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Elumalai (53) had tested positive for the infection and was admitted to JIPMER on Tuesday, Director of Health and Family Welfare S Mohan Kumar said.

India's Covid-19 tally went past 23 lakh on Wednesday with a single-day increase of 60,963 infections, while 834 new fatalities, reported in a span of 24 hours, pushed the death toll to 46,091, data updated at 8 am showed.

However, the freight earnings during this period managed to hold ground, according to the RTI reply provided by the Railways to a Madhya Pradesh-based activist.

Under the scheme, vendors can avail a working capital loan of up to Rs 10,000 which is repayable in monthly installments in a year.

No suicide note has been recovered so far and a probe is underway to ascertain the reason behind the extreme step, the official said.

Hapur police had roped in their Amroha counterparts after they identified the suspect as Dalpat, a resident of Mahmoodpur village in Amroha's Gajraula area.

Since 2017, Suvendu Adhikari missing important party meetings, including those headed by Mamata Banerjee, has created discomfort in the Trinamool as many feel that such a gesture may go against them ahead of the crucial assembly polls in Bengal in 2021.

The protest took place on Sunday. No social or political gathering is allowed at Jantar Mantar in view of the COVID-19 outbreak and the protestors were also not following social distancing norms, a senior police officer said.

Addressing a press briefing, Health Ministry Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said the active cases of COVID-19, which comprised 88.83 per cent of the total caseload on March 31, have reduced to 28.21 per cent as on date.

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While the Congress did not give details of what happened in the meeting between Pilot and Rahul Gandhi, AICC general secretary KC Venugopal said a panel will be set up to address the issues raised by him and the aggrieved MLAs.

Ramesh Pokhriyal said a decision to this effect will be taken keeping students' safety in mind.

Interest income of the lender during the April-June quarter of 2020-21 was down by 2.38 per cent to Rs 18,494 crore as against Rs 18,944 crore in the year-ago quarter.

The shortage is mainly due to the fact that many doctors are refusing to work in state government hospitals after completing their medical education, according to officials.