Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that no vaccination will be done for 18+ category in the national capital on May 1. Addressing the media, he said that consignment is yet to reach Delhi, adding that it will be made available to the public probably in the next 1-2 days.
Vaccination of people above 18 years of age, which was supposed to start from May 1, may be delayed as the vaccines have not yet arrived, Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said on Friday.
UP chief secretary R K Tiwari issued a government order asking the districts administration to ensure compliance. Tiwari said weddings should be permitted with not more than 50 guests and the last rites must not have more than 20 people. 
Telangana reported7,646 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the tally to over 4.35 lakh while the toll stood at2,261 with 53 more casualties. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 1,441, followed by Medchal Malkajgiri (631) and Rangareddy (484), a government bulletin said on Friday providing details as of 8 PM on April 29.
Former Attorney General and Constitutional law expert Soli Sorabjee succumbed to Covid 19 on Friday morning. His family informed of his demise. The 91-year-old had served as the Attorney General for India from 1989-90 and then from 1998-2004.
Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Rajiv Krishna has ordered a probe into allegations that a group of policemen forcibly took away an oxygen cylinder from a 17-year-old boy who had arranged it for his mother, a critical Covid-19 patient admitted at a private hospital. 
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Shoaib Iqbal has demanded from the Delhi High Court to declare the imposition of President's rule in the national capital. Iqbal said that he is pained to see the suffering of people in the city as they are unable to get beds in hospitals, essential drugs, oxygen and other facilities.
A video showing members of RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in PPE kits purportedly inside the COVID ward of Doon Medical College Hospital here and offering juice to patients has gone viral on social media.
RJD president Lalu Prasad was released from jail on Thursday evening after completion of bail formalities in the special CBI court in Ranchi.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has recovered from Covid-19. The Chief Minister informed that he has tested negative for the virus.
India on Friday recorded as many as 3,86,452 new Covid-19 cases and 3498 deaths in last 24 hours. With this India's Covid-19 caseload now stands at 18,762,976. As many as 2,97,540 discharges have been made in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry. 
India on Friday received the first Covid-19 emergency aid supplies from the United States. A Super Galaxy military transporter carrying medical supplies -- over 400 oxygen cylinders, 10 lakh rapid coronavirus test kits and other equipment, landed at Delhi airport.
The vaccination drive for the 18 -44 age group would not start on May 1 in Madhya Pradesh as the manufacturers can not supply enough vaccine doses in time, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Thursday. The ongoing vaccination of people in the above-45 category will continue, he added.
The relationship between India and the United States has intensified in the first 100 days of the Biden administration, a State Department official said.
<p>The body of a woman was taken to her village on a handcart due to non-availability of a vehicle or ambulance from a government health centre where she died shortly after being admitted in Damoh in Madhya Pradesh, her son said.</p>
Jammu and Kashmir has ordered the highest number of vaccine doses in the country and there is no shortage of medical oxygen, the adviser to the lieutenant governor claimed on Thursday.
The Delhi Police on Thursday busted a pharmaceutical unit and arrested five people from Uttarakhand's Kotdwar area for allegedly manufacturing large quantities of fake Remdevisir injections, an official said. Police said they have seized 196 fake Remdesivir injections. The accused have already sold 2,000 fake Remdesivir injections.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has said that no vaccination against Covid-19 will be held in Mumbai for the next three days as the existing stock of doses has been exhausted.
Raids have been conducted at five hospitals in Ghaziabad and irregularities were found in stocking of life-saving medicines. The administration had received complaints that the hospitals have admitted people who were not having COVID symptoms to show their beds occupied. The facilities were later providing beds at exorbitant rates, according to a statement.
The Manipur government on Thursday declared the whole of the Greater Imphal area as a containment zone with immediate effect for seven days in view of the rise in COVID-19 cases, an official said. The order declaring the whole of Greater Imphal area as a containment zone was issued by the Home Department, the official said.
The Haryana Police on Thursday arrested two people from Panipat on the charges of black-marketing of antiviral drug Remdesivir, used in the treatment of some COVID-19 patients. The arrested accused were both residents of Panipat district.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday asked district officials to make plans for new oxygen plants and stocking of medicines in view of the threat of a third COVID-19 wave.
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Three persons have been arrested for allegedly trying to cheat people by selling them saline water in vials of Remdesivir, an anti-viral used in the treatment of COVID-19, in Maharashtra's Beed city, police said on Thursday.
The coronavirus pandemic has triggered an unprecedented situation and India is not looking at medical supplies and assistance by its partners and friends in terms of any policy framework, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Thursday.
Congress leader Rajeev Satav, who had tested coronavirus positive last week, has been undergoing treatment at a private hospital here and kept on ventilator support, a party leader said on Thursday.
BJP leader and former Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde on Thursday said she has tested positive for coronavirus and is in isolation.
