The teams are being deployed to assist State Health Departments in coronavirus surveillance, control and containment measures, the Union health ministry said.
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.
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.
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%.
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.
Heightened political activity has led to at least 7 Maharashtra ministers testing Covid-positive in 17 days, with one of them, Omprakash, contracting the virus for the 2nd time.
Over the last 5 days, the Amravati division, which includes districts of Amravati, Akola, Buldhana, Yavatmal & Washim, has contributed about 24% of Maharashtra's total new Covid cases.
In his televised address, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray said the pandemic is raising its head, but whether it is another wave will be known in 8-15 days.
India should aim to get European investments that are clearly no longer going to China. That is where the dots of its efforts to save Asia from China’s dominance converge at its most basic.
About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.
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.
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