The Madras High Court has refused to restrain media from publishing oral observations made by the it while pulling the Election Commission for the surge in Covid-19 cas

Madras HC refuses publishing-ban on its oral observations against EC

The Madras High Court has refused to restrain media from publishing oral observations made by the it while pulling the Election Commission for the surge in Covid-19 cases. The court rejected repeated requests made by the Election Commission of India to bar the media from reporting oral observations.
While hearing a suo motu PIL, the court had reportedly held ECI 'responsible' for the Covid-19 situation and said that the ECI 'should be put up for murder charges'. The advocate, arguing on behalf of the ECI said that police complaints were being filed against the poll body citing 'criminal offence'. To which the HC replied court are here to see if any frivolous complaint has been filed against the EC.&nbsp;
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The Madras High Court has refused to restrain media from publishing oral observations made by the it while pulling the Election Commission for the surge in Covid-19 cases. The court rejected repeated requests made by the Election Commission of India to bar the media from reporting oral observations. While hearing a suo motu PIL, the court had reportedly held ECI 'responsible' for the Covid-19 situation and said that the ECI 'should be put up for murder charges'. The advocate, arguing on behalf of the ECI said that police complaints were being filed against the poll body citing 'criminal offence'. To which the HC replied court are here to see if any frivolous complaint has been filed against the EC.

80 doctors at Delhi’s Saroj Hospital, have tested Covid positive so far even as the hospital continues to treat patients. Of the 80 doctors who have been diagnose

80 doctors at Delhi&rsquo;s Saroj Hospital, have tested Covid positive so far even as the hospital continues to treat patients. Of the 80 doctors who have been diagnosed with Covid-19, 12 are now admitted to the hospital for treatment while the rest of are in home quarantine. A senior surgeon, Dr AK Rawat who worked at the facility for nearly three decades has succumbed to the disease. With the Covid outbreak at Saroj Hospital, all out-patient departments (OPDs) have been closed for now. Over 300 doctors and paramedic staff across Delhi hospitals have reportedly tested positive for Covid so far.

After a sweeping victory in the hotly contested Bengal election, forty-three members of the Mamata Banerjee led Trinamool Congress were sworn in on Monday at the Raj Bh

After a sweeping victory in the hotly contested Bengal election, forty-three members of the Mamata Banerjee led Trinamool Congress were sworn in on Monday at the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata. The swearing-in ceremony conducted by West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankar was low-key affair due to the Covid-19 emergency. &nbsp;Mamata Banerjee took charge as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for her third term on May 6.
Out of the 43 candidates who were sworn in, 24 are full ministers, 19 are state ministers and 10 will be holding independent offices. The 16 new faces in the new government include former India cricketer Manoj Tiwar, former IPS officer Humayun Kabir among others.

Jailed Pinjra Tod activist Natasha Narwal lost her father Mahavir Narwal to Covid on Sunday. Natasha was arrested on May 23 last year from her home, along with fellow P

Jailed Pinjra Tod activist Natasha Narwal lost her father Mahavir Narwal to Covid on Sunday. Natasha was arrested on May 23 last year from her home, along with fellow Pinjra Tod activist Devangana Kalita, and booked under stringent UAPA for her alleged role in the Delhi riots. The Delhi High Court has granted 3-week interim bail to Natasha Narwal for the last rites of her father. Her father was battling Covid-19 for almost a week. In the last one year, he made frequent trips during court hearings from Rohtak to Delhi in the hopes of seeing her free. He all along maintained that Natasha is "absolutely innocent" and supported her activism. Natasha now only has a younger brother, Akash, as sole surviving relative. He too is Covid positive. They lost their mother at a very young age.

India's daily Covid cases fell below 4 lakh for the first time after four straight days. According to the health ministry data released on Monday morning, the country r

India's daily Covid cases fell below 4 lakh for the first time after four straight days. According to the health ministry data released on Monday morning, the country recorded 3.66 lakh new infections. In the same period, 3,754 more people succumbed to the viral disease, taking the related death toll to 246,116. The country's daily death toll was more than 4,000 in the last two days. Monday generally see a decline in number of new cases owing to reduced number of tests over the weekend. The number of active cases currently stands at nearly 37.5 lakh. With a daily high caseload in the ongoing second wave of the pandemic, several states and Union territories have gone into a lockdown mode.

