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India accounts for nearly 46% of world's new Covid-19 cases, says WHO

The surge of the coronavirus in India, including of a highly infectious new variant first identified there, has seen hospitals runs out of beds and oxygen, and morgues and crematoriums overflowing

Supreme Court strikes down Maharashtra law on grant of quota to Marathas

The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down the Maharashtra law granting quota to Marathas in admissions and government jobs, terming the statute as unconstitutional"

Mahindra Logistics launches Oxygen on Wheels in Maharashtra

Mahindra Logistics on Tuesday launched, Oxygen on Wheels (O2W), a free service to augment the availability of oxygen by connecting producers with the hospitals and medical centres. The service has been rolled out in cities such as Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Chakan, Nasik and Nagpur in Maharashtra with the company deploying around 100 vehicles to overcome the transportation bottleneck with safe and quick transportation to deliver oxygen cylinders on demand, a release said. The service will be helmed by Mahindra Logistics, which is partnering with the administration and local government bodies on this project, Mahindra & Mahindra said. The company also said it is in discussions with the civic administration and government departments to extend the service to other cities as well, including Delhi, which along with other states is facing an acute shortage of medical oxygen. Besides, given the overwhelming response in the past 48 hours, extending this initiative to deliver .

Anil Deshmukh moves Bombay High Court seeking quashing of FIR filed by CBI

Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Monday moved the Bombay High Court seeking the quashing of an FIR registered against him by the CBI over corruption allegations

Enough capacity to increase Covid-19 tests in Mumbai: Diagnostic labs

BMC chief expressed concern after daily tests dropped to 28,000 on Sunday

File complaint about threats: Maharashtra govt to SII CEO Poonawalla

A Maharashtra minister on Monday said Serum Institute of India's CEO Adar Poonawalla should lodge a police complaint in connection with the alleged threats that he has received

10 states account for 74.15 % of new Covid-19 cases: Health Ministry

Ten states, including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, reported 74.15 per cent of the new Covid-19 cases reported in a day, the Union health ministry said on Saturday.

Mumbai logs 3,672 new coronavirus cases, 79 deaths on Sunday

Mumbai reported 3,672 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, which pushed the city's infection tally to 6,56,204, while 79 deaths took the toll to 13,330, the civic body said

Maharashtra's Thane records 2,869 new Covid-19 cases, 53 deaths in day

Thane has reported 2,869 new cases of coronavirus, raising the infection count in the Maharashtra district to 4,70,050, an official said on Sunday

Phase 3 of Covid vaccination in Maharashtra gets off to a slow start

Mumbai started vaccinations for everyone aged above 18 from around 2 pm at only five BMC-run centres, which had a target of 200 vaccinations per centre

Shekhar Gupta: India calling Mayday, Mayday

Triumphalism, premature declaration of victory meant no one checked if India had enough vaccines, oxygen, remdesivir, bringing us back to a crisis where we need foreign aid after four decades

Vax 3.0: Hospitals, states ready for a slow start for those above 18 years

Maharashtra, Gujarat and UP to begin vaccination today

States must share the blame

Many state govts were taken to the cleaners by high courts for doing next to nothing to prepare for the devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic

Maharashtra, UP, 8 other states account for 73% of Covid-19 cases in India

Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi are among the 10 states that account for 73.05 per cent of new Covid-19 cases reported in a day, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday

There will be no vaccination in Mumbai for three days, announces BMC

Vaccination has been suspended because of non-availability of vaccine stock

Why MP, Maha got more oxygen but Delhi's quota was less: HC to Centre

The Delhi High Court on Thursday pulled up the Centre, asking it why Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra were given more oxygen than what they asked for, while Delhi's allocation was not increased

Covid: Maharashtra govt extends lockdown-like restrictions till May 15

Local train services in Mumbai and public transport are open only for essential services staff of the government

Mumbai: FIR against Param Bir Singh, 26 others over corruption charges

Maharashtra police have filed an FIR against former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh after a police inspector levelled corruption charges against him, a senior official said on Thursday

Maharashtra to get 435,000 Remdesivir vials by month-end from Centre

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday thanked the central govt for increasing the state's quota

Maharashtra lockdown to be extended by 15 days beyond Apr 30: Tope

'All members of the Maharastra Cabinet are of the opinion that current restrictions should be extended for the next 15 days,' says state Health Minister