#Sedition Most number of sedition cases filed in Karnataka: Rajya Sabha told #Sedition SC refuses to interfere with sedition law #Sedition Pro-Pakistan slogans: 'Woman charged with sedition had links with Naxals in the past' #Sedition 19 persons arrested on charges of sedition at Azamgarh #Sedition Karnataka school headmistress, parent arrested for "abuse" of PM Modi in drama #Sedition Bidar school faces sedition charge for 'portraying PM Modi in poor light' For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now India - 11,173,761 | World - 116,207,995 View Sample For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS For Daily Alerts Just In 12 min ago India on track to achieving climate goals: PM Modi at CERAWeek 2021 27 min ago Actor Mithun Chakraborty may join BJP at PM Modi's Kolkata rally on Mar 7 29 min ago Nearly 14 lakh inoculated against COVID-19 on Thursday, ... » Learn More about ‘Misleading, incorrect’: Govt’s strong rebuttal on democracy report downgrading India to ‘partly free’
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Mumbai: Dharavi records six COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours
As per reports shared by BMC, a total of 29 cases are reported from the G/North ward today. Mumbai: The positive cases in Dharavi dropped on Friday. While on Thursday (March 4), Mumbai 's Dharavi reported nine cases, the area witnessed six positive cases on Friday (March 5). The total number of positive cases now stands at 4133. At present, there are 72 active COVID-19 cases in Dharavi now. On the other hand, 3745 people recovered and discharged so far in the Dharavi area. Meanwhile, with 11 fresh cases, the total number of active cases stand at 5153 in Dadar. While the number of patients discharged so far is 4840, the active cases stand at 147 in Dadar now. Read: Mumbai City Latest Updates Mahim, on the other hand, has recorded 12 fresh COVID-19 cases. The total number of positive cases in the area now stands at 14334. Meanwhile, 4716 people recovered and discharged in Mahim , 178 cases are still active in the area. Read: Coronavirus Latest ... » Learn More about Mumbai: Dharavi records six COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours
COVID-19 Highlights March 5: 13 private hospitals join vaccination drive in Mumbai, Maharashtra’s COVID-19 cases cross 1000-mark
Take a look at the top news highlights for March 5, 2021 The Health Department on Friday stated that Maharashtra reported 10,216 fresh cases. the highest number of single-day cases nearly after five months. The total tally now stands at 21,98,399. With 53 more fatalities, the total death toll rose to 52,393. It can be recalled that this is the first time since October 17, 2020, the state has crossed the 10,000-mark. On October 17, Maharashtra had reported 10,259 cases. Meanwhile, 6,467 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, the recovery count increased to 20,55,951. The recovery rate is 93.52 per cent, while the fatality rate is 2.38 per cent. Here are some of the other COVID-19 and vaccination-related highlights of March 5: 13 private hospitals join the drive, can vaccinate 8,000 people a day at the most The major private hospital now joined the vaccination drive and will be able to vaccinate between 7,000 and 8,000 people in a day. ... » Learn More about COVID-19 Highlights March 5: 13 private hospitals join vaccination drive in Mumbai, Maharashtra’s COVID-19 cases cross 1000-mark
COVID-19 tracker: Mumbai records 1173 fresh cases, 3 deaths
The recovery rate of the Mumbai district is 93 per cent. The doubling rate of Mumbai is 241 days. Mumbai: After maintaining a steady curve for a while, Maharashtra continued to witness a spike in COVID-19 cases. The state reported 10,216 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the highest number of single-day cases in nearly five months, which took its overall tally to 21,98,399, a health department official said. Mumbai's COVID-19 fresh cases are in the 1000-mark. As per reports by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the Maximum City reported 1173 fresh cases thus taking the total to 331016. Read: Mumbai City Latest Updates While a total of 1151 patients have recovered and discharged on Friday, the total number of people discharged so far stands at 308178. On the brighter side, the recovery rate of the Mumbai district is 93 per cent. The doubling rate of Mumbai is 241 days. Read: Coronavirus Latest Updates With civic officials taking quick action ... » Learn More about COVID-19 tracker: Mumbai records 1173 fresh cases, 3 deaths
Israel reports 3,779 new COVID-19 cases, 796,465 in total
Video Player Close JERUSALEM, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Israel's Ministry of Health reported 3,779 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, raising the total tally in the country to 796,465. The death toll from the COVID-19 in Israel reached 5,834 after 13 new fatalities were added, while the number of patients in serious condition decreased from 699 to 690, out of 1,091 hospitalized patients. The total recoveries in Israel rose to 750,661, with 4,930 newly recovered cases, while the number of active cases decreased to 39,970. The number of people vaccinated against COVID-19 in Israel have surpassed 4.9 million, or 52.7 percent of its total population, since the vaccination campaign began on Dec. 20, 2020. The country's COVID-19 reproduction number, also known as the R number, rose to 1.01, surpassing 1 for the first time since Jan. 20. The R number is an indicator used to determine how fast the COVID-19 is spreading, as an R number greater than 1 means that the number of patients ... » Learn More about Israel reports 3,779 new COVID-19 cases, 796,465 in total