As Delhi and other states continue to gasp for oxygen supply amid a savage second wave of coronavirus, the Delhi High Court on Thursday put some tough questions before the Centre. The court questioned the rationale behind the Centre's decision to allocate more oxygen to states like Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh than they demanded but Delhi got less than being demanded by the Arvind Kejriwal government. 
The Gujarat government on Thursday said the process to vaccinate people against COVID-19 in 18 to 45 age group will begin once it gets substantial number of vaccines from pharmaceutical companies, triggering speculation whether the state would miss the May 1 launch date of the inoculation drive meant for this category.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was discharged from AIIMS Trauma Centre in Delhi on Thursday after recovering from Covid-19, news agency ANI quoted AIIMS official, as saying. He was admitted on April 19 following Covid-19 positive test report. 
More than 3,645 Covid patients died and 3,79,257 fresh Covid cases were reported across India on Wednesday, throwing the entire health infrastructure into turmoil. The total number of active Covid cases has now crossed 30 lakhs (30,84,814), with hospitals in most of the metros and Tier-2 cities unable to provide beds. Maharashtra continues to report the highest number of fresh Covid cases (63,309), Uttar Pradesh (29,824) and Delhi 25,986 fresh cases. 985 Covid patients died in Maharashtra alone on Wednesday.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said the city does not have sufficient doses of vaccine for the inoculation of those in the 18-44 age group and orders have been placed with manufacturers for the same. The minister, however, said preparations to give jabs to this category have been completed.
An earthquake of magnitude 3.6 on the Richter scale struck Assam's Sonitpur on Thursday, said the National Centre for Seismology. This was the seventh tremor after the earthquake of 6.4 magnitude on the Richter scale struck Assam's Sonitpur on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reviewed the Army’s preparedness and initiatives for Covid management with Army Chief General MM Naravane.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Thursday demanded free Covid-19 vaccination for all Indians, and sent out a tweet with the dictionary meaning and usage of the word 'free' to stress his point.
Forecasting that the COVID-19 pandemic is only going to get worse, noted surgeon Dr Devi Prasad Shetty has said India will need an extra 5 lakh ICU beds, 2 lakh nurses and 1. 5 lakh doctors in the next few weeks, and also suggested radical solutions to meet the mountainous challenge.
The Uttar Pradesh government has extended the duration of weekend lockdown in the state to tackle soaring Covid-19 cases. Restrictions will now be in place for three days instead of two days. As per the latest order, restrictions will start at 8 pm on Friday and will remain in place for the next three days till Monday.
Competition Commission of India has approved Tatas’ proposal to acquire up to 64.3 per cent stake in BigBasket, a deal that will provide the diversified group a strong foothold in the fast-growing online grocery market.
The Uttarakhand government has decided to suspend the Char Dham Yatra this year in view of worsening Covid-19 situation in the state, news agency ANI reported. Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat said that only priests of the four temples will perform rituals and puja.
A consignment of 120 oxygen concentrators from the United Kingdom reached India, which is in the throes of a deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, on Thursday morning. Taking to Twitter, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi announced: "Cooperation with UK continues. Welcome another shipment from UK containing 120 oxygen concentrators that arrived early this morning."
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday has tested positive for coronavirus, however, he is asymptomatic and is working under isolation. The 69-year-old Congress leader had isolated himself on Wednesday after his wife tested positive.
The UN team in India is supporting the country’s authorities to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic by providing critical supplies and its agencies are procuring thousands of oxygen concentrators, oxygen generating plants and other essential equipment as well as helping set up mobile hospital units, a spokesperson for the UN chief said.
India on Thursday recorded a new high with 3,79,257 new Covid-19 cases and 3645 deaths in last 24 hours. With this India's Covid-19 caseload now stands at 1,83,76,524. As many as 2,69,507 discharges have been made in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry. 
Two Russian flights with oxygen concentrators, lung ventilation equipment, bedside monitors, medicines, including Coronavir and other essential pharmaceutical items landed in India to help the country in its fight against the COVID-19 surge. The information was shared by the Ambassador of Russia to India, Nikolay Kudashev.
Grappling with unprecedented spike in Covid cases, Karnataka is facing another challenge, of tracking and tracing of anywhere between 2,000 to 3,000 Covid positive patients who have "gone missing", state Revenue Minister, R. Ashoka revealed on Wednesday.
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A chimney at a crematorium in Gujarat's Surat titled from overheating. The incident was reported at Kurukshetra Crematorium (KC).
A quick intervention by staff saved the lives of 14 patients on oxygen support in the Parbhani district hospital in Maharashtra as the pipeline supplying the life-saving gas developed a leak after a branch of a tree fell on it, officials said on Wednesday.
The Indian Army's base hospital in Delhi will augment its capacity and will have 900 oxygenated beds for COVID-19 patients by mid-June, said an official statement on Wednesday. Currently, the base hospital has a total of 340 COVID-19 beds, out of which 250 are oxygenated, it noted. "This resource was being severely stretched for additional capacities due to exponential rise in COVID cases," the Army's statement noted.
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