Jaipur: A man in a village in Rajasthan's Nagaur district hired a helicopter to bring home his newborn daughter from the house of her maternal grandparents on Wednesday.

New Delhi: Renowned Islamic Scholar and peace activist Maulana Wahiduddin Khan passed away in Delhi on Wednesday evening. The 96-year-old scholar had tested positive for COVID-19 last week and was in ICU at Apollo Hospital in the national capital.

Chennai: The Madras High Court on Wednesday recommended to the State and Central governments to fix speed governors in two-wheelers too at the production stage itself to curb road accidents.

New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday alleged that India has been reduced from being a leader in vaccine production in the world to a "vaccine beggar" due to the failures of the government.

Bengaluru: Former Indian Forest Service officer and renowned Urdu poet Syed Ahmed Esar passed away on Wednesday in Bengaluru. He was 98.

New Delhi: Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.

Guwahati: The Assam government will vaccinate everyone in the 18-45 age group for free from May 1 onwards, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said.

Nashik/Mumbai: At least 22 patients died on Wednesday due to the interrupted supply of oxygen at a civic hospital for COVID-19 patients in Nashik in Maharashtra following the leakage from an oxygen storage plant, district collector Suraj Mandhare said.