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India records new daily high of 3,86,452 fresh COVID-19

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NEW DELHI: India saw 3,86,452 new coronavirus infections in a span of 24 hours, the highest single-day rise so far, pushing the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,87,62,976, while active cases crossed the 31-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,53,84,418. The case fatality rate stands at 1.11 per cent, the data stated. India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.

It went past  60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on  November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of 1.50 crore on April 19.

According to the ICMR, 28,63,92,086 samples have been tested up to April 29 with 19,20,107 samples being tested on  Thursday.

The 3,498 new fatalities include 771 from Maharashtra, 395 from Delhi, 295 from Uttar Pradesh, 270 from Karnataka, 251 from Chhattisgarh, 180 from Gujarat, 158 from Rajasthan, 145 from Jharkhand, 137 from Punjab and 107 from Tamil Nadu.

A total of 2,08,330 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 67,985 from Maharashtra, 15,772 from Delhi, 15,306 from Karnataka, 13,933 from Tamil Nadu, 12,238 from Uttar Pradesh, 11,248 from West Bengal, 8,909 from Punjab and 8,312 from Chhattisgarh.

Suspension of scheduled international passenger flights extended till May 31 due to Covid-19: DGCA

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NEW DELHI: The coronavirus-induced suspension of scheduled international passenger flights has been extended till May 31, aviation regulator DGCA said on Friday.

Scheduled international passenger services have been suspended in India since March 23, 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

But special international flights have been operating under the Vande Bharat Mission since May and under bilateral “air bubble” arrangements with selected countries since July.

India has formed air bubble pacts with around 27 countries including Kenya, Bhutan and France.

Under an air bubble pact between two countries, special international flights can be operated by their airlines between their territories.

The DGCA circular also said that the suspension does not affect the operation of international all-cargo operations and flights specifically approved by it.

Actress Ankita Chouhan is all set to make her Bollywood debut through BA Pass 3

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By: Husna Rizwan M.D Nasheman

Model and Actress Ankita Chouhan is all set to make her Bollywood debut through upcoming movie BA Pass 3. The film is produced and directed by Narendra Singh. It is penned by Deep Chugh and Narendra Singh and shot by ace cinematographer Anmol Dhiman. The music is composed by Altaaf-Manny and stars Sunny Sachdeva, Ankita Chouhan, Armaan Sandhu, in the pivotal roles.The film revolves around those unwanted relationships, which are made, and then they are punished as well. BA Pass 3 narrates the story of a jobless Anshul and how his life changes upside down when he meets a married woman and gets into a relationship with her.

While talking to media Ankita Chouhan said, “BA Pass 3 is my debut film and I am super excited for the film. BA Pass is already a big franchise and I hope that everybody will love my work”.

 Ankita Chouhan had worked in a music album, short film the return gift for ping pong channel and web series the death warrant for mx player is going to release soon.

TV Actor Aansh Arora Donated More Than 100 Oxygen Cylinders and 1000 Oxygen Flow Meter Cylinder Kits to Needy People

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Bollywood fraternity, in the past two months, have come forward to help people tackle the coronavirus pandemic and navigate through the subsequent lockdown. Now, it is reported that actor Aansh Arora has donated more than 100 oxygen cylinders and more than 1000 oxygen BPC flow meter cylinder kits to the needy people in Delhi and Gurgaon. Aansh is trying to do their bit during the Covid-19 second wave, by providing oxygen cylinders and other medical equipments. He is using his social media Instagram and Facebook @aanshharora to reach to amplify calls for help. The actor is silently paying the expenses of many oxygen cylinders and medical equipments being used at the covid centre for coronavirus patients.

Aansh Arora Said, “Me and My Team Are Trying Our Level Best to Reach Out to The People Who Are in Urgent Need of Oxygen Cylinders and Medical Equipment. Receiving calls and messages from 1000s of people DAY AND NIGHT asking for oxygen cylinders and oxygen flow meter cylinder kits we are keeping our best foot forward to help all those people in urgent need. It gives immense satisfaction in helping all these people. We are Doing our bit to help fight against covid19 pandemic situation and requesting all those to come forward and help however they can. We need more helping hands to con over this situation as soon as possible.  We are keeping all the required safety measures and precautions. Please stay home, stay safe, don’t go out until it’s really needed”.

