Highlights: Delhi logs 1,490 fresh Covid cases, 123 more than yesterday

Maharashtra Rana couple, who is currently in judicial custody in Hanuman Chalisa row, filed applications on Thursday before a Mumbai court seeking home-cooked food in jail, PTI reported. Read more.

Delhi on Thursday once again logged over 1,000 new Covid-19 cases after 1,490 people were confirmed to have contracted the virus, according to the health bulletin data. The capital also reported two fresh fatalities. The case positivity rate also increased slightly reaching 4.62 per cent from Wednesday's 4.50 per cent. Read more.

Maharashtra on Thursday recorded 165 new coronavirus infections including 90 in Mumbai alone, the health department said. The coronavirus caseload of the state rose to 78,77,429 and the death toll reached 147,840.

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and RJD leaders, including Tejashwi Yadav attend Iftar party in Patna.

The family of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has received a death threat and bullet in the mail for the second time this week, the police said Thursday, AP reported.

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has seized about 50 kg of "high-quality" heroin, 47 kg of other suspected drugs and ₹30 lakh in cash from the Shaheen Bagh area in Jamia Nagar here, the federal anti-narcotics agency said on Thursday, PTI reported.

The US economy shrank last quarter for the first time since the pandemic recession struck two years ago, contracting at a 1.4% annual rate, but consumers and businesses kept spending in a sign of underlying resilience, AP reported.

Two Al-Badr militants, responsible for recent attacks on migrant labourers in Kashmir, were killed in an overnight encounter with security forces in Pulwama district, police said on Thursday, PTI reported.

US biotech firm Moderna said in a statement Thursday it had submitted a request for an emergency use authorization in the United States for its Covid vaccine for children aged six months to under six years

The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Delhi Police and Delhi Government to file a status report on the plea seeking direction to ensure that CCTV cameras installed in the police stations must be functioning properly and the footages are stored for a minimum period of 18 months or one year as directed by the Supreme Court, news agency ANI reported.

Kamal Nath on Sunday resigned as the Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly. The Congress high command has accepted the former chief minister's resignation from the post, news agency PTI reported. Read more

The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on a plea relating to the Economically Weaker Section in the All-India Quota in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test examination.

The Delhi government has imposed a fine of ₹50 lakh on the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) in connection with the fire at Bhalswa landfill site, news agency ANI reported. Read more

Amravati MP Navneet Rana and her husband and Independent MLA Ravi Rana have filed a petition in sessions court asking for home-made food to be served to them in jail, news agency ANI reported on Thursday. 

The hearing on this plea will take place on Friday. 

The Rana couple arrested last Saturday, hours after calling off plans to recite Hanuman Chalisa in front of 'Matoshree', the home of Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray.

The Bombay high court on Thursday extended the interim anticipatory bail relief to BJP's Kirit Somaiya, son Neil till June 14 in the INS Vikrain fund case. 

The Centre on Thursday launched antitrust raids on Amazon sellers Cloudtail, Appario, news agency Reuters reported citing sources. 

Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain said on Thursday that active cases in the national capital are around 5,000, but hospital admissions are very few. 

“We have 10,000 beds in Delhi out of which only 100 of them are occupied. We are also preparing for the booster dose to be administered to everyone,” Jain was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. 

Habitan Bashir Baloch, husband of Karachi University suicide bomber Shari Baloch, was arrested by security personnel Wednesday, a day after the explosion, news agency ANI reported citing Pakistan's ARY News. 

Thane district recorded 15 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while no new fatalities were seen. The total number of infections in Thane have now climbed to 7,09,002. 

Amid a fresh surge in daily Covid-19 cases in Delhi, traders’ associations across the national capital have brought back virus protocols, including regular sanitisation, ensuring proper wearing of masks in marketplaces and putting up posters of dos and don’ts. Read more

India on Thursday saw yet another increase in its daily Covid-19 tally after 3,303 infections were registered in the last 24 hours, pushing the caseload to 4,30,68,799, according to the Union health ministry's dashboard. Thirty-nine more patients died and 2,563 recovered in the last 24 hours. With this, the cumulative count of deaths and recoveries to 5,23,693 and 4,25,28,126. The active cases in the country are nearing 17,000.