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Beating back the pandemic in Mumbai

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has been meeting the second wave of the COVID-19 challenge on a war footing. Sonam Saigal reports on how the civic body learnt lessons from the first wave and adopted a decentralised approach which is showing results slowly but surely

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A health worker vaccinates a woman at a drive-in vaccination facility at the National Sports Club of India in Mumbai. (Below): Long queues outside the BKC Jumbo Vaccination Centre in Mumbai.

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Bodies in rivers: U.P. CM orders patrolling

‘All those who died deserve cremation with respect’

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adiyanath. File

Coronavirus | 21 members of vulnerable tribes infected in Odisha

Satyasundar Barik

Activists warn of rapid spread among isolated communities

A Bonda tribe woman is seen wearing a protective mask.

Centre, Odisha govt. transfer cash to farmers’ accounts

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They also have a public spat of political one-upmanship

Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik addressing a meeting organized for disbursement of KALIA assistance to farmers through video conference .

A health worker vaccinates a woman at a drive-in vaccination facility at the National Sports Club of India in Mumbai. (Below): Long queues outside the BKC Jumbo Vaccination Centre in Mumbai.

Beating back the pandemic in Mumbai

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adiyanath. File

Bodies in rivers: U.P. CM orders patrolling

A Bonda tribe woman is seen wearing a protective mask.

Coronavirus | 21 members of vulnerable tribes infected in Odisha

Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik addressing a meeting organized for disbursement of KALIA assistance to farmers through video conference .

Centre, Odisha govt. transfer cash to farmers’ accounts

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Anganwadi Worker Suman Sharma and ASHA worker Manorama in their village Khapura in Unnao. They say they need more support to carry out their work in the villages of Uttar Pradesh.

COVID surveillance in rural U.P. hit by lack of kits

Police officers stand in front of the hardware shop where a grenade blast happened, at Tingrai Bazaar in Tinsukia district of Assam, on Friday, May 14, 2021.

2 killed in Assam grenade blast

A couple walks with an oxygen cylinder for a coronavirus patient addmited at the Goa Medical College and Hospital.

13 more COVID-19 patients die at Goa hospital; toll 75 in four days

PTI The horror at the Goa Medical College and Hospital is continuing even as the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court is hearing petitions related to deaths during the "dark hours" at the premier hospital

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Bengal keeps vigil for corpses in Ganga

Shiv Sahay Singh Corpses of suspected COVID-19 patients were found floating in the river in UP and Bihar

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi, urges him to be fair and quick in PSA plant allotment

PTI She said the State, which was scheduled to get 70 PSA plants, has now been intimated that four such oxygen generating units would be set up in the first phase.

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A still from Zack Snyder’s ‘Army of the Dead’

A scene from ‘Ramyug’.

How AR Rahman’s ‘O Paalanhaare’ became a prayer board for people battling COVID-19

Srinivasa Ramanujam

The comments section under the devotional track from 2001 Hindi film ‘Lagaan’ is filling up with messages from doctors and patients

What’s coming to Netflix: ‘Army of the Dead’, ‘Sardar Ka Grandson’ and more

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Zack Snyder’s zombie heist thriller, Arjun Kapoor’s emotional comedy-drama and a documentary on legendary footballer Roberto Baggio are some of the highlights coming to the platform

'Ramyug,' another disappointing entry in Bollywood’s mythological genre

Aditya Mani Jha

Why has it proven so difficult for Indian creators to match the popularity of Ramanand Sagar’s 'Ramayan' and B.R. Chopra’s 'Mahabharat'?

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No bodies floating in Ganga at Rae Bareli, says administration

Bengal farmers get benefits of PM Kisan scheme

Punjab CM tells villagers to keep away outsiders

Assam starts vaccinating transgenders

Mass testing drive launched in Agartala

Plea seeks relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions for tea plantations near urban areas in Assam

Bodies in rivers: U.P. CM orders patrolling

‘All those who died deserve cremation with respect’

Coronavirus | 21 members of vulnerable tribes infected in Odisha

Activists warn of rapid spread among isolated communities

Centre, Odisha govt. transfer cash to farmers’ accounts

They also have a public spat of political one-upmanship

COVID surveillance in rural U.P. hit by lack of kits

Asha workers lack both protective gear and testing tools in the State’s drive to identify symptomatic persons

2 killed in Assam grenade blast

On May 11, a 12-year-old boy was killed in a similar explosion in the same Tinsukia district

Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi, urges him to be fair and quick in PSA plant allotment

She said the State, which was scheduled to get 70 PSA plants, has now been intimated that four such oxygen generating units would be set up in the first phase.

DJ held for hurting Gujarat CM's reputation through spoof video

‘The accused was identified as Pradeep Kahar, a resident of Kahar Mohalla in Dandiya Bazaar locality of Vadodara’

Move SC afresh for raising quota limit: Fadnavis to Maha govt

His statement comes a day after the Centre moved the Supreme Court seeking review of the May 5 majority verdict.

