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			Maharashtra on Tuesday recorded 949 fresh coronavirus cases, while six more patients succumbed to the infection in the state, the health department said. With these additions, the state&#39;s overall Covid-19 tally rose to 8,157,293, while the death toll increased to 148,485, the department said in a bulletin. The state had recorded 505 cases and zero fatalities on Monday. The bulletin said at present the XBB.1.16 variant of Omicron is the dominant strain in the state. The number of patients detected with this variant stood at 681, while four deaths linked to the strain have been reported in the state. The health bulletin said since January 1 this year, the state has recorded 68 Covid-19 deaths and 73.53 per cent of these fatalities have occurred in patients above 60 years of age. It said 57 of the deceased had comorbidities, while 9 per cent did not have any additional illness.</div>
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		The Centre and the Gujarat government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that they may file a plea seeking a review of its March 27 order asking them to be ready with original files on the grant of remission to the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case. A bench of Justices K M Joseph and B V Nagarathna questioned the paroles granted to 11 convicts during their incarceration period and said the gravity of the offence could have been considered by the state.It said, &quot;A pregnant woman was gang-raped and several people were killed. You cannot compare victim&#39;s case with standard section 302 (murder) cases. Like you cannot compare apples with oranges, similarly massacre cannot be compared with single murder. Crimes are generally committed against society and the community. Unequals cannot be treated equally.&quot; &quot;The question is whether government applied its mind and what material formed the basis of its decision to grant remission,&quot; the bench said, adding, Today it is Bilkis but tomorrow it can be anyone. It may be you or me. If you do not show your reasons for grant of remission, then we will draw our own conclusions.&quot; The bench posted the batch of pleas challenging the remission to the convicts in Bilkis Bano case for final disposal on May 2 and asked all the convicts who have not been served notices to file their replies. It asked the Centre and the state to make its stand clear about filing of a review plea.</div>
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	The meteorological department has issued an &#39;orange&#39; alert with a warning of severe heatwave conditions for two days from Tuesday in Patna, Banka, Jamui, Nawada, Aurangabad, Supaul and several other districts of Bihar. Besides, a yellow&#39; warning has also been sounded in Begusarai, Nalanda, Gaya, Arwal, Bhojpur, Rohtas, Buxar, Khagaria and Munger.</div>
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About 200 Apple fans hoping to be among the lucky few to enter the tech giant&#39;s first retail store in India gathered from early on Tuesday outside the shop in the commercial capital of Mumbai. People came from different parts of India to catch a glimpse of Chief Executive Tim Cook, who is set to inaugurate the 28,000-sq-foot (2,600-sq-m) store later in the day, and open it to the public<br />
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The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on Tuesday the Union government&#39;s application questioning jurisdiction and competence of the constitutional court to adjudicate on legalisation of same-sex marriage, which the Centre termed as a very sensitive socio-legal issue that fell under Parliament&#39;s exclusive law-making powers.<br />
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Several rice mill workers feared trapped after 3-storeyed building collapses in Karnal

Several rice mill workers feared being trapped under debris after a three-storeyed rice mill building collapsed in Haryana&#39;s Karnal. Workers used to sleep inside the building. Fire brigade, police and ambulance have reached the spot. Rescue operations underway<br />
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		<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WATCH</a> | Haryana: Several rice mill workers feared being trapped under debris after a three-storeyed rice mill building collapsed in Karnal. Workers used to sleep inside the building. Fire brigade, police and ambulance have reached the spot. Rescue operations underway. <a href="https://t.co/AFzN9HDPYw">pic.twitter.com/AFzN9HDPYw</a></p>
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A restaurant in Lucknow inaugurated by a cow

A restaurant in Lucknow, &#39;Organic Oasis&#39; that offers food made out of organic farming produce, was inaugurated by a cow.

