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“Delhi government is making full preparations for the third corona wave. We are arranging 37,000 beds, preparing 12,000 oxygen beds etc. Separate preparations are also being made for children,” Satyendar Jain told reporters. As Covid-19 cases continue to decline in Delhi, its Health Minister Satyendar Jain assured that the national capital is preparing to tackle the third wave of Covid-19 if it arises. “Delhi government is making full preparations for the third corona wave. We are arranging 37,000 beds, preparing 12,000 oxygen beds etc. Separate preparations are also being made…

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The Devasthanam Board, which came into existence during the tenure of Trivendra Singh Rawat, controls the management of 51 temples, including Chardham. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday said the Devasthanam Board will not be allowed to harm the interest of priests and ”hak-hakookdharis”, who have traditional rights on resources in and around the temples, at any cost. The Devasthanam Board, which came into existence during the tenure of Trivendra Singh Rawat, controls the management of 51 temples, including Chardham. Dhami gave the assurance to a delegation of…

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A fight broke out as Sena members marching towards Narayan Rane’s home in Mumbai, carrying flags and shouting slogans, were stopped by BJP workers. Workers of Maharashtra’s ruling Shiv Sena and the opposition BJP clashed on the streets in Mumbai today in a snowballing controversy over Union Minister Narayan Rane’s comment on slapping Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for his “ignorance of the year of India’s Independence”. Narayan Rane faces an arrest warrant after a case filed by Sena workers. The comments have sparked protests by outraged Shiv Sena leaders. A…

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A possible third wave of coronavirus may peak in November if a new variant, more virulent than the Delta, emerges and becomes fully active by September end, a scientist involved in the mathematical modelling of pandemic said on Monday. At the same time, the third wave may not see the number of new cases going as high as the second wave and is more likely to be on the lines of the first wave. However, there may not be a third wave if no new variant, more infectious than the…

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Till 1962, Tamil Nadu had 41 Lok Sabha members. The state’s Lok Sabha representation was reduced to 39 ahead of the 1967 general polls after it successfully controlled its population growth. Tamil Nadu has faced “unfair” political representation in the Lok Sabha since 1962 after the state managed to successfully bring down its population, the Madras high court said recently. In its order passed on August 17, the court asked the centre to see if the Lok Sabha representation of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh – the other state that…

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