The company also said that all necessary measures were being used to keep the temperatures under control. Styrene gas had leaked from a tank at the plant.

The court asked special judge SK Yadav to control the proceedings in accordance with law so that inordinate delay that is beyond the time-frame is no longer breached.

The response from the Health Ministry came after a sudden spurt in the number positive cases in the past few days when the tally crossed the 3,000-mark each day.

Officers have been directed to submit a detailed report within four weeks with details of the steps taken by the district authorities to provide food and shelter to poor people, especially migrants, during the lockdown.

As six patients passed away at the Gokuldas Hospital one after the other on Thursday, panicked kin of the deceased uploaded a video on social media accusing the hospital of gross negligence.

Maamad Abdulla Luhar sneaked into a mosque on Thursday midnight, gave untimely Azaan through the mosque's loudspeaker and allegedly asked the community members to come out with weapons, police said.

The authorities collected 41 samples of various brands of pan masala from different districts and tested them to check it they contain magnesium carbonate, which is banned under the Food Safety Act, 2006, as one of the ingredients, an official release said.

Under the initiative, eligible beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) would be able to avail their entitled foodgrains from any Fair Price Shop in the country using the same ration card.

Thirty-three CISF personnel deployed at the gallery's security unit have been asked to self-quarantine, Indian Museum director A D Choudhury told PTI.

An activist has moved the top court pointing out alleged racial attacks on people of North-Eastern like spitting on them, evictions from their homes and termination from their jobs among others.

One of the accused, identified as Muntyaz, carried a reward of Rs 15,000 for information leading to his arrest, police said.

A police team rushed to the quarantine centre and launched an inquiry into the death of the migrant worker while the body was sent for post-mortem.

The Railways also warned people that although regular passenger trains were not in operation, the migrant special trains, parcel and freight trains were running on the rail network.

The DC said she will be admitted to Tanda's Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College (RPGMC) in Kangra for treatment.

With the death of as many as 22 patients, the number of persons who died due to the infection rose to 343, the official said.

The flight, the third to Kerala, touched down at around 8 pm and was part of the Vande Bharat Mission which started on Thursday to bring home Indian nationals stranded due to COVID-19 lockdown in various countries.

The gas leak took place in Shakti Pulp and Papers when an open recycling chamber was being cleaned and seven people, including the arrested person, had to be hospitalised.

The three hotels -- the Ginger, Vivek Vihar and two 5 star hotels, Leela Ambience and Park Plaza -- have been kept at the disposal of Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital which will oversee treatment of infected officials.

He also appealed to voluntary organisations, NGOs and people at large to come forward to promote voluntary blood donation to maintain ample blood stocks to meet any eventuality.

Ashif Sheikh, who runs a group that works for the rights of excluded communities, said one needs industry, investors, labour unions, civil society members and labour department officials to work together to solve the problem.

The total number of patients who have recovered and been discharged from hospitals is 3,470.

India and Italy will work together for addressing the challenges of the post-COVID world, including through our consecutive presidencies of the G20, Modi wrote on Twitter.

Two hospitals from Ahmedabad and one each from Chennai, Jodhpur and Bhopal will conduct clinical trials on four treatment protocols remdesivir, combination of lopinavir and ritonavir, hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir and ritonavir with Interferon beta-1a.

On Thursday, the city had recorded its largest single-day spike of 448 new COVID-19 cases.

State-owned broadcasters Doordarshan and All India Radio from Friday began broadcasting weather reports on Mirpur, Muzaffarabad and Gilgit in PoK in their prime-time news bulletins.

The incident took place on the night of May 6 at a village under Bango police station limits. The accused were arrested on Thursday, said Pankaj Patel, Sub Divisional Officer of Police, Katghora area.

Clashes erupted in the Shahpur locality of Ahmedabad when police and paramilitary forces tried to enforce the lockdown, asking people to stay indoors.

The company also bypassed the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) notification, which mandates that modernisation and expansion of existing projects needs an environmental clearance (EC).

Coronavirus Pandemic LIVE Updates: Tamil Nadu today reported 526 fresh cases of the coronavirus as well as four deaths. At least 279 of the new cases were reported from state capital Chennai.

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The order comes as Karnataka generated nearly Rs 200 crore in revenues due to the sale of alcohol this week.

A dialogue on sex, consent, ownership over bodies must be introduced from a young age so that it becomes part of a dominant narrative, say experts.

The worry for India remains that despite the stringent lockdown, the curve for ‘new cases’ has not flattened as it has in some other countries that also enforced lockdowns.

Justice Deepak Gupta emphasised the apex court must stand up for the rights of the deprived and underprivileged classes, including the minorities, who cannot be deprived of their rights just because they disagree with the government on certain issues.

The court directed the state government and prison department to take appropriate steps. The bench noted that there were several inmates above the age of 60 and others who suffered from ailments.

The cops saw the man walking with a large chopper near the Pransukhlal Mafatlal Hindu Swimming Bath and Boat Club and tried to stop him. When they tried to catch him, he attacked them with the chopper.

Maharana Pratap died of an injury received while tightening the string of a bow for hunting in the year 1597.

Maharashtra remained the worst hit state with a total number of cases rising to 19,063, followed by Gujarat which has reported 7,402 cases.

Besides SBI, other members of consortium are Canara Bank, Union Bank of India, IDBI, Central Bank of India and Corporation Bank, they said.

His wife was working as an auxiliary nurse midwife at a local sub health centre. She was living in a government quarter, the police said.

The police tried to prevent the villagers from going near the plant but the latter ran past the former and staged a sit-in protest near the factory gate.

Police said the two accused youths from UP's Banda are absconding and efforts are on to nab them.

The temperature at the styrene storage tank, where the vapour leak occurred, has come down, as well as the PPM (ambient air quality) level in RR Venkatapuram village.

The application for early hearing said the country is suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has declared nationwide lockdown due to which people are not allowed to go out except for essential services.

Retnamswamy is the second person of Indian origin to be remanded at the IMH for psychiatric evaluation after the incident involving face masks.

In case the petitioners move a representation to the DMRC, it is supposed to dispose of the plea within four weeks by a reasoned order after taking inputs from authorities concerned.

The resumption of the classes are planned so that students can complete their remaining academic components. Examinations will be completed by July 31, said the JNU.

The unit said it is committed to working closely with the concerned authorities to investigate the cause of the incident, prevent recurrence in future and secure the foundation for care and treatment.

The toll of 68 shared by the Delhi government in its health bulletin on Friday is based on data collected from 10 hospitals, including AIIMS, Safdarjung Hospital, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and Lady Hardinge Medical College.

Several states including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have already raised the taxes on liquor to give boost to their revenue.