Mumbai

Maharashtra Women and Child Development Minister Yashomati Thakur said children getting orphaned due to Covid- 19 was becoming a social problem, adding that the state government would ensure they are nurtured, get protection as well as education.

Supplier of swab sticks was booked, after a video allegedly showed that the items were being packed in unhygienic conditions at a slum in neighbouring Thane district.

A bench of Justices S S Shinde and Manish Pitale also directed the NIA, which is conducting a probe into the case, to file its reply to Sen's petition.

Earlier this month, 75 of the 120 vaccination centres across Mumbai had suspended inoculation due to a shortage of doses.

A division bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and C V Bhadang dismissed an appeal filed by pharmaceutical firm Cutis Biotech claiming trademark of the name 'Covishield' and seeking a direction to Serum Institute of India to stop using the name for its COVID19...

The BSE Sensex slipped 243.62 points or 0.51 per cent to close the session at 47,705.80, an over two-month low.

Ram Naik, former Governor of Uttar Pradesh, is found to be corona positive. He has home quarantined himself, a statement said.

In the previous week ended April 2, the reserves had dipped by USD 2.42 billion to USD 576.28 billion.

The meeting was initially scheduled to be held through a video-conferencing interface on April 15. However, a plea was filed in the High Court against the decision to hold a virtual meet.

He said that only those vehicles that are involved in emergency services and those private vehicles that come out with a valid reason are allowed to operate during the restrictions.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Saturday received 99,000 doses of Covishield vaccine.

Central Railway general manager Sanjeev Mittal appealed to people that any speculation about these old and fake videos should be avoided in these challenging times of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Two other accused in the case -- suspended police constable Vinayak Shinde and cricket bookie Naresh Gor -- were remanded in 14-day judicial custody.

Suhas Kulkarni succumbed to Covid-19 and is survived by his mother, wife and daughter.

The city has reported a massive spike of 8,646 new Covid-19 cases within 24 hours, and 18 deaths. The numbers have pushed the total number of cases to 4,23,360 and the death toll to 11,704.

Kathe was recently working with unit-2 of the crime branch, the official said, adding that PI Prashant Pawar has also been shifted to the CIU.