Mumbai

The minister of technical and higher education said he has written to the HRD ministry after it announced on Monday that final-year examinations in universities will have to be conducted by September-end.

With 806 new infections and 64 deaths, the tally of COVID-19 cases increased to 86,132, while the toll rose to 4,999, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

Sources said the transfers were done on the advice of the bureaucracy since they were long-pending, but the government did a rethink in view of the coronavirus pandemic.

As many as 2,243 patients were discharged post recovery on Wednesday, which took the number of recovered persons to 93,154 in the state.

For the fiscal year 2019-20, the current account deficit narrowed to 0.9 per cent of the GDP compared to 2.1 per cent in FY2018-19, the central bank said.

The electricity duty will now be 7.5 per cent instead of the present 9.3 per cent, a statement from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said.

In a fresh letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Fadnavis urged him to order a probe into the alleged non-reporting of such deaths.

75 of these deaths took place in the last 48 hours while remaining 173 had taken place earlier but were not attributed COVID-19 then, the official said.

In his letter to Union minister for environment and forests Prakash Javadekar, Thackeray demanded that the area near Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in be protected.

While party president and Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray said that a Shiv Sainik will be the country's Prime Minister one day, Sena leader Sanjay Raut said the party looked at Uddhav Thackeray as the next PM.

Petitioner Sagar Jondhale had also sought that the court set aside the decision taken by the state government to impose a cap on bed charges in private hospitals and nursing homes.

The RBI bought a total $45 billion in the foreign exchange market in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020, while reserves have climbed a further $25 billion since the beginning of this fiscal year.

In a virtual meeting with representatives of over 15 associations of developers operating in the Mumbai metropolitan region, Fadnavis assured that he will, as a representative of the builders, raise their concerns and demands to the government.

According to Mercer's '2020 Cost of Living Survey', Mumbai is the 60th most expensive city for expatriates globally, while it ranks 19th in Asia.

The number of discharged patients in the state rose to 33,681 as 1,352 patients were sent back home after recovery, the health department said in a statement.

The India Meteorological Department has said that the cyclone's eye diameter has decreased during the last one hour, indicating intensification of system.