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• 14:46

  Army Chief General MM Naravane had telephonic interaction with Chief of Staff of the US Army

• 14:15

  Most of India should remain locked down for 6-8 weeks, says ICMR chief

  The head of the main Indian health agency responding to the coronavirus has said districts reporting a high number of infections should remain locked down for another six to eight weeks to control the spread of the rampaging disease.
  
  

• 14:11

  Covid-19: Nauru vaccinates all its adults in 'world record' effort

  The tiny Pacific nation of Nauru has congratulated itself for a "world record" Covid-19 vaccination drive which resulted in all its adult population receiving their first jab.

• 14:05

  Former Congress leader Inderjit Singh Zira passed away in Mohali

• 13:55

  WHO hasn't associated B.1.617 with 'Indian variant': Centre

  

  Even as India grapples with the second wave of coronavirus, the Centre on Wednesday strongly opposed the use of the term 'Indian Variant' and said this classification was not made by the World Health Organization.
  

• 13:36

  PM Modi praises nursing staff on International Nurses Day

• 13:22

  Uninterrupted power supply to oxygen plants: Power Ministry

• 12:41

  Taliban seize district on outskirts of Afghan capital

  The Taliban have seized a district from Afghan government forces around 40 kilometres from the capital Kabul, officials said

• 12:11

  Assam imposes stricter curbs indefinitely from May 13 amid surge in Covid-19 cases

• 12:07

  Israel Ambassador to India speaks to family of Kerala woman who died in Hamas attack

• 11:48

  Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the plea of activist Gautam Navlakha seeking bail in the Bhima Koregaon case.

• 10:37

  India logs record 4,205 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours, 3.48 lakh cases

  India on Wednesday saw its highest rise in single-day Covid-19 deaths while new infections increased compared to the previous day but have remained off record highs for three days now.

  The single-day rise in new coronavirus infections in India is at 3,48,421 taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 2,33,40,938, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday at 8 am.

  The death toll climbed to 2,54,197 with 4,205 fresh fatalities, the highest so far.

  After registering a steady rise for two months, the active cases have reduced to 37,04,099 comprising 16.16 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 82.75 per cent.

• 10:36

  Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan is going to hold a meeting today with the health ministers of Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Telangana.

• 09:47

• 09:29

  Bengaluru bed scam case: Another accused, Anthony, who was working as a marketing executive in Sapthagiri Hospital has been arrested. He took money from patients to get beds allotted to them. So far 10 accused have been arrested, two of whom are Covid-19 positive: Joint CP (Crime)

• 08:56

  Subject Expert Committee (SEC) gives nod to Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for phase 2 and 3 human clinical trials on 2 to 18-year-olds. (ANI)

• 07:14

  Oxygen shortage kills 26 in Goa hospital in four hours

  Oxygen shortage led to 26 deaths in four hours at the Goa Medical College, the state's top government hospital, in the early hours of Tuesday.

  Health Minister Vishwajit Rane has now sought a probe into the deaths by the Bombay High Court bench in Panaji. "I request the High Court to check if there is mismanagement or shortage and bring out a white paper using experts... High Court should take over Covid management of GMC," Rane told reporters.
  
  

• 07:13

  'Job of government not like terrorist', says Delhi Court in oxygen concentrator hoarding case

  "Job of the government is not like a terrorist" and "just to hide your failure, you are after people,' said an anguished Delhi Court on Tuesday while expressing strong displeasure that the government is yet to regulate the prices of the medical equipment during the Covid-19 pandemic.
  
  

• 07:02

  Over 200 rockets fired at Israel in response to Gaza strikes: Hamas

  Palestinian militant group Hamas said Wednesday it had fired more than 200 rockets intoIsraelin retaliation for strikes on a tower block in Gaza.

  The armed branch of Hamas said in a statement that it was "in the process of firing 110 rockets towards the city of Tel Aviv", and 100 rockets towards the southern town of Beersheva, "as reprisal for the restarting of strikes against civilian homes". (AFP).

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