BREAKING: Delhi reports 606 new Covid cases, active caseload over 2000

India on Thursday condemned the vandalisation of a Hindu temple in Canada’s Ontario province and called for action by Canadian authorities against the perpetrators.

The International Monetary Fund chief said Thursday the world economy is expected to grow less than 3% this year, down from 3.4% last year, increasing the risk of hunger and poverty globally.

Delhi on Thursday reported 606 new Covid-19 cases and 340 recoveries in past 24 hours. According to the state heath bulletin, 340 people recovered from the infection while 1 death, whose primary cause is not Covid, was reported in the national capital.

The Supreme Court will hear on April 14 a plea filed by the AAP government against the Delhi lieutenant governor's approval with riders to send teachers to Finland for training.

Senior advocate A M Singhvi, appearing for the AAP government, mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and sought an urgent hearing, PTI reported.

Maharashtra reported 803 new cases with three deaths. Mumbai saw 216 new cases with one death, deceased was a 36-year-old male with tuberculosis.

Aam Admi Party (AAP) on Thursday named former MLA Sushil Kumar Rinku as its candidate for the Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll, scheduled on May 10, ANI reported.

Japan's coast guard on Thursday said that search was underway for an army helicopter that went missing off a southern Japanese island. The helicopter carried 10 crew members along with it.

Amid a nationwide upward trend in the Covid cases, Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya will chair a review meet with the health ministers of all states and Union Territories on Friday afternoon, ANI reported.

Assam Rifles under the aegis of Inspector General Assam Rifles (East) seized 536 bags of illegal areca nuts worth ₹3 crores in general area Zotlang, Champhai, said officials on Thursday.

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Locket Chatterjee on Thursday alleged she was stopped by the Bengal from attending a Hanuman Jayanti procession in her constituency Hooghly, which has been in the news over violence during Ram Navami celebrations last week.

Almost seven months after the Income Tax department carried out a survey action on the offices of Oxfam India and Centre for Policy Research (CPR), the Centre on Thursday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the violation of foreign contribution regulation act (FCRA) by Oxfam India, people familiar with the development said.

A massive fire breaks out in a chemical factory at Siliguri Bholanath para. Six fire tenders present at the spot.

Anil Antony, the son of Congress leader AK Antony, joined the BJP in Kerala.

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) held a 'Shobha Yatra,' a procession on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti, in the riot-hit Jahangirpuri area of the national capital on Thursday.

Rajya Sabha was adjourned sine die on the last day of the Budget Session of the Parliament.

Supreme Court on Thursday said it will hear the case relating to Varanasi's Gyanvapi mosque on April 14 and it allowed the Muslim side to file an application before it regarding their request to allow the practice of ablution inside the mosque premises, ANI reported.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday named Sushil Kumar Rinku as its candidate for Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll.

BJP national president JP Nadda on Thursday said that the party's ‘wall writing program’ has started across the country on the party's foundation day, ANI reported. He further said that all state units' chiefs will also undertake this program.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday attended a courtesy meeting of MPs hosted by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on the last day of the Budget session of Parliament, ANI reported.

On the last day of the Budget session of Parliament opposition MPs carried out a ‘Tiranga March’ from Parliament to Vijay Chowk in Delhi.

House proceedings in Rajya Sabha have been adjourned till 2 pm.