Maharashtra reports 40,414 COVID-19 cases, its highest daily count so far; 108 die: state health department. PTI ND NSK NSK
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 15 (ANI): Violent protests continued in Pakistan on Tuesday for the second day against the arrest of radical Islamist party leader as demonstrators blocked roads in several major Pakistani cities, including the country's largest city of Karachi, Al Jazeera reported.
National Virology Centre, Pune, in genome sequencing analysis of 361 test samples from Maharashtra has found that the coronavirus double mutant was the main reason behind Covid-19 spread.
More RT-PCR test reports are awaited and the trend shows that the number of infected persons in the Kumbh Mela Kshetra is likely to climb.
The SP of Rajori Garden police station arrested, Poonam (31), Sonia (28) -- both sisters and resident of Tagore Garden -- and Kiran (30) from Meerut.
A mental health professional who contracted Covid-19 and was recuperating in a hospital highlighted the hardships faced by doctors and nurses dealing with Covid-19 pandemic
Unless she mends her ways soon, sheds her confrontationist attitude, shuns theatrics and drama, and takes solid corrective action, Mamata is fast losing the plot in Bengal...
Dr Shahid Jameel also said that while the new mutant strains are certainly more infectious, there's really no good data to show they are less fatal.
Uttarakhand reported a single-day highest spike this year on Tuesday, 13 April, with 1,925 positive cases.
Mansur was killed on April 6, the day of Kerala Assembly polls, after he and his brother were attacked by a group of men.
Sangeeta Sengar, the former BJP MLA and rape convict's wife, was a candidate for district panchayat membership till the cancellation on April 11.
A breathtaking century by skipper Babar Azam helped Pakistan chase down a record 204 against South Africa in the third T20I. Opening batsman Mohammad Rizwan also fired an unbeaten 73 as the visitors registered a nine-wicket victory. Pakistan, who won the ODI series, have gained a 2-1 lead in the four-match T20I series, with one game to go. Here are the records broken.
US had recorded 3.09 lakh cases on January 8, 2021
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Washington DC [US], April 14 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Tuesday dispatched an unofficial delegation to Taiwan as an "important signal" about the US commitment to Taipei and its democracy amid rising tensions with China, according to a report published in CNN.
Although the state government has issued directives against the setting up refugee camps, local communities are clandestinely providing shelter to refugees
Section 144 of the CrPC prohibits the assembly of more than five people. But authorities have decided to not allow anyone to move in public places without a valid reason.
The state recorded 58,952 fresh Covid-19 infections and 278 deaths, pushing the tally to 3,578,160 and toll to 58,804.
The image is of the 2013 Kumbh Mela in Allahabad (now Prayagraj) and not of the ongoing festival in Haridwar.
OnePlus will give a discount of up to Rs 3,000 on the purchase of the OnePlus 9 and up to Rs 2,000 on the OnePlus 9R on SBI Bank credit cards.
Democracy and liberal norms are ‘under assault’, the Australian prime minister tells the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi Scott Morrison says democratic nations are being threatened by foreign interference and state-sponsored cyber-attacks are becoming more sophisticated. Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAP The world is at risk of “a great polarisation” between autocracies and democracies, Scott Morrison has declared, while also appearing to take aim at China for using “economic coercion” as “a tool of statecraft”. The Australian prime minister told an audience in India on Thursday that liberal rules and norms were “under assault”, tensions over territorial claims in the Indo-Pacific region were growing, and militaries were being modernised “at an unprecedented rate”. Painting a bleak picture of the state of the world, Morrison said democratic nations were “being threatened and coerced by foreign interference” and cyber-attacks from state-sponsored actors were becoming more sophisticated and frequent. While he did not mention China by name, Morrison alluded to the series of trade actions taken by Beijing against Australian export sectors over the past year when he said: “Economic coercion is being employed as a tool of statecraft.” In a virtual address to the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, Morrison argued Australia and like-minded nations including India needed to “act more consistently, more cohesively, more often, in our shared interests”, including on economic security. Amid international pressure on Australia to take more ambitious action on the climate crisis, Morrison also said “global environmental issues” were another area in which countries needed to work together, but he did not elaborate. While characterising the Indo-Pacific as “a dynamic and diverse region full of promise”, Morrison said decision-makers in Canberra were “not blind to the geopolitical realities”, including increasing strategic competition between the US and China. “Liberal rules and norms are under assault,” Morrison said in a sharpening of his language about global trends. “And there is a great polarisation that our world is at risk of moving towards – a polarisation between authoritarian regimes and autocracies, and the liberal democracies that we love.” He cast India and Australia as being among members of the democratic camp, saying the two countries shared a passion “for our democratic freedoms, our commitment to the rule of law, a free and open Indo-Pacific”. He made those comments despite recent warnings from analysts about a backsliding in democratic conditions in India, including a deterioration of political and civil liberties. Speaking from Western Australia, Morrison argued the Covid-19 pandemic had “accelerated and accentuated many of the strategic trends that have created this very real strain”. But the pandemic had also created momentum for like-minded countries “to work together like never before” and “inspired action to defend our collective interests”. He cited elevation of the Quad grouping of Australia, India, the US and Japan after Joe Biden hosted the first leader-level talks last month. The grouping – viewed warily by China, which sees it as an attempt to contain its rise – had previously only held meetings among officials and foreign ministers. Morrison said the Australian government had “looked on with admiration” as India had taken “an increasingly active role in the Indian Ocean and the wider Indo-Pacific region”. It was a sign that India was “a friend who will help build our region where all nations can prosper”. The prime minister also welcomed the return of Australia to the Malabar naval exercises alongside India, Japan and the US late last year. Despite warning of the risk of a “great polarisation” between autocracies and democracies, Morrison continued to affirm that Australia would push for “a free, open and prosperous Indo-Pacific underpinned by rules of law and respect for sovereignty”. He called for “a strategic balance that favours freedom”. In an implicit message that Australia was deepening its ties with a range of countries across the region, rather than giving the Quad grouping excessive attention, Morrison said Canberra had enhanced its relationships with Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and “our Pacific family”. He said Australia was providing extra support to Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste amid Covid-19 and flooding emergencies. China has argued that it did not initiate the challenges in the relationship with Australia, accusing Canberra of joining a Washington-led effort to contain it – something Morrison disputes. Chinese diplomats have called on the Australian government to drop “the cold war mentality” and to look at China’s rise as “an opportunity not a threat, otherwise the whole trajectory will be derailed”. China’s foreign ministry has also argued it is “interference” in its internal affairs for Australia to raise concerns about human rights abuses in Xinjiang, the crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong, and the militarisation of disputed features in the South China Sea. Morrison announced earlier on Thursday that the final 80 Australian troops in Afghanistan would be home by September – in line with the withdrawal announced by Biden on Wednesday. Morrison said the move was in line with last year’s defence policy update, which emphasised the need for the Australian defence force to shift focus from the Middle East to the Indo-Pacific.
