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Bhubaneswar fire service conducts sanitization work at Lingaraj Temple amid coronavirus

Bhubaneswar (Odisha), May 07 (ANI): A 11th century old Lingaraj Temple was sanitized by fire services personnel in Odisha's Bhubaneswar amid coronavirus pandemic. They sanitized areas including Ravi Talkies, Kedar Gouri etc. There are total 175 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Odisha. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of COVID-19 active cases rose to 33, 514 with 1694 deaths in India.

COVID-19: Water quality of Kerala's Kallayi River improves due to lockdown

Kozhikode (Kerala), May 07 (ANI): Coronavirus lockdown has done wonders as there is dramatic improvement in the water quality of Kallayi River in Kerala's Kozhikode. The river is flowing clean due to less pollution and footfall of human beings. Nation-wide lockdown was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid COVID-19 pandemic. There are total 502 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Kerala. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of COVID-19 active cases rose to 33, 514 with 1694 deaths in India.

Vendor opts for a unique way to deliver milk while maintaining social distancing in Jodhpur

Jodhpur (Rajasthan), May 06(ANI): Amid corona outbreak, a milk vendor in Jodhpur adopted a different approach to maintain social distancing. The milk vendor said, "I have invented it keeping in mind social distancing only, through this, we don't come in contact with the customers."

Fire breaks out in garment godown in Delhi's Daryaganj

New Delhi, May 07 (ANI): A fire broke out in a garment godown in Delhi on May 07. The incident took place near Daryaganj at around 03:00 am. It was brought under control by fire tenders within 1.5 hours. No injury has been reported so far. While speaking to ANI, the fire officer Satyendra Pal said, "Seven fire tenders reached here. No casualties have been reported."

Special train from Kota arrives at Muzaffarpur railway station, social distancing norms flouted

Muzaffarpur (Bihar), May 06(ANI): Crowd swelled at Muzaffarpur railway station on May 07 after a special train carrying around 1318 students from Rajasthan's Kota reached the station amid corona lockdown. Social distancing norms were not followed at the railway station. Bihar has so far reported 536 COVID-19 cases.

COVID-19: 31 cops tested positive in Indore

Indore (Madhya Pradesh), May 07 (ANI): Around 31 police personnel in Madhya Pradesh's Indore are affected with COVID-19 pandemic. While speaking to ANI, the SP (East) of Indore, Mohammad Yusuf Qureshi said, "31 police personnel have been tested positive for COVID-19 so far, 22 of them are admitted at hospitals, 8 were discharged after making full recovery, 1 of them lost his life." There are total 3049 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of COVID-19 active cases rose to 33, 514 with 1694 deaths in India.

Chemical gas leakage occurs at LG Polymers industry in Visakhapatnam, 3 dead

Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), May 07 (ANI): A chemical gas leakage has been reported in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam on May 07. The incident took place at LG Polymers industry in RR Venkatapuram village of Visakhapatnam. According to the District Medical and Health Officer (DMHO), 3 persons, including one child were declared dead due to the chemical gas leakage. People were being taken to hospital after they complained of burning sensation in eyes and breathing difficulties. Police, fire tenders and ambulances reached the spot. More details are awaited in this regard.

Himachal tourism industry takes a punch after COVID-19 lockdown shut travel

Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh), May 07 (ANI): Tourism industry in Himachal Pradesh has been hit badly by the coronavirus-induced lockdown, as travelling has been completely shut due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "50-60% of the total revenue in a year used to be earned in April, May and June. We won't earn this now due to COVID. We are concerned that how will we bear our expenses," Vijay Inder, an hotelier in Dharamshala, told ANI about the tremendous hit the tourism industry has taken since the coronavirus outbreak. "Government has allowed movement of taxi but if tourists don't come, we'll only be sitting in office. Locals aren't stepping out of homes due to COVID. Government should provide us some relaxation in taxes, interest on EMI and payment of insurance premiums," said Varun Thakur of Dharamshala Taxi Union.

COVID-19: Over 25,000 samples collected in Jodhpur, DM says people coming on their own

Jodhpur (Rajasthan), May 07 (ANI): In fight against COVID-19, sampling of people in Jodhpur city is being done by teams of 1,300 health care workers. The sampling is being done under the supervision of district collector. So far, sampling of over 25,000 people in Jodhpur has been done. "People are becoming aware and coming to us on their own," said Prakash Rajpurohit, District Collector.

Nearly 4,000 cartons of liquor stolen from sealed godown in Haryana's Panipat

Panipat (Haryana), May 07 (ANI): 3,926 cartons of liquor have been stolen from a sealed godown in Haryana's Panipat in the span of four years from 2016 to 2020, Excise official Rajesh Rohilla said. The licensed godown was sealed in 2016 after some liquor cartons went missing, and an FIR was also filed in 2018 when there was theft reported in the godown, Rohilla added. Police has registered an FIR after Excise Department lodged a complaint of liquor cartons being stolen again.