Aansh is known for his roles in shows such as Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki, Tanhaiyan, Queens Hain Hum.

COVID vaccination of people above 18 in Karnataka may be delayed: Health minister

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The minister said the government will intimate the eligible people after confirmation from Serum Institute of India about the arrival of vaccines.

Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar (Photo | EPS)

BENGALURU: 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.

“We have made orders to Serum Institute in Pune for over one crore doses but the official news is that they are still not prepared to give it to us from tomorrow as scheduled,” the Minister told reporters here. He asked people who have enrolled themselves on the Cowin portal for inoculation to refrain from going to vaccination centres on May 1.

The minister said the government will intimate the eligible people after confirmation from Serum Institute of India about the arrival of vaccines. “We have already paid Rs 400 crore to purchase one crore doses of Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India in Pune,” the Minister said.

According to him, the Serum Institute has the capacity to produce five to six crore doses in a month while the Hyderabad based Bharat Biotech can produce one to 1.5 crore doses. Russia’s Sputnik has given licence to Dr Reddy’s Laboratory to produce the vaccine but they have not informed the government officially when they will be able to supply it.

39 thousand new Covid cases make Karnataka second worst affected state

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BENGALURU: In the most explosive increase that Karnataka has witnessed throughout the pandemic, a whopping 39,047 fresh cases were added to the state’s Covid-19 tally on Wednesday. This massive addition has pushed the state to No. 2 position behind Maharashtra, which leads the pack with 6,73,481 active cases, and overtaking Uttar Pradesh.

Although the 11,883 single-day discharges recorded on Wednesday is the highest in the second wave, the first wave of the pandemic had seen better figures with 13,550 discharged on October 22 and 12,030 discharged on October 12 last year. The total number of patients discharged from March 2020, when the pandemic broke out in Karnataka, until now, stands at 10,95,883, up from 10,84,050 on Tuesday. 

BACK in October last year, the state’s recovery rate was 86.85%, and although it increased to a high of 98.05% by January 30 this year, the intense second wave has dragged it down to 76.11 per cent now. Bengaluru Urban district also recorded the single-day highest with 22,596 new cases. Out of the 229 deaths, 137 deaths were from Bengaluru Urban alone.

The total positive cases in the the city is 7,10,347. Bengaluru has reported 6,139 Covid deaths and tops among cities in the country with the highest active cases at 2,24,152. The number of patients discharged in the city for the day was 4,530 and total discharged stands at 4,80,055, up from 4,75,525 on Tuesday.

Apart from Bengaluru, the other districts with high number of cases are Mysuru (1,759) Kolar (1,194), Tumakuru (1,174), Ballari (1,106) and Hassan (1,001). Mysuru recorded 11 deaths and stands second among districts after Bengaluru Urban, with the death toll at 1,180.

Voting underway in final phase of Uttar Pradesh Panchayat polls amid surging coronavirus cases

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LUCKNOW: Voting is underway in the fourth and final phase of the Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections on Thursday amid an unprecedented coronavirus surge in the state.

“The polling started in the fourth phase at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm. It is going on peacefully,” a State Election Commission official said.

Over 2.98 crore people are eligible to cast their votes in this phase.

Uttar Pradesh is among the 10 worst-hit states in terms coronavirus deaths and cases.

The state had Wednesday recorded its highest single-day rise in Covid-19 death toll with 266 people succumbing to the disease, while 29,824 new cases were reported, pushing the tally to 11,82,848.

The overall Covid-19 death toll in the state now stands at 11,943.

The polling is scheduled in the districts of Ambedkar Nagar, Aligarh, Kushinagar, Kaushambi, Ghazipur, Farrukhabad, Bulandshahr, Basti, Bahraich, Banda, Mau, Mathura, Shahjahanpur, Sambhal, Sitapur, Sonbhadra and Hapur.

According to the poll body, there are 10,679 candidates in the fray for 738 posts of zila panchayat members in the final phase.

A total of 55,408 candidates are contesting for 18,356 posts of kshetra panchayat members.

