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As many as 1,272 new COVID-19 cases were reported in India in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The active cases have dipped to 15,515, while the death toll has increased to 5,31,770 with three deaths, as per the data updated on Sunday. While two deaths were reported from Punjab, one was from West Bengal, the data updated at 8 am stated. The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.49 crore (4,49,80,674). The active cases now comprise 0.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.78 per cent, the ministry said. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,44,33,389 and the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.18 per cent. As many as 220.66 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive. (With inputs from PTI) Read all the Latest News , Trending News ,  Cricket News , Bollywood News , India Ne

In a major threat to the native fish species, the discovery of a carnivorous Alligator Gar fish in Kashmir’s famous Dal Lake has set the alarm bells ringing among scientists and authorities. The ray-finned euryhaline fish having a mouth like that of an alligator was caught during a deweeding operation in the famous lake. “This is an Alligator Gar fish which is normally found in North America and some parts of India like Bhopal upper lake and Kerala backwaters. Being a predator fish and a carnivore, it poses a threat to native species of Dal Lake,” Dr Shafeeqa Peer, a scientist at the Lake Conservation and Management Authority (LCMA) told PTI. Peer said it was a matter of concern as to how this fish has invaded the water system of Kashmir. “What will be the fate of our native fishes? In certain places like Bhopal, it has been banned as it thrives on other small fishes. It poses a threat to other species and we have not yet come across this type of species here,” she added. The LCMA

Congress will come to power on its own by winning over 120 seats in the 224-member Karnataka Legislative Assembly, said former chief minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday, and claimed the visits of BJP brass led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had no impact on the voters of the state. The former CM was responding to his party surging ahead of the ruling BJP on a day when the votes polled for the May 10 elections in the state were being counted. Siddaramaih said the visits of Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president J P Nadda have had no impact on the voters of Karnataka. “Congress party will win by getting over 120 seats, it is still the initial stage, more rounds of counting have to be completed. So Congress will come to power by getting over 120 seats on its own strength,” the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly told reporters. “I had been saying let Narendra Modi or Amit Shah or J P Nadda come how many ever times they want to the state (but) that will have no impact

To ensure that JD(S) winnable candidates in Karnataka Assembly elections 2023 do not defect, party chief H D Deve Gowda is in constant touch with them. A report by Deccan Herald quoted sources close to Gowda confirming that the party supremo has personally reached out to all the winnable candidates and sitting MLAs requesting not to desert JD(S). He also assured all the winnable candidates would be given preference if the party forms the government after the Karnataka elections results 2023 are declared. As per the report, Gowda reached out to winnable candidates on Thursday and Friday night. Karnataka polls results 2023 trends show Congress leading in 110 seats, BJP in 71 and JD(S) in 23. To form a government in the state, a party should win 113 seats out of 224- member assembly. ‘Keep a watch’ Gowda met with GT Deve Gowda, sitting MLA from Chamundeshwari, and has tasked him with keeping a watch over winnable candidates in the Mysuru region. Check This: Karnataka Election Res

The future of Karanataka’s politics will be decided today as vote counting goes on. Meanwhile, former Chief Minister and Hubballi-Dharwad Central Congress candidate Jagadish Shettar, reacting to charges hurled by Union Minister Prahlad Joshi on Shettar, asked if Prime Minister Narendra Modi should retire from politics owing to his age. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now 73. He was a four-time Gujarat chief minister and is serving as PM for the second term. Will he quit politics? In fact, I want him to continue as PM for another term. Similarly, I want to continue in politics till I enjoy the people’s support,” he said. Joshi accused Shettar of betraying BJP after enjoying plum posts in the party and the government. “Pralhad Joshi is enjoying his fourth term as MP and is a Union minister. Will he retire from politics?” he added. Catch all the live updates on Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023 here Shettar accused BJP of luring voters with money in parts of Hubballi-Dharwad. He said

Karnataka elections 2023: The Congress will get an absolute majority and will come to power on its own, Congress leader and son of former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Yathindra Siddaramiah said on Saturday, adding that his father should become the chief minister for the interest of Karnataka. “We will do anything to keep BJP out of power…In the interest of Karnataka, my father should become the chief minister,” Yathindra Siddaramaiah said while speaking to ANI. He further said that Congress will get an absolute majority in the State and that his father will win in the Varuna constituency with a huge margin. “Congress will get an absolute majority and form the government in Karnataka. We are very confident that we will make government on our own,” Yathindra added. Also Read: Karnataka Election Results 2023 LIVE: BJP leading in 86 constituencies, suggest trends “As a son, definitely I would like to see him as a chief minister. But as a resident of the state, his last regime had very

