An expert has told a news channel that the spike in the cornavirus cases in India could be linked to the super spreader events and not the mutations of the virus.

Dr V Ravi, Retired Professor of Neurobiology at NIMHAN and Nodal Officer for Genomic Confirmation of SARS-CoV-2, Government of Karnataka, quoted saying that the upsurge in the India coronavirus cases is triggered by super spreader events and then lack of tracking, testing to detect the spread.

“It is not true that we have our own Indian variant that has emerged with the amino acid mutations that have been seen in Maharashtra. These changes have been witnessed in other places as well. We have been doing genomic sequencing at NIMHANS. We have found both the 440 and the 484 mutations isolated in variants that have been circulating ever since the post lockdown period. There is no variant that has a propensity to spread higher than what has been identified in India,” he said.

On the efficacy of the coronavirus vaccines on the new variants of the coronavirus, the report quoted experts as saying that there was absolutely no evidence to suggest that the vaccines will not be effective on the variants.

Amid a spurt in the coronavirus cases in India, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said the existing Covid-19 guidelines will remain in force till March 31.

In a statement, the home ministry said while there has been a substantial decline in the active and new coronavirus cases, there is a need to maintain surveillance, containment, and caution so as to fully overcome the pandemic.

The states and union territories have also been advised to speed up the vaccination of the target population so as to break the chain of transmission and overcome the pandemic.

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#WATCH Maharashtra: A team of NDRF rescued a child from under the debris at the site of building collapse in Bhiwandi, Thane.

At least five people have lost their lives in the incident which took place earlier today. pic.twitter.com/6j90p1GloQ

— ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2020

The Gilani building, situated at Patel compound of Narpoli near Dhamankar Naka, collapsed at around 3.40 am, while the residents were asleep. Around 25 families were staying in the property at the time of the incident.

The building is believed to be at least 40 years old.Around 20 persons were rescued by the locals.

A team of NDRF personnel are on the spot and rescue operations are underway.A child was also pulled from the debris and was rushed to a nearby hospital.

As per the initial information, 31 people have been rescued from the rubble of the building in Patel Compound Area. A child was among the 11 people rescued by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed anguish over the building collapse and said all possible assistance is being provided to the affected.

Saddened by the building collapse in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra. Condolences to the bereaved families. Praying for a quick recovery of those injured. Rescue operations are underway and all possible assistance is being provided to the affected.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 21, 2020

More than 40 emergency workers, including a team of 30 rescuers from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), are at the scene.

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It was on September 9 that the BMC partially demolished Kangana Ranaut’s Manikarnika Films building citing illegal construction. The move from BMC received negative criticisms from many corners, and many people alleged that the decision to demolish the building was part of political revenge from the ruling party Shiv Sena.

And now, Kangana has shared some images of her demolished building and claimed BMC has turned her office to a graveyard. The Bollywood starlet also claimed that BMC has raped her dreams, self-esteem, and future by demolishing her building.

Kangana has been the target of Shiv Sena since the day she openly attacked the Mumbai Police, and claimed that the financial capital of Indian was an unsafe place to live. Soon, top Shiv Sena leaders, including Sanjay Raut MP, started threatening her and asked her to stop visiting Mumbai if she thought the city was an unsafe place.

Following the comments made by Raut, Y-category security was provided to Kangana, and she arrived in Mumbai amid high security. As BMC was busy demolishing Kangana’s office, she procured a stay order on the demolition of her office on the same day.

Last Sunday, Kangana Ranaut met Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and conveyed her grievances regarding the ongoing events.

“I am honored that Governor Koshyari met me. I talked about how I have been treated in Mumbai which has given me so much. I hope I get justice,” said Kangana.

In the meantime, she also attacked Sonia Gandhi for maintaining silence in all these issues. Kangana claimed that history will judge Sonia’s silence, and made it clear that she will get justice one day or the other.

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The number of people who have died of the disease now stands at 82,066 with a case fatality rate of 1.63 per cent.

More than 39 lakh people stand cured with a recovery rate of 78.52 per cent. Almost 83,000 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours, bringing the total recoveries closer to the number of new cases. Only 20 per cent, or 9,95,933 cases, are active.

