Bengaluru: Karnataka reported 45 new positive cases of Corona Virus on Friday, taking the total number of cases in the state to over 750, a health bulletin issued by Department of Health and Family Welfare informed.
The National Green Tribunal slapped an interim penalty of Rs 50 crore on LG Polymers India and sought response from the Centre and others on Friday in the gas leak incident in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, saying "there appears to be a failure to comply with the said Rules and other statutory provisions".
In a sharp spike, 45 new COVID-19 positive cases, including that of a five month old girl, have been confirmed in Karnataka, taking the total number of infections in the state to 750.
Hundreds of migrant labourers thronged the Railway station here on Friday after learning that the Karnataka government would be operating special trains to their home states and demanded that they be immediately sent back, police said.
A Mig-29 fighter aircraft of the IAF crashed in Chuharpur village here on Friday after it developed a technical snag, officials said.
An Indian-American father and daughter, both doctors in New Jersey, have died due to the COVID-19, with Governor Phil Murphy describing their demise as particularly tough" and hailed them for dedicating their lives for others.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the Government must start giving transparency to its actions in fighting COVID-19 by cooperating with states and making them partners in decision-making.
Temperature and latitude are not associated with the spread of COVID-19 disease, according to a global study that found school closures and other public health measures are having a positive effect on containing the novel coronavirus.
Moody's Investors Service on Friday said it estimates India's GDP growth to hit zero' in FY21 and pointed to a wide fiscal deficit, high government debt, weak social and physical infrastructure, and a fragile financial sector.
A "minuscule technical leak" had occurred at the chemical factory in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam where styrene gas leaked in the early hours of Thursday but it was controlled and the process of neutralisation is on, officials said on Friday.