Malerkotla is Punjab’s 23rd district

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday declared Malerkotla as the 23rd district of the State. The Chief Minister made these

13 more COVID-19 patients die at Goa hospital; toll 75 in four days

The horror at the Goa Medical College and Hospital is continuing even as the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court is hearing petitions related to deaths during the "dark hours" at the premier hospital

Ambulance charges soar in Odisha as cases spike

Kin of patients are at the mercy of operators, with many unable to afford the costs

Probe ordered into death of 18 elephants in Assam

The hillock where a thunderbolt is said to have killed the pachyderms is close to the site for a controversial solar power plant

Bengal keeps vigil for corpses in Ganga

Corpses of suspected COVID-19 patients were found floating in the river in UP and Bihar

"Entire social fabric of society would get disturbed": HC dismisses plea seeking protection to live-in couple

Counsel for the petitioner says they will challenge the judgment in the Supreme Court.

Police shoot dead inmate at U.P. prison

Victim had shot dead two other inmates and held 5 as hostages

In Maharashtra, caste panchayat asks woman to lick spit for second marriage

The caste panchayat also ordered the woman to pay ₹1 lakh to it for her act, he said

Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar visits Assam areas bordering Bengal

He says it’s a shame that people had to go to neighbouring States for shelter

Native Indian turtles face U.S. slider threat across Northeast

Herpetologists have warned that the invasive red-eared slider, released in natural water bodies by people who keep them as ‘cute’ pets, could turn nasty for 29 native species of turtles and tortoises.

‘If Pappu Yadav is not released from jail within two days, I will go on fast,’ says his wife

‘My husband’s fight for common people and to help COVID-19 patients in all possible manner will continue,’ says the former MP.

Black fungus has claimed 52 lives in Maharashtra so far: Official

Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, became a much talked about subject after some recovering and recovered coronavirus patients were found infected with the disease

Sombre Eid amidst pandemic in J&K

India, Pakistan armies exchange sweets across LoC

After Mizoram, African swine fever strikes in Meghalaya

Though 573 pigs are suspected to have died, the confirmed cases are 320.

Test positivityrate below 15%in Delhi now

The test positivity rate of COVID-19 cases fell to 14.24% in the city on Thursday, the lowest in a month, according to a health bulletin released by

Global tenders may speed up vaccination drive in Rajasthan

State to route procurement via National Health Mission for purchase of 1 cr. doses

‘Treatment rates fixed by Haryanagovt. exorbitant’

The Charkhi Dadri unit of the Congress Corona Relief Committee has demanded the immediate intervention of the State government to stop the alleged

Akali Dal accuses Cong. govt. in Punjab of ‘non-serious’ approach to COVID

Punjab’s former Deputy Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday accused the ruling Congress government of

Pvt. hospitals raided in Rewari

Raids were conducted at two private hospitals in Rewari on Thursday following complaints of charging over and above the rates fixed by the Haryana

15 more COVID-19 patients die in top Goa hospital, HC told

26 died at the same facility on Tuesday

Elderly prisoner chained to bed in Uttar Pradesh hospital

An elderly prisoner in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah district, admitted to a hospital with breathing issues, was chained to his bed by his leg with a

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar ignores Mamata view, visits riot-hit areas

Trinamool Congress says it is ‘violative of long-standing norms of procedures’

Coronavirus | Mounting biomedical waste poses a challenge in Mumbai, Pune

Standard operating procedures (SOPs) laid down on segregation and disposal

Lightning kills herd of 18 elephants in Assam

The incident happened in Kandali Proposed Reserve Forest

Coronavirus | Punjab, Haryana to go for global sourcing of vaccine

Both States aim at giving the jab for those above the age of 18

Priyanka Gandhi demands judicial probe into bodies in Ganga

Congress leader terms situation ‘inhuman and criminal’

Alternative to mercury BP monitor developed

We shall be launching it in the market soon, says IIT Ropar team

Sidhu asks Punjab CM to ‘stop firing’ from colleagues’ shoulders

Punjab’s dissident Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday asked Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to "stop firing from colleagues’ shoulders"

Unnao district administration orders probe into reports of bodies buried on riverbank

The district administration swung into action after locals spotted bodies buried on the Baksar ghat of the river with some photographs of the bodies too going viral on social media.

COVID-19 | Chhattisgarh stops major construction projects, cancels tenders for new Assembly building

“Now, on the instructions of CM Bhupesh Baghel, the major construction works in Nava Raipur have been stopped with immediate effect,” an official statement said.

Volunteers go beyond religion to carry out COVID-19 relief work

‘We have been providing free services with the aim of keeping humanitarian spirit alive,’ they say

Bihar extends lockdown till May 25

Bihar has extended the lockdown till May 25 in the wake of rise in COVID-19 cases. Earlier, it was imposed from May 1 to May 15.“Today a review

Assam NRC authority seeks re-verification of citizens’ list

Interlocutory application before the Supreme Court highlights major irregularity in the process of updating the NRC of 1951

Doctors in rural Unnao resign alleging harassment over COVID-19 work

They also allege that they are not provided sufficient drug supply from government

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