Delhi reports 365 new Covid-19 cases, 1 death

Breaking news highlights May 22, 2022: Get latest news, breaking news, latest updates, live news, top headlines, breaking business news and top news of the hour.

Find fast updates about the latest news as it breaks.

Welcome to hindustantimes.com live updates platform where you can find breaking news from India and across the world. Find fast updates about the latest news as it breaks.

Follow all the updates here:

• 22 May 2022, 09:41:34 PM IST

  Delhi reports 365 new Covid-19 cases, 1 death

  Delhi logs 365 new Covid-19 cases, 530 recoveries and 1 death. Total cases rise to 1,903,554 including 1,875,381 recoveries, 26,201 deaths and 1,912 active cases.

• 22 May 2022, 08:58:21 PM IST

  INSACOG confirms presence of BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants in India

  INSACOG formally confirms presence of BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of omicron in India, says disease not severe in those infected with these subvariants.

• 22 May 2022, 08:37:36 PM IST

  PM Modi leaves for Japan to attend Quad summit

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi departs for Japan. PM Modi will visit Tokyo, from 23-24 May, at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

• 22 May 2022, 08:05:55 PM IST

  Maharashtra records 326 new Covid-19 cases

  Maharashtra logs 326 new Covid-19 cases, 251 recoveries and no new death. As many as 234 fresh infections in Mumbai alone.

• 22 May 2022, 07:20:05 PM IST

  Punjab: Child who fell into borewell dies

  A six-year-old child, who fell into a 100-feet deep borewell in Punjab's Hoshiarpur, dies.

• 22 May 2022, 06:35:12 PM IST

  ‘Politics can’t be done in AC rooms': Arjun Singh, TMC

  Politics can't be done while sitting in AC rooms. BJP's West Bengal unit should get down to the ground to do politics, party's graph is declining: Arjun Singh, after returning to TMC from BJP

• 22 May 2022, 05:57:05 PM IST

  BJP MP Arjun Singh returns to TMC

  BJP MP Arjun Singh joins TMC, returns to party in presence of TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee.

• 22 May 2022, 05:17:58 PM IST

  Maharashtra reduces VAT on petrol, diesel by ₹2.08 and ₹1.44 per litre

  Day after Centre's fuel price cut, Maharashtra govt announces petrol and diesel prices will be slashed by ₹2.08 and ₹1.44 a litre respectively, with immediate effect.

• 22 May 2022, 04:52:18 PM IST

  BJP MP Arjun Singh arrives to meet TMC's Abhishek Banerjee

  BJP Lok Sabha MP from West Bengal, Arjun Singh, arrives at office of TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in Kolkata.

• 22 May 2022, 04:01:18 PM IST

  Arunachal Pradesh: Amit Shah holds meet to review state's security

  In Arunachal Pradesh's Namsai, Union home minister Amit Shah holds review meeting over state's security and development work.

• 22 May 2022, 03:47:22 PM IST

  Infosys reappoints CEO-MD Salil Parekh

  Software giant Infosys reappoints Salil Parekh, its CEO and MD, for a further five years, till March 2027.

• 22 May 2022, 03:06:47 PM IST

  'No decision on excavation at Qutub Minar'

  Union tourism minister G Kishan Reddy says ‘no decision has been taken,’ responding to reports that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will conduct excavation at the Qutub Minar complex in Delhi.

• 22 May 2022, 02:21:02 PM IST

  West Bengal Police recover ‘huge quantity’ of bombs in Hogla

  A huge quantity of bombs has been recovered. Combing operation is still underway. Bomb Disposal Squad has started the process to neutralize the bombs found in the Hogla forest area: West Bengal Police

• 22 May 2022, 01:54:35 PM IST

  US President Joe Biden lands in Japan on second leg of Asia trip

  United States President Joe Biden has landed in Japan on the second leg of his Asia trip, news agency AFP reported on Sunday. Earlier, Biden was in South Korea.

• 22 May 2022, 01:51:08 PM IST

  20 detained in connection with setting fire to police station in Assam on fire

• 22 May 2022, 01:12:22 PM IST

  Bilateral with Biden, Quad summit: PM Modi elaborates Japan visit agenda

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is set to depart for Japan on Sunday evening to participate in the second-in person Quad leader's summit, said he will hold a bilateral meeting with United States president Joe Biden this week.

