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Actor turned politician and founder of the Makkal Needhi Maiam Kamal Haasan on Saturday said he will start campaigning from next month in Tamil Nadu as the state readie

TN assembly elections: Kamal Haasan announces poll plan; speaks on alliances

Actor turned politician and founder of the Makkal Needhi Maiam Kamal Haasan on Saturday said he will start campaigning from next month in Tamil Nadu as the state readies to go to polls. Assembly elections will be held in a single phase on April 6 in the state. &ldquo;I will start the election campaigning on March 3. I will speak about alliances once it is finalised. The party will announce the first list of candidates on March 7,&rdquo; Haasan said according to news agency ANI. Haasan had earlier hinted at a possibility of a third front and had said he might consider an invite for an alliance with the DMK if it came directly from the top leadership.

Actor turned politician and founder of the Makkal Needhi Maiam Kamal Haasan on Saturday said he will start campaigning from next month in Tamil Nadu as the state readies to go to polls. Assembly elections will be held in a single phase on April 6 in the state. “I will start the election campaigning on March 3. I will speak about alliances once it is finalised. The party will announce the first list of candidates on March 7,” Haasan said according to news agency ANI. Haasan had earlier hinted at a possibility of a third front and had said he might consider an invite for an alliance with the DMK if it came directly from the top leadership.

Week-long curfew in Delhi amid record spike in Covid cases

Week-long curfew in Delhi amid record spike in Covid cases

India recorded 2,73,810 fresh infections in the biggest-ever daily spike in the last 24 hours, according to the data released by the health ministry.

India recorded 2,73,810 fresh <a href="https://www.editorji.com/covid-19" target="_blank">Covid-19 infections</a> in the biggest-ever daily spike in the last 24 hours, according to the data released by the health ministry. The total caseload has soared to 1.5 crores.
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With 1,619 Covid deaths, India saw its deadliest Covid day yet. Over 1.78 lakh people have died so far due to the virus. Surging new infections have pushed the active cases to almost 20 lakhs now.&nbsp;
This is the fifth straight day that India has recorded more than 2 lakh Covid cases in 24 hours. Several states like Maharashtra, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka etc. continued to witness a record surge on Sunday.
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A study by the National Human Rights Commission has concluded that migrant workers are treated as outsiders and second class citizens in their host states. The study on

A study by the National Human Rights Commission has concluded that migrant workers are treated as outsiders and second class citizens in their host states. The study on the social security and health rights of migrant workers has been conducted in Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana, all of which house a large number of workers from West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. The human rights body&rsquo;s study has come at a time when India is witnessing the second wave of Covid-19 infections and there are reports of migrant workers beginning to return home from their places of work.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday alleged that the Centre has reduced Delhi's quota of medical oxygen and diverted it to other states..

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday alleged that the Centre has reduced Delhi's quota of medical <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/keep-oxygen-demand-under-control-minister-piyush-goyal-to-states-1618796402464" target="_blank">oxygen</a> and diverted it to other states.
He also wrote to Union minister Piyush Goyal, alleging that 140 Metric Tonnes of Oxygen meant for Delhi was diverted to other states and should be restored. The national capital, he said, is facing an acute shortage of oxygen, and declared the issue has become "an emergency".
Goyal said the country is making oxygen to 110 per cent of its capacity, and on Sunday tweeted a video of trucks being loaded.
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A third of all new cases of Covid-19 reported across India on Sunday came from just two states – Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. Both the states broke all previous

A third of all new cases of Covid-19 reported across India on Sunday came from just two states &ndash; Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. Both the states broke all previous single-day case records on Sunday. A total of 68,631 new infections were reported in Maharashtra on Sunday, while 30,566 new cases were recorded in UP, the highest and second highest in the country for the day. Together, they accounted for 36% of the new cases across India. Sunday is also now the seventh day in a row that India has set a new record for the most new cases in a day. The 10 worst affected states are Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan that have together reported 79% of the new infections.

India’s Covid-19 test positivity rate has soared to the highest ever and has now doubled in less than two weeks, the Hindustan Times has reported. Positivity rate

India&rsquo;s Covid-19 test positivity rate has soared to the highest ever and has now doubled in less than two weeks, the Hindustan Times has reported. Positivity rate, which is the proportion of samples returning positive for Covid-19 and is a key indicator of the on-the-ground spread of the disease &ndash; touched 16.7% on Saturday. The weekly average touched 14.3%, both the highest ever. The previous record for highest daily positivity rate was lodged on July 19, 2020, when it touched 15.7%. A positivity rate of 16.7% means that one out of every six samples being tested returned positive, a very high proportion for a country the size of India.