Ahead of the hearing on the Covid vaccine pricing and policy issues in the Supreme Court, the Centre has urged the top court against judicial interference in the matter

Ahead of the hearing on the Covid vaccine pricing and policy issues in the Supreme Court, the Centre has urged the top court against judicial interference in the matter.
In an affidavit submitted on Sunday night, the Centre has defended it Covid vaccination policy, which has been criticised for differential pricing, shortage of doses, and slow rollout.
NDTV has reported that the Centre has asked the court to leave decisions "taken by the Executive, based on expert medical and scientific advice... in the larger public interest".
The Supreme Court had last week directed the centre to reconsider vaccine prices on grounds that it would harm the public's right to health.

Getting people vaccinated is the only long-term solution to the current Covid-19 crisis in India, America's top public health expert Dr Anthony Fauci said on Sunday. Th

Getting people vaccinated is the only long-term solution to the current Covid-19 crisis in India, America's top public health expert Dr Anthony Fauci said on Sunday. The Chief Medical Adviser to US President Joe Biden called for scaling up manufacturing of coronavirus vaccines both domestically and globally to fight the deadly pandemic.
"The endgame of this all...is going to be to get people vaccinated...India is the largest vaccine-producing country in the world. They've got to get their resources, not only from within, but also from without," Dr Fauci told the ABC News in an interview.
Responding to a question, Dr Fauci said that India needs to immediately build makeshift field hospitals like what China did a year ago.
"You can't have people out in the street not having a hospital bed. To have people not have oxygen is really tragic, what's going on over there," he said.
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Uttarakhand recorded an 1800% increase in Covid-19 cases between 31 March to 24 April, when the Haridwar Mahakumbh was held. The massive religious event turned into a

Uttarakhand recorded an 1800% increase in Covid-19 cases between 31 March to 24 April, when the Haridwar Mahakumbh was held.
The massive religious event turned into a super spreader as Uttarakhand recorded 1.3 lakh Covid-19 cases in over a month, which is over half of the state&rsquo;s case tally till date, The Quint has reported.
A total of 70 lakh devotes had participated in mammoth Kumbh Mela. Over 35 lakh people had gathered on 12 April and 13.51 lakh on 14 April for shahi snan.
What&rsquo;s more, the state recorded 1,713 Covid-19 deaths during this time, which is half of the state&rsquo;s total Covid fatalities since the time the pandemic began in 2020.

As the second Covid wave continues to rage, several states and Union territories have extended the lockdowns and tightened the restrictions on movement of people and ac

As the second Covid wave continues to rage, several states and Union territories have extended the lockdowns and tightened the restrictions on movement of people and activities. Delhi, J&amp;K, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have extended the lockdowns by a week. The national Capital has also suspended the Metro train services of a week. In Madhya Pradesh&rsquo;s capital Bhopal, too, the curfew has been extended till May 17.
The Uttarakhand government has ay decided to impose a strict Covid curfew from May 11 to May 18.
Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu have imposed strict and total lockdowns for two weeks to curb the rising Covid cases.
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West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has given his approval to the CBI to prosecute four erstwhile ministers of the Mamata Banerjee government in the Narada tapes scan

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has given his approval to the CBI to prosecute four erstwhile ministers of the Mamata Banerjee government in the Narada tapes scandal.
Two of the former ministers now facing CBI prosecution will be sworn in on Monday by the Governor himself. Subrata Mukherjee and Firhad Hakim were named in a list of 43 ministers released on Sunday.
The two other former ministers whom the Governor has now cleared for prosecution are Madan Mitra and Sovan Chatterjee.
The timing of the sanction raises eyebrows as it come on the eve of the new Cabinet taking oath and also because Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is yet to sanction the prosecution of Suvendu Adhikari, former Trinamool minister who is now a BJP MLA from Nandigram.