• 22 May 2022, 12:23:30 PM IST

  Will consider further cut in fuel tax, says K'taka CM Bommai

  Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Sunday that his government will consider further cut in fuel tax, following the Union government's decision to reduce excise duty on petrol and diesel. 

• 22 May 2022, 11:38:36 AM IST

  Fire breaks out at pharma company in Gujarat's Gandhinagar

• 22 May 2022, 11:21:05 AM IST

  Assam: Police station set on fire in Nagaon; administration demolishes houses of people involved

  The Nagaon district administration on Sunday demolished house of people that were allegedly involved in setting fire to the Batadraba Police Station on Saturday. 

• 22 May 2022, 10:37:42 AM IST

  Covid-19 in China: Shanghai partly resumes public transport

  On Sunday, Shanghai party resumed public transport services, indicating a gradual opening after China's largest city was placed under a lockdown since April. 

• 22 May 2022, 10:09:44 AM IST

  Pakistan court extends interim bail of PM Shehbaz Sharif, son Hamza in money laundering case till May 26

  A Pakistan court on Sunday extended the interim bail of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza till May 26 in connection with a money-laundering case.

• 22 May 2022, 09:25:45 AM IST

  Maharashtra's Thane records 30 new Covid-19 cases, zero deaths

  Thane recorded 30 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, which pushed the tally to 7,09,524. No fresh deaths were seen and the toll remained unchanged at 11,895.

• 22 May 2022, 08:55:59 AM IST

  India registers 2,226 new Covid cases, 65 deaths in last 24 hrs

  India on Sunday saw a reduction in its daily Covid-19 tally after 2,226 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, pushing the caseload to 4,31,36,371, according to the Union health ministry's dashboard. Sixty-five more patients died and 2,202 recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours. With this, the cumulative count of deaths and recoveries has climbed to 5,24,413 and 4,25,97,003 respectively. The active cases have come down to 14,955 and constitute 0.03% of the caseload. 

• 22 May 2022, 08:27:20 AM IST

  Australia's incoming PM Anthony Albanese to meet Joe Biden, Narendra Modi on May 24

  Anthony Albanese, the incoming Prime Minister of Australia, will meet United States President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 24, news agency AFP reported on Sunday. 

• 22 May 2022, 08:26:02 AM IST

  As Centre slashes excise duty on petrol, diesel, these are the latest prices

  Prices of petrol and diesel fell on Sunday after they had remained unchanged for nearly six weeks.

• 22 May 2022, 08:04:55 AM IST

  J-K Ramban tunnel collapse: ₹16 lakh each to be given as compensation to kin of deceased

  Ramban deputy commissioner Mussarat Islam has said that the families of labourers who died in the tunnel collapse in the district will receive a compensation of ₹16 lakh each. 

  "As per LG Manoj Sinha's directions, a compensation of ₹15 lakhs each shall be given by the construction company to those who died in the tunnel landslide on NH44. LG also announced ₹1 lakh ex gratia from the relief fund," Islam told news agency ANI on Saturday. 

• 22 May 2022, 07:09:19 AM IST

  Himachal Pradesh elections: Congress appoints national secretaries in every district of state

  The Congress has appointed its national secretaries in every district of Himachal Pradesh in view of the upcoming assembly elections in the state this year, news agency ANI reported on Sunday. 

  The national secretaries include Deepika Pandey, Chandan Yadav, Rajesh Tiwari, Rohit Chaudhary, Dheeraj Gurjar, Pradeep Narwal, Vikas Upadhyay, Vijay Singla, and Chetan Chauhan. 

• 22 May 2022, 06:37:54 AM IST

  Assam floods: Nearly 6.8 lakh people reeling under deluge

  Nearly 6.8 lakh people in 31 districts of Assam are reeling under the deluge as the flood situation in the state continues to remain critical. 

• 22 May 2022, 05:42:20 AM IST

  Israel reports first monkeypox case

  Israel on Saturday reported its first case of the monkeypox as the viral disease has been spreading rapidly across Europe and North America. According to the Israeli health ministry, the patient is a man in his 30s who came back from western Europe and visited Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv with suspicious lesions of the virus and identified by the ministry. The man has been hospitalised in quarantine to complete medical examination and supervision.