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The hospital issued a statement late night on Thursday, saying that it has increased the number of beds for coronavirus patients, but it would continue to treat other critically-ill patients also

Under lockdown curbs, all commercial markets, government and private officers, gyms, auditoriums and movie theatres will remain closed. Private as well government offices will also carry out massive sanitisation drives

Apple announces first-ever $200 million carbon removal initiative Cupertino giant Apple on Thursday, April 15, announced a first-of-its-kind carbon removal initiative called 'Restore Fund'. Under this new initiative investments will be made in forestry projects to remove carbon from the atmosphere. The new initiative is part of Apple's broader goal of becoming carbon neutral across its entire value chain by 2 COVID-19 vaccine: Centre permits Mumbai's Haffkine Institute to produce Covaxin...

As India's daily Covid-19 tally crosses 1 lakh mark for over a week now, the active cases have also surged to 15.6 lakh. As of April 16, India's total caseload stands at 1.4 crore, including 1.25 crore recoveries and 1.74 lakh deaths

As per the new guidelines issued by the Union Home Ministry, officers up to the level of Under Secretary and below are permitted to work from home and only 50% of employees need to attend office

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the restrictions are being imposed to arrest the spread of the virus, which has put the medical infrastructure and healthcare workers under tremendous strain

Due to the prevailing COVID situation, it has been decided to close all centrally protected monuments, sites and museums under the ASI with immediate effect and till May 15 or until further orders, the ASI said.

The Delhi government has decided to enforce a weekend curfew in the backdrop of the recent surge in Covid-19 cases. The decision was taken following a meeting between Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal on Thursday. Addressing a press conference on Thursday, the Chief Minister said the weekend curfew will come into effect from April 17 onwards. The weekend curfew will be enforced from 10 pm on Friday evening till 6 am Monday. Watch the video for more details.Also Read | Worse than US! India's daily Covid-19 cases increased from 1 lakh to 2 lakh in 10 days

According to a circular issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday, the Jaslok Hospital will no longer admit non-COVID-19 patients and instructions to this effect have been issued to the hospital's management

Addressing a presser, CM Kejriwal said the weekend curfew will come into effect from April 17 onwards and will be enforced from 10 pm on Friday evening till 6 am on Monday

The decision has been taken keeping in mind the safety and health of students, state School Education Minister Indar Singh Parmar said on Wednesday

COVID-19 surge: No lockdown in Maharashtra; strict restrictions imposed from 8 PM todayMaharashtra government has decided not to impose lockdown in the state, but strict restrictions will be in place to curb the recent surge of coronavirus cases, announced Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. All limitations will remain in effect from 8 PM on April 14 till 7 AM on May 1, with only essential services exempted from their ambit. Hotels and restaurants will continue to observe the extant restriction...

Maharashtra lockdown: The 'lockdown-like' restrictions, which exclude essential services, will come into effect from 8 pm on April 14 and remain in force till 7 am on May 1

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The survey showed deterioration in business leaders' outlook for the June quarter of the current fiscal. In four out of five parameters, respondents gave lower ratings than the previous survey

Maharashtra COVID-19 lockdown: All public places and establishments, except those offering essential services, will be closed, CM Thackerary said

Govt bans on-board meals in flights as Covid-19 cases riseThe Civil Aviation Ministry said on Monday that airlines are not allowed to serve meals on flights that have a duration of less than two hours in the wake of a spike in coronavirus cases in India.The ban will come into effect from April 15, the ministry said in its latest order. However, there are no curbs on inflight meals on international flights as of now.Poonawalla-led Rising Sun's acquisition of stake in Magma Fincorp gets CCI n...

Night curfew between 9 pm and 5 am will be imposed from tonight and will remain in force till further orders,\" Home and Health Minister Anil Vij said. He said the decision has been taken in the wake of an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases

The civil aviation ministry said that it has taken the decision to review the onboard meal services in domestic flights amid the increasing threat of COVID-19 and its variants