In a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus, the Rajasthan government has ordered the closure of offices and markets from Monday to May 3. Called the “Jan Anus

In a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus, the Rajasthan government has ordered the closure of offices and markets from Monday to May 3.
Called the &ldquo;Jan Anushahan Pakhwada'' or the public discipline fortnight, only shops and offices providing essential services will open during the 15-day period, the govt said.
The sale of fruits and vegetables will be allowed till 7 pm. Those entering Rajasthan will have to show a negative RT-PCR report issued 72 hours prior to the travel.
The government had also ordered the closure of cinema halls, multiplexes and amusement parks

Struggling to contain the huge Covid-19 surge, Maharashtra on Sunday declared six states as the places of "sensitive origin". The tagging has been done to stop the "inf

Struggling to contain the huge Covid-19 surge, Maharashtra on Sunday declared six states as the places of "sensitive origin". The tagging has been done to stop the "influx of other variants of coronavirus" from other locations, govt said.
A govt order has declared states of Kerala, Goa, Gujarat, Delhi and NCR region, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand as the places of "sensitive origin".
As per the order, passengers travelling to Maharashtra from the six states declared as the places of sensitive orgin will need a RT-PCR negative test within 48 hours of their train travel.

The Jharkhand government has reached out to some pharma companies in Bangladesh for importing the antiviral drug Remdesivir, which is used in the treatment of serious C

The Jharkhand government has reached out to some pharma companies in Bangladesh for importing the antiviral drug Remdesivir, which is used in the treatment of serious Covid patients, Chief Minister Hemant Soren tweeted on Sunday. He said the state government has sought the centre's permission for buying the drug from abroad. The drug has been in short supply in several states because of massive Covid caseloads brought on by the rapid second wave of infections. The government has also decided to ramp up the production of the drug to plug the demand-supply gap.
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In view of a spike in Covid-19 cases in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said her Trinamool Congress would organise small meetings in Kolkata. Spea

In view of a spike in Covid-19 cases in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said her Trinamool Congress would organise small meetings in Kolkata. Speaking to a TV channel, Banerjee said she would shorten her speeches at campaign in different parts of the state so that the people don't have to stay long at the meetings. The Trinamool Congress will not hold any big gathering any more. The Covid-19 caseload of West Bengal, where an eight-phase assembly election is underway, soared to 6,59,927 as the state registered its highest single-day spike of 8,419 fresh infections on Sunday

States are urging the centre to call for an urgent GST meet to reduce cost of medicines and medical equipment. States are demanding exemption of key Covi

States are urging the centre to call for an urgent&nbsp;GST&nbsp;meet to reduce cost of medicines and medical equipment.&nbsp; States are demanding exemption of key Covid drugs like Remdesivir, medical grade oxygen used in oxygen cylinders, and related supplements, which currently attract 12%.
The GST&nbsp;council has not had a meeting for the last six months.&nbsp;

Amid a shortage of life-saving medical oxygen in many Covid-hit parts of the country, Union minister Piyush Goyal has advised states to keep the "demand under control".

Amid a shortage of life-saving medical oxygen in many Covid-hit parts of the country, Union minister Piyush Goyal has advised states to keep the "demand under control". And how? By containing the rapid second coronavirus wave that has triggered an unprecedented spurt in cases. "The demand-side management is as important as the supply-side management. Containing Covid-19 spread is the responsibility of state governments and they should fulfil this responsibility," Goyal was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. Goyal also advised states to avoid oxygen wastage. Several states have asked the Centre to plug the oxygen supply gap.

Hong Kong will ban flights from India starting April 20 till May 3 the government said in a statement Sunday. The ban comes just hours after hours officials confirmed a

Hong Kong will ban flights from India starting April 20 till May 3, the ban comes just hours after officials confirmed a second local Covid-19 case involving a mutated strain of the virus.
Hong Kong has also banned flights from Pakistan and the Philippines for 14 days starting April 20,
A circuit breaker arrangement is triggered for each of the countries as there had been five or more arrivals with the N501Y mutant coronavirus strain within seven days, the government said. Under the mechanism the three countries will be designated as &ldquo;extremely high-risk.&rdquo;
People already in quarantine in Hong Kong from those three nations will be ordered to take a further test on the 26th day after arriving in the city.

