Indian Sub-continent

NEW DELHI, Apr 10 (NNN-PTI) – A fresh high of 145,384 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the past 24 hours in India, taking the country’s tally to 13,205,926, according to the official data, released by the federal health ministry today.

It was the fifth time within this week and the fourth consecutive day that more than 100,000 new cases were reported in India.

As many as 794 deaths took place since yesterday morning, taking the total death toll to 168,436.

Kanpur: Sunny weather keeps us feel intensity of the higher day temperature on second Saturday of the ongoing month. The sun, as weather news informed, brightens at 40 degrees Celsius in the afternoon.

The real feel stayed at 41° Celsius, according to the weather report.

None denies that the temperature is all the more unbearable. What will be the condition in the next two months? They questioned.

New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) Public streets should not be blocked , observed the Supreme Court on Friday while hearing a plea of a Noida-based woman alleging difficulties in commuting to Delhi for work due to road blockades by protesting farmers.

A bench comprising justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta took note of the reply of Delhi Police Commissioner on the plea and said for proper adjudication, the governments of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are also needed to be made parties.

Kolkata, Apr 9 (PTI) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday removed an SP rank officer posted in the security of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, an official said.

The step against Asoke Chakraborty, an officer on special duty (OSD) in an ex-cadre post in the rank of superintendent of police, is believed to have been taken because of "security lapses" which led to Banerjee's foot injury in Nandigram last month, he said.

"He is removed from the post with immediate effect," the official in the state CEO's office said.

Jamalpur/ Memari/Bardhaman (WB), Apr 9 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday alleged Home Minister Amit Shah was trying to incite violence in the state and egging the police to engage in unethical acts.

Alleging that Shah was behind the attack on the TMC candidate of Mathabhanga seat as the BJP will lose the election, the Trinamool Congress supremo claimed that he will plan to kill her for speaking these in public.

KABUL, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Ninety-two people have been killed in insurgency and war in Afghanistan since Friday morning, an independent local war monitoring group said on Saturday.

"Within the past 24 hours, our team has documented 92 deaths, including two civilians, 27 Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) members, and 63 Taliban militants," Reduction in Violence (RiV) confirmed on its twitter account.

Another 51 Taliban militants and seven ANDSF members were also wounded during the cited period.

Chandigarh, Apr 10 (PTI) Intensifying their protest against the three farm laws, farmers blocked the Kundli Manesar Palwal expressway at some places in Haryana on Saturday.

The blockade started at 8 am and would last 24 hours.

ISLAMABAD, April 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said that members of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation should push back against vaccine nationalism and undue export restrictions to let COVID-19 vaccine reach equally to all countries of the world.

Addressing the 10th D-8 Summit, hosted in virtual format on Thursday, Khan said the D-8 should call for COVID-19 vaccine to be treated as a global public good, ensure equity, affordability, enhanced production and timely supply to save lives, according to the Prime Minister’s Office.

New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) The Election Commission (EC) has issued a notice to West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee for her alleged statements against central armed police forces deputed on election duty in the state.

The notice issued on Thursday night said Banerjee prima facie violated various sections of the Indian Penal Code with her remarks against the central forces.

The chief minister has been asked to respond to the notice by 11 am on Saturday.

New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday questioned the export of COVID-19 vaccines, and asked if it is right to do so and put the lives of countrymen in danger.

He said vaccine shortage is a very serious problem during Corona times and is not a celebration.

Gandhi also called upon the central government to help states without any bias and help provide them with more vaccines.

"Shortage of vaccine in view of the rise in Corona cases is a very serious problem and not a celebration," he said in a tweet in Hindi.