Nine cases have been detected from Maharashtra, eight from Karnataka, six from Kerala, four from Tamil Nadu and two from Telangana, they added.
Four Indians, including three women, have been killed in a tragic drowning incident at an unpatrolled beach in the Australian state of Victoria, the worst tragedy in Victorian waters in almost 20 years, officials said on Thursday.
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'He will go to any extent, and he will have the full support of the Union government as they may not like a Left government to continue here.'
Bhura has been giving different versions to the Delhi police officials who questioned him along with the intelligence agencies through the night about the motive of moving around the prime minister's residence when he was not posted there.
Bedi said she had been looking forward to working with Delhi Police personnel as a majority of them had been "trained by me."
While India has to curtail its side, those who do business in India have to be more conscious that they should be less part of the problems and more part of the solution, the business magnate said.
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Twenty-two cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been detected in the country till Thursday, with 21 cases being reported from Goa and another from Kerala, official sources said.
Even though the number of cases is rising and the JN.1 sub-variant has been detected in the country, there is no cause of immediate concern as 92 per cent of those infected are opting for home-based treatment, indicating mild illness, they said.
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Bharat Biotech recruited 13,000 participants for the Phase-3 clinical trial of Covaxin. This is one of the largest efficacy trials held in the country.
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'Adani can attract vessels at a much lower cost to Vizhinjam as he has the financial muscle to do so.'
Amid a spike in Covid-19 cases, the Centre on Monday reviewed with states and Union territories the preparedness for pandemic management and the progress of vaccination.
A doctor of a Singapore hospital, who had conducted the post mortem examination of the December 16 gang rape victim, on Monday testified as a prosecution witness through video conferencing in a Delhi court.
'It will be important strategically and geographically because there is no port in India which is as close to the international shipping route as Vizhinjam.'
As many as 300 districts in India are reporting weekly COVID case positivity of more than five per cent, the Union government said on Wednesday as it warned against treating the infection due to the Omicron variant as common cold and urged people to get vaccinated.
Sources said three cases of Omicron subvariant BF.7, apparently the strain driving China's current surge of COVID cases, have been detected in India so far.
'The administration will come to a standstill because the governor will not cooperate with the finance minister.'
He urged people not to panic and clarified that there was no change in the guidelines for international air travel so far.
The actor is all set to play a role in the third seaon of the award-winning TV drama series In Patient.
Giving teenagers more time to sleep helps boost their concentration levels, and consequently grades in school, according to a leading head teacher.Dr Paul Kelley, head of the successful Monkseaton Community High in North Tyneside, has urged other schools to change their timing to 11 am.Studies have shown that young peoples' brains are wired differently to adults'.
'The problem is with those who are entrusted with powers.'
Politics, bureaucracy, ineptitude, double-standards and an attempt to politicise the fight in pseudo-nationalistic terms have all hampered the fight against this deadly virus, says Vir Sanghvi.
'We cannot have bodies putrefying in water.' 'This is a health hazard and it can create a very inflammatory situation.'
Mandaviya reviewed the pandemic situation, status of vaccination drive and the global scenario of new variants of Covid.
These kinds of assumptions to be used for a nation of India's size and "to put us in poor light is not desirable"
The health minister said the Centre has taken timely measures ahead of the summer season to address heatwave-related illnesses.
2023 was a good year for international cinema with many strong films premiering at the Berlin, Cannes, Venice and Toronto film festivals.
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The event was attended by representatives of the London-based Federation of Ambedkarites and Buddhist Organisation, UK, which had launched a campaign a few years ago to urge the Indian government to purchase the property as a historically relevant monument.
After confirmation of the first monkeypox death in the country by the National Institute of Virology, health experts advised strengthening the surveillance to avoid silent transmission of monkeypox.
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