Breaking News, May 3 | Highlights

Madhya Pradesh: A drive-in vaccination centre has been started in Bhopal by the state Tourism Corporation. 

Due to the second wave of COVID-19, Ministry of Education urged for postponement of all offline examinations scheduled in May. The Online examinations, etc may however continue: Ministry of Education

New Zealand will open a second travel bubble this month with the tiny Cook Islands, after last month opening a travel bubble with Australia.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami tendered his resignation and that of his cabinet and Governor Banwarilal Purohit accepted it, the Raj Bhavan said on Monday.

An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 on the Richter scale was recorded in Assam on Monday.

Uttarakhand | In view of the increasing COVID-19 cases, all government and private universities to remain closed till further orders. Online classes to continue: MM Semwal, Joint Secretary, Higher Education

Spain's health minister said Monday that authorities expect to reach within 24 hours the milestone of 5 million people fully inoculated against COVID-19. Health Minister Carolina Darias told reporters that Spain is on track for its goal of vaccinating before the summer 70 per cent of the adult population, or around 33 million people.

Vaccination centers are working seven days a week, Darias, said, and by the first week of June some 10 million people will be fully inoculated.

Darias urged continuing caution. She said Spain's COVID-19 incidence rate per 100,000 people over 14 days — an important measure of the pandemic's spread — is 229 but varies widely between regions, with some lower than 70 and others in the range of 400-500.

Mamata Banerjee to take oath as West Bengal CM for the third term on May 5

Saudi Arabia's King Salman appointed a new economy minister and named his eldest living son as a special adviser in a series of royal decrees issued early Monday. The king named Faisal al-Ibrahim as the minister of economy and planning, a move that promotes him from his post as deputy minister in which he'd served as since early 2018.

Al-Ibrahim has previously held jobs with Aramco and in the country's Council of Economic Affairs and Development, according to Saudi state media reports

T. Rabi Sankar took over as the Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India today for a period of three years or until further orders: RBI

Market benchmark Sensex staged a smart recovery from the day's low to end with marginal losses on Monday amid a negative trend in global equities.

After plunging over 750 points in early trade, the 30-share BSE index made a U-turn to finish 63.84 points or 0.13 per cent lower at 48,718.52. In similar movement, the broader NSE Nifty closed 3.05 points or 0.02 per cent higher at 14,634.15.

In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Central Government has issued notifications exempting Basic Customs Duty and/or Health cess on imports of a number of COVID-19 related relief materials, for a limited period: Ministry of Finance

I declare all journalists as COVID warriors, says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee will meet West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar at 7 pm on Monday and stake claim to form the government, after her party's stupendous win in the assembly elections, Raj Bhavan sources said.

The Divine Multispeciality Hospital in Wazirabad area of Delhi is grappled with a severe shortage of medical oxygen. According to the hospital management, it raised an alarm in the morning on the shortage of oxygen where 32 Covid-19 patients are currently undergoing treatment. The hospital said that 12 patients are on ventilator support and need a high flow of oxygen. The stock of oxygen will last another two hours.

Delhi HC issues notice to Delhi Govt on a PIL seeking direction to cap the price of High-Resolution Computerised Tomography (HRCT) scan/test which is nowadays massively recommended to people having symptoms of COVID-19.

Aligarh: People face issues getting cash from ATMs amid curfew.

Delhi CM Kejriwal to chair meeting with govt officers regarding home isolation.

SC to pass order on plea challenging Madras HC order by this week.

After Election Commission challenged Madras High Court's order that criticized EC's Covid management during elections, Supreme Court today heard the plea. 

Bharatiya Janata Party leader and party's Uttar Pradesh unit spokesperson Manoj Mishra passed away on Monday after losing battle with Covid-19. He breathed his last at a hospital in Kanpur. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed grief over the demise of Mishra and offered condolences to the bereaved family.

SC directs Centre to rectify the oxygen shortage situation in Delhi

SC assures that no patient shall be denied help due to lack of residential proof.

Three people were killed and more than two dozen others were hospitalized after a wooden boat capsized Sunday during a possible human smuggling operation just off the San Diego coast, authorities said. Local lifeguards, the US Coast Guard, and other agencies responded around 10.30 am following reports of an overturned vessel near the peninsula of Point Loma, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.

The Congress on Sunday retained the Damoh Assembly seat with the party candidate Ajay Tandon defeating his former colleague and nearest BJP rival Rahul Singh Lodhi by a margin of 17,097 votes, an official said. Tandon (57) polled 74,832 votes while Lodhi (36) bagged 57,735 votes, Damoh Collector and Returning Officer Tarun Rathi said. The bypoll was necessitated due to the resignation of Lodhi as the sitting MLA of the Congress. He later joined the BJP. In the first round itself, Tandon took a lead of 700 votes over Lodhi and the gap increased in subsequent rounds.