Karnataka polls: BJP youth wing leader Arvind Chauhan resigns from party after denial of ticket

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	Arvind Chauhan, who was BJP Kalaburagi District Yuva Morcha General Secretary and former Zilla Panchayat member, has resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party after he was denied a BJP ticket from Chittapur assembly constituency.BJP has fielded Manikanta Rathod from the Chittapur constituency while Priyank M. Kharge, son of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is the sitting MLA from the Chittapur constituency.BJP on Monday announced its third list of 10 candidates, earlier 1st and 2nd list of candidates was announced. Following the announcement, many party leaders resigned after their names remained missing from the list, including former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and former deputy chief minister Laxman Savadi.</div>
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Maharashtra reports 949 fresh #COVID19 cases, 912 recoveries and 6 deaths in the last 24 hours

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	Supreme Court questions governments for not showing to it the files of the remission. Supreme Court observed that the crime was &ldquo;horrendous&rdquo;. Centre, Gujarat government tells SC that they may file a review of March 27 order whereby Court sought original files on remission to 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano case. Next nearing on May 2 regarding pleas filed against remission granted to 11 convicts.</div>
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Delhi excise policy case: Manish Sisodia brought to court to attend proceedings

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	Former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia was brought to the Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday to attend proceedings in connection with alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped liquor policy. The court is scheduled to hear rebuttal arguments of Sisodia&#39;s lawyer in his bail plea. On Monday, Special Judge MK Nagpal extended Sisodia&#39;s judicial custody in the CBI case till April 27 and in the ED case till April 29. The AAP leader was produced physically before the court from Tihar, after the end of his judicial custody.</div>

President Droupadi Murmu arrives in Shimla on 4-day visit

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	President Droupadi Murmu arrived here on Tuesday on a four-day visit during which the &#39;Rashtrapati Niwas&#39; in Mashobra, one of the presidential retreats, will be opened for the public. During her stay here, Murmu will interact with trainees at the National Academy of Audit and Accounts and also grace the 26th Convocation of Himachal Pradesh University as chief guest on April 19.</div>

EAM Jaishankar meets Russian Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov

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	External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Russian Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, on the second day of the latter&#39;s visit, on Tuesday. Manturov, who is also the country&#39;s minister for Industry and Trade, arrived in the national capital on Monday. This is the second meeting of EAM Jaishankar with the Russian Deputy Prime Minister, during the course of his India visit.</div>

Srinagar-bound SpiceJet flight returns to Delhi airport due to false warning in cockpit

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	A Delhi-Srinagar SpiceJet flight returned to the IGI airport here on Tuesday due to a false warning in the cockpit, the airline said on Tuesday.</div>
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	&quot;On April 18, SpiceJet B737 aircraft operating flight SG-8373 (Delhi-Srinagar) returned back to Delhi as the AFT cargo fire light illuminated in the cockpit,&quot; the airline said in a statement.</div>

SC adjourns pleas against scrapping of 4% OBC quota for Muslims by Karnataka govt

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	The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing for April 25 of the petitions challenging the scrapping of the four per cent (Other backward Classes) OBC quota for Muslims in Karnataka. The Karnataka government sought an adjournment and assured a bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna that no fresh appointments or admissions would be made based on Karnataka&#39;s order scrapping the reservation for Muslims till the next date of hearing.</div>

SC hearing on petitions seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriage begins

A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud begins hearing a batch of petitions seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriage

Tim Cook opens gates to India's first Apple store at Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WATCH</a> | Apple CEO Tim Cook opens the gates to India&#39;s first Apple store at Mumbai&#39;s Bandra Kurla Complex <a href="https://t.co/MCMzspFrvp">pic.twitter.com/MCMzspFrvp</a></p>&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1648198464948551680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Apple's first India store set to open in Mumbai

Apple&#39;s first India store set to open in Mumbai&#39;s Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) today. People stand in queues outside the store before its opening<br />
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Virat Kohli fined 10% of match fee for IPL code of conduct violation

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	Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batter Virat Kohli has been fined 10 per cent of his match fee for breaching the Indian Premier League (IPL) Code of Conduct during the team&#39;s eight-run loss to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.</p>
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	A statement said that Kohli had breached the rules under Article 2.2 of the IPL Code of Conduct</p>

India identified digital health as top priority, gained expertise: UNICEF India's chief of health

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	India has identified digital health as one of its top priorities and has gained excellent expertise in developing and implementing digital health programmes, said UNICEF India&#39;s chief of health Luigi d&#39;Aquino on Tuesday.</div>
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	The COVID-19 pandemic has made the world realise the potential of digital services in improving the availability, accessibility and efficiency of many health programmes, through various applications and initiatives, d&#39;Aquino, who is attending the second G20 Health Working Group meeting, told PTI</div>

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