LIVE: Maharashtra, Kerala report over 1,000 new Covid cases each in a day
For the past five days, Kerala has been reporting over 1,000 coronavirus cases each day and a total of 48 Covid-related deaths
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A health worker testing for Covid-19 collects the swab sample of a passenger at a railway station in Mumbai (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade)
Live news updates: Bankrupt Sri Lanka can’t tap a $1.5 billion credit line from Beijing as China is concerned the International Monetary Fund may force delays in repayment. “There is a condition in relation to the months of import cover that we need to have in order to be able to draw on that money,” said Indrajit Coomaraswamy, a former central bank of Sri Lanka governor who is advising the government. It’s difficult for China to waive off the condition “because this is a three-year swap, it might be termed a loan and there may be pressure from IMF and others to include it in the stock of debt that we reschedule and therefore clearly that would be a disadvantage to the Chinese,” he said.
Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah will be the chief guest at the launch of the Khelo India Youth Games 2021 in Panchkula, Haryana, on Saturday. This is the fourth edition of the Khelo India Youth Games - the biggest nationwide grassroots level sports competition in India, started by the central government in 2018.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia said here on Friday that he is ready to face investigation by any agency.
The issue was raised after AAP leader and Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a PMLA case. "I am not afraid of any agency. In the past, I faced CBI investigation, but they could not find anything against me," Sisodia said.
Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves fell below $10 billion, threatening to spill over into a fullblown economic crisis unless policy makers secure a loan from the International Monetary Fund. The stockpile decreased by $366 million in the week ended May 27 to stand at $9.72 billion, the central bank said in a statement on its website. That’s roughly a 50 per cent drop from August and enough to pay for less than two months of imports.
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Putin says Russian anti-aircraft forces 'cracking' enemy weapons 'like nuts'
Russian anti-aircraft forces have shot down dozens of Ukrainian weapons and are "cracking them like nuts," President Vladimir Putin said in a brief excerpt of an interview aired on Saturday.
RIA news agency, which first cited the comments, quoted Putin as responding to a question about U.S.-supplied arms by saying, Russia was coping easily and had already destroyed the weapons by the dozen.
But the clip of an an interview to be aired on Sunday made clear that Putin had in fact been responding to a different question, which was not shown.
10:24 PM
Telangana: Hyderabad police seizes Innova car in connection with the rape case of a minor girl
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Cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in India crosses 194 crore: Govt
The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 194 crore on Saturday, the Union Health Ministry said.
More than 10 lakh vaccine doses were administered till 7 pm on Saturday, it said. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late night.
A total of 1,04,295 precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered to those aged 18-59 years till 7 pm on Saturday, taking the total number of precaution doses given in this age-group to 26,28,276 so far, according to the health ministry data.
9:56 PM
Baby formula shortage could ease as Abbott reopens Michigan plant
Abbott Laboratories said on Saturday that it has reopened its baby formula production plant in Sturgis, Michigan, taking a step toward alleviating an acute nationwide shortage that has sent parents scrambling for supplies.
The company said it will begin production of EleCare and other specialty and metabolic formulas, with initial EleCare product release to consumers beginning on or about June 20.
The FDA said on May 19 that the plant was on track to open within one or two weeks.
9:55 PM
Putin says Russia has destroyed US weapons in Ukraine by the dozen: Report
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in comments about a U.S. decision to send new arms to Ukraine, said Russia was easily coping and was already destroying American-supplied weapons by the dozen, state-run news agency RIA reported on Saturday.
Putin made the remarks in an interview with national television, RIA said. It is due to be shown on Sunday.
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Kerala clocks 1,544 new Covid cases, minister holds meeting
Kerala on Saturday reported 1,544 new COVID-19 cases which took the number of active patients in the state to 7,972 prompting state Health Minister Veena George to call a high-level meeting to assess the situation.
For the past five days, Kerala has been reporting over 1,000 coronavirus cases each day and a total of 48 COVID-related deaths.
After the meeting, George said the health department was closely monitoring the situation and there was no new variants.
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Delhi reports 405 new Covid cases
8:37 PM
Shah inaugurates Khelo India Youth Games in Panchkula
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Mumbai logs 889 new cases in a day, highest since Jan 31
7:16 PM
Maharashtra reports 1,357 Covid cases, one death
Maharashtra on Saturday reported 1,357 new coronavirus infections and one pandemic-related death, the state health department said.
The state had recorded 1,134 new infections and three deaths the day before.
This is the third consecutive day when the state reported more than 1,000 cases. The state has 5,888 active cases now.
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Delhi: Fire broke out on 2nd floor of Jain Hospital in Pushpanjali Enclave, Patparganj
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Congo auditor says $400 mn went missing from state mining company
More than $400 million in tax advances and loans that Democratic Republic of Congo's state mining company Gecamines said it paid to the national treasury cannot be found, according to a report by the government's public finances watchdog.
State miner Gecamines holds minority stakes in several of the world's largest copper and cobalt projects, including Glencore's Kamoto Copper Company mine and China Molybdenum's Tenke Fungurume mine.
Gecamines has long been dogged by accusations of corruption made by non-governmental organisations and opposition politicians.
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Total 19 injured, 9 dead in the explosion in Hapur
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'You will face criminal defamation': Assam CM lashes out at Sisodia over PPE kit allegations
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Total 15 injured, 8 dead in the explosion that took place at a factory in Hapur
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First Published: Jun 04 2022 | 7:25 AM IST
