,958

As many as 2,134 new coronavirus cases and 57 deaths were reported in Delhi today, reports ANI. According to the state health department, the total number of cases in the National Capital is now at 38,958, including 14,945 recovered/discharged/migrated, 22,742 active cases and 1271 deaths.

21:54 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Arunachal Pradesh Latest Update

Gujarat returnee tests positive in Arunachal Pradesh

A Gujarat returnee was found coronavirus positive at the quarantine facility in Arunachal Pradesh'sLower Dibang Valley. The patient is asymptomatic and shifted to the COVID care centre (CCC). Two otherswere discharged from CCC, Namsai after their two consecutive test samples came negative, ANI quotes the state government as saying.

21:49 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update

PIB Principal DG KS Dhatwalia discharged from AIIMS

Principal Director General of Press Information Bureau KS Dhatwalia who had tested COVID-19 positive and was admitted to the AIIMS on 7June was discharged on Saturday. Dhatwalia, who underwent treatment under Dr Neeraj Nischal, an associate professor in the Department of Medicine at AIIMS, was discharged around 4 pm. "He is doing fine now and he will be in home-isolation for the next few days," a source told news agency PTI.

21:39 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Jammu and Kashmir Latest Update

22 CRPF personnel test coronavirus positive in south Kashmir

At least 22 CRPF personnel from several battalions have tested positive for coronavirus in south Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. None of these troopers have any recent travel history, the officials added.

This is the second time in the last four days that a large number of paramilitary CRPF personnel have tested positive for the coronavirus. On 10 June , 28 CRPF personnel had tested positive.

PTI

21:36 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Uttar Pradesh Latest Update

Muzaffarnagar to be under lockdown every Sunday starting tomorrow

Complete shutdown to be imposed in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar every Sunday starting 14 June in view of spike in coronavirus cases; all activities except essential services to be suspended, PTI quotes the district administration as saying.

21:28 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Telangana Latest Update

Telangana reports 253 new cases, eight deaths

A total of 253 new coronavirus cases and eight deaths were reported in Telangana on Saturday taking the case count to 4,737 and toll to 182.

Media Bulletin on status of positive cases #COVID19 in Telangana. (Dated. 13.06.2020)#TelanganaFightsCorona #StayHome #StaySafe pic.twitter.com/7fHXGvSpi4

— Eatala Rajender (@Eatala_Rajender) June 13, 2020

21:24 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Punjab Latest Update

Punjab to decide on conducting college, university exams after 30 June

Punjab Government will take a decision on the conduct of examinations in universities & colleges after June 30, in line with the fresh guidelines expected from Central Govt in this regard: Office of the Chief Minister of Punjab pic.twitter.com/KPZTQgv30L

— ANI (@ANI) June 13, 2020

21:15 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Delhi Latest Update

Delhi govt seeks fee details from hospitals

Amid a social media buzz over high cost of coronavirus treatment at a private facility, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday said the government has sought fee details from all hospitals and will decide on "what to do" after overall observation. The rate card of Max Hospital had gone viral on social media on Friday with many users noting that the charges were too high for a common man. The rate card showed that the facility was charging Rs 72,000 for an ICU with ventilator. On its part, Max Healthcare, which runs the facility, said the viral rate card did not carry "all the facts such as inclusions of routine tests, routine medicines, doctor and nurse charges".

Asked about capping fees being charged by private hospitals for COVID-19 treatment on Saturday, Jain said, "All the hospitals have been asked to share the rates that they are charging for COVID treatments. We will decide on what to do after observing every hospital."

PTI

21:11 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Gujarat Latest Update

Gujarat COVID-19 cases go past 23,000

Gujarat on Saturday reported 517 new COVID-19 cases and 33 deaths, including 26 from Ahmedabad, taking the total case count to 23,079 and

fatalities to 1,449, state health department said. A total of 390 patients, including 255 from Ahmedabad and 88 from Surat, were discharged from hospitals in the day, taking the number of recovered cases to 15,891, an official release said.

PTI

21:07 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Goa Latest Update

Goa reports 60 new cases

Confirmed cases in Goa climbed to 523 as 60 more tested positive for the viral infection on Saturday, reports ANI.

60 more #COVID19 cases reported in Goa today. Total number of cases in the state is now at 523, including 70 recovered and 453 active cases: State Health Department pic.twitter.com/vR8jc65ULB

— ANI (@ANI) June 13, 2020

20:54 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Maharashtra Latest Update

PIL in SC seeking national plan to deal with COVID-19 pandemic

A PIL has been filed by an NGO before the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to prepare, notify and implement a 'national plan' as prescribed under the Disaster Management Act to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The petition, filed by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) through advocate Prashant Bhushan, has also sought a direction to the Centre to transfer all contributions made to the PM CARES Fund, set up for COVID-19 relief, to the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF).

20:46 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Maharashtra Latest Update

Maharashtra reports 3,427 new COVID-19 cases and 113 deaths in a day

Maharashtra, which is worst-hit by the coronavirus pandemic in the country, on Saturday reported 3,427 new COVID-19 cases and 113 deaths, including 69 from Mumbai, state Health department said.

With this, the latest case count in the state stands at 1,04,568 and fatalities at 3,830, an official release said. Of the totalcases, 78,134 cases are concentrated in

the Mumbai MetropolitanRegion (MMR) which has reported 2,650 deaths, including Mumbai with 56,831 cases and 2,113 fatalities, it said.

20:13 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update

Maharashtra becomes the first state to restrict the costs of testing

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Saturday said that the government has reduced the rates of the COVID-19 tests conducted by private laboratories from Rs 4,500 to Rs 2,200. Talking to PTI, Tope said the lowering of rates for the tests would provide a relief to the people. "Rs 2,200 will be charged for collecting the swabs through viral transport media (VTM) from hospitals, while it would cost Rs 2,800 for collection of swab from home. Earlier, the charges were Rs 4,500 and Rs 5,200 respectively," he said.

20:06 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update

4 Mumbai cops die, highest single-day toll for force

Four Mumbai policemen succumbed to novel coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours, the worst in terms of single-day toll for any unit of the force in Maharashtra since the outbreak began, an official said on Saturday.

19:47 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update

MP Youth Congress president Kunal Choudhary tests positive for COVID-19

Congress MLA and Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress president Kunal Choudhary on Saturday morning tested positive for COVID-19, sending jitters across the party preparing for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha election and the Assembly byelection.

The Bhopal district administration was tracing the contacts of Mr. Choudhary, an MLA from Kalapipal, who resided in 74 Bungalows of Bhopal, a residential enclave for Ministers, said a district official. “His sample was collected on Friday night.”

19:31 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update

Health ministry recommends remdesivir for moderate cases, HCQ for early course of COVID-19

The Health Ministry on Saturday recommended the use of antiviral drug remdesivir in moderate stage of COVID-19 while backtracking from its earlier stance on hydroxychloroquine, saying the anti-malarial drug should be used in the early course of the disease and not on critically ill patients.

It also okayed off-label application of tocilizumab, a drug that modifies the immune system or its functioning, and convalescent plasma for treating coronavirus-infected patients in moderate stage of the illness.

In its revised 'Clinical Management Protocols for COVID-19' the ministry dropped the use of azithromycin in combination with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in severe cases and requiring ICU management. Hydroxychloroquine has demonstrated in-vitro activity against SARS-CoV2 and was shown to be clinically beneficial in several small single-centre studies though with significant limitations, it stated.

19:10 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update

HC junks plea seeking COVID-19 medical trials on jail inmates

The Bombay High Court has refused to pass an order directing the government to conduct trials of possible COVID-19 drugs or treatment on inmates of jails or correctional homes who have contracted coronavirus. On whom medical trials should be conducted is a matter of government policy and the court would not interfere in that, said a division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice SS Shinde on Friday.

The court was hearing a petition filed by Kamaljeet Sandhu, seeking a direction to the Union and state governments to constitute a committee of expert allopathy, Ayurveda and homeopathy doctors.

18:48 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update

Two-thirds of total cases from five states

"It was observed that out of total cases two-thirds are in five states with an overwhelming proportion of cases in big cities. In view of the challenges being faced, particularly by the large cities, it was discussed to augment testing as well as the number of beds and services to effectively handle the peak surge of daily cases," ANI quotes the PMO as saying.

18:41 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update

Prime minister discusses COVID-19 situation in Delhi

During the meeting, the present and emerging scenario of the coronavirus disease in Delhi was discussed and the projections for the next two months were deliberated upon, ANI quotes the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) as saying. "The prime minister suggested that the home minister and health minister should convene an emergency meeting with LG, and chief minister of Delhi in presence of all senior officials from the Centre, Delhi Government and Municipal Corporations to plan a coordinated and comprehensive response to handle the rising cases of COVID-19," it said.

18:37 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update

Narendra Modi holds review meeting, instructs health ministry to undertake emergency planning

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a detailed meeting with senior ministers and officials to review India’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. The was attended by Home Minister, Amit Shah, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Principal Secretary to PM, Cabinet Secretary, Health Secretary, DG ICMR and other related officials from the Empowered Groups.

The meeting reviewed the national level status and preparation in the context of the pandemic, ANI quotes the Prime Minister's Office as saying. "The prime minister took cognizance of the recommendations of the Empowered Group on city and district wise requirements of hospital beds/isolation beds which will be required and instructed Health Ministry officials to undertake emergency planning in consultation with the States/UTs," it said.

18:25 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Tamil Nadu Latest Update

30 deaths, 1,989 new infections reported in Tamil Nadu

1,989 new coronavirus cases and 30 deaths were reported in Tamil Nadu today. Total number of cases in the state is now 42,687, including 18,878 active cases, 23,409 discharged and 397 deaths, ANI quotes the state health department as saying.

18:18 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Karnataka Latest Update

Karnataka reports 308 new cases

Karnataka on Saturday reported 308 new cases taking the total number of cases found in the state so far to 6,824. As many as 209 persons were discharged, taking the number of recoveries to 3648 and the state now has 3092 patients undergoing treatment, according to a bulletin issued by the state health department. Three more patients succumbed to the disease on Saturday, pushing the toll to 81. Three persons who had tested positive for the viral infection have also died due to non-COVID causes, the bulletin stated.

