Mon, 17 May 2021 11:50:18
India's COVID-19 tally mounted to 2,49,65,463 on Monday with 2,81,386 fresh COVID-19 cases, the lowest in 27 days, while the death toll climbed to 2,74,390 with 4,106 fatalities, according to Union health ministry data.
The number of active cases stands at 35,16,997, accounting for 14.09 per cent of the total infections.
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Mon, 17 May 2021 11:46:59
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ship Aryaman on Sunday night rescued IFB Jesus with 12 crew members stranded 35 nautical miles off Kochi.
The ICG further informed that boat was taken under tow by the ICG ship braving rough seas and brought to Kochi on 16 May.
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Mon, 17 May 2021 11:41:06
Senior virologist Shahid Jameel on Sunday resigned as the chairman of scientific advisory group of Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), a forum set up by union government in December last year for laboratory and epidemiological surveillance of circulating strains of COVID-19 in India.
Jameel is currently the Director of the Trivedi School of Biosciences at Ashoka University.
The I
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Mon, 17 May 2021 11:38:25
The Indian Coast Guard has informed that 4526 fishing boats of Maharashtra and 2258 boats of Gujarat which were out at sea, have safely returned to harbour, in view of Cyclone Tauktae.
"#CycloneTauktae through effective and constant liaison with Fisheries Department and timely weather alerts to fishermen by Indian Coast Guard, ships and aircraft, all 4526 fishing boats of #Maharashtra and 2258
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Mon, 17 May 2021 11:35:49
One person was killed and over 70 houses got damaged in Uttara Kannada district due to cyclone Tauktae on Sunday, informed the Karnataka Government.
"In 5 taluks of Uttara Kannada, 71 houses, 76 fishing boats and 271 electric poles were damaged. One person has died," said Karnataka Minister Shivaram Hebbar.
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Mon, 17 May 2021 11:31:12
Trinamool Congress (TMC) ministers Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, MLA Madan Mitra were brought to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) office here on Monday in connection with the Narada scam.
Along with the TMC leaders, former Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee was also brought to the CBI office.
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Mon, 17 May 2021 11:29:18
Working long hours is killing hundreds of thousands of people a year in a worsening trend that may accelerate further due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation said on Monday.
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Mon, 17 May 2021 11:24:41
India received 11,058 oxygen concentrators, 13,496 oxygen cylinders, 19 oxygen generation plants, 7,365 ventilators, Bi-PAP and about 5.3 lakh Remdesivir vials as global aid and these were sent to states and union territories between April 27 and May 15 to combat COVID-19.
An official press release stated that India has been receiving international donations and aid of COVID-19 relief medical s
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Mon, 17 May 2021 11:23:13
Two persons died in Goa on Sunday in separate incidents caused due to gusty winds triggered by cyclone Tauktae, which also damaged hundreds of houses and blocked some highways in parts of the state as trees fell at several points, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said.
The major impact of the cyclonic winds was felt in Bardez taluka in North Goa district and Mormugao in South Goa, he said.
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