Highlights: Maharashtra reports 63% jump in daily Covid cases with 694; highest since Oct

For every American killed by gunfire, an estimated two or more more survive, often with terrible injuries — a fact that public health experts say is crucial to understanding the full impact of guns on society.

A new government study highlights just how violent the recent past has been in America by showing a surge in people wounded by gunshots during the pandemic, when the number of people fatally shooting each other – and themselves -- also increased, reported AP.

The death toll in stepwell collapse at Indore temple has risen to 14, ANI reported citing district collector. He further said that Army and NDRF are also working to save people and that the de-watering process has started.

A 70-year-old visually impaired woman was allegedly raped by her former landlord in Jharkhand's Dhanbad on Thursday, PTI reported citing Police.

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday announced an ex-gratia of ₹4 Lakhs each for the next of kin of three people who drowned to death in river Ganga at Mekra, Mokama in Patna district.

17 flight diversions as of now due to bad weather in Delhi - eight each to Lucknow and Jaipur and one to Dehradun, according to officials. Delhi on Thursday witnessed a light spell of rain for the second consecutive day with the Met department predicting rainfall activity for the next two days. Read more

Defence ministry on Thursday inked over ₹9,100 crore contracts for improved Akash Weapon System and 12 Weapon Locating Radars Swathi (Plains) for Indian Army.

Former Congress leader, a senior advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Thursday attacked the BJP led Centre on Thursday saying “Earlier BJP’s goal was a Congress-free nation but now it is opposition-free nation.” He further said that the there is not a single opposition party who is not on ED, CBI radar. These agencies are being used to topple non-BJP state governments.

Maharashtra on Thursday reported 63% jump in daily Covid cases with 694 which is highest since the month of October. Read more

Defence ministry on Thursday signed ₹19,600 crore contracts with Indian shipyards in order to acquire 11 Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels and six Next Generation Missile Vessels for Indian Navy.

Ruckus occurred during another 'Rama Navami Shobha Yatra' in Gujarat's Vadodara on Thursday. The incident took place in Fatehpur road area. Police personnel were seen controlling the crowd during procession.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will attending the ‘Combined Commanders’ Conference-2023’ in Bhopal today. The three-day conference of the Military Commanders will be held on the theme ‘Ready, Resurgent, Relevant’. 

At least four policemen, including a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), were killed and five others were wounded in Lakki Marwat's Saddar police station blast on Thursday in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, reported The Express Tribune.

"We are hoping that it will not happen and it must not happen," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, referring to any possible steps against Russian media in the United States, adding the detained reporter had been "caught in the act".

After three months in Florida, Jair Bolsonaro returned to Brazil on Thursday to assume the role of opposition leader of Brazil, Bloomberg reported.

"Once 'pandora's box' is opened, the regional strategic balance will be disrupted, regional security will be seriously threatened," said Tan Kefei, a spokesperson at the Chinese defence ministry, during a regular press briefing, Reuters reported.

Many people are feared being trapped after a stepwell at a temple in Madhya Pradesh's Indore collapsed on Thursday. In a video shared by news agency ANI, police and locals were seen trying to rescue the victims trapped in the collapsed stepwell.

Keeping in view the increase in Covid cases in the country & Delhi, an emergency meeting of the Delhi government chaired by Delhi health minister Saurabh Bharadwaj is underway in Delhi.

Two US Army Blackhawk helicopters crashed in Kentucky during a training mission Wednesday night, Reuters reported.

Misuse of power and process of law for suppressing people’s voice is not unknown even in democratic setups and it is the duty of rulers of every democratic nation to protect freedoms without any fear of criticism, a court in Gujarat’s Mehsana said while acquitting Congress lawmaker Jignesh Mevani in an unlawful assembly case.

A clash broke out between two groups after a religious procession accompanied by DJ music was taken out in front of a mosque in Paldhi of Maharashtra's Jalgaon district.

India reports 3,016 fresh Covid-19 cases, highest in nearly six months; active cases rise to 13,509

Delhi government has called for an emergency meeting today amid spurt in Covid cases.

Stock markets to remain closed today on account of Ram Navami.

In a big relief for foreign workers in the US tech sector, a judge has ruled that spouses of H-1B visa holders can work in the United States.