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— K'taka Health Dept (@DHFWKA) June 13, 2020

18:07 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Kerala Latest Update

Kerala's active cases climb to 1,342 as 85 more test positive

Kerala on Saturday reported 85 new cases, taking the number of active cases to 1,342 while 46 persons were discharged after recovery taking the number of those cured to 1,045, according to the state health department.

85 fresh cases of #COVID19 reported in Kerala today, taking the total number of active cases to 1342: Kerala Health Department pic.twitter.com/rY8o7Ye0bR

— ANI (@ANI) June 13, 2020

18:04 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update

Health ministry okays remdesivir under emergency use authorization, HCQ for early course of COVID-19

The Union Health Ministry has recommended use of anti-viral drug remdesivir under emergency use authorization, off-label application of immunomodulatory tocilizumab and convalescent plasma therapy for treating COVID-19 patients in moderate stage of criticality, reports PTI. Backtracking from its earlier stance, the ministry in its revised 'Clinical Management Protocols for COVID-19', released on Saturday, said anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) should be used in the early course of the disease to achieve any meaningful effect and should be avoided in severe cases.

17:59 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Maharashtra Latest Update

Dharavi reports 17 new cases

17 fresh COVID-19 cases were recorded in Dharavi area of Mumbai in Maharashtra today, taking the total number of cases to 2,030. reports ANI quoting the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. No new death was reported today in the area and the number of fatalities due to the disease stands at 77.

17:50 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Pakistan Latest Update

Pakistan's former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani tests positive

Pakistan's former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday, becoming the latest top political figure to contract COVID-19 that has claimed 2,551 lives and infected 132,405 people in the country. Gilani, 67, tested positive after attending a hearing of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a corruption case. On Thursday, Shehbaz Sharif, chief of the Opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), tested positive for the coronavirus after he appeared before the NAB in a money laundering case.

PTI

17:47 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Punjab Latest Update

17 Punjab Police personnel test positive

17 personnel of Punjab Police have tested positive in a random sampling of 7165 of a cross-section of police personnel posted as part of a special RT-PCR COVID-19 testing drive, ANI quotes the Punjab Police as saying.

17:44 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Assam Latest Update

25 patients in Guwahati have no travel history, says Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that 25 COVID-19 patients in Guwahati have no travel history and termed the situation in the city as a matter of concern, according to reports. The minister said that 50,000 persons in Guwahati will be tested soon and based on the test results, the state government might consider implementing a lockdown in Guwahati, according to the Indian Express.

17:23 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Uttar Pradesh Latest Update

Uttar Pradesh reports 20 deaths, over 500 new cases

Uttar Pradesh reported 20 coronavirus deaths and 502 new cases pushing the state's COVID-19 tally to 13,118. The total number of those who have lost their lives due to the virus so far has now gone up to 385, Principal Secretary Health, Amit Mohan Prasad said. There are 4,858 active cases in the state and 7,875 have been discharged from hospitals after treatment, Prasad said, adding that the recovery rate in the state continues to be over 60 percent.

PTI

17:17 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Maharashtra Latest Updates

Four Mumbai Police personnel die of COVID-19

Four police personnel who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection have lost their lives in the last 24 hours, ANI quotes the Mumbai Police as saying.

17:13 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Delhi Latest Updates

Delhi govt plans 10,000-bed makeshift COVID-19 hospital under sprawling tent

The Delhi government is planning a 10,000-bed makeshift hospital for COVID-19 patients under a sprawling tent in south Delhi to prepare for a projected surge in cases in the city, reports PTI. The planned COVID-19 facility will come up at the south Delhi campus of spiritual organisation Radha Soami Satsang Beas. The lush green campus is located near the Delhi-Haryana border. The COVID-19 facility, which will be 1,700 feet long and 700 feet wide, will have 200 enclosures with 50 beds each, said Vikas Sethi, secretary of Radha Soami Satsang Beas, Bhati Mines. This makeshift hospital will be the largest such facility in the city so far. The work is expected to be completed by June end, he said.

17:07 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Chandigarh Latest Updates

Chandigarh reports 11 fresh cases

Eleven fresh COVID-19 cases were reported in Chandigarh on Saturday, taking the total number of cases in the Union Territory to 345 including five deaths and 295 recoveries, ANI quotes the Chandigarh Health Department as saying.

17:04 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Kerala Latest Updates

Kerala govt issues list of Sunday lockdown exemptions

The Kerala government has exempted the movement of devotees to places of worship and back from Sunday lockdown, reports India Today. Exams can also be conducted on Sunday and students, those making arrangements will be allowed to travel for the same. ID cards, hall tickets can be shown as proof. Students can also travel to join medical colleges, other medical institutions.

16:51 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Updates

Recovery rate improves to 49.95%, says Union health ministry

During the last 24 hours, 7,135 COVID-19 patients have been cured. Thus, so far, 1,54,329 patients have been cured of COVID-19. The recovery rate is 49.95 percent amongst COVID-19 patients. There are 1,45,779 active cases and all are under active medical supervision: Union Health Ministry

Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: The total number of coronavirus cases in Bihar rose to 6,289 on Saturday with 193 new cases, while the death toll stood at 35, health department officials said.

Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal on Saturday empowered health, revenue and police officials to impose fine up to Rs 1,000 for violations of norms to contain COVID-19.

Gujarat on Saturday reported 517 new COVID-19 cases and 33 deaths, including 26 from Ahmedabad, taking the total case count to 23,079 and fatalities to 1,449, state health department said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a detailed meeting with senior ministers and officials to review India’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

1,989 new coronavirus cases and 30 deaths were reported in Tamil Nadu today. Total number of cases in the state is now 42,687, including 18,878 active cases, 23,409 discharged and 397 deaths.

Uttar Pradesh reported 20 coronavirus deaths and 502 new cases pushing the state's COVID-19 tally to 13,118.

Loss of smell (anosmia) or loss of taste (ageusia) has been added to the list of coronavirus symptoms in the document 'Clinical Management Protocol: COVID-19' issued by the Health Ministry.

Taking note of the "gravity" of the coronavirus situation in the National Capital, the Delhi High Court has directed the AAP government and the Centre to increase the number of beds and ventilators for COVID-19 patients.

Amid a massive spike in coronavirus cases in India, experts on Saturday came down hard on the ICMR for its findings to assert that there was no community transmission of COVID-19, saying it was not reflective of the current situation and the government was showing "obstinacy" in accepting the truth.

Emphasising that community transmission was on in many parts of the country, the experts asked the government to admit it so that people don’t get complacent.

At least 1,233 members of the Mumbai Police recover from the novel coronavirus as of Saturday, said Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. Of the, 334 cops have returned to duty.

"A total of 1233 policemen from the Mumbai Police Force have successfully defeated COVID-19. 334 of them have returned to duty. Congratulations to these corona warriors. I am proud of the Mumbai Police who risk their lives to perform their duties diligently," state home minister Anil Deshmukh tweeted.

Three deaths and 118 fresh cases of coronavirus were reported in Rajasthan on Saturday, taking the total number of fatalities and positive cases to 275 and 12,186, respectively, officials said.

Two deaths were reported from Jaipur and one from Bharatpur on Saturday, they said.

Under government's Vande Bharat Mission, 3,908 stranded Indians have returned home on Friday. Twenty-eight repatriation flights of Air India and Al express are scheduled for Saturday to evacuate Indian nationals.

India reached three lakh coronavirus cases in a matter of ten days since it had recorded two lakh cases. The toll climbed to 8,884 with 386 new fatalities as on Saturday.

India took 64 days to cross the one lakh-mark from 100 cases, then in another fortnight it reached the grim milestone of two lakh cases. It has now become the fourth worst-hit nation by the pandemic with a caseload of 3,08,993.

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Saturday said that the government has reduced the rates of the COVID-19 tests conducted by private laboratories from Rs 4,500 to Rs 2,200.

Talking to PTI, Tope said the lowering of rates for the tests would provide a relief to the people.

"Rs 2,200 will be charged for collecting the swabs through viral transport media (VTM) from hospitals, while it would cost Rs 2,800 for collection of swab from home. Earlier, the charges were Rs 4,500 and Rs 5,200 respectively,” he said.

Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday said that the Delhi government cannot violate the ICMR guidelines "that state certain conditions" prerequisite for conducting COVID-19 tests.

Jain's comments come a day after the Supreme Court slammed the Delhi government for drop in COVID-19 testing from 7,000 to 5,000 amid rising coronavirus cases in the National Capital.

"If you want the number of tests conducted for COVID-19 to increase, then ask ICMR to change its guidelines. We cannot flout ICMR guidelines that state certain conditions which are prerequisite for tests," said the Delhi health minister on Saturday.

According to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 55,07,182 COVID-19 samples have been tested as on Saturday till 9 am. While, in the past 24 hours, 1,43,737 samples were tested, ICMR said.

Registering a record-jump of 225 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, Odisha recorded a total of 3,723 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, said the state health department.

For the fourth consecutive day, the number of recoveries have exceeded the total number of active COVID-19 cases in India after 1,54,330 patients were cured of the infectious disease as on Saturday.

Of the 3,08,993 cases, there are 1,45,779 active cases, said the health ministry on Saturday.

Of the 386 new COVID-19 deaths reported by the health ministry at 8 am on Saturday, 129 were in Delhi, 127 in Maharashtra, 30 in Gujarat, 20 in Uttar Pradesh, 18 in Tamil Nadu, nine each in West Bengal, Telangana and Madhya Pradesh, seven each in Karnataka and Rajasthan, six each in Haryana and Uttarakhand, four in Punjab, two in Assam, one each in Kerala, Jammu and Kashmir and Odisha.