Maharashtra continues to be the worst affected State by the pandemic with a tally of 10.7 lakh cases as it continued to report more than 17,000 cases a day.

Close to half (48.8 per cent) of the active cases are concentrated in three states — Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Kerala and Telangana contribute close to a quarter (24.4 per cent) of the active cases, the ministry said.

The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

Karnataka reported more than 8,200 new cases, most of them from its capital. Bengaluru now has more Covid cases than Mumbai, surpassed only by Delhi and Pune.

Delhi’s COVID-19 tally crossed to over 2.25 lakh after 4,263 fresh cases were reported on September 15. Thirty-six fatalities pushed the death count to 4,806, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Delhi health department.

According to a study (Johns Hopkins University data), India is the second worst-hit nation in terms of COVID-19 cases after the United States. It is in the third spot in fatalities after the US and Brazil.

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With this latest spike, the coronavirus cases across the country stand at 48,46,428. As per Health Ministry, there are 9,86,598 active cases while 37,80,108 patients have been cured/ discharged.

The country’s recovery rate now stands at 77.99 percent.

#IndiaFightsCorona

The Centre's focussed, calibrated & effective strategies have manifested in high level of Recovery Rate (77.88%),& a sustained low Fatality Rate(1.65%).

There are some States/UTs reporting even better Recovery & Case Fatality Rates than the national average. pic.twitter.com/XYNevUaSXk

— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) September 14, 2020

The country in the last 24 hours reported 1,136 deaths due to the coronavirus taking the overall toll to 79,722.

As per the Ministry, Maharashtra continues to be the worst affected State from the infection with 2,80,138 active cases while 29,115 patients have succumbed to the virus in the State. Andhra Pradesh comes second with 95,733 active cases and 4,846 deaths.

A recent study found that coronavirus genomes in India have 5.39 per cent mutation similarity with 72 nations. The study was done by a group of researchers trying to identify the genetic variability and potential molecular targets in the virus and humans to find the best possible ways for combating COVID-19.

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray was trying to blackout the Republic channel in the State by threatening cable operators, Arnab Goswami has alleged. He also claimed that Thackeray is not releasing the channel’s jailed reporter Anuj.

“Uddhav Thackeray, release my journalists. You have broken the law and we will not allow this illegality. You didn’t write the Constitution and you have no right to turn it upside down. Your party has sent letters to cable operators to illegally blackout Republic. You are allowing and approving a series of illegalities. Release my journalists immediately and perform your constitutional duty by arresting your party leaders who have been caught red-handed sending threats to cable operators,” said Arnab, in a statement issued by Republic channel.

Soon after Arnab’s allegations, Kangana Ranaut also joined the party and condemned Thackeray and the actions of his government. Kangana claimed that the Maharashtra government was torturing critics. She also questioned the Shiv Sena government’s intention behind trying to shut down the Republic channel.

Following the death of Bollywood star Sushant Singh Rajput, both Kangana Ranaut and Arnab Goswami had several times questioned the genuineness of the investigation Mumbai police have carried out. Soon, Shiv Sena leaders, including Sanjay Raut MP, urged Kangana to never visit Mumbai if she feels unsafe in the city.

As Kangana’s war with the Maharashtra government reached new heights, the BMC started demolishing the actress’ Manikarnika Films building. Kangana soon obtained a court order to stop the demolition and claimed that she has built the building legally.

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The total coronavirus cases mounted to 41,13,811, while the death toll climbed to 70,626 with the novel coronavirus virus claiming 1,065 lives in a span of 24 hours in the country, the data updated at 8 am showed.

The COVID-19 case fatality rate due to the coronavirus infection has further declined to 1.72 per cent. There are 8,62,320 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 20.96 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.

India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and it went past 40 lakh on September 5.

According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 4,88,31,145 samples have been tested up to September 5 with 10,92,654 samples being tested on Saturday.

Of the 1,065 fresh deaths, 312 are from Maharashtra, 128 from Karnataka, 81 from Uttar Pradesh, 71 from Andhra Pradesh, 69 from Punjab, 61 from Tamil Nadu, 58 from West Bengal, 34 from Bihar, 30 from Madhya Pradesh, 25 from Delhi, 22 from Haryana, 19 from Chhattisgarh, 18 each from Puducherry and Uttarakhand, 15 each from Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand.

