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LATTUR: Former union minister Shivraj Patil has tested positive for coronavirus and has been hospitalised, a family member said on Friday.
His daughter-in-law Rudrali Patil said the former minister (85) was not exhibiting any critical symptoms but was hospitalised due to his age.
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Now hunger stalks India as country’s Covid crisis deepens
A wider disaster is building, one that – if left unchecked – could start to engulf large parts of the country
23 April 2021 • 12:57pm
After almost two weeks of lockdown in Mumbai, the knock on my apartment door was unexpected.
I entered the corridor with slight trepidation, presuming there was either an emergency in one of my neighbours’ flats or it was officials from the local authority with the news my block was being sealed due to the escalating number of Covid cases inside.
Instead, to my surprise, a woman – elderly and frail – stood in the dark corridor. She wore a brightly coloured orange hijab pulled tight around her face. A shivering arm was outstretched.
Migrant workers rush to leave Mumbai over rumours of second lockdown
India fears a repeat of last year s flight to the countryside, when workers took Covid back to their home villages
2 April 2021 • 7:00am
Stores are shut at Crawford Market in Mumbai during the city s night-time curfew
Credit: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg
Squatting in a rare piece of shade outside the entrance of the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Vakil Ray pulls out a crumpled ticket from his pocket and scans the details.
Mr Ray is one of hundreds of migrant workers waiting outside one of Mumbai’s busiest railway stations, hoping to return to his home state of Bihar, in the north of India.