India reported a surge in the COVID-19 fatalities, adding 386 deaths in the past 24 hours. This took the toll across the nation to 8,884 on Saturday. At present, India's COVID-19 mortality rate is at 2.9 percent.

India registered a record-jump of 11,458 new coronavirus cases taking the overall count to more than three lakh on Saturday. The total number of COVID-19 positive cases climbed to 3,08,993.

Rahul Gandhi on Saturday tweeted four graphs illustrating the four phases of nationwide lockdown in India reflecting no decline in the number of COVID-19 cases. "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results," said Rahul on Twitter.

The percentage of positive cases has seen a sharp increase despite a lockdown since mid-March. The first lockdown was imposed in India on 25 March.

The doubling time of coronavirus cases in India has improved to 17.4 days currently from 15.4 days a couple of weeks ago, the Union health ministry said on Friday, even as the country for the first time recorded over 10,000 new instances of the infection in a day.

At the time the lockdown was imposed on 25 March, the doubling rate of COVID-19 cases was 3.4 days, it said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting with the state chief ministers over video conference on 16 and 17 June to assess the COVID-19 situation after a surge in the number of cases was recorded across India.

The Prime Minister’s Office tweeted a schedule of his meetings with the chief ministers. On 17 June, Modi will speak to the chief ministers of the most-affected states. The prime minister’s last meeting with the chief ministers was on 12 May.

Maharashtra became the first state to report a total of over one lakh cases of the novel coronavirus, as India's tally of COVID-19 cases neared three lakh with the country recording over 10,000 cases in a day for the first time since the first infection was detected in India on 30 January.

According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's 8 am update on Friday, India's cases have risen to 2,978,535 and the toll has mounted to 8,498, with 10,956 fresh infections and 396 fatalities being recorded recorded in the last 24 hours.

In India, more than 1.47 lakh COVID-19 patients have recovered so far, while there are nearly 1.42 lakh active cases at present, according to the health ministry.

Meanwhile, the government stressed on the need for stringent containment measures to check the pandemic with the last one lakh cases emerging in just ten days.

The Centre has asked states and UTs to pay special attention on emerging epicentres of cases and to focus on containment, testing and tracing, upgrading health infrastructure, clinical management and community engagement for effective management of COVID-19, the Union Health Ministry said.

The rising cases prompted the Prime Minister's Office to announce on Friday that a fresh round of consultation will be held between between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief ministers next week. Modi will hold the video-conferencing with chief ministers on 16 and 17 June.

This would be the prime minister's sixth round of consultation with the chief ministers, the last being on 11 May.

SC raps Delhi govt, three other states over 'sorry state of affairs'

The rising number of cases in the country have also brought to light the poor health infrastructure. The Supreme Court stated on Friday that the situation was "grim" at hospitals in Delhi, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Gujarat, as it took note of reports about "horrific scenes" at the National Capital's COVID-19 dedicated LNJP hospital.

The court said the duty of the Delhi government does not end by informing citizens that it has arranged 5,814 beds in government hospitals and 9,535 beds in private hospitals. It said the situation in Delhi is "horrendous, horrific and pathetic".

Raising questions over poor patients' care, disposal of dead bodies and lesser number of COVID testing, the apex court said, "All these facts, which have been brought to the notice of the court by the media reports, clearly indicate a very sorry state of affairs of the patients of COVID-19 in the Government hospitals in the NCT of Delhi as well as in other states."

It directed chief secretaries of Delhi, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Gujarat to take "remedial action" to ensure proper management of patients at hospitals.

Separately in an order on a PIL, the top court took serious note of non-payment of salary to doctors treating COVID-19 patients and said the country cannot afford to have "dissatisfied soldiers" in the war against the pandemic.

"In war, you do not make soldiers unhappy. Travel an extra mile and channel some extra money to address their grievances. Country cannot afford to have dissatisfied soldiers in this war which is being fought against Corona," the court said.

The Delhi High Court also directed the North Delhi Municipal Corporation to pay by 19 June the salary for March to resident doctors in its six hospitals.

Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal, in the meantime, constituted a high-level expert committee, which includes Indian Council of Medical Research Director-General Balram Bhargava, to suggest effective steps to deal with the outbreak in the city.

Cases from states

According to a PTI tally, figures announced by states and UTs, as of 10.15 pm, showed the overall national tally of confirmed cases having risen to 3,00,519 and the toll to 8,872.

Maharashtra, the worst-hit state, saw its own tally cross the 1-lakh mark after 3,493 new cases were reported to take its total to 1,01,141, while its death toll rose to 3,717.

The state also reported a large number of recoveries. As many as 126 cancer patients, who had tested COVID-19 positive, have also recovered in Mumbai itself.

Horrifying reports emerging from the National Capital, which is currently the second-worst affected state by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In Delhi, a record number of 2,137 new cases were detected to take its tally to 36,824, while its toll rose to 1,214, authorities said.

In Tamil Nadu, another badly hit state, the tally saw a record one-day jump of 1,982 cases to cross the 40,000-mark, while the toll reached 367.

Gujarat reported 495 new cases and 31 more fatalities, taking its case count to 22,562 and the toll to 1,416.

Uttar Pradesh reported 20 more COVID-19 deaths and 528 fresh cases, the biggest single-day spike so far for the state. This took the state's toll to 365 and the case count to 12,616. However, more than 7,600 people have recovered already, giving a recovery rate of over 60 percent.

West Bengal breached the 10,000-mark with its highest single-day spike of 476 cases, while nine more fatalities were reported to take the toll to 451.

New cases were also reported from Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Goa, Chhatisgharh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Sikkim, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh, among other states and UTs.

India is currently the fourth worst-hit nation by the COVID-pandemic 19 after the US, Brazil and Russia. While the US has reported more than 20 lakh confirmed cases so far, the tally for Brazil is over 8 lakh and for Russia more than 5 lakh.

Globally, more than four lakh have lost their lives and over 75 lakh have tested positive for COVID-19 since its emergence in China last December. However, nearly 36 lakh have recovered too.

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Important Measures taken, opportunities & revamp required in India amid COVID-19 & post lockdown

We face the greatest challenge at the start of the millennia right here right now. These are very challenging times & needs very strong & resonating decisions to ride the waves of pessimism & uncertainty to overcome collectively. The mood of the business & the Govt. is worry some; of course there is a reason to be so however there is no ESCAPADE from this crisis.

This crisis has certainly forced most of us to see at things in a different way & going forward Digitization of Businesses & processes will even be more critical & mandatory for the Government as well as Corporates, MSME’s & small Businesses.

I have few suggestions which the Government may consider implementing in the short & long term basis to revive the business sentiments & minimize job losses any further across Industry

Confirmed Tax Breaks for a period of 6 Months or at least deferred Tax payments – Agriculture, Manufacturing & Services

Revise the interest on the late payment charges on direct & indirect tax deposits- burdened industry will have a respite

Government should revise the incentives or sops for promoting Exports rather than curbing during this pandemic as it opens up bigger opportunities for Indian manufacturers in the overseas market- Putting a carpet ban on the exports of Masks, Sanitizers, PPE or Coveralls etc. is a classic example of short sightedness of the Policy makers

Set up product wise special manufacturing zones across India and incentivize the investing company by granting approvals through single window within a defined time period and with a conditionality of engaging min 40-50% work force from the local area or vicinity- to minimize the migration of skilled and unskilled work force from one region of India to the other

Spending on R&D has to be boosted under the various industry verticals where even the private players has to mandatorily allocate budget and provision for R&D to boost research- This can enhance quality of products & services across the board

Set up specialized procurement and distribution hubs- through PPP mode and enhance the storage capacities across the board for different industry verticals & product categories

The Logistics division under the Min of commerce should be entrusted with the task of setting up a ONE STOP web based system for Logistics and REAL time Inventory management with provisioning and different interfaces for Stakeholders

Develop the coastal areas further with the state of the art warehouses and distribution points for coastal movement of goods & relax the coastal movement policies under the Indian Customs Act and Maritime Acts-This can considerably engage the local population in terms of job opportunities & reducing the transportation cost considerably

Create a Robust IT platform and further leverage the potential of Digital India programme by allowing more investments in innovation and digitization processes- Target should be to achieve 100% migration towards e-Governance

Thrusting more on Education, Services Sector, Agriculture, Healthcare, Pure Manufacturing not just Assembly

IT networking for Agriculture based activities

Promote Technological Innovation in Agricultural production and cultivation methodology

Setting up of specialized Manufacturing hubs with Geographically spatial distribution industry & vertical wise- e.g. Pharmaceutical companies in Baddi/Solan (HP), Pant Nagar/Rudrapur (Uttarakhand), Mining in Jharkhand, Agri Tech in Bihar & West Bengal & North East India, Heavy Manufacturing in Gujarat/Maha/TN, Cement in Chattisgarh/MP, Warehousing clusters near Coastal areas

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‘Direct Marketing’ helps decongest Mandis and facilitates timely marketing of farm produce during lockdown

Government of India has been making concerted efforts to facilitate farmers in direct marketing and assure better returns. At the same time the Department issued advisories to maintain social distancing in the mandis to prevent the spread of Corona Virus in the wake of COVID19 pandemic. The States have been requested to promote the concept of ‘Direct marketing’ to facilitate farmers/ group of farmers/FPOs/ Cooperatives in selling their produce to bulk buyers/big retailers/processors etc.

The Union Agriculture Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar sent a letter on 16th April, 2020 to the Chief Ministers of States reiterating the need for direct marketing through Cooperatives/ Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) etc and encouraged all the stakeholders and farmers to adopt this process. The Department also issued an advisory to the States to promote direct marketing without insisting for licensing procedures and facilitate the farmers in timely marketing of farm produce.

In order to decongest wholesale markets & to boost the supply chain, following two modules under National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) have been introduced:

FPO Module: FPOs can directly trade with e-NAM portal. They can upload produce details from collection centers with picture/quality parameter and avail the bidding facility without physically reaching to the mandis.

Warehouse Based Trading Module: Farmers can sell their produce from Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA) registered warehouses notified as deemed market, and do not physically bring the produce to the nearest mandis.

