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Maharashtra Covid-19 tally tops 4 mn with 67,468 new cases; 568 die

Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 67,468 new coronavirus cases, taking its tally beyond the 40 lakh mark, while 568 more patients succumbed to the infection, said a state health department official.

Covid-19: Maharashtra Ambulance service receives over 9,000 calls daily

With the number of fresh Covid-19 cases surging on a daily basis, the Maharashtra Emergency Medical Services in Pune has been receiving over 9,000 calls per day for ambulances

Despite grim outlook, fiscal stimulus unlikely for India Inc this year

"The impact on GDP would not be significant due to lockdowns in some states and the estimates made in the Budget have been conservative," said another government official

Covid-19: First 'Oxygen Express' train leave from Mumbai region to Vizag

The first 'Oxygen Express' departed from Central Railway's Kalamboli yard on Monday evening to ferry liquid oxygen for Maharashtra from Vishakhapatnam steel plant in Andhra Pradesh

Act against vaccine hoarders, not political opponents: Ashok Chavan

Maharashtra Minister Ashok Chavan has said the government should use the central agencies against hoarders of Covid vaccines and injections, instead of using them against the political opponents

Monday blues: Second Covid-19 wave stings indices as markets drop 1.8%

Benchmark indices drop 3% before settling 1.8% lower, amid Covid-19 surge, new restrictions

General Motors Employees Union challenges layoff of 1,419 at Talegaon

GM cites global pandemic as reason for step. Firm had stopped selling cars in India in 2017 and stopped production completely on December 24, 2020

Maharashtra govt studying Delhi order, will decide on lockdown in two days

Citizens' groups, civic bodies take steps to implement curbs, increase vaccination

Railway pointsman gets bravery award for saving child near Mumbai

Deed caught on CCTV camera; Railway Minister Piyush Goyal praises him; Asian Institute of Transport Development announces Rs 50,000 award

Watch: Maharashtra pointsman saves life of boy who fell on railway tracks

Asian Institute of Transport Development has announced an award of Rs 50,000 for Mayur Shelke, a pointsman at the Vangani railway station near Mumbai, for rescuing a kid

Sanjay Raut demands special Parliament session to discuss Covid situation

Amid a sharp rise in the number of cases across the country, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday demanded the Centre to convene a special session of Parliament to discuss the situation in country

Remdesivir row: Shiv Sena alleges conspiracy to disturb law, health order

Shiv Sena on Monday slammed BJP leaders Devendra Fadnavis and Pravin Darekar for objecting to Mumbai police's grilling of a pharma firm's top executive over alleged stocking of Remdesivir vials

Priyanka Gandhi slams BJP leader Fadnavis over alleged Remdesivir hoarding

Targeting former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday said this act is an 'act against humanity'

Maharashtra: Thane records 5,013 new Covid-19 cases, 42 deaths in a day

With the addition of 5,013 new cases of coronavirus, the infection count in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 4,16,381, an official said on Monday

Fire breaks out at Aircel Sanitizer Company in Maharashtra's Asangaon

A massive fire broke out at Aircel Sanitizer Company in the Asangaon area of Maharashtra's Thane's district at about 2 am last night

Negative Covid-19 report must for train passengers arriving in Maharasthra

Train passengers from Kerala, Goa, Rajasthan, Delhi-NCR, Gujarat and Uttarakhand will now be required to produce a negative RT-PCR test report taken at most 48 hours before travelling to Maharashtra

Second wave: India closing in on Brazil in daily coronavirus deaths

India's rising death toll is putting it on course to become the country with the highest daily death toll, shows an analysis of international numbers collated by tracker 'Our World in Data'

Maharashtra: Negative RT-PCR report must for train passengers from 6 states

The Maharashtra government has categorised these six states as 'places of sensitive origin' in view of surge in Covid-19 cases

Blame game begins between Centre and states over surge in Covid-19 cases

All through the campaign for the Assembly elections, both the BJP and Opposition are avoiding using Covid-19 as a campaign plank

Railways approve Maharashtra's request to transport liquid medical oxygen

Railways on Sunday approved transportation of liquid medical oxygen in cryogenic tankers under its roll-on roll-off scheme across the country, after receiving a request from Principal Secretary