Uttarakhand rains LIVE: 34 dead, 5 missing, says CM Pushkar Singh Dhami

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Live news updates: India reported 13,058 new cases of Covid-19 and 164 deaths from the disease, said the health ministry on Tuesday, marking the slowest rise in daily cases since early March.

The country has more than 34 million Covid-19 infections and 452,454 people have died in the pandemic, said the ministry. Active cases—a metric to gauge the disease’s spread—is at its lowest since March. Recovery rate in infections is at its best since March.

 

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it was expecting “one additional piece of information” from Bharat Biotech about its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin and it "cannot cut corners" in giving emergency-use approval to the Indian company.

The Central Board of Secondary Education said the term 1 exams for major subjects for Class 10 students will be conducted between November 30 and December 11; and December 1 and December 22 for Class 12.

12:09 AM

VP Naidu expresses anguish at loss of lives due to heavy rains in Uttarakhand

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu expressed anguish on Tuesday at the loss of lives due to heavy rains in Uttarakhand and urged people to follow the instructions issued by the local authorities for their safety.
 

Incessant rains have claimed 28 lives in the hill state with the Kumaon region being the worst hit. Nainital remains cut off from rest of the state.

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7 people have been reported dead in Almora due to heavy rains

11:15 PM

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami chairs a review meeting in Haldwani

9:43 PM

Karnataka sets up help desk for people from the state stranded in Uttarakhand

The Karnataka government on Tuesday established a help desk for assisting stranded people like passengers, pilgrims, tourists and visitors from the state at various places in rain and flood ravaged Uttarakhand.

According to the Minister for Revenue R Ashoka, people, who are stranded or relatives of those stranded, can contact this help desk and give the information which will be flashed to Uttarakhand authorities for immediate action and quick response, an official release said.

9:05 PM

PM Narendra Modi condoles the loss of lives in Uttarakhand

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Uttarakhand rains: Rs 4 lakh compensation to families of the deceased

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Russia proposes week-long workplace shutdown as Covid deaths hit new record

Russia on Tuesday proposed to shut workplaces for a week at the start of November as its daily COVID-19 death toll hit a new record and a sharp rise in cases continued, leading to fresh calls from the Kremlin for people to get vaccinated.

 

Russia's COVID-19 task force reported 1,015 coronavirus-related deaths in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day toll since the start of the pandemic, as well as 33,740 new infections, just shy of a record daily rise, with authorities blaming the surge on a vaccination campaign.

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22 people have lost their lives: Uttarakhand govt

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'About 200 people stuck at Lemon Tree resort'

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Govt putting in all efforts to rescue locals, tourists: Uttarakhand CM

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Restaurants in Maharashtra can remain open till 12am

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Uttarakhand: More than 200mm rainfall has been recorded in the last 24 hours

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Uttarakhand CM conducts aerial survey of areas affected by rains

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Significant reduction in rainfall activity likely over Uttarakhand from today: IMD

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Three helicopters to be deployed for rescue operations: Uttarakhand CM