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Sunday, April 28, 2024
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Topic: Maharashtra

‘Worried about Maharashtra’: Govt says state has 8 of top 10 districts with most Covid cases

Two states with highest active Covid cases, Kerala & Maharashtra, are showing divergent trends. In last one month, cases in Kerala almost halved but Maharashtra showed an explosive spurt.

India’s pandemic focus is faltering with rising infections. Vaccination numbers must go up

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Maharashtra sets up vaccination centres in each district for women on Women’s Day

Women willing to take the vaccine can go to these centres, which will be operational only for the day, a health official said.

Treasury bench more serious in attending LS than opposition, Rahul has only 56% attendance

Between June 2019 and September 2020, according to PRS Legislative Research data, out of the 26 MPs with full attendance, BJP had 21 while Congress had 2.

This Maharashtra village has not had a sarpanch for 15 years for fear of death. Until now

Residents in Rajpuri have shied away from the coveted sarpanch post because of a superstition, that whoever becomes the village head will die. 

Centre sends health teams to Maharashtra, Punjab after spike in daily Covid cases

The teams are being deployed to assist State Health Departments in coronavirus surveillance, control and containment measures, the Union health ministry said.

Antigen test at venue, couples counselling — how Maharashtra’s tackling super-spreader weddings

Maharashtra has so far recorded 21.6 lakh Covid cases, of which 79,093 are active. Pune has the most number of active cases at 15,872, followed by Nagpur and Thane.

No clear link to blame Mumbai outage on cyber sabotage, Maharashtra report says

On 12 October 2020, large parts of Mumbai and Thane faced an unusual power outage. An NYT report says the disruption could be part of a larger Chinese cyber campaign.

50% of India’s Covid cases are from Maharashtra but testing lags behind national average

Of the total new cases in Maharashtra everyday, about 40% are from Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur & Amravati district. Amravati is most worrying with its test positivity rate at 23-24%.

Maharashtra State Board to conduct class 10, 12 exams from 23 April to 21 May

While the Higher Secondary Certificate exam will be held between 23 April and 21 May, the Secondary School Certificate exam will be held between 29 April and 20 May.

On Camera

Instagram reels on stoicism are the new rage — they can battle burnout and bigotry

The Romans’ version of stoicism is rapidly picking popularity on Instagram — Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca are some names that get thrown at you when you fire up your screen.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.