Chile records 5,325 new daily COVID-19 cases, highest since June
Video Player Close SANTIAGO, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The Chilean Health Ministry on Friday reported 5,325 new COVID-19 infections in 24 hours, the highest figure since June, bringing the accumulated cases to 845,450, along with another 90 deaths for a total of 20,928. According to the ministry's daily report, 796,791 patients have recovered from the disease so far, while 27,317 remain active. Chile's Health Minister Enrique Paris told reporters that it is still necessary to continue self-care measures and respect quarantines to avoid an increase in infections despite the massive vaccination plan against COVID-19, which has already immunized more than 3.9 million people. The southern region of Los Rios had the highest incidence rate in the country per 100,000 inhabitants, while the regions with the greatest increase in cases in the last seven days were the central O'Higgins, Santiago Metropolitan and Valparaiso regions, as well as Los Lagos and Los Rios in the south. A dozen ... » Learn More about Chile records 5,325 new daily COVID-19 cases, highest since June
ED slaps money laundering case on Franklin MF
The ED case follows the police complaint for alleged criminal conspiracy and defrauding investors. Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund (MF), which shut its six schemes in April 2020, is facing the heat from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). According to sources, while the ED has registered a money-laundering case against the fund house and eight others, the market regulator has issued a show-cause notice and summons to the company and its key personnel who redeemed their investments days or weeks before the closure announcement. “Sebi has started adjudication proceedings into alleged breach of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices (FUTP) regulations after an audit finding revealed that several individuals and entities linked to the fund house redeemed their holdings in excess of Rs 50 crore. "Some of the officials will appear before Sebi over the next few weeks,” said a source. An email sent to Sebi didn’t elicit any ... » Learn More about ED slaps money laundering case on Franklin MF
Turkey confirms 11,302 new COVID-19 cases, 2,757,460 in total
Video Player Close ANKARA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Turkey on Friday reported 11,302 new COVID-19 infections, including 698 symptomatic patients, taking its caseload to 2,757,460, according to the country's health ministry. The death toll rose by 62 to 28,901, while the tally of recoveries climbed to 2,608,848 after 7,711 more cases recovered in the last 24 hours. The rate of COVID-19 infections stands at 3.6 percent, and the number of patients in severe conditions is 1,232 in the country, said the ministry. A total of 138,214 tests were conducted over the past day, raising the overall figure to 33,854,960. The country started mass vaccination against COVID-19 on Jan. 14 after the authorities approved the emergency use of the Chinese CoronaVac vaccine. More than 7,503,000 people have been vaccinated so far. Turkey reported its first COVID-19 case on March 11, 2020. Enditem ... » Learn More about Turkey confirms 11,302 new COVID-19 cases, 2,757,460 in total
Statements of Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor part of NCB charge sheet in Sushant Singh Rajput case
Statements of Bollywood actors Deepika Padukone , Shraddha Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan are part of the charge sheet filed by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the drugs case linked to Sushant Singh Rajput 's death, an official said on Friday. Padukone, Kapoor and Khan, all prominent Bollywood stars, were among those who had been questioned after the NCB began to probe the case. Rajput's girlfriend and actor Rhea Chakraborty and her brother have been named among the accused, the official said. After an over six-month-long investigation, the Central agency on Friday filed a charge sheet running into around 70,000 pages in a special court here. The bulk of it -- nearly 50,000 pages -- is in digital format. It includes statements over 200 witnesses, the official said. The charge sheet names Anuj Keshwani and Azam Jumman as main accused. Rhea Chakraborty has been charged with procurement of drugs, facilitation and financing. The evidence against her brohter ... » Learn More about Statements of Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor part of NCB charge sheet in Sushant Singh Rajput case
MEA slams US report that downgraded India to “partly free”
The government on Friday strongly rebutted a Freedom House report downgrading India's status to a "partly free" country, calling it "misleading, incorrect and misplaced", and asserted that the country has well established democratic practices. While the ministry of information and broadcasting stressed that the country treats all citizens equally without discrimination and that discussion, debate and dissent are part of Indian democracy, the ministry of external affairs said India has robust institutions. The MEA also took a dig at the Democracy watchdog, saying India does not need "sermons", especially from those who cannot get their basics right. A new report by Freedom House, a US government-funded NGO, released on Wednesday had also claimed sustained erosion of civil liberties in India. "The Freedom House report, titled 'Democracy Under Siege', in which it has been claimed that India's status as a free country has declined to 'partly free' is misleading, incorrect and ... » Learn More about MEA slams US report that downgraded India to “partly free”