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Heat wave sweeps across India
Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest maximum temperature of 45.9 degrees Celsius and at least three dozen places recorded maximum temperatures above 45 degrees Celsius, India Meteorological Department (IMD) data showed.
Poland wants to regain control of Ukrainian areas: Russia
According to the alleged plan, the first stage of this "reunification" will see Polish "peacekeepers" deployed in western Ukraine under the pretext of "protection from Russian aggression", Naryshkin revealed in a statement on Thursday, RT reported. The details of the operation are now being discussed between Warsaw and the Joe Biden administration in the US, he claimed, adding that it's going to be carried out without a NATO mandate, with only volunteer countries taking part.
Jahangirpuri Violence: Delhi Police arrest key accused from West Bengal
The accused, identified as Farid alias Nilu, was arrested from his relative's place at Tamluk in East Midnapore district of West Bengal. Official sources told IANS that a team of the Special Cell has already left West Bengal for Delhi along with the accused. The sources further said that Farid is accused of instigating the violence in Jahangirpuri.
Over 42 hrs on, Delhi's 'Garbage mountain' still burning
"The dumpyard is still burning and currently six fire tenders are dousing the flames," the official told IANS. The residents of the area have started complaining of sore throat, itchy eyes and breathing problems due to the fire that broke out on Tuesday. A school in the vicinity has also been closed, owing to the smoke that might affect children's health.
New variant of Corona detected in Patna
The new variant BA.12 is 10 times more dangerous than BA.2 which was detected during the third wave of Corona in the country. Prof Dr Namrata Kumari, the HOD of microbiology department of IGIMS, said: "Keeping in view the rising Covid cases, we had started genome sequencing of samples of Omicron variant of Corona. There were 13 samples tested and one of them had BA.12 strains. The remaining 12 samples have BA.2 strains."
Situation tense after foreign student falls to death in Karnataka
The incident took place at 11 p.m. on Wednesday night at the Gitam University located in the Bengaluru Rural district, police sources said. Haseena, a 24-year-old student from Uganda enrolled in the final year of an engineering course, died after falling from the sixth floor of the residential facility.
Ukraine seeks to get $5bn from IMF per month: PM
"We are talking about 5 billion dollars a month -- the need for this amount has been confirmed by both the IMF and the World Bank. These are the funds that the budget of Ukraine needs in order to fulfill all our social and humanitarian obligations," Shmyhal said on Wednesday. He added that the IMF has already set up a special administrative account through which Ukraine's partners will provide assistance for Kiev in the form of grants and loans, Xinhua news agency reported.
Max temp to rise by 2 degrees C during next three days over NW India: IMD
India Meteorological Department (IMD) said: "Heat wave conditions would continue over Vidarbha, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh during next five days, over Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, interior Gangetic West Bengal and interior Odisha till April 30, over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi till May 1, Bihar till April 29, over Chhattisgarh during April 28-30, and northern parts of Gujarat on April 28."
African Swine Fever Outbreak: Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya impose curbs
After Mizoram, the fresh outbreak of ASF was reported from Tripura and Meghalaya. Officials said on Wednesday that the state authorities are taking steps as per the guidelines of the National Action Plan of the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying for control, containment and eradication of ASF. In Mizoram, the ASF, which created havoc last year killing over 33,400 pigs, has reappeared in a few districts, killing over 800 pigs over the past two months.
Covid: Vaccinating all eligible children is priority, says PM Modi
Chairing a review meeting with Chief Ministers of several states via video conferencing to assess the health situation across the nation, Prime Minister Modi said that the vaccination of all eligible children at the earliest was a priority for the government and specialised programmes would have to be conducted for it in schools.
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