Karnataka Election: Karnataka Congress DK Shivakumar said that the party will not be moving any of its MLAs to a resort until the election results are announced on Saturday. The top leaders of the Congress held two crucial meetings on Thursday and Friday.  After the meeting on Friday night, Shivakumar told media after attending the meeting that the party is not sending its MLAs to the resort but waiting for the results. He said, “We are just doing our job. Let’s wait for the results,”. #WATCH | “We are just doing our job. Let’s wait for the results,” says Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar after a party meeting ahead of Karnataka election results, Bengaluru #KarnatakaAssemblyElections2023 pic.twitter.com/deetcMQOfp — ANI (@ANI) May 12, 2023 After a high-decibel campaign during which all three key players in the fray — the incumbent BJP, the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) — went at each other and pulled out stops and heavyweight campaigners to woo voters, the v

05:57 (IST) Karnataka Election Results 2023 LIVE Counting of votes to start at 8 am The counting of ballots to determine the Karnataka Election Result 2023 for the 224 Assembly constituencies will commence on 13 May at 8 am. Officials from the Election Commission of India (ECI) will count votes across 36 polling stations. Karnataka Assembly Election Result 2023 is expected to be announced today, 13 May. 05:43 (IST) Karnataka Election Results 2023 LIVE Why BJP should sit in opposition if state throws a Hung Assembly on 13 May As voters exercised their right to franchise in Karnataka on Wednesday, it must be said that this has been unlike any elections that the state witnessed in the past. From one perspective, it portends to be both historic and poses a challenge to the state’s destiny as well. Read More 05:41 (IST) Karnataka Election Results 2023 LIVE Hung assembly, say exit polls. The same was predicted in 2018. Will it come true? The final vote has been cast for the

In view of the violation of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has taken action against the top e-commerce platforms in India for violating the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 by selling car seat belt alarm stopper clips. The CCPA, headed by Chief Commissioner, Nidhi Khare passed orders against Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Shopclues and Meesho for violation of consumer rights and unfair trade practices. The issue came to the notice of CCPA by the Department of Consumer Affairs through a letter from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), requesting action against the errant vendors and online platforms. The letter highlighted the issue of the blatant sale of car seat belt alarm stopper clips and requested action on errant vendors / online platforms and the issuance of an advisory. Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989 According to rule 138 of Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989, it is mandatory to wear seat belts. However, onlin

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the government has constituted a four-member expert committee to examine the legislative competence of the State legislature to enact a law to end polygamy. The panel, headed by Justice (Retired) Rumi Phookan, has been asked to submit its report within two months, the Chief Minister said in a tweet on Thursday night. Other members of the committee are Assam advocate general Debajit Saikia, additional advocate general Nalin Kohli and senior advocate Nekibur Zaman. Following my announcement to form an expert committee to examine the legislative competence of state legislature to enact a law to end polygamy, the state government has constituted the committee today. The committee comprises the following members: 1. Justice (Retired) Smt.… — Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 11, 2023 “Following my announcement to form an expert committee to examine the legislative competence of state legislature to enact a law to end polygam

Hitting back at Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for calling the BJP and the RSS “fascist”, Rajasthan BJP president CP Joshi said that the Congress leader has an “RSS phobia” and that is why he makes such statements. “The Congress has a phobia of the RSS, so its leaders keep making baseless allegations against the RSS,” he said in a statement on Thursday. This comes in response to the statement made by the CM a day before. Gehlot on Thursday lashed out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) over the Supreme Court verdict on Maharashtra political crisis and said that they are not concerned about it. Joshi said Ashok Gehlot’s party MLAs accuse him of being a “fascist”. “Sangh workers always play their role in society with devotion like a soldier without any discrimination while the Congress is nothing more than a scattered organisation dedicated to one family,” he said. Honouring terrorists and cursing patriots are the reason for the Congress’ downfall, he

Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party head Arvind Kejriwal wasted no time on Thursday after the Supreme Court ruled that the Delhi government has legislative and executive powers over the administration of services and shunted out the Secretary of the Services department Ashish More and replaced him with 1995-batch IAS officer A K Singh. Later at a press conference, he vowed “a very big” administrative reshuffle for a responsible, lean, thin, compassionate, accountable, and sympathetic administration and said officers involved in obstructing the people’s work will have to suffer. The move by Arvind Kejriwal has left Delhi’s bureaucracy concerned. Top bureaucratic sources told India Today that officers are not happy and fear that they might have to face repercussions of a wrathful Kejriwal government. But what has led to this situation? Why does Kejriwal want to shuffle or transfer bureaucrats in the Delhi administration? Kejriwal’s huge administrative overhaul On Thursday, the

A three-storey building collapsed in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad on Thursday evening. Many people are feared trapped. The incident happened in the Vejalpur area. #WATCH | Gujarat | A 3-floor building collapsed in Vejalpur area of Ahmedabad. More details awaited. pic.twitter.com/fdj5HxuYPx — ANI (@ANI) May 11, 2023 Fire tenders immediately reached the spot after receiving the information. More details awaited Read all the Latest News , Trending News ,  Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram . from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/zXm0HsY FP Staff

China has started issuing visas for the Kailash-Mansarovar Yatra which was closed for three years. This time Beijing has made very strict rules. Along with this, many types of fees for travel have almost doubled. Now Indian citizens will have to spend at least Rs 1.85 lakh for the journey. If the pilgrim will keep a worker or helper from Nepal for help, then they will have to pay extra $300 i.e. Rs 24 thousand. This fee is called ‘Grass Damaging Fee’. China argues that during the journey, the grass around Mount Kailash is damaged, which will be compensated by the traveller. New changes China has added some rules which have made the process more difficult. For example, now every passenger will have to get their unique identification done at the Kathmandu base itself. For this, there will be scanning of fingerprints and iris. Nepal tour operators say, according to The Kathmandu Post , the tough rules have been made to limit the entry of foreign pilgrims, especially Indians. The Kail

A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court, in a unanimous verdict, on Thursday ruled that the Delhi government has legislative and executive powers over services. Hearing the Centre versus the Delhi government over the issue of demarcation of power, a Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said an elected government needs to have control over the administration. It refused to agree with the 2019 judgement of Justice Ashok Bhushan that the city government has no power over the issue of services. The bench, which also comprised Justices M R Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli and P S Narasimha, said democracy and federal structure are part of the basic structure of the Constitution. The Constitution bench was set up to hear the legal issue concerning the scope of legislative and executive powers of the Centre and the National Capital Territory government over control of services in Delhi. (With inputs from PTI) Read all the Latest News , Trending News ,  Cricket News

Amritsar Blast: Five alleged conspirators were arrested by the Punjab Police on Thursday for the low-intensity explosion that has taken place near Sri Guru Ram Dass Niwas and the Golden Temple in Amritsar. In a statement on social media platform Twitter, Punjab Director-General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said that the case has been solved after the arrest of five people who were allegedly involved in the Amritsar blast. “Amritsar low-intensity explosion cases solved. 5 persons arrested,” the Punjab Police DGP tweeted. He further said that a press conference will be held regarding the blast. An explosion was heard near Sri Guru Ram Dass Niwas, in the vicinity of the Golden Temple in Amritsar during the wee hours of Thursday. This was the third explosion to hit the historic area in a week. The blast had taken place at around 12.30 am on Thursday. A Punjab Police official told news agency ANI that the motive behind the blast was to disturb peace. “Explosives used in firecrackers

The final vote has been cast for the Karnataka Assembly election and the results for the southern state will only be known on 13 May. However, in the meantime, various exit polls have been released, painting the political picture of the state and deciding the future of the parties – the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress and the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S). The exit polls for Karnataka have predicted a hung assembly, with most giving a slight edge to the Congress. The other big takeaway from the exit polls is that HD Kumaraswamy’s JD(S) is most likely to play kingmaker in the 224-seat Assembly. It remains to be seen, however, if pollsters are right, as they were in 2018. For those who have forgotten, in 2018, the exit polls had predicted a hung assembly with the BJP emerging as the single largest party and the actual results had gone the same way. Will 2023 be a repeat of 2018? Have the pollsters correctly predicted the political future? Here’s an in-depth look of what happen

