The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday has filed case against Oxfam India for alleged foreign funding violations. Oxfam India has received around Rs 1.5 crore directly into its Foreign Contribution Utilisation account instead of the designated bank account between 2013 and 2016, said the CBI.
Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded 1,100 new coronavirus infections and four fatalities, the health department said in a bulletin. The state has 6,102 active cases now. The state's Covid-19 case tally rose to 8,158,393, and death toll to 148,489. The state had recorded 949 cases and six deaths on Tuesday. Mumbai recorded 234 cases and one fatality on Wednesday. Thane city, Pune city and Satara district recorded one fatality each. The case fatality rate of Maharashtra is 1.82 per cent. As per the health department, XBB.1.16 is the dominant variant of coronavirus in the state with a total of 681 cases of its infection found. There were five deaths among the cases of this variant, the bulletin said. Since January 1, Maharashtra has recorded 72 COVID-19 deaths. Of these, 74 per cent of fatalities were individuals above 60 while 69 per cent of the deceased had comorbidities. As of April 18, the state had 6,118 active cases, of which 5,830 (95.3 per cent) were in home isolation while 288 were hospitalised. Of 288 hospitalised patients, 48 per cent were in Intensive Care Units. With 1,112 patients recovering from coronavirus infection since previous evening, the total of recoveries rose to 8,003,802. The recovery rate in the state is 98.11 per cent. Earlier in the day, Medical Education Minister Girish Mahajan said that 25 dedicated COVID-19 hospitals under his department have been activated looking at the rise in the cases. Maharashtra's coronavirus figures: New infections: 1,100, New deaths: 4, Active cases 6,102, New recoveries 1,112.
Union Cabinet approved National Quantum Mission with a budget provision of Rs 6003 Crores. The time period of the Mission will be from 2023-24 to 2030-31. Besides, the Cabinet also approved Cinematograph Act 2023 to ensure that the content doesn't suffer due to piracy.
The President of Nepal Ram Chandra Poudel is being shifted to AIIMS Delhi from Tribhuwan University Teaching Hospital. He was admitted to the hospital yesterday after fall in oxygen levels and lung infection.
An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 on the Richter scale struck 62 km West of Bengkulu, Indonesia on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported.
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