Highlights: AIIMS nurses call off strike after Delhi HC directs them to rejoin work

AIIMS nurses called off indefinite strike on Tuesday after Delhi high court directed them to rejoin work. They were protesting the suspension of hospital's nursing officer, who is also the president of the nurses union, Harish Kajla, and demanded immediate revocation of the move. The court has listed the matter for a detailed hearing tomorrow. Read more.

US vice president Kamala Harris has tested positive for Covid-19, White House said in a statement on Tuesday. Read more.

Goa TMC vice-president Kishore Narvekar resigns from his post and also the membership of the party, ANI reported. 

Delhi's single-day Covid tally rises to 1,204 on Tuesday from 1,011 on Monday, according to the health bulletin data. Positivity rate, however, drops significantly from 6.42% to 4.64%.

More than 86% of India's adult population (aged 18 and above) is now fully vaccinated, says Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Twitter.

India's net direct tax collections (income tax and corporate tax) reached an all time high of Rs. 14.09 lakh crore in the 2021-22 fiscal, increasing by 49.02% over the previous fiscal, thus indicating bouncing back of economy after Covid-19 pandemic. Chairman of CBDT JB Mohapatra said that the next direct tax collection was 2.5 lakh crore more than Rs. 11.37 lakh crore achieved in 2018-19 - the highest until the current FY21-22 exceeded it.

LIC fixes price band at ₹902-949 per share for ₹21,000 crore IPO, reports news agency PTI.

Electricity demands surges by 30% over the last few days as opposed to last owing to the maximum temperature crossing 40 degrees Celsius in Indian plains. State power distribution firms have taken to power cuts of up to five to eight hours a day to meet the demand, official said.

Supreme Court on Wednesday will take up a series of petitions that demand for striking down Section 124A (sedition law) of the IPC. The last hearing in this matter had happened  in July 2021 when the central government was asked to take a stand.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet chief ministers of all states on Wednesday in view of spike in Covid-19 cases across the country, news agency PTI reported.

Gujarat's independent MLA Jignesh Mevani was on Tuesday remanded in five days police custody by a local court in Assam's Barpeta region in connection with a case lodged for allegedly assaulting a policewoman. He was granted bail on Monday for purported tweets on PM Narendra Modi, but rearrested soon after on the Barpeta case.

Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati to close fiscal 2021-22 with around 13% revenue growth from commercial operations, says CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati.

Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claims responsibility of suicide bombing in Karachi University that reportedly killed three Chinese nationals. In a statement, BLA said that the attack was carried out by a woman suicide bomber.

Prashant Kishor on Tuesday in his statement after declining Congress' offer to join the party said that it needs “leadership and collective will” to eradicate “deep rooted structural problems through transformational reforms”. His tweet came minutes after Congress' general secretary informed on the micro-blogging site that Kishore has declined the party's offer to become a member.

Congress' general secretary Randeep Surjewala said on Tuesday that Prshant Kishor has declined the party's offer to him to join. “Following a presentation and discussions with Sh. Prashant Kishor, Congress President has constituted a Empowered Action Group 2024 and invited him to join the party as part of the group with defined responsibility. He declined. We appreciate his efforts and suggestion given to party,” his message read. Read more.

A blast has been reported inside premises of Karachi University in Pakistan, Pakistan media reported. Casualties are feared. Read more.

Fire breaks out at two shops in C block of Amar Colony in Delhi's Lajpat Nagar. As many as 11 fire tenders are at the spot. More details awaited.

AIIMS Nurses Union protests outside hospital and college in Delhi in response to the suspension of the nursing officer Harish Kajla, who was also the president of the body. The union has called for an immediate revocation of Kajla's suspension, ANI reported.

Cabinet and CCEA are likely to hold a meeting at 10am tomorrow.

BJP MP & Yuva Morcha president Tejasvi Surya asked to join the investigation by the Delhi Police in connection with the vandalism outside the official residence of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on March 30. As per Delhi Police, he'll join the investigation very soon.

The Drugs Controller General of India has approved Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for the 6-12 age group.

MHA has asked Maharashtra government to send a factual report on the allegations of Member of Parliament Navneet Rana that she was ill-treated at Khar police station on April 23. Lok Sabha's Committee on Ethics had asked MHA to seek a report from state government on the matter, according to officials.

Mumbai Session Court has asked Special Public Prosecutor to file a reply on Navneet Rana & Ravi Rana's bail applications on 29th April.

The next hearing on the bail plea of ​​Amravati MP Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana take place on 29th April now.

Supreme Court pulls up the Uttarakhand government over Dharm Sansad events, asks the chief secretary to ensure no hate speeches are made at the event slated for tomorrow and explain the preventive steps taken so far.

At least 31 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in the last 24 hours in IIT Madras, taking the total cases in the institute to 111.