2,179 new COVID-19 cases detected today out of 36,225 tests done in the last 24 hours. Total cases now at 96,771 including 21,680 active cases and 274 deaths: Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Jharkhand reports 1,137 new COVID-19 cases, 736 recoveries and 10 deaths, taking total cases to 33,311 including 22,486 recoveries and 362 deaths. Number of active cases stands at 10,463: State Health Department.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) names Syed Zafar Islam as party's candidate for upcoming by-elections for Rajya Sabha seat from Uttar Pradesh. The bypoll was announced after the seat represented by Amar Singh felt vacant due to his death. Voting will be held on September 11.
"I think there's something very sinister in this entire episode & it appears that there is involvement of some big people in the case. First thing that should happen is suspension of Mumbai Commissioner of Police and DCP of that area," said Vikas Singh, lawyer of Sushant Rajput's father.
497 new COVID-19 cases reported in Goa today, taking the total number of positive cases in the State to 15,027 including 3,351 active cases, 11,511 recovered cases and 165 deaths: State Health Department.
1,345 new COVID-19 positive cases and 12 deaths reported in Rajasthan till 8.30 pm today. Total number of cases now at 74,670 including 14,099 active cases and 992 deaths: State Health Department.
Maharashtra: Police beat members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in Dhule after they stopped the vehicle of State Minister Abdul Sattar to request him to waive off college fee of students owing to COVID-19.
1,854 new COVID-19 cases, 776 recoveries and 28 deaths reported in Mumbai today. The total number of positive cases increases to 1,39,532 in Mumbai, including 18,977 active cases, 1,12,743 recovered cases and 7,502 deaths: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Maharashtra.
Tamil Nadu Health Minister Dr C Vijayabaskar has written to Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan seeking cancellation of NEET examination. The letter states, "conducting the exam at this point would put the lives of students at great risk of infection."
Himachal Pradesh government issues guidelines for tourists entering the state: Apart from RT-PCR, TRU NAAT and CB NAAT tests from ICMR accredited labs will be acceptable. Tests on sample collected not earlier than 96 hours before entering the state border will also be valid.
Delhi Deputy CM and Education Minister Manish Sisodia has written to Union Minister of Education Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank requesting postponement of NEET-JEE 2020 exams, due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
14,888 new COVID-19 cases and 295 deaths reported in Maharashtra today. The total number of positive cases now stands at 7,18,711 including 5,22,427 recoveries and 1,72,873 active cases: State Health department.
Roof collapsed in Rajgarh, #MadhyaPradesh today with people on it who were witnessing the final rites procession of slain soldier Manish Vishwakarma who was injured in Baramullah encounter. No casualties were reported in the roof collapse incident.
National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested four more accused in Kerala Gold Smuggling case on 24th August. So far, NIA has arraigned 25 accused in the case out of which 20 have been arrested. Further investigation underway: NIA
Mumbai, August 26: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi will hold a virtual meeting today with CMs of Congress-ruled states and CMs of West Bengal, Maharashtra and Jharkhand on issues of GST dues of states and NEET and JEE exams.
On the other hand, the National Testing Agency on Tuesday refused to change the schedule of the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).
In a fresh set of guidelines released on Tuesday evening, the NTA said that the NEET will be held on September 13 and JEE exam will be held from September 1 to September 6.
Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 10,425 fresh cases of coronavirus infection, taking the state's case tally to 7,03,823, said a state health official. With this, cases in Maharashtra crossed the 7 lakh-mark. The state had crossed the six lakh-mark on August 17.The death toll due to the pandemic in the state rose to 22,794 with 329 fatalities being reported during the day. Gujarat on Tuesday recorded 1,096 new #coronavirus cases to take its tally to 88,942, while its toll reached 2,930 with 20 more deaths.
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez informed that the country will call in the army to help identify those who have been exposed to people infected with coronavirus as part of efforts to curb the spread of the disease.
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