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Mumbai : Jumbo Covid-19 hospitals have gone on a recruiting spree once again with an increase in admissions in the past few days. With a sharp increase in positive cases , private ICUs have started to fill up, while wards have seen an uptick in admissions as well. At BKC’s jumbo Covid-19 hospital, dean Dr Rajesh Dere said they have been hiring doctors, nurses and ward boys for the past two days. The hospital on Thursday had 321 patients, up from an average of 180 till last week. “We have nearly 700 active beds, but we are hiring manpower that is needed to run 2,000 beds,” Dere said. For now, the plan is to recruit over 200 doctors and staffers. The ICU occupancy has now gone up to 40 from an average of 30 till last week. A similar recruitment drive was underway at the Nesco jumbo hospital in Goregaon. On Thursday, the field hospital was preparing to activate 769 beds in addition to the 886 that are already functional. Dean Dr Neelam Andrade said the average bed occupancy has ... » Learn More about Mumbai:Pvt ICUs fill up, jumbo Covid hospitals see admissions rise

Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka has written to the finance and electricity departments of the Haryana government, pointing out that power distribution companies in the State were trying to pad off power theft as sales to farmers. Mr. Khemka, who is currently Principal Secretary, Archaeological Department (Haryana), has written to both the departments, stating that the “Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) has been admitting inflated claims of discoms for agriculture pumpset (AP) sales to farmers, burdening the public with huge Rural Energy (RE) subsidies. This public fraud is unfortunately not contested by the government before the HERC. The great fudge enables the discoms to claim over 9,200 million units (MU) as total AP sales and receive RE subsidy of ₹6,900 crore from the government without a murmur, helping the discoms to pad off power theft as sales to farmers.” He added that the average Transmission and Distribution (T&D) losses of the two discoms (Uttar ... » Learn More about ‘Discoms in Haryana passing off power theft as sales to farmers’

IAS officer Sitaram Kunte has been appointed as the chief secretary of Maharashtra , while his batchmate Praveen Pardeshi has been superseded. The orders will be issued on Saturday evening and the file has been signed by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray . Kunte belongs to the 1985 batch of the IAS and was also the municipal commissioner of Mumbai . At present, he is working as the additional chief secretary (home). Kunte was sidelined in the BJP government. When the MVA government came to power, Ajoy Mehta was the chief secretary. Sources in bureaucracy said that he could not see eye to eye with the then-municipal commissioner Praveen Pardeshi who was transferred abruptly. Sharad Pawar was not so keen on Kunte’s candidature. Kunte’s wife Ashwini is an educationist and their son Anish is in the US. The present chief secretary Sanjay Kumar is retiring on Sunday and is likely to take over as chairman of Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission. ... » Learn More about Sitaram Kunte appointed as new Chief Secretary of Maharashtra

Mumbai: Two persons have been nabbed in Virar town of Maharashtra for making fake ATM cards and stealing money from several bank accounts, police informed on Saturday. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Dr Mahesh Patil said, "On February 2, cops received a tip-off about some people stealing money from bank accounts using a skimmer device to make fake ATM cards." A team of police then raided the Gadagpada locality of Virar and caught hold of the two accused. For latest updates about Mumbai city, click here They informed that the accused would peek in and memorise the PIN numbers of the ATM cards while their customers typed it and paid their bills at the restaurant and also note down the last four digits of the cards. They then used a skimmer device, a magnetic card reader and other machines to get the details of the credit and debit cards and made fake cards, and then used them to withdraw money from the victims' bank accounts. After raiding the ... » Learn More about Virar: Duo held for making fake ATM cards, stealing money; 41 fake cheques seized

Mumbai: The Mumbai Police on the complaint of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ( BMC ) has registered an FIR against three marriage halls in Kalina for violating COVID-19 rules. All three halls, located on CST Road in Kalina, had at least 200 guests inside each of them on Friday. Social distancing norms were not adhered to and many of the guests were even spotted moving around and interacting with others without masks. "Authorities of the BMC's health department who were on supervision duty on Friday night spotted the violations at the three halls," an official said. For latest updates about Mumbai city, click here FIRs have been lodged at the Vakola police station against officials concerned with each marriage hall for violating the COVID-19 rules, and action has been taken against all three halls. Untitled Carousel Covid surge spreads to 28 of Maharashtra's 36 districts Covid-19 cases have spread to more districts in the state over the ... » Learn More about BMC lodges FIR against three marriage halls in Kalina for flouting COVID-19 rules

Mumbai: Dharavi , which has been witnessing a rise in the daily case count once again, reported eight new cases of coronavirus on Saturday. According to the latest data by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ( BMC ), the slum colony has recorded 4,074 cases until now. But among them, a total of 3,704 persons have been fully cured and discharged. The largest slum in Asia, Dharavi now has 46 active cases of COVID-19 . For latest updates about Mumbai city, click here On the other hand, neighbouring areas of Dadar and Mahim reported double-digit figures on Saturday as 14 and 10 persons tested positive in the regions respectively. The cumulative total of Dadar now stands at 5,104, while in Mahim, so far 4,983 cases have been reported. However, Dadar has fewer active cases compared to Mahim. While 126 persons are currently undergoing treatment in Dadar, the active case count of Mahim is 144. As many as 4,798 persons have recovered in Dadar and 4,675 ... » Learn More about Dharavi reports eight new coronavirus cases; Dadar, Mahim see double-digit spikes

New Delhi: The three-match ODI series between India and England is set to be played minus fans with an eye on the COVID-19 pandemic. But whether all the games will be held in Pune or the last ODI will be shifted to Mumbai is a decision that is yet to be taken. Speaking to ANI, sources in the know of developments said that the BCCI is yet to take a call on whether all the games will be held in Pune or the final game will be played in Mumbai. "We will not have fans with an eye on the COVID-19 situation. But whether the last game moves to Mumbai or all the matches will be played in Pune is a call that is still to be finalised. We also need to keep the English cricket board in the loop," the source said. Untitled Carousel India vs England: Jasprit Bumrah released from squad for fourth Test India pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been released from the squad and will not be available for the selection for the fourth and final Test against England which gets underway from ... » Learn More about India vs England ODI series to be played behind closed doors

India recorded its single-day increase in coronavirus cases above 16,000 for the second consecutive day as the infection tally rose to 1,10,63,491, while the recoveries have surged to 1,07,50,680, according to data updated by the Union health ministry on Friday. IMAGE: A health worker wearing a PPE kit collects a swab sample of a Metro worker for the COVID-19 test, at Siddhivinayak in Mumbai. Photograph: ANI Photo A total 16,577 infections were reported in a day, while the death toll increased to 1,56,825 with 120 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. The number of active cases increased to 1,55,986, which accounts for 1.41 per cent of the total infections, the data stated. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,07,50,680 which translates into a national recovery rate of 97.17 per cent. The case fatality rate stood at 1.42 per cent. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7; 30 lakh on ... » Learn More about COVID-19: India records 16,577 fresh infections

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