Various States have adopted Direct Marketing and taken several measures:

Karnataka exempted Cooperative Institutions and FPOs in the State for engaging in wholesale trade of agricultural produce outside the market yards;

Tamil Nadu exempted market fee on all notified agricultural produce;

Uttar Pradesh allowed trading in e-NAM platform from farm gate and promoted issuance of unified licence to processors for direct purchase from farmers and also allowed FPOs to undertake procurement operations of wheat;

Rajasthan allowed direct marketing by traders, processors and FPOs. In addition to that, Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACS)/Large Area Multi-purpose Cooperative Societies (LAMPS) in Rajasthan have been declared as deemed markets.

Apart from Individuals, firms, and processing units, Madhya Pradesh has allowed to set up private purchase centres outside the market–yard to purchase directly from farmers with an application fee of Rs. 500/- only.

Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Gujarat have also allowed direct marketing without requirement of any licence.

Uttarakhand has declared Warehouse/Cold storage and Processing plants as sub-mandis.

Uttar Pradesh Government has recently relaxed the rules and norms for declaring warehouses/ cold storages as Market-yards.

Impact of Direct Marketing:

Rajasthan has issued more than 1,100 direct marketing licences to processors during lockdown period wherein farmers have already started selling directly to the processors. Out of more than 550 PACS declared as market-yards in rural areas, 150 PACS have become functional for direct marketing and village traders are performing trade transactions successfully.

Due to market fee waiver in Tamil Nadu, it was observed that traders have preferred to buy the produce from farmers from their farm gate/ villages.

In Uttar Pradesh direct linkages have been established by FPOs with farmers and traders thereby supplying their produce to consumers in cities which saved wastages and directly benefitted the farmers. Further, the State has facilitated in establishing linkages with FPOs and Zomato Food Delivery App thereby ensuring smooth distribution of veggies to consumers.

As per the report received from the States, the Direct Marketing has facilitated the famers groups, FPOs, Cooperatives and all the stakeholders in effective and timely marketing of farm produce.

Source: PIB, Govt of India

CSIR-IICT initiatives to reduce dependency for APIs and drug intermediates

Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and intermediates are the key components of any drug that produces the intended effects. India is largely depended especially on China for supply of APIs and drug intermediates. Now Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, is collaborating with another Hyderabad-based integrated pharmaceutical company, LAXAI Life Sciences, to develop and manufacture APIs and drug intermediates. The initiative may help in reducing the dependency of the Indian pharmaceutical sector on Chinese imports of these ingredients.

IICT, a laboratory under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), is working with LAXAI for synthesis of drugs being used in the fight against the Corona Virus. The collaboration will primarily focus on Umifenovir, Remdesivir and a key intermediate of Hydroxy Chloroquine (HCQ).

India, one of the largest producers of anti-malarial drug HCQ, has seen a spurt in demand in the recent weeks. India has sent HCQ to over 50 countries over the last few days, including the United States. The collaboration will result in a cost-effective process with minimal dependency on China for key raw materials. In addition, Remdesivir, which has been previously administered to Ebola virus patients, is currently under clinical trials to evaluate efficacy and safety against COVID -19.

Realizing that drug security and undisrupted access to essential medicines are critical for public health, the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, has approved a special package for promotion of bulk drug manufacturing in India and reduction of our dependence on China.

LAXAI Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. was established in the year 2007, with a vision to accelerate the discovery chemistry campaign of global pharmaceutical companies. Today LAXAI has grown into an integrated pharmaceutical company with presence in API / formulation development as well as API manufacturing.

The collaboration will use the know-how for commercial manufacturing of the products. LAXAI Life Sciences shall be one of the first few to commercialize these products. The manufacturing of these APIs and intermediates will be taken up at U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA)/Good manufacturing practice (GMP) approved plants held by LAXAI through its subsidiary, Therapiva Private Limited.

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Daily Current Affairs Dated On 12-July-2019

Daily Current Affairs Dated On 12-July-2019 GS-2 Iran Nuclear deal: Why in News? Iran on Monday began enriching its stockpile of uranium to 4.5% purity, breaching the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal that Washington abandoned last year. This comes days after Iran exceeded the 300-kg limit to its low-enriched uranium stockpile, breaching another cap set by the nuclear deal. Reasons:  These moves come as part of a series of aggressive actions by the U.S. and Iran.  It began last year when the U.S. unilaterally pulled out of the nuclear deal and reimposed sanctions that have hit the Iranian economy.  Iranian oil exports have fallen drastically and it has put its economy in a precarious situation.  Oil exports dropped from 2.5 million barrels per day (bpd) to about 300,000 bpd in the first three weeks of June after the U.S. withdrew the waivers it had granted to a few countries, including India, to import oil from Iran.  Iran has urged the remaining signatories of the deal to come up with an effective solution to help it circumvent U.S. sanctions.  It had earlier threatened to exceed 20% in enrichment of uranium if Europe had not made any progress by July 7.  Once 20% enrichment is reached, enriching it to weapon-grade levels of 90% is only a short step. Why did the deal fall apart?  Officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) it was signed by Iran, the five countries of the UNSC (the U.S., the U.K., France, China and Russia), Germany and the EU.  The Islamic Republic was suspected of developing nuclear weapons surreptitiously; a charge that it denied.  Under the deal, Iran agreed to limit its nuclear capabilities and, in return, international sanctions would be lifted. Daily Current Affairs Dated On 12-July-2019  As per the deal, Iran reduced the number of its centrifuges used for enriching uranium by two-thirds, restricted its uranium enrichment to 3.67%, and removed the core of its heavywater facility in Arak.  In May 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out of the deal stating it did not make an effort to curb Iran‟s “sponsoring of terrorism” abroad and its ballistic missiles programme. Did Europe try to save the deal?  Europe launched a new trade mechanism called Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) to continue trade with Iran in a non-dollar basis.  But INSTEX covers only humanitarian goods such as medicine, water, and food supplies, which are not affected by the sanctions anyway.  INSTEX does not help in trading oil, which is the lifeline of the Iranian economy.  Iran and other signatories met in Vienna on June 28 to work out a solution, but saw no breakthrough.  The European leaders declared INSTEX operational after the conference, but Iran opines that although it is a positive development, Europe can „do more‟.  Circumventing U.S. sanctions via an alternative trade mechanism is not very simple as it is the European companies and not the government that have to trade with Iran, in the face of U.S. antagonism. Poverty status in India: Context: India lifted 271 million people out of poverty between 2006 and 2016, recording the fastest reductions in the multidimensional poverty index values during the period with strong improvements in areas such as “assets, cooking fuel, sanitation and nutrition,” a report by the United Nations . Daily Current Affairs Dated On 12-July-2019 Salient observation of report:  The 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) from the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) was released on Thursday.  The report said that in the 101 countries studied — 31 low income, 68 middle income and 2 high income - 1.3 billion people are “multidimensionally poor”, which means that poverty is defined not simply by income, but by a number of indicators, including poor health, poor quality of work and the threat of violence.  The report identifies 10 countries, with a combined population of around 2 billion people, to illustrate the level of poverty reduction, and all of them have shown statistically significant progress towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 1, namely ending poverty “in all its forms, everywhere”.  The 10 countries are Bangladesh, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru and Vietnam.  The report said that within these 10 countries, data shows that 270 million people moved out of multidimensional poverty from one survey to the next. Global Scenario:  This progress was largely driven by South Asia. In India, there were 271 million fewer people in poverty in 2016 than in 2006, while in Bangladesh the number dropped by 19 million between 2004 and 2014,” it said.  The report noted that of the 10 selected countries for which changes over time were analysed, India and Cambodia reduced their MPI values the fastest — and they did not leave the poorest groups behind.  India‟s MPI value reduced from 0.283 in 2005-06 to 0.123 in 2015-16.  Noting the examples of pro-poor reduction, where the poorest regions improved the fastest, the report said that Jharkhand in India reduced the incidence of multidimensional poverty from 74.9% in 2005-06 to 46.5% in 2015-16.  Ethiopia, India and Peru significantly reduced deprivations in all 10 indicators, namely nutrition, sanitation, child mortality, drinking water, years of schooling, electricity, school attendance, housing, cooking fuel and assets. Status in India: Daily Current Affairs Dated On 12-July-2019  In 2005-2006, the population in India living in multidimensional poverty stood at about 640 million people (55.1%) and this reduced to 369 million people (27.9%) living in poverty in 2015-16.  India saw significant reductions in number of people who are multidimensionally poor and deprived in each of the 10 indicators over this time period.  India reduced deprivation in nutrition from 44.3% in 2005-06 to 21.2% in 2015-16, child mortality dropped from 4.5% to 2.2%, people deprived of cooking fuel reduced from 52.9% to 26.2%, deprivation in sanitation from 50.4% to 24.6%, those deprived of drinking water reduced from 16.6% to 6.2 %.  Further more people gained access to electricity as deprivation was reduced from 29.1% to 8.6%, housing from 44.9% to 23.6% and assets deprivation from 37.6% to 9.5%. Uneven poverty reduction:  The trends in these 10 countries also shine a light on where poverty reduction has been uneven, despite the good progress overall.  “In all 10 countries rural areas are poorer than urban areas.  In Cambodia, Haiti, India and Peru poverty reduction in rural areas outpaced that in urban areas — demonstrating pro-poor development — and in Bangladesh and Democratic Republic of the Congo poverty fell at the same speed in rural and urban areas, it added.  The report also showed that children suffer poverty more intensely than adults and are more likely to be deprived in all 10 of the MPI indicators, lacking essentials such as clean water, sanitation, adequate nutrition or primary education.  Child poverty fell markedly faster than adult poverty in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Haiti, India and Peru. Globally, of the 1.3 billion people who are multidimensionally poor, more than two-thirds of them—886 million— now live in middle-income countries. A further 440 million live in low-income countries. GS-3 Automated Facial Recognition System (AFRS): Daily Current Affairs Dated On 12-July-2019 What is it? The AFRS, being implemented by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), is a component of Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS), a national database of crimes and criminals. The data will only be accessible to law enforcement agencies. Concerns about Privacy:  The Automated Facial Recognition System (AFRS) would not violate privacy of citizens and is only being developed to help the law enforcement agencies to identify criminals, missing children and unidentified bodies in a scientific and speedy manner. Details:  The NCRB had last week invited bids for AFRS that would even “capture face images from CCTV feed and generate alerts if a blacklist match is found,” triggering privacy concern.  At present, there are 7.71 lakh cases of missing persons in the CCTNS database that includes 98,000 children.  “This software will be used only in respect of such persons who figure on the CCTNS data base -- accused persons, prisoners, missing persons and unidentified found persons including children, and unidentified dead persons -- and is not going to be used on any other data base  Just as fingerprint matching is used in investigation by the police by matching fingerprint found in crime scene with the fingerprint database, the AFRS will add another information layer to investigation by allowing matching photograph of suspect or missing person with the photo database of CCTNS. Helping against crime:  In case a person is suspected or arrested for crime during investigation, his photo can also be matched over the CCTNS data base for previous criminal records.  This will ensure that criminals and terrorists will no longer be able to hide behind fake identities. Daily Current Affairs Dated On 12-July-2019  Presently, police undertake manual search for matching photographs on CCTNS data base. Artificial Intelligence: Why in News? The Union Health Ministry is working towards using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in a safe and effective way in public health. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in Lok Sabha on July 12 that to address gaps in India‟s AI ecosystem and realise its economic impact, the central government has prioritised building AI technology capabilities. Potential in health sector:  The potential of AI in public health is being explored in our country. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) is working towards using AI in a safe and effective way in public health in India/  A few of the initiatives undertaken by the central government to use AI in public health are Imaging Biobank for cancer, for which the NITI Aayog with Department of Bio-Technology (DBT) aims to build a database of cancer-related radiology and pathology images of more than 20,000 profiles of cancer patients with focus on major cancers prevalent in India.  NITI Aayog is working on using AI for early detection of diabetic retinopathy.  NITI Aayog is currently in the process of developing institutional mechanism, funding framework and other such steps to realise India‟s AI aspirations.  NITI Aayog, after consultation with various ministries and leading academicians, institutions, practitioners and industry players, released India‟s National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence in June 2018. Ease of doing business: Why in News? Daily Current Affairs Dated On 12-July-2019 Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, said the government will increase its focus on agriculture infrastructure. “Ease of doing business and ease of living should apply to farmers,” she said. In this regard, Ms. Sitharaman suggested that farmers take up zero-budget farming. “ What is zero-budget farming?  Zero-budget farming is a form of natural farming which is neither chemical-loaded nor organic with its reliance on manure.  It is a form of gardening as a self-sustainable practice with minimum external intervention.  This concept was first propagated 25 years ago by Subhash Palekar as a movement for farmers who were in debt due to the Green Revolution and is now being used by a large number of farmers across the country. Hayabusa: Why in News? Japan‟s Hayabusa2 probe made a “perfect” touchdown on Thursday on a distant asteroid, collecting samples from beneath the surface in an unprecedented mission that could shed light on the origins of the solar system. “We have never gathered sub-surface material from a celestial body further away than the moon,” he added. Details of Mission:  The brief landing on Thursday is the second time Hayabusa2 has touched down on the desolate asteroid Ryugu, some 300 million kilometres from Earth.  Ryugu, which means “Dragon Palace” in Japanese, refers to a castle at the bottom of the ocean in an ancient Japanese tale.  The complex multi-year Hayabusa2 mission has also involved sending rovers and robots down to the surface. Daily Current Affairs Dated On 12-July-2019  Thursday‟s touchdown was intended to collect pristine materials from beneath the surface of the asteroid that could provide insights into what the solar system was like at its birth, some 4.6 billion years ago.  To get at those crucial materials, in April an “impactor” was fired from Hayabusa2 towards Ryugu in a risky process that created a crater on the asteroid‟s surface and stirred up material that had not previously been exposed to the atmosphere.  Hayabusa2‟s first touchdown was in February, when it landed briefly on Ryugu and fired a bullet into the surface to puff up dust for collection, before blasting back to its holding position.  The touchdown is the last major part of Hayabusa2‟s mission, and when the probe returns to Earth next year to drop off its samples, scientists hope to learn more about the history of the solar system and even the origin of life on Earth. Background:  Hayabusa2 is the successor to JAXA‟s first asteroid explorer, Hayabusa — Japanese for falcon — that returned with dust samples from a smaller, potato-shaped asteroid in 2010.  It was hailed as a scientific triumph despite various setbacks during its epic seven-year odyssey.  The Hayabusa2 mission was launched in December 2014, and has a price tag of around $270 million.