Police in Western UP's Baghpat on Sunday arrested seven people for allegedly stealing clothes from crematoria and graveyards and selling them. According to the police,

Police in Western UP's Baghpat on Sunday arrested seven people for allegedly stealing clothes from crematoria and graveyards and selling them.
According to the police, a local cloth merchant and his aides used to steal clothes of the dead from crematoria and graveyards and resell these in the market after putting a company trademark.
&ldquo;The cloth merchant used to give Rs 300 daily to his aides for the act,&rdquo; the police said.
The arrested people have been identified as cloth merchant Praveen Jain, his son Ashish Jain, nephew Rishabh Jain and aides Raju Sharma, Shravan Sharma, Bablu Kashyap and Shahrukh Khan.
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The Bengal Imams Association on Sunday urged members of the Muslim community not to hold Eid prayers in large groups in view of the spike in Covid-19 cases. Chairman o

The Bengal Imams Association on Sunday urged members of the Muslim community not to hold Eid prayers in large groups in view of the spike in Covid-19 cases.
Chairman of the association, which represents over 26,000 mosques in Bengal, Mohammed Yahiya, told reporters that prayers should be held in very small groups and in adherence to Covid-19 protocols.
"As the entire healthcare system in the country is under severe stress due to the emerging situation, we should be careful not to allow assembly of people during prayers.
"If we can exercise restraint and follow every necessary restriction required to stop the spread, we will avert the third wave," he said.
Eid-ul-Fitr is likely to be celebrated on May 13 or May 14 depending on the sighting of the moon.

Uttar Pradesh Medical Education Minister Suresh Khanna on Sunday said that people who test positive for Covid-19 are spreading fear of the disease and that is also caus

Uttar Pradesh Medical Education Minister Suresh Khanna on Sunday said that people who test positive for Covid-19 are spreading fear of the disease and that is also causing many deaths.
It is everyone's responsibility not to spread fear, he told reporters after visiting the Shahjahanpur medical college.
"After testing positive for Covid-19, people are spreading fear of the disease from inside their homes to outside. Deaths are also taking place due to this fear. In such a scenario, it is our responsibility not to spread fear of Covid," Khanna said.
For days now, Uttar Pradesh has figured among the biggest contributors to India's Covid-19 tally, according to Union health ministry data.
According to an official statement, the state recorded 23,333 fresh Covid-19 cases on Sunday that pushed its tally to 15,03,490 while 296 more fatalities took the death toll to 15,464.

US-based aircraft maker Boeing has proposed to construct a 200-bed ICU hospital at Vir Bahadur Singh Sports College in Gorakhpur, the Uttar Pradesh government said on S

US-based aircraft maker Boeing has proposed to construct a 200-bed ICU hospital at Vir Bahadur Singh Sports College in Gorakhpur, the Uttar Pradesh government said on Sunday.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inspected the site of the proposed hospital, it said.
The chief minister also inspected the integrated Covid command centre through which work like sending Covid patients to hospitals, providing medical counselling to them in home isolation and distributing medical kits etc., is carried out, the government said.

The Haryana government on Sunday announced extending the coronavirus-induced lockdown by a week till May 17. Making the announcement on Twitter, Home and Health M

The Haryana government on Sunday announced extending the coronavirus-induced lockdown&nbsp;by a week till May 17.
Making the announcement on Twitter, Home and Health Minister Anil Vij said that stringent measures will be taken to contain the spread of coronavirus infections. Vij&nbsp;said detailed order will be issued soon.
Haryana on Sunday reported 151 Covid-19-related deaths taking the cumulative toll to 5,605 and another big surge of 13,548 infections pushed the total case count to 6,15,897.
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Hitting out at the Centre for continuing the construction work for the Central Vista redevelopment project amid the raging Covid-19 pandemic, Congress leader

Hitting out at the Centre for continuing the construction work for the Central Vista redevelopment project amid the raging&nbsp;Covid-19&nbsp;pandemic, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the country needs breath and not the prime minister&rsquo;s residence.
The redevelopment project of the Central Vista &mdash; the power corridor of the country &mdash; envisages a new triangular Parliament building, a common Central Secretariat, the revamping of the three-km-long Rajpath from the Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate and new residences for the prime minister and the vice president. The government has brought the construction work for the ambitious project under the ambit of &ldquo;essential services&rdquo; to ensure smooth movement of labourers during the ongoing lockdown in Delhi.

