The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation on Thursday asked people staying near the chemical plant where a gas leak took place in the wee hours to stay indoors and use a wet cloth to cover their nose and mouth.
India is projected to record the highest number of births in the 9 months since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March, with more than 20 million babies expected to be born in the country between March and December, according to a top UN body.
The death toll due to COVID-19 in the country rose to 1,783 while the number of cases climbed to 52,952 on Thursday, registering an increase of 89 deaths and 3,561 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed people leading the fight against coronavirus and said India is standing firmly with those facing difficult times during the pandemic, both in the country and abroad.
Two people, including a child, were killed and nearly 70 hospitalised after a gas leak at a chemical plant in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam in the wee hours of Thursday, officials said.
Bengaluru: Opposition leader Siddaramaiah has criticised Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's request to workers to stay back to help development works in the state, calling it an inhuman act.
Udupi: An 18-year-old young woman, who returned from Udupi to her native place Badami in Bagalkot district in the second week of March has tested positive for coronavirus, reports added.
Mangaluru: Taking note of the requests and demands of opening garments and clothing stores in Dakshina Kannada, District-In-Charge Minister, Kota Srinivasa Poojary on Wedensday added that all the clothing and garment stores in the District will be allowed to be opened from from Thursday May 7.
Bengaluru: The state government, which allowed liquor sale after around 42 days, has now hiked excise duty by 17 per cent giving a set back to the liquor traders in the state..