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The first conference of five eastern States convened by the Union Water Resources Ministry aimed at resolving water disputes among these States held here today witnessed arguments and counter arguments between Odisha and Chhattisgarh over the Mahanadi issue. Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Surjya Narayan Patro representing Odisha raised the issues of Chhattisgarh finalizing tenders for construction of Mohmela Siripur barrage despite curbs imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and Centre’s delay in announcing the Terms of Reference (TOR) for Mahanadi tribunal. Similarly, Odisha also raised its objections to projects undertaken by neighbouring Jharkhand on rivers Sankha and Koel. It argued that these unilateral actions by the neighbouring State would lead to drying up of river Brahmani. “There are problems with regards to Mahanadi. Problems also exist on Brahmani and Indravati. Chhattisgarh government has constructed 7-8 barrages as a consequence of which water is not flowing down in Mahanadi. We had a discussion on these issues,” said Patro speaking to reporters. However, Chhattisgarh’s Water Resources Minister Brij Mohan Agarwal refuted Odisha’s allegations and argued that at no point his State has stopped the water flow. He also clarified that tenders for the Mohmela Siripur barrage were invited much before NGT’s orders. In order to put Odisha in the backfoot Agarwal alleged that his State-Chhattisgarh was not getting the amount of water from the Indravati project as agreed in the agreement between the two States. However, Odisha has refuted Chhattisgarh’s claims on this account. “With regard to problems with Odisha, the Supreme Court had ordered for formation of a tribunal which has been already constituted. I feel those problems will be decided by the tribunal,” stated Agarwal to reporters. Union Minister of State for Water Resources Arjun Ram Meghwal, who called the meeting of five eastern States-Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal, however, said that all the issues raised at the meeting would be resolved. “Whatever inputs we have got at today’s meeting we will certainly resolve those. We have to expedite resolution of all water disputes and today’s meeting was part of that exercise,” Meghwal said briefing reporters. The Odisha Sun Times Bureau : 16th.Apr,18

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Organic hotspots benefit local economies

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New research published in the journal Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems has found that organic hot spots – counties with high levels of organic agricultural activity whose neighboring counties also have high organic activity–positively impact local economies. Using spatial statistics, researchers identified counties that were organic agriculture hotspots vs conventional agriculture hotspots – counties with high levels of agricultural activity whose neighboring counties also have high agricultural activity. They then analyzed spatial data in combination with economic data to determine if there were economic benefits associated with organic hotspots. They found that compared to conventional agricultural hotspots, organic hotspots were associated with lower county-level poverty rates and higher median household income. “Our results may incentivize policymakers to specifically focus on organic development, rather than the more general development of agriculture, as a means to promote economic growth in rural areas, and may further point them in the direction of not only encouraging the presence of organic operations, but of fostering the development of clusters or hotspots of these operations,” the authors concluded.

