Mumbai

The Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital in Sion and BYL Nair Charitable Hospital in Mumbai Central area are two major facilities where COVID-19 patients are being treated.

He said the state government will request the University Grants Commission (UGC) to extend the existing deadline for conducting the examinations from September end to October end, and added that the toughness of the exams will also be reduced.

The direction came while the court was hearing a PIL and several intervention applications filed by lawyers in the high court seeking they be allowed to travel to courts by suburban trains amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

India, the world’s second-most populous country, has been posting the highest single-day caseload in the world every day since Aug. 7, exceeding the tallies of both the United States and Brazil.

Rao has been undergoing treatment for various ailments at the Nanavati Hospital since July 16, after he tested positive for coronavirus.

As heavy rains lashed Mumbai and tracks got flooded, another local train coming from opposite direction also got stuck near the same spot and a team has been sent to rescue the passengers.

The government filed an affidavit in response to a public interest litigation filed by one Manoj Oswal, raising concerns of street vendors being without income due to the COVID-19 lockdown.

The NCP chief said this is not the right time for large crowds to gather in Ayodhya for the Ram temple ceremony as it could lead to spread of Covid-19.

Earlier, state cabinet ministers Jitendra Awhad, Ashok Chavan and Dhananjay Munde had tested positive for the disease and later recovered.

The AICTE's affidavit was in response to a public interest litigation filed by a retired professor seeking to quash the decision of the Maharashtra government to cancel final year degree exams of professional and non-professional courses in view of the CO...

The accused were selling a vial of the injection for Rs 30,000, much higher than the MRP of Rs 5,400, he said.

The WHO recently praised the successful containment of the coronavirus spread in Dharavi, a major slum pocket in Mumbai. The CM also asked officials to appoint auditors for COVID hospitals to ensure that patients are not fleeced.

Shares of Infosys rallied around 6 per cent ahead of its quarterly earnings. HCL Tech, TCS, Tech Mahindra, Axis Bank and HUL too ended with robust gains.

Athawale said Congress rebel leader Sachin Pilot, who has been removed as Rajasthan deputy chief minister, should stand firmly behind Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Dutt on Tuesday said it was "unfortunate" the party has lost stalwart young leaders with great potential like him and Jyotiraditya Scindia.

The state agriculture minister's instructions have come in the wake of BJP leader Ashish Shelar's allegations that marksheets of students had a mention of "promoted COVID- 19" on them.