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06 Apr

Delhi Night Curfew

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The Delhi government has imposed night curfew in the city from today as the national capital sees a fresh wave of coronavirus. The city is recording over 3,500 new Covid-19 cases daily in the last four days. The night curfew will remain in place till April 30 from 10 pm to 5 am. An order in this regard was issued by the Delhi government on the recommendation of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA). "Situation in Covid-19 in NCT of Delhi has been reviewed and it has been observed that there has been a sudden increase in Covid-19 cases in…

06 Apr

Maharashtra continues to report the highest daily new cases accounting for 55.11 percent of the cases in the country.

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ON SUNDAY, Maharashtra imposed full lockdown on weekends and fresh restrictions to last through April, but just two days before, it kept silent about any such plans during the high-level review meeting chaired by the Cabinet Secretary on Friday. Senior government officials told The Indian Express that the silence was probably explained by the fact that unlike in the initial phase, the Centre had made it clear to Maharashtra almost two weeks back that weekend lockdowns have limited impact on containing and suppressing the chain of transmission. “The Chief Secretary, Maharashtra, received the largest chunk of time during the Cabinet Secretary meeting. However, no…

06 Apr

President Ram Nath Kovind appoints Justice NV Ramana as next Chief Justice of India

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Justice NV Ramana has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India by President Ram Nath Kovind. He will take oath on April 24. Ramana will serve as the 48th Chief Justice of India till August 26, 2022 — a term of over sixteen months. Last month, Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, who is due to retire on April 23, had recommended Justice NV Ramana as his successor. Appointed as a judge of the top court on February 17, 2014, Justice Ramana has been a part of many significant rulings, including those on setting up of special courts for fast-tracking criminal cases…

06 Apr

Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges people to ‘vote in record numbers’

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday appealed to the voters in poll-bound states to vote in record numbers. "Elections are taking place in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal. I request the people in these places to vote in record numbers, particularly the young voters," tweeted Prime Minister Modi. Assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal are being held on Tuesday. The elections for Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu assemblies are being held in a single phase. In Assam, the polling for the third and final phase is going on today. While in West Bengal,…

06 Apr

Over 1,800 Nigeria prison escape after gunmen attack

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The coordinated attacks come less than two weeks after another wave of violence in Southeastern Nigeria, when at least a dozen security officers were killed during attacks on four police stations, military checkpoints and prison vehicles. Militants armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades launched a series of coordinated attacks overnight in Southeastern Nigeria, targeting a prison where more than 1,800 inmates then managed to escape, authorities said Monday (April 5). According to a local resident Uche Okafor, the attacks began around 2 am in the town of Owerri in Imo state and lasted for about two hours. Gunmen also assaulted…

06 Apr

R Madhavan meets PM Modi, ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan to discuss Rocketry: The Nambi Effect

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Actor R Madhavan is all set to make his directorial debut with his upcoming film Rocketry: The Nambi Effect. The actor turned director on Monday shared a picture on social media from his recent meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Also present at the meeting was S. Narayan Nambi, scientist and aerospace engineer at Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on whose life Madhavan's debut directorial feature, Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, is based. The picture shows them seated in a boardroom, observing social distancing. "A few weeks ago, @NambiNOfficial and I had the honour of calling on PM @narendramodi. We spoke…

05 Apr

PM Narendra Modi to interact with CMs on current Covid-19 situation, vaccination strategy on April 8

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As coronavirus cases breach the one lakh-mark today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday (April 8) interact with Chief Ministers of all states and Union Territories on the current COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination-related issues via video conferencing. The decision comes in the backdrop of India's COVID-19 curve breaking all past records as the country reported more than 1 lakh infections in the past 24 hours with 1,03,794 new COVID-19 cases This will be the second time in five days that the Prime Minister is going to chair a meeting to assess the current situation with connection to the surge…

05 Apr

India breaches 1-lakh daily COVID-19 case mark

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India has recorded a total of 1,03,558 coronavirus infections in a single day, reaching a critical milestone, according to a ministerial update updated on Monday. The disease has surpassed its previous high, the highest since the onset of the epidemic in India on September 1 last year, and the death toll has risen to 1,65,101 with 4476 new deaths. Shown at 8 p.m. After registering a steady increase for the 26th day in a row, active incidence rose to 7,41,830 from 5.89 percent of total infections, and the recovery rate fell further to 92.80 percent, the data revealed. The active…

05 Apr

It was not an intelligence or operational failure says CRPF DG on Chhattisgarh encounter

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A day after 22 security personnel were killed during an encounter with Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, the Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Kuldeep Singh, dismissed claims that the operation was an intelligence failure. “If it was a bait, more security personnel would have died. The Maoists would have set up an ambush at a place where we would have suffered maximum damage. We were moving through an area that is under their control and as such, they do have a tactical advantage there. They started firing at us with light machine guns when we were returning following our…

05 Apr

Building collapse in Ludhiana: 1 dead, 2 in critical condition

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At least one person was killed after a building housing an old factory collapsed in Mukund Nagar on Daba road of Ludhiana Monday. The lintel of the building gave in at around 10.30 am. Personnel from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), and the police rescued at least 36 people, and are searching for four workers who are feared to be trapped under the debris. Of the 36 workers who were rescued, one was declared brought dead at Civil Hospital, Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner Varinder Sharma said. There are five workers being treated at Civil Hospital,…