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Her swabs were collected for coronavirus tests on June 9, but she died the same day.The woman was buried in the town on June 10 with 25 relatives attending the funeral.Meanwhile her samples tested positive on June 10, following which all the relatives were put in isolation at the government hospital here and their swabs were sent for COVID-19 tests. 23:07 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Jharkhand Latest Update Confirmed cases in Jharkhand climb to 1,711 The number of COVID-19 cases in Jharkhand rose to 1,711 with 54 more people testing positive for the pathogen on Saturday, a government bulletin said. Of the total 1,711 COVID-19 cases, 887 are active cases and 816 people have been discharged from hospitals after recovering from the disease, it said. 23:04 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak Latest Update Europe nations sign deal for 400 million vaccine doses Pharma giant AstraZeneca has struck a deal with Europe’s Inclusive Vaccines Alliance to supply up to 400 million doses of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine, reports AP. The alliance forged by Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands to speed up production of a coronavirus vaccine is set to take delivery by the end of 2020 of a vaccine being tested by the University of Oxford. The agreement struck Saturday aims to make the vaccine available to other European countries that wish to take part. The cost is expected to be offset by funding from the governments. 22:58 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in West Bengal Latest Update West Bengal's COVID-19 count rises to 10,698 West Bengal reports 454 new COVID-19 positive cases, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 10,698 including 463 deaths and 5,693 active cases, ANI reports quoting the state health department 22:55 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update We must focus on controlling number of fatalities, says Anand Mahindra Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra on Saturday called for focus on controlling number of fatalities due to coronavirus and ensuring availability of hospital beds, saying that in a country of India's size the number of infection is inevitably going to rise. In a series of tweets, Mahindra said even though the level of transmission is probably significantly higher and largely untraceable and unreported, it shouldn't alarm the world. What we must focus on & control is the number of fatalities & the availability of beds/ICU beds. These numbers are real & trackable. So far,the percentage of fatalities has been mercifully low & with boosted medical infrastructure we must aim to keep the numbers low. (2/3) — anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) June 13, 2020 22:47 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Bihar Latest Update With 193 fresh cases, Bihar's cases climb to 6,289 The total number of coronavirus cases in Bihar rose to 6,289 on Saturday with 193 new cases, while the death toll stood at 35, health department officials said. Since Friday night, Patna district reported 24 COVID-19 cases with the youngest among them being a three-year-old girl from the capital city. The district has so far reported two casualties, they said. The officials, however, pointed out that till date 198 people in the district have been cured of the disease and the number of active cases stood at 122. Patna and Bhagalpur districts comprised 10 per cent of the state's total caseload with 322 and 319 instances of the infection respectively. PTI 22:39 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in West Bengal Latest Update Kolkata traffic police constable dies of COVID-19 Traffic Police Constable Dilip Sardar, who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease a few days back and was admitted to the Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital succumbed on Saturday, making this the second death among Kolkata Police, reports PTI. 22:33 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Punjab Latest Update Punjab to fix charges for treatment of COVID-19 patients in pvt hospital Taking note of reports that some private hospitals in Punjab were charging exorbitant amount from COVID-19 patients, the state government will soon fix charges for treatment, Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said on Saturday. The minister pointed out that most of the COVID-19 patients do not need any special treatment. They only need to be kept under observation, served food and medicines, he said. He warned private hospitals overcharging coronavirus patients of stringent action and said that the government reserves the right to withdraw the land provided to hospitals at highly concessional rates. PTI 22:29 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in West Bengal Latest Update West Bengal education minister asks schools not to hike fees West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee on Saturday asked private schools not to effect any fee hike amid the COVID-19 scenario. "The state government has been telling schools not to hike fees and impose charges under different heads. Please remember it is an official directive. The chief minister had also made a plea regarding this, don't disregard that," Chatterjee said. Parents staged protests against a rise in tuition fees in front of a school in Ranikuthi area in the morning. Similar demonstrations have been taking place before private schools in Lake Gardens, Belgharia and Dum Dum over the past two-three days. 22:26 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Delhi Latest Update Delhi LG makes provisions for fines to be imposed on those violating COVID-19 guidelines Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Saturday approved regulations under which residents can be fined for flouting COVID-19 norms, reports News18. The rules are called the Delhi Epidemic Diseases, (Management of Covid-19) Regulations under which Delhi Police can impose a fine of Rs. 500 for the first offence and a fine of Rs. 1000/- for the repeat offence, if any person is found violating the following norms: 1. Observation of quarantine rules. 2. Maintaining of social distancing. 3. Wearing of Face mask/cover in all public places /workplaces. 4. Prohibition of spitting in public places. 5. Prohibition on consumption of paan, gutka, tobacco etc in public places. 22:19 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Himachal Pradesh Latest Update Himachal Pradesh revises list of cities with high COVID-19 case load The Himachal Pradesh government has revised its list of cities in the country having high prevalence of COVID-19 cases, Additional Chief Secretary (Health) RD Dhiman. The system of issuing e-pass has also been changed, making it mandatory for applicants to provide address proof, he added. In his list revision order issued on Friday, Dhiman said entire Delhi along with Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmadabad, Thane, Pune, Hyderabad, Chengalpattu, Gurugram, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kolkata/Howrah and Indore cities have high load of coronavirus infection cases.All persons arriving from these areas will be institutionally quarantined, Dhiman added. PTI 22:09 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Madhya Pradesh Latest Update 198 infections, seven deaths reported in Madhya Pradesh today 198 coronavirus positive cases and seven deaths were reported in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday. The total number of positive cases in the state rose to 10,641 including 447 deaths and 7,377 recoveries, ANI quotes the state health department as saying. 22:01 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Delhi Latest Update Cases in Delhi jump by 2,134 to 38,958 As many as 2,134 new coronavirus cases and 57 deaths were reported in Delhi today, reports ANI. According to the state health department, the total number of cases in the National Capital is now at 38,958, including 14,945 recovered/discharged/migrated, 22,742 active cases and 1271 deaths. 21:54 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Arunachal Pradesh Latest Update Gujarat returnee tests positive in Arunachal Pradesh A Gujarat returnee was found coronavirus positive at the quarantine facility in Arunachal Pradesh'sLower Dibang Valley. The patient is asymptomatic and shifted to the COVID care centre (CCC). Two otherswere discharged from CCC, Namsai after their two consecutive test samples came negative, ANI quotes the state government as saying. 21:49 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update PIB Principal DG KS Dhatwalia discharged from AIIMS Principal Director General of Press Information Bureau KS Dhatwalia who had tested COVID-19 positive and was admitted to the AIIMS on 7June was discharged on Saturday. Dhatwalia, who underwent treatment under Dr Neeraj Nischal, an associate professor in the Department of Medicine at AIIMS, was discharged around 4 pm. "He is doing fine now and he will be in home-isolation for the next few days," a source told news agency PTI. 21:39 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Jammu and Kashmir Latest Update 22 CRPF personnel test coronavirus positive in south Kashmir At least 22 CRPF personnel from several battalions have tested positive for coronavirus in south Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. None of these troopers have any recent travel history, the officials added. This is the second time in the last four days that a large number of paramilitary CRPF personnel have tested positive for the coronavirus. On 10 June , 28 CRPF personnel had tested positive. PTI 21:36 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Uttar Pradesh Latest Update Muzaffarnagar to be under lockdown every Sunday starting tomorrow Complete shutdown to be imposed in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar every Sunday starting 14 June in view of spike in coronavirus cases; all activities except essential services to be suspended, PTI quotes the district administration as saying. 21:28 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Telangana Latest Update Telangana reports 253 new cases, eight deaths A total of 253 new coronavirus cases and eight deaths were reported in Telangana on Saturday taking the case count to 4,737 and toll to 182. Media Bulletin on status of positive cases #COVID19 in Telangana. (Dated. 13.06.2020)#TelanganaFightsCorona #StayHome #StaySafe pic.twitter.com/7fHXGvSpi4 — Eatala Rajender (@Eatala_Rajender) June 13, 2020 21:24 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Punjab Latest Update Punjab to decide on conducting college, university exams after 30 June Punjab Government will take a decision on the conduct of examinations in universities & colleges after June 30, in line with the fresh guidelines expected from Central Govt in this regard: Office of the Chief Minister of Punjab pic.twitter.com/KPZTQgv30L — ANI (@ANI) June 13, 2020 21:15 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Delhi Latest Update Delhi govt seeks fee details from hospitals Amid a social media buzz over high cost of coronavirus treatment at a private facility, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday said the government has sought fee details from all hospitals and will decide on "what to do" after overall observation. The rate card of Max Hospital had gone viral on social media on Friday with many users noting that the charges were too high for a common man. The rate card showed that the facility was charging Rs 72,000 for an ICU with ventilator. On its part, Max Healthcare, which runs the facility, said the viral rate card did not carry "all the facts such as inclusions of routine tests, routine medicines, doctor and nurse charges". Asked about capping fees being charged by private hospitals for COVID-19 treatment on Saturday, Jain said, "All the hospitals have been asked to share the rates that they are charging for COVID treatments. We will decide on what to do after observing every hospital." PTI 21:11 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Gujarat Latest Update Gujarat COVID-19 cases go past 23,000 Gujarat on Saturday reported 517 new COVID-19 cases and 33 deaths, including 26 from Ahmedabad, taking the total case count to 23,079 and fatalities to 1,449, state health department said. A total of 390 patients, including 255 from Ahmedabad and 88 from Surat, were discharged from hospitals in the day, taking the number of recovered cases to 15,891, an official release said. PTI 21:07 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Goa Latest Update Goa reports 60 new cases Confirmed cases in Goa climbed to 523 as 60 more tested positive for the viral infection on Saturday, reports ANI. 60 more #COVID19 cases reported in Goa today. Total number of cases in the state is now at 523, including 70 recovered and 453 active cases: State Health Department pic.twitter.com/vR8jc65ULB — ANI (@ANI) June 13, 2020 20:54 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Maharashtra Latest Update PIL in SC seeking national plan to deal with COVID-19 pandemic A PIL has been filed by an NGO before the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to prepare, notify and implement a 'national plan' as prescribed under the Disaster Management Act to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The petition, filed by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) through advocate Prashant Bhushan, has also sought a direction to the Centre to transfer all contributions made to the PM CARES Fund, set up for COVID-19 relief, to the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF). 