Fourteen fatalities have been reported from Rajasthan, 11 from Kerala, nine each from Goa and Telangana, eight from Tripura, seven each from Assam and Odisha, four from Himachal Pradesh while Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Manipur and Meghalaya have registered one fatality each.

Of the total 70,626 deaths, Maharashtra has reported the maximum at 26,276 followed by 7,748 in Tamil Nadu, 6,298 in Karnataka, 4,538 in Delhi, 4,347 in Andhra Pradesh, 3,843 in Uttar Pradesh, 3,510 in West Bengal, 3,091 in Gujarat and 1,808 in Punjab.

So far, 1,543 people have died of COVID-19 in Madhya Pradesh, 1,122 in Rajasthan, 886 in Telangana, 781 in Haryana, 770 in Jammu and Kashmir, 735 in Bihar, 538 in Odisha, 462 in Jharkhand, 356 in Chhattisgarh, 352 in Assam, 337 in Kerala and 330 in Uttarakhand.

Puducherry has registered 298 fatalities, Goa 229, Tripura 144, Chandigarh 69, Himachal Pradesh 54, Andaman and Nicobar Islands 50, Manipur 36, Ladakh 35, Meghalaya 15, Nagaland 10, Arunachal Pradesh eight, Sikkim five and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu two.

The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

“Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research,” the ministry said on its website, adding that State-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.

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As the novel coronavirus that originated from Wuhan, China is continuing to spread chaos in all nooks of the globe, India is quickly climbing up the chart, and the country has recorded more than 15 lakh positive cases in August alone. According to the latest updates, India has more than 3.2 million positive cases, and the country stands on the third spot in the global chart just behind the United States and Brazil.

On Tuesday, 1,071 deaths were reported, the second-highest single-day figure recorded so far. It should be noted that fresh cases reported on August 25 zoomed past 66,000, and if it goes like this, India will soon overtake Brazil which has 3.6 million positive cases.

A total of 329 deaths were recorded in Maharashtra on August 25 alone, followed by Karnataka (149), Tamil Nadu (107), and Andhra Pradesh (92). However, the number of fresh cases in Maharashtra dipped from 11,000 to 10,425.

Kerala, the southern state of India which successfully flattened the curve at one point in time, is also facing the wrath of coronavirus since May. On Tuesday, the state recorded 2375 positive cases, the highest single-day spike. However, the state has somehow managed to control the fatality rate associated with COVID-19.

In the initial months of the outbreak, coronavirus cases in the country were primarily confined to the urban areas. However, over the past few months, coronavirus drastically affected people living in rural areas and suburbs, which played a crucial role in the surge in positive cases. Relaxation of lockdown measures in several states to reopen economies also negatively affected the strategies aimed to contain coronavirus spread in the nation.

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Tarique Garden, not more than 10 years ago, was a ground-plus-four structure. Around 40 families resided in the building. At 6.50 pm on August 25, the top three floors collapsed. Some residents managed to escape before it came down.

Three teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were deployed to the site of the accident late Monday, to join rescue operations conducted by the local police and fire brigade. A green corridor was created from Pune to Raigad to create a swift passage for the NDRF teams.

Meanwhile, the Raigad Police Tuesday registered a case under Sections 304, 304 A, 337, 338 and 34, against five persons.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said he was saddened by the incident, and prayed the injured recovered soon. “Saddened by the building collapse in Mahad, Raigad in Maharashtra. My thoughts are with the families of those who lost their dear ones. I pray the injured recover soon. Local authorities and NDRF teams are at the site of the tragedy, providing all possible assistance,” he said in a statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office

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Stay away from Palghar beaches

The authorities have decided to restrict beach visits due to the drastic surge in coronavirus cases. District Collector Dr. Kailash Shinde has recently issued an order prohibiting all kinds of people’s movements near water bodies that include, rivers, dams, waterfalls, and beaches.

Arrests in Palghar’s Kelwe beach

In the meantime, police have booked 17 people who apparently traveled from Mumbai to Kelwe beach in Palghar to carry out a pre-wedding photoshoot. The alleged incident happened on August 19, and those booked include three women.

Even though inter-district travel is not banned in Maharashtra, police officers booked the visitors in the wake of the recent collector’s order that prohibits visits to water bodies.

