Day: May 21, 2020

233 new coronavirus cases in Ahmedabad, 17 deaths

11:19 pm May 21, 2020

Ahmedabad: The number of coronavirus cases in Ahmedabad district reached 9,449 on Thursday after 233 new patients were detected, a senior health official said. Out of 24 COVID-19 patients who died in Gujarat since previous evening, 17 died in hospitals in Ahmedabad city alone, said Principal Secretary (Health) Jayanti Ravi. The district remains the worst-affected […]

Man kills alcoholic brother by pushing him into well

4 of family found dead in well; cops suspect suicide

11:16 pm May 21, 2020

Hyderabad: Four members of a family, including two women and a three-year-old boy, were found dead in a well in Warangal district in Telangana on Thursday, police said. The incident occurred at a gunny bag-stitching unit in the district, the police said. Based on preliminary investigation, it is suspected that the four committed suicide, and […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Cost-effective kit used for coronavirus tests launched

11:12 pm May 21, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: A magnetic nanoparticle-based RNA extraction kit for use during tests for detection of COVID-19 was unveiled here on Thursday. Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) announced the commercial launch of Agappe Chitra Magna, the RNA extraction kit. The kit uses an innovative technology for isolating RNA using magnetic nanoparticles to […]

Woman claims her virus positive husband missing from hospital, authorities say he was cremated

8:42 pm May 21, 2020

Hyderabad: A woman here has alleged that her COVID-19 positive husband was missing from hospital, but health authorities on Thursday clarified that the man had died during treatment and his cremation was performed by government staff as the family was in hospital after testing positive. The woman reportedly informed state Municipal Administration Minister K T […]

UPCC chief remanded in 14-day judicial custody

8:39 pm May 21, 2020

Lucknow: UPCC president Ajay Kumar Lallu, arrested from Agra on Wednesday evening by Lucknow police on charges of cheating and forgery, has been remand in judicial custody for 14 days. Brought to the state capital late Wednesday night, Lallu was first taken for a medical examination to a hospital and was later produced before a […]