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New Delhi : Dr Jitendra Nath Pande, an eminent pulmonologist and former head of the Department of Medicine at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi, who had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week, died at his residence on Saturday. 79-year-old Dr Pande and his wife tested positive for the infection on Tuesday with mild symptoms and they decided to remain in home isolation, said AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria. But his wife was shifted to the AIIMS hospital on Saturday. "We were following him up regularly and he said he was improving. Yesterday, he had his dinner and went off to sleep and then passed away in sleep possibly because of an acute cardiac event," Dr Guleria said. Dr Pande had co-morbid conditions. "Knowledge and humility can coexist and Dr Pande was an epitome of that. He was an excellent human being and it is a great loss to the medical fraternity. AIIMS family will miss him the most because he joined AIIMS as an MBBS student and

Bengaluru : Two days before the resumption of domestic air travel, Karnataka government has issued detailed guidelines for the persons coming from 'high prevalence states' amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown. The state government has laid down new norms for those coming from other states (including those coming by domestic air flights). Representational image. News18 It has been stated that passengers coming from 'high prevalence states' (Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh) would be required to undergo a seven-day "institutional quarantine" which will be followed by home quarantine. The new norms also said that home quarantine of 14 days would be necessary for the passengers coming from other states. "No quarantine for business passengers having a negative test report, obtained within two days prior to the date of travel, from the ICMR approved lab," said the order, detailing the guidelines. Institutional quar

New Delhi : Jail inmates who are above 60 years of age will be granted emergency parole in view of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Delhi Prisons department. File image of TIhar jail. AP A circular issued earlier this week stated that the convicts in this age group are more susceptible to COVID-19 and the emergency parole will be given to decongest the jails, officials said on Saturday. If an inmate has been convicted for less than five years and has already completed three months in jail, he or she is eligible for the emergency parole, the circular stated. For jail term of more than five and up to 10 years, only those convicts will be released who have completed a stay of six months and their appeal is not pending in the court. For prisoners having more than 10 years sentence and life convicts, except those having specific direction not to be released before a specific period or not to consider them for remission, they should have completed six months or more as convict a

07:52 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in West Bengal Latest Update West Bengal reports 127 new COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths West Bengal on Saturday recorded four more COVID-19 fatalities, raising the death toll in the state to 197, while 127 new cases of the respiratory infection were reported, a bulletin by the health department said on Saturday. Of the four deaths, two each were reported from the city and neighbouring Howrah district, it said. The state now has a total of 3,459 confirmed cases, out of which 1,909 are active, the bulletin said. Till Saturday, 1,281 people recovered from the disease and were discharged from hospitals, it added. 07:46 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Uttar Pradesh Latest Update Gautam Buddh Nagar reports 17 new COVID-19 cases, takes total to 323 Seventeen more people, including three teenagers, tested positive for coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar on Saturday, pushing the total number of cases in the district to 323, officials said.

Sachin Tendulkar’s second innings were often disappointing. Men In Black , Grease , Caddyshack , Basic Instinct , Taken , Exorcist , Transformers , Jaws and many blockbusters had forgettably underwhelming sequels. But none can accuse the 366 days of Modi Sarkar 2.0 of being boring. It crashed into our collective consciousness like a fireball with the scrapping of Article 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two UTs streaked across the firmament with the banning of instant triple talaq , pirouetted with the passing of the Citizenship Amendment Act, and left a trail of ashes with the economy in peril, the Delhi riots, and now COVID-19 pandemic. There was never a dull moment. Here is a quick look at the highlights of the Narendra Modi government’s second tenure after it was voted back to power on 23 May, 2019, with an even bigger majority than in 2014. Let us see what worked and what didn’t. 1. Scrapping of Article 370 Not many Indians believed India

00:05 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Updates Alliance Air to recommence flights from 25 May   Air India's regional arm 'Alliance Air' on Saturday said it will recommence its flight services from 25 May onwards and operate 57 daily services to different destinations across its network, reports PTI . The airline has tried to connect maximum regional touch-points across the country in its schedule to provide convenient options to the travellers of flying back to their roots as soon as possible, Alliance Air said in a release.  23:52 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Bihar Latest Updates Case count in Bihar reaches 2,394   As many as 228 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Bihar on Saturday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 2,394, PTI quotes the health department as saying.Sasaram, the headquarters of Rohtas district, reported the maximum number of fresh cases at 33, including five females— two of them aged five and eight. The number of c

The toll due to COVID-19 rose to 3,720 and the number of cases climbed to 1,25,101 in India on Saturday as India registered an increase of 137 deaths and 6,654 new cases in a 24-hour span till 8 am, according to health ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 69,597 and 51,783 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, the ministry said. Amidst this, differences emerged among states and the aviation ministry over whether or not to quarantine fliers once domestic air travel resumes on 25 May. Maharashtra, however, remained non-committal on domestic flights while urging the aviation ministry to allow special and concessional flights to leave from the state. Meanwhile the Centre asked 11 municipal areas which account for 70 percent of India's cases to step up monitoring efforts in old cities, urban slums and other high density population pockets like camps and clusters for migrant workers. These 11 municipal areas are from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat,

New Delhi: An advertisement for recruitment of civil defence volunteers by the Delhi government stoked a controversy on Saturday after it referred the people of Sikkim as "subject" along with those from Bhutan and Nepal, prompting the BJP and Congress to launch a scathing attack on the AAP dispensation. Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal suspended a senior official responsible for the "error" in the advertisement. A senior officer of Directorate of Civil Defence (HQ) has been suspended with immediate effect for publishing an Advertisement which disrespects the territorial integrity of India by making incorrect reference to Sikkim on the same lines as some neighbouring countries, he tweeted. Zero tolerance for such gross misconduct! Direction has also been given immediately to withdraw the offensive advertisement, he said in another tweet. The advertisement for recruitment of civil defence volunteers published in newspapers on Saturday mentioned under eligibility