576 new #COVID19 cases and 8 deaths reported in Chhattisgarh yesterday, taking total cases to 15,621 including 5,244 active cases, 10,235 discharges and 142 deaths: State Health Department
Gujarat: Around 10 shops and godowns were gutted in a fire that broke out at a wholesale vegetable market in Mohammadapura area of Bharuch, earlier in the day.
Odisha: A vehicle that was going from Hyderabad to Kolkata caught fire on National Highway 16 near Sahapur in Bhadrak district, earlier today. No injuries reported.
1,317 #COVID19 cases detected today out of 20,367 tests done in the last 24 hours. Total cases now stand at 76,875 including 53,286 recovered, 23,397 active cases and 189 deaths: #Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has instructed revenue officials to be on alert with Godavari being in spate. He instructed the official machinery to evacuate people from low lying areas & asked officials to be on high alert in East & West Godavari districts: CM's Office
3,066 new #COVID19 positive cases, 2,935 discharges and 51 deaths reported in West Bengal today. Total number of cases rise to 1,16,498 including 86,771 discharges, 27,299 active cases and 2,428 deaths: State Health Department
On 27 July a cloudburst hit Jauljibi sector of Pithoragarh district & major landslide occurred on Jauljibi-Munsiyari road. A 50-meter span concrete bridge was completely washed out. Border Road Organisation completed a 180 ft bailey bridge on Aug16: Defence Ministry #Uttarakhand
300 new #COVID19 positive cases reported in Goa today, taking the total number of cases to 11,693 including 3,760 active cases, 7,775 recoveries and 104 deaths: Directorate of Health Services, Goa
High-speed mobile data services shall be restored in Ganderbal and Udhampur on trial basis for postpaid services from 9 pm today to September 8. While in rest of the districts, the internet speed shall continue to be restricted to 2G only: Govt of Jammu and Kashmir
I'm deeply anguished to learn of the passing away of #ChetanChauhan. I've spent so much time with him when he was Indian Cricket Team’s manager.Not only was he a tough opening batsman but was a person with tremendous sense of humour & attachment to Indian cricket: BCCI President
7,040 new #COVID19 positive cases (including 2131 cases from Bengaluru Urban), 6680 discharges and 124 deaths reported in Karnataka today. Total number of cases rise to 226966 including 81512 active cases, 141491 discharges and 3947 deaths: State Health Department.
1,010 new #COVID19 cases, 719 recovered cases and 47 deaths reported in Mumbai today. Total number of cases now at 1,28,726 including 1,03,468 recovered/discharged cases, 17,828 active cases and 7,130 deaths: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) expresses grief on the passing away of #ChetanChauhan. The former India cricketer was admitted to a hospital after being tested positive for COVID-19 and breathed his last today: BCCI
New Delhi, August 16: The number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases worldwide has risen to 2,16,04,168, according to the worldometers. As of Sunday (August 16) morning, 7,68,739 people have succumbed to COVID-19, whereas 1,43,23,179 have recovered so far from the deadly infection. The United States remains the worst-affected country by the pandemic, followed by Brazil and India on second and third position respectively. Catch live updates on the global coronavirus outbreak and other breaking news across streams.
Today marks the second death anniversary of India's former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Home Minister Amit Shah were among politicians who paid tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayee. President Kovind, Vice President Naidu and PM Modi paid homage to the later BJP leader at 'Sadaiv Atal'. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Death Anniversary: Memorable Quotes by Former Indian Prime Minister.
Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday announced his retirement in an Instagram post. Veteran batsman Suresh Raina also joined Dhoni in formally announcing his retirement from all international cricket.
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