20:46 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Maharashtra Latest Update Maharashtra reports 3,427 new COVID-19 cases and 113 deaths in a day Maharashtra, which is worst-hit by the coronavirus pandemic in the country, on Saturday reported 3,427 new COVID-19 cases and 113 deaths, including 69 from Mumbai, state Health department said. With this, the latest case count in the state stands at 1,04,568 and fatalities at 3,830, an official release said. Of the totalcases, 78,134 cases are concentrated in the Mumbai MetropolitanRegion (MMR) which has reported 2,650 deaths, including Mumbai with 56,831 cases and 2,113 fatalities, it said. 20:13 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update Maharashtra becomes the first state to restrict the costs of testing Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Saturday said that the government has reduced the rates of the COVID-19 tests conducted by private laboratories from Rs 4,500 to Rs 2,200. Talking to PTI, Tope said the lowering of rates for the tests would provide a relief to the people. "Rs 2,200 will be charged for collecting the swabs through viral transport media (VTM) from hospitals, while it would cost Rs 2,800 for collection of swab from home. Earlier, the charges were Rs 4,500 and Rs 5,200 respectively," he said. 20:06 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update 4 Mumbai cops die, highest single-day toll for force Four Mumbai policemen succumbed to novel coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours, the worst in terms of single-day toll for any unit of the force in Maharashtra since the outbreak began, an official said on Saturday. 19:47 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update MP Youth Congress president Kunal Choudhary tests positive for COVID-19 Congress MLA and Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress president Kunal Choudhary on Saturday morning tested positive for COVID-19, sending jitters across the party preparing for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha election and the Assembly byelection. The Bhopal district administration was tracing the contacts of Mr. Choudhary, an MLA from Kalapipal, who resided in 74 Bungalows of Bhopal, a residential enclave for Ministers, said a district official. “His sample was collected on Friday night.” 19:31 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update Health ministry recommends remdesivir for moderate cases, HCQ for early course of COVID-19 The Health Ministry on Saturday recommended the use of antiviral drug remdesivir in moderate stage of COVID-19 while backtracking from its earlier stance on hydroxychloroquine, saying the anti-malarial drug should be used in the early course of the disease and not on critically ill patients. It also okayed off-label application of tocilizumab, a drug that modifies the immune system or its functioning, and convalescent plasma for treating coronavirus-infected patients in moderate stage of the illness. In its revised 'Clinical Management Protocols for COVID-19' the ministry dropped the use of azithromycin in combination with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in severe cases and requiring ICU management. Hydroxychloroquine has demonstrated in-vitro activity against SARS-CoV2 and was shown to be clinically beneficial in several small single-centre studies though with significant limitations, it stated. 19:10 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update HC junks plea seeking COVID-19 medical trials on jail inmates The Bombay High Court has refused to pass an order directing the government to conduct trials of possible COVID-19 drugs or treatment on inmates of jails or correctional homes who have contracted coronavirus. On whom medical trials should be conducted is a matter of government policy and the court would not interfere in that, said a division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice SS Shinde on Friday. The court was hearing a petition filed by Kamaljeet Sandhu, seeking a direction to the Union and state governments to constitute a committee of expert allopathy, Ayurveda and homeopathy doctors. 18:48 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update Two-thirds of total cases from five states "It was observed that out of total cases two-thirds are in five states with an overwhelming proportion of cases in big cities. In view of the challenges being faced, particularly by the large cities, it was discussed to augment testing as well as the number of beds and services to effectively handle the peak surge of daily cases," ANI quotes the PMO as saying. 18:41 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update Prime minister discusses COVID-19 situation in Delhi During the meeting, the present and emerging scenario of the coronavirus disease in Delhi was discussed and the projections for the next two months were deliberated upon, ANI quotes the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) as saying. "The prime minister suggested that the home minister and health minister should convene an emergency meeting with LG, and chief minister of Delhi in presence of all senior officials from the Centre, Delhi Government and Municipal Corporations to plan a coordinated and comprehensive response to handle the rising cases of COVID-19," it said. 18:37 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update Narendra Modi holds review meeting, instructs health ministry to undertake emergency planning Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a detailed meeting with senior ministers and officials to review India’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. The was attended by Home Minister, Amit Shah, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Principal Secretary to PM, Cabinet Secretary, Health Secretary, DG ICMR and other related officials from the Empowered Groups. The meeting reviewed the national level status and preparation in the context of the pandemic, ANI quotes the Prime Minister's Office as saying. "The prime minister took cognizance of the recommendations of the Empowered Group on city and district wise requirements of hospital beds/isolation beds which will be required and instructed Health Ministry officials to undertake emergency planning in consultation with the States/UTs," it said. 18:25 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Tamil Nadu Latest Update 30 deaths, 1,989 new infections reported in Tamil Nadu 1,989 new coronavirus cases and 30 deaths were reported in Tamil Nadu today. Total number of cases in the state is now 42,687, including 18,878 active cases, 23,409 discharged and 397 deaths, ANI quotes the state health department as saying. 18:18 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Karnataka Latest Update Karnataka reports 308 new cases Karnataka on Saturday reported 308 new cases taking the total number of cases found in the state so far to 6,824. As many as 209 persons were discharged, taking the number of recoveries to 3648 and the state now has 3092 patients undergoing treatment, according to a bulletin issued by the state health department. Three more patients succumbed to the disease on Saturday, pushing the toll to 81. Three persons who had tested positive for the viral infection have also died due to non-COVID causes, the bulletin stated. Evening Media Bulletin 13/06/2020. Please click on the link below to view bulletin.https://t.co/ktk6QIt6yq@BMTC_BENGALURU @NammaBESCOM @tv9kannada @publictvnews @suvarnanewstv @timesofindia @prajavani @udayavani_web @TV5kannada @Vijaykarnataka @VVani4U pic.twitter.com/QoIvVgmMBN — K'taka Health Dept (@DHFWKA) June 13, 2020 18:07 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Kerala Latest Update Kerala's active cases climb to 1,342 as 85 more test positive Kerala on Saturday reported 85 new cases, taking the number of active cases to 1,342 while 46 persons were discharged after recovery taking the number of those cured to 1,045, according to the state health department. 85 fresh cases of #COVID19 reported in Kerala today, taking the total number of active cases to 1342: Kerala Health Department pic.twitter.com/rY8o7Ye0bR — ANI (@ANI) June 13, 2020 18:04 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update Health ministry okays remdesivir under emergency use authorization, HCQ for early course of COVID-19 The Union Health Ministry has recommended use of anti-viral drug remdesivir under emergency use authorization, off-label application of immunomodulatory tocilizumab and convalescent plasma therapy for treating COVID-19 patients in moderate stage of criticality, reports PTI. Backtracking from its earlier stance, the ministry in its revised 'Clinical Management Protocols for COVID-19', released on Saturday, said anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) should be used in the early course of the disease to achieve any meaningful effect and should be avoided in severe cases. 17:59 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Maharashtra Latest Update Dharavi reports 17 new cases 17 fresh COVID-19 cases were recorded in Dharavi area of Mumbai in Maharashtra today, taking the total number of cases to 2,030. reports ANI quoting the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. No new death was reported today in the area and the number of fatalities due to the disease stands at 77. 17:50 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Pakistan Latest Update Pakistan's former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani tests positive Pakistan's former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday, becoming the latest top political figure to contract COVID-19 that has claimed 2,551 lives and infected 132,405 people in the country. Gilani, 67, tested positive after attending a hearing of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a corruption case. On Thursday, Shehbaz Sharif, chief of the Opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), tested positive for the coronavirus after he appeared before the NAB in a money laundering case. PTI 17:47 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Punjab Latest Update 17 Punjab Police personnel test positive 17 personnel of Punjab Police have tested positive in a random sampling of 7165 of a cross-section of police personnel posted as part of a special RT-PCR COVID-19 testing drive, ANI quotes the Punjab Police as saying. 17:44 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Assam Latest Update 25 patients in Guwahati have no travel history, says Himanta Biswa Sarma Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that 25 COVID-19 patients in Guwahati have no travel history and termed the situation in the city as a matter of concern, according to reports. The minister said that 50,000 persons in Guwahati will be tested soon and based on the test results, the state government might consider implementing a lockdown in Guwahati, according to the Indian Express. 17:23 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Uttar Pradesh Latest Update Uttar Pradesh reports 20 deaths, over 500 new cases Uttar Pradesh reported 20 coronavirus deaths and 502 new cases pushing the state's COVID-19 tally to 13,118. The total number of those who have lost their lives due to the virus so far has now gone up to 385, Principal Secretary Health, Amit Mohan Prasad said. There are 4,858 active cases in the state and 7,875 have been discharged from hospitals after treatment, Prasad said, adding that the recovery rate in the state continues to be over 60 percent. PTI 17:17 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Maharashtra Latest Updates Four Mumbai Police personnel die of COVID-19 Four police personnel who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection have lost their lives in the last 24 hours, ANI quotes the Mumbai Police as saying. 17:13 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Delhi Latest Updates Delhi govt plans 10,000-bed makeshift COVID-19 hospital under sprawling tent The Delhi government is planning a 10,000-bed makeshift hospital for COVID-19 patients under a sprawling tent in south Delhi to prepare for a projected surge in cases in the city, reports PTI. The planned COVID-19 facility will come up at the south Delhi campus of spiritual organisation Radha Soami Satsang Beas. The lush green campus is located near the Delhi-Haryana border. The COVID-19 facility, which will be 1,700 feet long and 700 feet wide, will have 200 enclosures with 50 beds each, said Vikas Sethi, secretary of Radha Soami Satsang Beas, Bhati Mines. This makeshift hospital will be the largest such facility in the city so far. The work is expected to be completed by June end, he said. 17:07 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Chandigarh Latest Updates Chandigarh reports 11 fresh cases Eleven fresh COVID-19 cases were reported in Chandigarh on Saturday, taking the total number of cases in the Union Territory to 345 including five deaths and 295 recoveries, ANI quotes the Chandigarh Health Department as saying. 17:04 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Kerala Latest Updates Kerala govt issues list of Sunday lockdown exemptions The Kerala government has exempted the movement of devotees to places of worship and back from Sunday lockdown, reports India Today. Exams can also be conducted on Sunday and students, those making arrangements will be allowed to travel for the same. ID cards, hall tickets can be shown as proof. Students can also travel to join medical colleges, other medical institutions. 16:51 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Updates Recovery rate improves to 49.95%, says Union health ministry During the last 24 hours, 7,135 COVID-19 patients have been cured. Thus, so far, 1,54,329 patients have been cured of COVID-19. The recovery rate is 49.95 percent amongst COVID-19 patients. There are 1,45,779 active cases and all are under active medical supervision: Union Health Ministry Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: The total number of coronavirus cases in Bihar rose to 6,289 on Saturday with 193 new cases, while the death toll stood at 35, health department officials said. Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal on Saturday empowered health, revenue and police officials to impose fine up to Rs 1,000 for violations of norms to contain COVID-19. Gujarat on Saturday reported 517 new COVID-19 cases and 33 deaths, including 26 from Ahmedabad, taking the total case count to 23,079 and fatalities to 1,449, state health department said. Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Saturday said that the government has reduced the rates of the COVID-19 tests conducted by private laboratories from Rs 4,500 to Rs 2,200. Talking to PTI, Tope said the lowering of rates for the tests would provide a relief to the people. The Bombay High Court has refused to pass an order directing the government to conduct trials of possible COVID-19 drugs or treatment on inmates of jails or correctional homes who have contracted coronavirus. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a detailed meeting with senior ministers and officials to review India’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. 1,989 new coronavirus cases and 30 deaths were reported in Tamil Nadu today. Total number of cases in the state is now 42,687, including 18,878 active cases, 23,409 discharged and 397 deaths. Uttar Pradesh reported 20 coronavirus deaths and 502 new cases pushing the state's COVID-19 tally to 13,118. Loss of smell (anosmia) or loss of taste (ageusia) has been added to the list of coronavirus symptoms in the document 'Clinical Management Protocol: COVID-19' issued by the Health Ministry. Taking note of the "gravity" of the coronavirus situation in the National Capital, the Delhi High Court has directed the AAP government and the Centre to increase the number of beds and ventilators for COVID-19 patients. Amid a massive spike in coronavirus cases in India, experts on Saturday came down hard on the ICMR for its findings to assert that there was no community transmission of COVID-19, saying it was not reflective of the current situation and the government was showing "obstinacy" in accepting the truth. Emphasising that community transmission was on in many parts of the country, the experts asked the government to admit it so that people don’t get complacent. At least 1,233 members of the Mumbai Police recover from the novel coronavirus as of Saturday, said Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. Of the, 334 cops have returned to duty. "A total of 1233 policemen from the Mumbai Police Force have successfully defeated COVID-19. 334 of them have returned to duty. Congratulations to these corona warriors. I am proud of the Mumbai Police who risk their lives to perform their duties diligently," state home minister Anil Deshmukh tweeted. Three deaths and 118 fresh cases of coronavirus were reported in Rajasthan on Saturday, taking the total number of fatalities and positive cases to 275 and 12,186, respectively, officials said. Two deaths were reported from Jaipur and one from Bharatpur on Saturday, they said. Under government's Vande Bharat Mission, 3,908 stranded Indians have returned home on Friday. Twenty-eight repatriation flights of Air India and Al express are scheduled for Saturday to evacuate Indian nationals. India reached three lakh coronavirus cases in a matter of ten days since it had recorded two lakh cases. The toll climbed to 8,884 with 386 new fatalities as on Saturday. India took 64 days to cross the one lakh-mark from 100 cases, then in another fortnight it reached the grim milestone of two lakh cases. It has now become the fourth worst-hit nation by the pandemic with a caseload of 3,08,993. Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Saturday said that the government has reduced the rates of the COVID-19 tests conducted by private laboratories from Rs 4,500 to Rs 2,200. Talking to PTI, Tope said the lowering of rates for the tests would provide a relief to the people. "Rs 2,200 will be charged for collecting the swabs through viral transport media (VTM) from hospitals, while it would cost Rs 2,800 for collection of swab from home. Earlier, the charges were Rs 4,500 and Rs 5,200 respectively,” he said. Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday said that the Delhi government cannot violate the ICMR guidelines "that state certain conditions" prerequisite for conducting COVID-19 tests. Jain's comments come a day after the Supreme Court slammed the Delhi government for drop in COVID-19 testing from 7,000 to 5,000 amid rising coronavirus cases in the National Capital. "If you want the number of tests conducted for COVID-19 to increase, then ask ICMR to change its guidelines. We cannot flout ICMR guidelines that state certain conditions which are prerequisite for tests," said the Delhi health minister on Saturday. According to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 55,07,182 COVID-19 samples have been tested as on Saturday till 9 am. While, in the past 24 hours, 1,43,737 samples were tested, ICMR said. Registering a record-jump of 225 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, Odisha recorded a total of 3,723 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, said the state health department. For the fourth consecutive day, the number of recoveries have exceeded the total number of active COVID-19 cases in India after 1,54,330 patients were cured of the infectious disease as on Saturday. Of the 3,08,993 cases, there are 1,45,779 active cases, said the health ministry on Saturday. Of the 386 new COVID-19 deaths reported by the health ministry at 8 am on Saturday, 129 were in Delhi, 127 in Maharashtra, 30 in Gujarat, 20 in Uttar Pradesh, 18 in Tamil Nadu, nine each in West Bengal, Telangana and Madhya Pradesh, seven each in Karnataka and Rajasthan, six each in Haryana and Uttarakhand, four in Punjab, two in Assam, one each in Kerala, Jammu and Kashmir and Odisha. India reported a surge in the COVID-19 fatalities, adding 386 deaths in the past 24 hours. This took the toll across the nation to 8,884 on Saturday. At present, India's COVID-19 mortality rate is at 2.9 percent. India registered a record-jump of 11,458 new coronavirus cases taking the overall count to more than three lakh on Saturday. The total number of COVID-19 positive cases climbed to 3,08,993. Rahul Gandhi on Saturday tweeted four graphs illustrating the four phases of nationwide lockdown in India reflecting no decline in the number of COVID-19 cases. "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results," said Rahul on Twitter. The percentage of positive cases has seen a sharp increase despite a lockdown since mid-March. The first lockdown was imposed in India on 25 March. The doubling time of coronavirus cases in India has improved to 17.4 days currently from 15.4 days a couple of weeks ago, the Union health ministry said on Friday, even as the country for the first time recorded over 10,000 new instances of the infection in a day. At the time the lockdown was imposed on 25 March, the doubling rate of COVID-19 cases was 3.4 days, it said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting with the state chief ministers over video conference on 16 and 17 June to assess the COVID-19 situation after a surge in the number of cases was recorded across India. The Prime Minister’s Office tweeted a schedule of his meetings with the chief ministers. On 17 June, Modi will speak to the chief ministers of the most-affected states. The prime minister’s last meeting with the chief ministers was on 12 May. Maharashtra became the first state to report a total of over one lakh cases of the novel coronavirus, as India's tally of COVID-19 cases neared three lakh with the country recording over 10,000 cases in a day for the first time since the first infection was detected in India on 30 January. According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's 8 am update on Friday, India's cases have risen to 2,978,535 and the toll has mounted to 8,498, with 10,956 fresh infections and 396 fatalities being recorded recorded in the last 24 hours. In India, more than 1.47 lakh COVID-19 patients have recovered so far, while there are nearly 1.42 lakh active cases at present, according to the health ministry. Meanwhile, the government stressed on the need for stringent containment measures to check the pandemic with the last one lakh cases emerging in just ten days. The Centre has asked states and UTs to pay special attention on emerging epicentres of cases and to focus on containment, testing and tracing, upgrading health infrastructure, clinical management and community engagement for effective management of COVID-19, the Union Health Ministry said. The rising cases prompted the Prime Minister's Office to announce on Friday that a fresh round of consultation will be held between between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief ministers next week. Modi will hold the video-conferencing with chief ministers on 16 and 17 June. This would be the prime minister's sixth round of consultation with the chief ministers, the last being on 11 May. SC raps Delhi govt, three other states over 'sorry state of affairs' The rising number of cases in the country have also brought to light the poor health infrastructure. The Supreme Court stated on Friday that the situation was "grim" at hospitals in Delhi, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Gujarat, as it took note of reports about "horrific scenes" at the National Capital's COVID-19 dedicated LNJP hospital. The court said the duty of the Delhi government does not end by informing citizens that it has arranged 5,814 beds in government hospitals and 9,535 beds in private hospitals. It said the situation in Delhi is "horrendous, horrific and pathetic". Raising questions over poor patients' care, disposal of dead bodies and lesser number of COVID testing, the apex court said, "All these facts, which have been brought to the notice of the court by the media reports, clearly indicate a very sorry state of affairs of the patients of COVID-19 in the Government hospitals in the NCT of Delhi as well as in other states." It directed chief secretaries of Delhi, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Gujarat to take "remedial action" to ensure proper management of patients at hospitals. Separately in an order on a PIL, the top court took serious note of non-payment of salary to doctors treating COVID-19 patients and said the country cannot afford to have "dissatisfied soldiers" in the war against the pandemic. "In war, you do not make soldiers unhappy. Travel an extra mile and channel some extra money to address their grievances. Country cannot afford to have dissatisfied soldiers in this war which is being fought against Corona," the court said. The Delhi High Court also directed the North Delhi Municipal Corporation to pay by 19 June the salary for March to resident doctors in its six hospitals. Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal, in the meantime, constituted a high-level expert committee, which includes Indian Council of Medical Research Director-General Balram Bhargava, to suggest effective steps to deal with the outbreak in the city. Cases from states According to a PTI tally, figures announced by states and UTs, as of 10.15 pm, showed the overall national tally of confirmed cases having risen to 3,00,519 and the toll to 8,872. Maharashtra, the worst-hit state, saw its own tally cross the 1-lakh mark after 3,493 new cases were reported to take its total to 1,01,141, while its death toll rose to 3,717. The state also reported a large number of recoveries. As many as 126 cancer patients, who had tested COVID-19 positive, have also recovered in Mumbai itself. Horrifying reports emerging from the National Capital, which is currently the second-worst affected state by the COVID-19 pandemic. In Delhi, a record number of 2,137 new cases were detected to take its tally to 36,824, while its toll rose to 1,214, authorities said. In Tamil Nadu, another badly hit state, the tally saw a record one-day jump of 1,982 cases to cross the 40,000-mark, while the toll reached 367. Gujarat reported 495 new cases and 31 more fatalities, taking its case count to 22,562 and the toll to 1,416. Uttar Pradesh reported 20 more COVID-19 deaths and 528 fresh cases, the biggest single-day spike so far for the state. This took the state's toll to 365 and the case count to 12,616. However, more than 7,600 people have recovered already, giving a recovery rate of over 60 percent. West Bengal breached the 10,000-mark with its highest single-day spike of 476 cases, while nine more fatalities were reported to take the toll to 451. New cases were also reported from Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Goa, Chhatisgharh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Sikkim, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh, among other states and UTs. India is currently the fourth worst-hit nation by the COVID-pandemic 19 after the US, Brazil and Russia. While the US has reported more than 20 lakh confirmed cases so far, the tally for Brazil is over 8 lakh and for Russia more than 5 lakh. Globally, more than four lakh have lost their lives and over 75 lakh have tested positive for COVID-19 since its emergence in China last December. However, nearly 36 lakh have recovered too. With inputs from PTI

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Minister prays for prosperity and well-being of state residents at Rankini Temple, Jamshedpur. In Jamshedpur, Health and Food Supply Minister Banna Gupta, along with his wife Sudha Gupta, offered prayers to Lord Shiva on the first Somvari of Sawan, seeking prosperity and happiness for the people of Jharkhand. JAMSHEDPUR – On the auspicious occasion of the first Somvari of Sawan, Health and Food…

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