The Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 42 parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal and holds significance importance in the 2024 elections, especially for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
India records biggest daily rise in covid cases with 1.26 lakh new infections, 685 deaths
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April 8, 2021
New Delhi, Apr 8: The number of new coronavirus cases in India hit a record daily high since the outbreak of the pandemic with over 1.26 lakh new infections being reported in a span of 24 hours, pushing the nationwide Covid-19 tally to 1,29,28,574, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.
The single-day rise in coronavirus cases breached the 1-lakh mark for the third time in four days.
Meanwhile, the death toll increased to 1,66,862 with 685 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
Prof K A Siddique Hassan, visionary Islamic leader, passes away
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April 6, 2021
Kozhikode, Apr 6: Acclaimed scholar, thinker and former all India vice president of Jamaat-e-Islami Hindi, Professor K A Siddique Hassan has passed away today. He was 76.
He had been staying in his son s house in Kovur, Kozhikode for a long time due to a congenital disease of old age.
He was an irreplaceable figure as a writer, Islamic scholar, orator and social activist. He was the founding secretary of the Ideal Publications Trust, which publishes Madhyamam Malayalam daily.
He was born on May 5, 1945 as the son of K M Abdullah Moulavi and P A Khadeeja at Koottil in Eriyad in Thrissur district of kerala. He did his Afdalul Ulama and earned postgraduate degrees (MA in Arabic) from Islamiya College Shanthapuram and Raudathul Uloom Arabic College respectively.
Over 48 lakh people vaccinated in Karnataka so far
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April 6, 2021
Bengaluru, Apr 6: Karnataka Minister for Health Dr K Sudhakar today said that so far 48.05 lakh people were vaccinated and the State stood sixth in the country.
Speaking to newsmen on Tuesday, he said that yesterday alone 1,95,554 people were vaccinated. As many as 22 lakh senior citizens vaccinated and above 45 to 59 years about 10.4 lakh people received vaccination.
As per the advice of the COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee, the pandemic must be taken seriously till the end of May, he warned.
He said the state may face a shortage of beds if the number of cases increases drastically. He said he has collected information regarding the availability of beds in government hospitals, besides initiating talks with private hospitals to reserve beds for COVID treatment.
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