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In view of the submissions, a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli disposed of the plea alleging that Hussain was hoarding oxygen cylinders at a time when the entire city was in the midst of crisis due to the short supply of oxygen.

Maharashtra health authorities have now decided make a detailed report of cases of mucormycosis in the state, and guidelines regarding it will soon be issued to all the districts.

A total of 1904 candidates have been shortlisted to take the exam out of which 786 candidates have been called for further document verification.

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath will chair a meeting with administrative officials, including AMU V-C Tariq Mansoor.

FC Barcelona and Lieke Martens are in the UEFA Women's Champions League final for the second time in three years and this time, they feel more ready.

The 28-member national shooting contingent, which reached Croatia in the early hours of Wednesday, will undergo 7 days of quarantine before stepping out for practice.

Chennai accounted for 7,564 new infections, totalling 4,12,505 till date. The metropolis leads in the number of fatalities also with 5,458 deaths.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan urged states to ensure that healthcare and frontline workers are fully vaccinated as they form the vulnerable categories.

Foreign currency assets (FCA), a major component of the overall reserves, increased to USD 536.693 billion as at March end 2021 from USD 502.162 billion, the report noted.

The BMC's Central Purchase Authority is procuring antifungal drug Amphotericin B which is used to treat mucormycosis.

The 3,693 monuments and 50 museums under ASI will remain closed till May 31 due to a surge in COVID-19 cases.

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat, visited the Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Hospital and the Base Hospital of the Army in Delhi Cantonment.

Singapore Open was cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic making it almost impossible for Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.

There are 82,725 active cases in Delhi, down from 83,809 the previous day and 49,974 of them are in home isolation, the health department said.

The Union govt accuses Punjab of not installing 251 ventilators out of 809 ventilators supplied by the Centre, but Punjab says most of them are faulty.