While 1,14,400 candidates are in the fray for posts of gram panchayat members, 3,47,436 contestants are fighting for 1,77,648 posts in gram panchayat wards, it said.

The candidates will contest on ‘free symbols’ given by the State Election Commission.

In the first phase of the polls held on April 15, an average polling percentage of 71 was recorded.

The second phase of the polls on April 19 also saw over 71 per cent turnout.

In the third phase of the polls held on April 26, polling percentage of 73.5 was recorded, State Election Commission officials had said.

In view of the coronavirus situation, the SEC had last month announced that not more than five people would be allowed to accompany a candidate during door-to-door campaigning for the panchayat elections.

The Allahabad High Court had asked the Uttar Pradesh government to conclude the panchayat election process by May 25.

The counting of votes will take place on May 2.

Former Uttar Pradesh Minister Haji Riyaz Ahmad, IAS officer Deepak Trivedi die due to COVID-19

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LUCKNOW: Former Uttar Pradesh Minister Haji Riyaz Ahmad and senior IAS officer Deepak Trivedi died due to COVID-19 on Thursday, official sources said.

Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Ahmad (69) died at a hospital in Bareilly during treatment on Thursday morning, his son-in-law Arif said.

He will be buried in his ancestral village Gauhar, he said.

Ahmad, a five-time MLA from Pilibhit, was a minister in Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav governments.

Senior bureaucrat and Revenue Board Chairman Deepak Trivedi (59) also succumbed to the virus during treatment at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) on Thursday morning.

Trivedi, who was also the chairperson of Uttar Pradesh IAS Association, was admitted to the hospital about a fortnight ago.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has condoled both the deaths.

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav also condoled the demise of Haji Riyaz Ahmad, terming it a loss for the party.

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot tests positive for COVID-19, says he has no symptoms

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The Chief Minister has been in isolation since his wife tested positive for the virus. 

A day after Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot’s wife Sunita got infected with COVID-19, the CM also tested positive for the virus.

The minister has been in isolation since his wife tested positive for the virus. 

CM Gehlot took to Twitter to share the news and added that he is feeling fine. He had earlier said that he would be doing daily review meetings with doctors and officers at 8.30 pm. 

After testing positive, he said that he is not showing any symptoms of the virus and that he would continue to work in isolation while following the COVID-19 protocol

Rajasthan recorded 120 COVID-19 deaths and a record 16,613 positive cases in a single day on Wednesday, taking the overall figures to 3,926 fatalities and 5,63,577 infections, according to official data.

First of its kind,East Division DCP,Externed history-sheeter from city limits for one year

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Pramesh Jain

In its first of its kind in the history of the Bengaluru City Police,DCP East,Dr SD Sharanappa who is a special executive magistrate has Externed a 30-year-old habitual offender from the city for a period of one year due to his unabated criminal activities.

The accused a history sheeter has been identified as,Karthik alias Rahul,30,a resident of Gautampura in Halasuru having over 11 criminal cases pending against him,was posing a threat to the society and creating fear psychosis among the people .

DCP East,Dr SD Sharanappa told reporters,the accused Karthik alias Rahul is a history-sheeter at Halasuru police station, he had 11 cases against him.

Karthik was involved in crimes such as rape, robbery,attempt to murder,extortion,criminal intimidation,attack on government employees, and other offences, throughout the period of the last 10-11 years.He had no fear of the law and continued committing crimes that were detrimental to society.

The Halasuru police inspector who kept a close watch on his criminal activities in the area has  submitted a detailed report about his activities to the ACP and DCP seeking externment .

Considering the request, Dr SD Sharanappa , ordered the police to extern Karthik out of the city for one year and ensure necessary measures that he should not violate the order.

DCP (East) Sharanappa SD, who is also a Special Executive Magistrate,ordered for the externment of Karthik from the jurisdiction of Bengaluru City Police Commissionerate for a period of one year, from April 26, 2021,to April 26, 2022.He has been sent to Bengaluru Rural district,and will not be allowed to enter Bengaluru City during this period he added.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant,Addl CP East,S Murugan,has appreciated DCP East,Dr SD Sharanappa,ACP,D kumar,PI, Shivaprasad G for the excellent investigation and based on the information gathered the history sheeter has been banished from city to keep the society safe and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

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