NGO in Srinagar providing ration to the needy amid lockdown

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir), May 07 (ANI): An NGO called "Serving Nations" in Srinagar is providing ration to the needy people amid coronavirus lockdown. The NGO provides its services in Anantnag, Pulwama, Srinagar, Budgam and Bandipora. Till now, they helped over 1700 families. "We have helped over 1700 families. We also conduct door to door awareness campaigns and sanitisation drives," an NGO member said.

48 COVID-19 patients discharged after recovery in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad (Gujarat), May 07 (ANI): 48 coronavirus patients recovered and discharged by SVP Hospital in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on May 06. The hospital staff members clapped for the patients when they were leaving. Meanwhile, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Gujarat stands at 6245, which includes 368 deaths so far.

Twitch rolls out new look for channel pages

New Delhi, May 07 (ANI): Live streaming platform Twitch on Wednesday has rolled some new looks for the site. The channel pages will now give access to the streamers to have more control over how they want their channel to look like when it is offline, with a more customizable home page, channel trailers, and more. Cited by The Verge, there is also a new integrated stream schedule, making it easy to see when a channel's next planned stream is and will bring watching Twitch more in line with the experience of watching TV.

Protesting migrant workers in Visakhapatnam demand salary for April month amid lockdown

Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), May 07 (ANI): In wake of coronavirus pandemic, large number of migrant workers staged protest in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam on May 06 demanding salary for the April month. They also demanded to go back to their native places. Protesters were also seen holding placards. "We work at HPCL refinery. No one from LandT came to see us in lockdown. 1 staff came and arranged food but now there's no food," a migrant worker said.

Several detained for gathering at Indore temple to offer prayers amid lockdown

Indore (Madhya Pradesh), May 07 (ANI): Breaking all government norms, 15 people gathered at temple in Madhya Pradesh's Indore on May 06 to offer prayers. The incident happened in Indore's Narsingh Temple. Later, police detained the people who gathered at temple. "They had given me letter that 15 people will perform 'aarti' here. We had told them we can't allow it due to lockdown. Still they gathered here. We have detained them. We will take action against them for violating the lockdown norms," a police official said.

Wider availability of non-alcoholic drinks may reduce liquor consumption: Study

New Delhi, May 07 (ANI): A recent study shows that people are more likely to opt for non-alcoholic drinks if more of them are available than alcoholic drinks. A team of researchers at the NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre and the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge, UK found that when presented with eight drink options, participants were 48 per cent more likely to choose a non-alcoholic drink when the proportion of non-alcoholic drink options increased from four (50 per cent) to six (75 per cent). Participants in the study completed an online task in which they were presented with a selection of alcoholic beer, non-alcoholic beer and soft drinks. The drink selections included four alcoholic and four non-alcoholic drinks, six alcoholic and two non-alcoholic drinks or two alcoholic and six non-alcoholic drinks. As many as 808 UK residents with an average age of 38 years, who regularly consumed alcohol, participated in the study. When presented with mostly non-alcoholic drinks, 49

19 trains brought back stranded migrants to Uttar Pradesh so far

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), May 06 (ANI): The Additional Chief Secretary of Home Affairs of Uttar Pradesh, Awanish Awasthi informed that 19 trains carrying stranded people in other states have arrived in Uttar Pradesh on May 06. "19 trains carrying stranded people in other states have arrived in Uttar Pradesh. More trains will be arriving. Around 1200 persons are accommodated in each train," said Additional Chief Secretary Awanish Awasthi.

Lockdown 3.0: DND flyway witnesses heavy vehicular movement

Noida (UP), May 06 (ANI): Vehicles in large numbers were seen at DND flyway amid lockdown on May 06. Cars were witnessed moving in snail's pace. Government had announced certain relaxations in third phase of lockdown. Movement of traffic is also slow due to checking of passes by police personnel at border check

Equity indices close in green but FMCG and OMCs lose

Mumbai, May 6 (ANI): Heavy buying in financial counters led equity indices to close in the positive terrain on Wednesday after a highly volatile session which saw stocks of FMCG and oil marketing companies taking a beating. The BSE SandP Sensex closed 232 points or 0.74 per cent higher at 31,686 while the Nifty 50 ticked up by 65 points or 0.71 per cent at 9,271. Except for Nifty FMCG and PSU bank, all sectoral indices at the National Stock Exchange were in the green with Nifty financial service up by 2.5 per cent, private bank by 2.4 per cent and realty by 1 per cent. The shares of oil marketing companies declined after the Centre hiked excise duty on petrol and diesel, and asked them to absorb the price hike. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation slipped by 5.6 per cent, IndianOil Corporation by 2.4 per cent and Bharat Petroleum Corporation by 1.3 per cent. FMCG major ITC cracked by 5.1 per cent to Rs 164.95 per share after reports said the Centre is reportedly looking to raise Rs 22,000 c

COVID-19: Haryana's situation better than neighbouring states, says CM Khattar

Chandigarh, May 06 (ANI): The Chief Minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar informed that total number of COVID19 cases in the state reached 555, including 289 active cases, 260 recoveries and 6 deaths."Our situation is better than Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. We are surrounded by them from all sides, we have become stricter at our borders so that nobody brings COVID19 here. Even then, our situation over last few days has become concerning," said Haryana CM Khattar.