After spotting the visitors, local residents in the area asked them to leave the beach. They also informed them about the recent prohibitory order that is prevalent around the vicinity of the beach. However, the pre-wedding team refused to leave the place, and soon people informed the police.

According to reports, the police have registered cases against all the 17 people including the bride, groom, and their families for allegedly defying prohibitory orders. They have been also charged under section 269 (negligent act that could cause spread of infectious disease), and Epidemic Act.

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The announcement came after the Center’s Unlock 3 guidelines, announced on July 29.

According to the order, malls and market complexes without cinema halls, food courts and restaurants will be operational between 9 am and 7 pm from August 5. Wearing a mask and following social distancing norms are mandatory.

All other activities including barber shops, salons, spas etc, which were allowed earlier, will also remain open in the current order. All non-essential shops will also remain open from 9 am to 7 pm. Liquor shops will be allowed to operate if permitted for home delivery, or otherwise.

Outdoor non-team sports like golf courses, outdoor gymnastics, tennis, outdoor badminton will be allowed with physical distancing. Swimming pools will not be allowed to operate.

However the state government stressed that such movement of the people in outdoor activities shall be allowed only when mandatory social distancing norms are maintained.

The order also allows District Collector and Municipal Corporations in the state to enforce certain measures and necessary restrictions in specified local areas on the permitted non-essential activities and movement of people for the purpose of non-essential activities such as shopping and outdoor exercises.

Maharashtra covid-19 tally is at 4,00,651, including 2,39,755 recovered cases, 1,46,129 active cases and 14,463 deaths. Recovery rate in the state is at 59.84% and its case fatality rate is 3.61% as against the national average 2.23%.

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Calling the measure ‘unlockdown’, Thackeray revealed that the primary focus of the government in the coming days will be strengthening the health infrastructure of Mumbai.

“I am not using the word lockdown. I call it ‘unlockdown’. Existing restrictions will be relaxed further. We are in the process of strengthening the health infrastructure in the Mumbai metropolitan region within a week. Our revised guidelines will be based on those prescribed by the ” said Thackeray.

However, Thackeray revealed that the central government will not grant permission to open restaurants, gymnasiums, and swimming pools as social distancing measures will be violated. He added that the decision to reopen the suburban train network will be decided by the railway board.

Thackeray also made it clear that more stringent measures will be adopted in the rural areas of the state to combat the sudden surge in coronavirus cases.

As per the latest statistics, there are more than 1.2 million coronavirus positive cases in India, and the death toll has crossed 30,000. Current trends indicate that the number of positive cases in the country will witness a dramatic rise in the coming days, as several states are easing lockdown measures to reopen economies.

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It was on June 14, 2020 that Bollywood star Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his home in Bandra. The actor was found hanging himself, and investigation officers revealed that the star has committed suicide. However, many of his fans and some of his relatives claimed that there could be foul play surrounding the death, and they urged the government to hand over the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

A few days back, Rhea Chakraborty, Sushant’s girlfriend, had also requested the government to initiate a CBI probe. But now, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has revealed that there is no necessity of a CBI investigation in this case. He also made it clear that the Mumbai Police is competent enough to handle this case.

“I have the tweets and the campaign. But I don’t think that a CBI probe is required. The Mumbai Police is competent enough to handle such cases and they are investigating every aspect of the case including professional rivalry. As of now, we do not see any foul play. Details of the investigation will be shared once it is completed,” Deshmukh told Mid Day.

Meanwhile, Rhea Chakraborty has recently requested the cybercrime cell to take necessary actions against people who have been issuing death and rape threats on her post-Sushant’s death. It should be also noted that several social media users had blamed Rhea for the actor’s suicide.

Apart from Rhea, actor Shekhar Suman and Subramaniam Swamy MP had also urged the government to initiate a CBI probe on Sushant’s suicide case.

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She breathed her last at Seven Hills Hospital in Mumbai around 4 am. Her husband and son are also being treated for COVID-19 in the same hospital, the hospital authorities said.

Several politicians, including Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and NCP president Sharad Pawar, paid tributes to Satyanarayan.

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray while praising her stint as the election commissioner, said she made the panel more people-oriented. Maharashtra will forever remember her as someone who left a stamp on her administrative career, the field of literature and art and for being a sensible personality.