Following a string of accidents, a major government regulatory body that oversees the certification of military aircraft is conducting a thorough examination of the indigenous Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH Dhruv), the main workhorse of the Indian military. Officials in the defence and security establishment told the media that the preliminary study’s issues have already been identified by the committee formed by the Bengaluru-based Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (CEMILAC), which includes representatives from the manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), and the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA). To certify the airworthiness of military aircraft, helicopters, Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), aero-engines, air launched munitions, and other airborne items, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) established CEMILAC. The review follows a recent string of ALH Dhruv helicopter crashes. Since March, thr

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is scheduled to get the first C-295 military transport aircraft in October this year after it completed its maiden flight in Spain. According to media reports, an IAF team of pilots and technicians will shortly visit Spain to begin training regarding operational details of the C-295 military transport aircraft. Before using the actual aircraft for further training after the delivery, the team will attend classes and train on a simulator. While 40 additional C-295 aircraft will be produced and built by Tata Advanced Systems (TASL) in India as part of an industrial cooperation with Airbus, 16 C-295 aircraft are to be produced in Seville, Spain, and delivered to the IAF in ‘fly-away’ condition. These five- to ten-tonners will replace the IAF’s old fleet of British-built Avro transport planes, which made their first flight in 1961. With the agreement, India will take over as the country with the largest C-295 fleet. “This first flight represents a significan

The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has rejected media reports claiming the discovery of huge Lithium reserves in Rajasthan which can meet 80 per cent of India’s energy demand. Terming the media reports regarding the discovery of large lithium reserves “completely baseless and misleading”, the GSI said that the amount of Lithium present in that region will clear only after the completion of the drilling work and completion of the report. “The GSI is carrying out exploration in the Degana area, Nagour, Rajasthan. The exploration project is functional since 2019-20 and the drilling work is in progress. The amount of these metals present in that region will become clear only after the completion of the drilling work and finalisation of the report,” the GSI clarified. Interestingly, even Rajasthan Cabinet Minister for Mines, Pramod Bhaya claimed that the GSI survey completed in Nagaur district’s Degana tehsil indicates the presence of lithium in abundance. The lithium reserve found in

The 16-year-old white tigress Vindhya breathed her last on Tuesday. She died after a prolonged illness. Her last rites were performed and the videos of the rituals went viral on social media platforms.   Vindhya was the first tigress which was brought to the Maharaja Martand Singh Judeo White Tiger Safari and Zoo in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh.  In the viral video of the last rites, forest officials, locals, and zoo officials can be seen carrying the carcass on a wooden plank. The body is covered in a white sheet. People can be seen assembled to watch the last rites, and the end of the video shows the cremation, according to The Indian Express . WATCH: #WATCH | Last rites of the 16-year-old white tigress performed at White Tiger Safari in Mukundpur of Satna The tigress died after a prolonged illness. pic.twitter.com/DGn8cm5JYj — ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) May 9, 2023 Chandrashekhar Singh, District Forest Officer, Rewa, said, “Vindhya was the first white tigress who was br

Former Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday exuded confidence that BJP will get “absolute majority” and will form the government in the state. Yediyurappa, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Narayana Murthy and Sudha Murthy were among the early voters in Karnataka Assembly elections 2023. Yediyurappa said he expects 75 to 80 per cent voters to support the BJP in Karnataka polls 2023. “We will get absolute majority and will form the government. We will win 130-135 seats,” the senior BJP leader said. “BJP has worked very hard in the state. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah’s programmes have also helped a lot. People’s responses are very good in the state and on that basis, I am telling you we are going to get a majority,” Yediyurappa added. #WATCH | “I request all people to cast their votes as early as possible. I am 100% sure they will vote in favour of the BJP. More than 75-80% will support BJP. We will win 130-135 seats,” says Former Karnatak

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said that the people of Karnataka have decided to choose a progressive, transparent and welfare-oriented government. His comments came as voting is underway for 224 assemblies with 2,615 candidates in the fray. Kharge, on Twitter, urged voters to come out and take part in the democratic process for a better future for Karnataka. He said, “People of Karnataka have decided to choose a progressive, transparent and welfare-oriented government. Today, it is time to vote in large numbers. We welcome our first-time voters to participate in this democratic process for a better future.” People of Karnataka have decided that they shall choose a progressive, transparent & welfare-oriented government. Today, it is time vote in large numbers. We welcome our first time voters to participate in this democratic process for a better future. — Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) May 10, 2023 Meanwhile, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi also urged voters to exe