Rashtriya Janata Dal founding president Lalu Prasad, who is out on bail after spending more than three years behind bars, on Sunday held a much-awaited "virtual interac

Rashtriya Janata Dal founding president Lalu Prasad, who is out on bail after spending more than three years behind bars, on Sunday held a much-awaited "virtual interaction" with workers of his party back home in Bihar.
Prasad, who recently walked out of a jail in Ranchi after the Jharkhand High Court granted him bails in all the fodder scam cases wherein he has been awarded punishments, spoke from New Delhi.
The septuagenarian, who suffers from multiple ailments including diabetes, cardiac and renal problems, has been convalescing at his residence in the national capital upon release.

The Mamata Banerjee government ministry will be expanded on Monday.24 cabinet ministers, 10 ministers of state with independent charge and another 9 ministers of state

The Mamata Banerjee government ministry will be expanded on Monday. 24 cabinet ministers, 10 ministers of state with independent charge and another 9 ministers of state will be inducted in to the candidate.&nbsp;
The 24-member cabinet includes some old names like former ministers Subrata Mukherjee,&nbsp;Partha Chatterjee.&nbsp; Some new faces that include long-time MLA Bamkim Chandra Hazra, Madhyamgram MLA Rathin Ghosh, and newly-elected MLAs like Pulok Roy and Biplab Mitra.
The most surprising name is of perhaps former Finance Minister Amit Mitra, who had not contested this election due to ill-health.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has requested the Centre to provide the national capital with 83 lakh doses every month to vaccinate the age groups of 18-45 and ab

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has requested the Centre to provide the national capital with 83 lakh doses every month to vaccinate all adults within the next three months.
The CM in a letter to the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan&nbsp;urged the government to direct Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech to increase their monthly supplies to Delhi to 60 lakh doses per month during this time period.
Kejriwal said that Delhi was currently vaccinating 1 lakh people a day, which is to be increased to 3 lakhs.
Amid warning of a third wave, he&nbsp;also advocated for equal pricing of vaccine.

Union minister Santosh Gangwar has complained to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath about Covid-19 management in Bareilly.Gangwar said officials don&rsqu

Union minister Santosh Gangwar has complained to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath about Covid-19 management in Bareilly. Gangwar&nbsp;said officials don&rsquo;t take calls and government health centres send back patients for "referrals" from the district hospital.
In a letter to the CM, the Union Labour minister has also complained about the "big shortage" of empty oxygen cylinders and the high prices of medical equipment in his Lok Sabha constituency.
The letter was handed over to Adityanath during his visit to Bareilly on Saturday.
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According to a study by the Pew Research Centre, an estimated 75 million people have slipped into poverty in India since the pandemic began. A study by Azim Premji Univ

According to a study by the Pew Research Centre, an estimated 75 million people have slipped into poverty in India since the pandemic began last year. A study by Azim Premji University paints a much more grim picture- 230 million fell below the national daily minimum wage of 375 rupees since the covid outbreak in 2020.&nbsp; According to data from Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, the rate of joblessness rose to nearly 8% in April 2021 from 6.5% in March with an exodus of more than 7 million people from the workforce.&nbsp;The informal sector, which employs approximately 411 million workers, has suffered the brunt of the restrictions and curbs. The pandemic-induced lockdowns have shrunk the incomes and exhausted the savings.&nbsp;The depleting household savings and falling incomes will affect domestic consumption, which accounts for almost 60% of the GDP, economists have warned.&nbsp; According to the government statistics, the GDP shrank 8% in the last year, the biggest contraction since 1952. Economists have slashed their forecasts for the current fiscal year. Although India could still emerge as one of the fastest growing economies, according to the NGO Oxfam, it will also be one of the most unequal country.&nbsp;

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