India's Covid Cases Escalating at the Fastest Pace in Asia
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The outbreak first emerged in China some states, sources said. Congress president Sonia Gandhi will chair the Congress to discuss the COVID-19 situation and the impact of the lockdown. Ithe news show on Palghar mob-lynching except the initial one that is late last year before spreading across the world, prompting an international race meeting of leaders of opposition parties, the sources said on Tuesday. Around The Congress has called a meeting of like-minded parties on Friday to discuss being probed by the Mumbai police, but refused his plea for to find treatments and vaccines. A drug being tested by scientists at China's 17 opposition parties have agreed to participate in the meeting which the plight of migrant workers and the changes in labour laws. transfer of probe to the CBI. Observing that journalistic prestigious Peking University could not only will be held via videoconferencing. The SP and the BSP have ot yet "Yes, there will be a meeting of opposition parties on Friday freedom lies at the core of freedom of speech and shorten the recovery time for those infected, but confirmed their participation, they said. Rendered jobless due to the evening through videoconferencing to discuss the present expression, a bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and M even offer short-term immunity from the virus, coronavirus-induced lockdown, which began on March 25, and COVID situation and the lockdown impact. I will be there," R Shah granted protection to Goswami from any researchers say. Sunney Xie, director of the desperate to get home, thousands of migrant workers across the she told reporters here. Various opposition-ruled states coercive action for three more weeks from today and university's Beijing Advanced Innovation Center country are undertaking long and arduous journeys to their have criticised the Centre over its handling of the said that he can approach the competent court for for Genomics, told AFP that the drug has been native places on foot, on bicycles or packed into trucks. migrant crisis. quashing of the FIR. successful at the animal testing stage. India’s Covid cases escalating SC rejects LG Polymers at the fastest pace in Asia petition against NGT PNS n NEW DELHI Since Monday, states have PNS n NEW DELHI further eased restrictions for India's coronavirus infections India records 0.2 Covid-19 industries, shops and offices LG Polymers India Ltd from crossed the 1,00,000 mark and and reopened public transport, whose plant at Visakhapatnam, are escalating at the fastest pace deaths per lakh population while the lockdown in the there was a leakage of Styrene in Asia, just as Prime Minister worst affected areas of the gas on May 7, resulting in the Fadnavis targets Narendra Modi further relaxed ndia has so far about 0.2 COVID-19 country — including a ban on death of 12 persons and hos- Pawar, asks Maha the country's nationwide Ideaths per lakh population as against interstate and international air pitalisation of over 500 people lockdown to boost economic the global figure of 4.1, the Union travel — has been extended faced a major setback in the govt for economic activities. health ministry said as the number until May 31. The government Supreme Court on Tuesday. package Infections in of fatalities due to coronavirus is hoping to ease the econom- The apex court rejected the the country of infection in the country rose ic impact of the world's biggest petition of the company seek- 1.3 billion to 3,163 on Tuesday and the total cases reached 1,01,139. lockdown, which has crippled ing a stay on the orders of people were Also, a record number of 1,08,233 samples were tested business activity and left mil- National Green Tribunal for an at 101,328, for COVID-19 on Monday in the country. So far a total of lions jobless. investigation into the gas leak- 4 including 24,25,742 samples have been tested, the ministry said. Still, companies are facing age incident. more than Referring to data from WHO situation report-119, the difficulties reopening factories The arguments in the case 3,000 deaths, ministry said 3,11,847 COVID-19 mortalities have been — primarily because of travel were posted to June 8. as of Tuesday, reported till Tuesday worldwide which is about 4.1 deaths restrictions, conflicting rules, LG Polymers argued that the according to per lakh population. Among the countries with high COVID- broken supply chains and a NGT had no jurisdiction to data from Johns 19 casualties, the US with 87,180 fatalities has 26.6 deaths shortage of workers. The move- probe into the accident. It said Hopkins University. per lakh population. The UK has reported 34,636 deaths and ment of millions of migrant the NGT cannot take up a suo As many as 5,242 new has approximately 52.1 deaths per lakh population, it said. Italy with workers from the cities where motu inquiry into the incident. cases were added on Tuesday, 31,908 instances of coronavirus fatalities so far has around 52.8 they had jobs to their homes in However, the Supreme according to the health min- deaths per lakh population. 3 rural villages — and their reluc- Court rejected this argument. AP police book 60-year-old istry. tance to return — is one of the It said the apex court would India is now among the key challenges for the economy, take up the hearing only after woman for post on gas leak nations worst hit by the epidem- Bloomberg's Coronavirus deaths. Its cases increased by which could be heading for its the ic, with a 28% increase in cases Tracker. Neighbor Pakistan has 19% over the same period, the first full-year contraction in completion of NGT inquiry. he Andhra Pradesh CID police have registered a case against a since last week according to 42,125 cases including 903 tracker showed. more than four decade. It also ruled that all legal T60-year-old woman for allegedly posting in social media issues could be raised only questions pertaining to the recent Styrene gas leak incident in before the NGT. Visakhapatnam in which 12 people lost their lives and hundreds “Any objections from the fell ill. The CID is also investigating the role of a man, Malladi 2 die, 57 fresh company should be raised Raghunath in the matter. A case has been booked against the No consent Confidence in you paid off, only before the NGT,” the woman, P Ranganayaki, under IPC sections 505 (2) (making required from states cases reported Supreme Court ruled. statements that create or promote enmity),153 (A) (indulging in It may be mentioned that wanton vilification), 188 (Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) and 120-B r/w 34 (criminal conspiracy), a to run Shramik PNS n VIJAYAWADA the LG Polymers’ lawyers chal- Jagan tells Collectors, SPs press release from the CID said on Tuesday. When contacted P V Special trains lenged the directions of the Sunil Kumar, additional DGP (CID) said that a notice under section Two Covid-19 related deaths NGT and Andhra Pradesh 41 (A) of the CrPC (notice of appearance before police officer) PNS n VIJAYAWADA fidence and lauded their efforts now entered the fourth phase of were reported in AP taking the HighCourt in the Supreme was also served on her. The woman in her social media account in mitigating the spread of the lockdown. We will now toll to 52 even as 57 more test- Court. raised 20 questions such as why there were no arrests in the 5 Telling district Collectors and Coronavirus in the state. have to follow a different ed positive, pushing the total The company challenged Vizag gas leak case and why the government allowed the leftover Superintendents of Police that At the field level, the village approach, unlike the previous number of infections in the the High Court’s direction to Styrene to be sent back to South Korea. A senior police official they are his strength and the volunteers, village secretariats, one. The focus now will be on state to 2,489, a health bulletin deposit Rs 50 crore till the claimed the woman was a TDP sympathiser. government recognises their Asha workers, doctors, consta- to restart the economy. Without said on Tuesday.