In a noble gesture, a six-year-old girl in Maharashtra's Palghar decided not to celebrate her birthday and rather encouraged her family members to donate blood on the occasion to prevent its shortage amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Central teams deputed in Maharashtra to coordinate the response to the coronavirus pandemic have observed that containment operations were sub-optimal in Satara, Sangli and Aurangabad districts, says a report sent by the Centre to the state government. The teams found "less than satisfactory perimeter control and lack of active surveillance" in COVID-19 cases, the report sent by the Union Health Ministry said.
Inspector-General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar on Monday informed that terrorists misused mosques for attacks in Jammu and Kashmir's Pampore, Sopore and Shopian. According to the IGP, terrorists misused mosques for attacks in Pampore on June 19, 2020, Sopore on July 1, 2020, and Shopian on April 9, 2021.
India on Monday reported 1,68,912 new Covid-19 cases and 904 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Union Health Ministry.
Amid rising cases of COVID-19 in Maharashtra, resident doctors of the city-based Government Medical College and Hospital Nagpur held a protest on Sunday against the government and the district administration over the shortage of medical resources to treat coronavirus patients. Commenting on the protest, Sajal Bansal, a resident doctor said, "This protest is being held to raise the demands and concerns of the patients."
Supreme Court benches would sit one hour late from their schedule time in the morning on Monday as many staffers have tested positive for coronavirus, sources said. They said that as many staffers have got infected, the judges would hold courts through video conferencing from their residences.
Taking a serious note of the worsening coronavirus situation, especially on the healthcare system and infrastructure, the Gujarat High Court on Sunday observed that the state was heading towards a health emergency. Taking suo moto cognizance, it filed a fresh Public interest litigation (PIL) regarding the situation, with the state and Central governments made respondents, and will hold a hearing on Monday.Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