Considering rapid spread of infection during the current Covid-19 wave, the Bihar government on Sunday decided to impose night curfew from 9 pm to 5 am. Chief Minister

Considering rapid spread of infection during the current Covid-19 wave, the Bihar government on Sunday decided to impose night curfew from 9 pm to 5 am.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said a decision has been taken to extend closure of schools, colleges, coaching centres till May 15 from April 30.
Religious places of all faiths will remain shut till May 15. Earlier, they were closed till April 30.
The government offices with one-third strength will function only till 5 pm instead of 6 pm now while shops business establishments will be closed at 6 pm, an hour before than what was decided last week.
Attendance at funerals has been reduced to 25 from 50 and likewise gathering in marriage curtailed to 100 till mid-May.

Amid rise Covid-19 cases, union home secretary Ajay Bhalla has asked all chief secretaries to divert the supply of oxygen for industrial purposes to hospitals for&

Amid rise Covid-19 cases, union home secretary Ajay Bhalla&nbsp;has asked all chief secretaries to divert the supply of oxygen for industrial purposes to hospitals for&nbsp;the treatment&nbsp;of infection patients.&nbsp;
Bhalla urged all chief secretaries to issue necessary instructions to all the authorities in their states to ensure compliance and take necessary measures to prohibit the supply of oxygen for industrial purposes, except those exempted nine industries.
Several states have reported shortage of oxygen with Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal saying on Sunday that the national capital was facing a &ldquo;very serious&rdquo; situation. Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray had also talked about the shortage of oxygen in his address to the people of the state on April 13.

Union minister for railways Piyush Goyal assured support to the Delhi government on Sunday, saying that special Covid-19 care coaches or '800 beds' will be made av

Union minister for railways Piyush Goyal assured support to the Delhi government on Sunday, saying that special Covid-19 care coaches or&nbsp;'800 beds' will be made available at two railway stations for patients in the city.
Goyal's tweet came shortly after Delhi chief secretary Vijay Kumar Dev requested railway board chairman Suneet Sharma to arrange for Covid-19 bed facilities at Shakur Basti and Anand Vihar railway stations in the city like last year. Delhi is currently witnessing the fourth wave of Covid-19 and nearly 25,000 new cases were reported on Sunday. Chief&nbsp;Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the positivity rate has gone up to 30% from the 24% since Saturday.

Four family members of an Indian Air Force officer from Pune died due to Covid-19 in the past two weeks, reports said on Sunday. Arun Gaikwad, a superintendent with th

Four family members of an Indian Air Force officer from Pune died due to Covid-19 in the past two weeks, reports said on Sunday.
Arun Gaikwad, a superintendent with the Indian Air Force, lost his 38-year-old wife Vaishali, her brothers Rohit and Atul Jadhav, and mother-in-law Alka Jadhav after the family gathered on March 15 to perform rituals following the death of his father-in-law in January.
It was his 38-year-old brother-in-law Rohit who had cough and cold and tested positive for coronavirus. Gaikwad told PTI one by one another 17 members of his family including his wife tested positive.
While his wife didn&rsquo;t get ICU bed and died on March 30, four days later Rohit passed away on April 3. A day later the virus took life of his 62-year-old mother-in-law and his other brother-in-law died on April 14.

The Delhi government on Sunday initiated legal action against two city hospitals for turning away Covid-19 patients. An official statement noted that the AAP governmen

The Delhi government on Sunday initiated legal action against two city hospitals for turning away Covid-19 patients.
An official statement noted that the AAP government sought legal action a hospital in south Delhi and another in Janakpuri for putting out wrong information on availability of Covid beds on the Delhi Corona app.
It said complaints for filing FIRs against the hospitals under the Disaster Management Act have been lodged
The move comes after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal warned hospitals of strict action if found giving wrong information about availability of beds.

Maharashtra on Sunday reported the highest spike of 68,631 fresh coronavirus cases while 503 patients succumbed to the infection. The state health department said the

Maharashtra on Sunday reported the highest spike of 68,631 fresh coronavirus cases while 503 patients succumbed to the infection.
The state health department said the cumulative caseload in the state mounted to 38,39,338 while the death toll reached 60,473.
Mumbai&nbsp;saw 8,468 fresh cases and 53 deaths, taking the toll to 12,354.
A record 2,73,272 tests were conducted on Sunday.

Amid reports of shortage of oxygen supply for Covid-19 patients across several states, the Indian Railways is all set to operate ‘Oxygen Express’ trains for

Amid reports of shortage of oxygen supply for Covid-19 patients across several states, the Indian Railways is all set to operate &lsquo;Oxygen Express&rsquo; trains for the transport of liquid medical oxygen and oxygen cylinders. The railways ministry said it has explored the technical feasibility of transportation of LMO tankers at the request of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra governments. The ministry said that a green corridor is being created to ensure fast movement of&nbsp;Oxygen Express trains, which will ply after the completion of technical trials.&nbsp;

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