Covid LIVE: Kerala logs 12,223 new cases in a day; 255 in Mumbai
Number of active cases in Kerala and Mumbai are 113,798 and 2,115 respectively
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A medic, in PPE suit, collects nasal swab for Covid-19 test (Photo: PTI)
Live news updates: Russia's defence ministry published video on Wednesday that it said showed a column of tanks and military vehicles leaving annexed Crimea across a railway bridge after drills, adding that some troops would also return to their permanent bases.
Composer Bappi Lahiri, who was famous for his disco beats and singing, died in a hospital in Mumbai Monday night while being treated for "multiple health issues". He was 69.
The West was skeptical about Moscow’s actions. Britain has thus far not seen any evidence that Russia is withdrawing troops from positions near the Ukrainian border, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Wednesday.
Composer Bappi Lahiri, who was famous for his disco beats and singing, died in a hospital in Mumbai Monday night while being treated for "multiple health issues". He was 69.
"He died due to OSA (obstructive sleep apnea) shortly before midnight," Dr Deepak Namjoshi, director of CritiCare hospital, told PTI.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Tuesday made it voluntary for India Inc to have a separate chairperson and managing director (MD)/chief executive officer (CEO). The move comes weeks ahead of the April 1, 2022 deadline by which the top 500 listed companies by market value had to install two separate, and unrelated, persons as chairman and MD/CEO.
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Karnataka records 1,849 Covid cases, 24 deaths in 24 hrs
Karnataka logged 1,849 new Covid cases against 5,418 discharges and 24 deaths on Wednesday. The number of total active Covid cases in the state stood at 23,284. The positivity rate for the day stood at 1.90 per cent and case fatality rate has been 1.26 per cent.
Karnataka logged 1,568 new Covid cases against 6,025 discharges and 25 deaths on Monday and the state logged 2,372 new Covid cases against 5,395 discharges and 27 deaths on Sunday.
The number of new Covid cases in Bengaluru Urban came down to 835 against 1,979 discharges. The state reported 24 deaths in the last 24 hours. The total active cases have come down to 9,955 in the city.
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Twitter adds Paytm as one of payment gateway for Tips transaction
Social media platform Twitter has added Paytm Payments Services as one of the payment gateway for carrying out Tips transactions, a joint statement said on Wednesday.
Twitter has started Tips feature that enables users to support their content creators or small business owners on Twitter by using any Paytm payment instrument like Paytm UPI, Paytm Wallet, Paytm Postpaid (buy-now-pay-later), debit and credit cards, and netbanking.
The platform already has cryptocurrency and Razorpay gateway to facilitate transactions.
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Court summons Delhi Health Min Satyendar Jain, other AAP leaders in defamation case
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ED attaches 354-acre land worth Rs 445 cr in a coal block case
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We are confident of winning more than 22 seats: Goa CM Pramod Sawant
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UP: SP leader Azam Khan denied bail in RSS defamation case
Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's bail plea in the case pertaining to the alleged misuse of government letterhead and stamp to malign the RSS was on Wednesday rejected by a special MP/MLA court here.
Khan is accused of misusing the government letterhead and stamp for allegedly defaming the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Shia religious leader Maulana Kalbe Jawad in 2014 when he was a minister in the SP government in Uttar Pradesh.
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BJP is frustrated it can't win polls, it's getting itself attacked: Akhilesh Yadav
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Kerala logs 12,223 new Covid-19 cases
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Control Room established in Ministry of External Affairs in view of the prevailing situation in Ukraine
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Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor gets bail in Rs 300-cr fraud case
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You can neither stop us like this nor will people of Punjab like your tactics: Amit Shah to Congress
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SP goons do this in every Mainpuri poll, we've demanded strict action: Anurag Thakur
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Centre urges states to amend additional Covid curbs as cases decline
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BJP in UP means Centre's schemes being implemented at double speed: PM Modi
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We want a grand temple of Guru Ravidas to come up in Delhi: Kejriwal
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First Published: Feb 16 2022 | 7:22 AM IST