NCP leader Sharad Pawar paid homage by tweeting that the state has lost a humane and empathetic ex-officer.

She always had fought for the rights of women in the service sector. During her posting in the Home department, she handled administration of prisons where she encouraged artistic skills of women inmates.

She authored 10 anthologies of poetry and 17 novels. She also composed music for some films in Marathi.

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Tamil Nadu has grabbed the first position in fish landings with 7.75 lakh tonnes followed by Gujarat (7.49 lakh t), which was holding the first position for a past few years, and Kerala (5.44 lakh t) which retained the third position, according to a study report.
India’s marine fish production registered a marginal increase of 2.1% in 2019 compared to the previous year with the country recording 3.56 million tonnes in total landings from across the coasts during the year, according to the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI).This was revealed in a study report on annual marine fish landings estimates in the country during the last year released here by the CMFRI.
The data showed an unusual feature of a commercially unimportant fish becoming the most landed resource with the red toothed trigger fish (2.74 lakh t) registering a huge increase in the landings across the coasts of the country. Ironically, this fish has little demand in domestic markets and is mostly caught for the purpose of feed mills.
In another major highlight of the data, Indian mackerel, which was in the first spot in 2018, suffered the highest setback with its landings declining by 43 per cent last year.
While the states such as West Bengal (55%), Andhra Pradesh (34%), Odisha (14.5%), Karnataka (11%) and Tamil Nadu (10.4%) recorded increase in the landings, the marine fish catch decreased in Maharashtra (32%), Goa (44%) and Kerala (15.4%) compared to the previous year. The second highest landings in national-level is ribbon fish (2.19 lakh t) followed by penaeid prawns (1.95 lakh t) and non-penaeid prawns (1.80 lakh t).
As many as eight cyclonic storms in and around India of which 6 of them turned out to be severe cyclones (Fani in April, Vayu in June, Hika in September, Kyarr in October, Maha in Oct-Nov and Bulbul in Oct-Nov) affected the fishing calendar days more adversely on the west coast of the country.

Fish production declines in Kerala

Kerala suffered a significant drop of 15.4 per cent in the marine fish landings during the last year with a total landings of 5.44 lakh tonnes. Sharp decline in the catch of oil sardine and Indian mackerel, the two major resources in the state, is the major highlight of Kerala’s landings. While oil sardine dropped to a meagre 44,320 tonnes, the lowest catch in two decades, Indian mackerel (40,554 t) experienced a steep decline of 50 per cent compared to the previous year.
In 2012, the catch of oil sardine in Kerala was 3.9 lakh tonnes. Since then, there was a substantial decrease in the catch every year, but it moved up in 2017. The oil sardine landings again continued to decline for the past two years thanks to the unfavourable changes in ocean environment. After analysing the correlation between the ocean environment and biological cycle of the oil sardine, the CMFRI had forecast in January last year that sardine landing would decline in the year in Kerala waters. The contribution from Kerala towards the overall landings in the country reduced to 15.3 per cent from 18.4 per cent in 2018.
The anchovies group (74.194 t) tops the list of the most landed resources in the state followed by red toothed trigger fish (62,782 t) and penaeid prawns (46,615 t).

Increase in value of fish
The estimate of the value of marine fish landings based on price at landing centres across the country during 2019 was Rs.60,881 crores with 15.6 per cent increase over 2018. The unit price per kg of fish at landing centre rate was Rs. 170.5 (12.2 per cent increase). At the retail level, the estimated value of marine fish was Rs. 92,356 crores (15 per cent increase over 2018). The unit price at the retail market level was Rs. 258.7 (12 per cent increase over 2018). The marketing efficiency determining the producer’s share of the consumers was found to be 66 (0.6 per cent increase over 2018).
In Kerala, the value of marine fish landings based on price at landing centres was Rs. 12,387 crores with an increase of 20.35 per cent over 2018 while it was Rs 17,515 crores in retail level in the state recording nearly 19 per cent increase.
The Fishery Resources Assessment Division of the CMFRI estimated the annual marine fish landings of the country through its online data collection system.

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COVID-19 infections in India inched closer to 5.5 lakh-mark with 19,459 new cases being reported in the last 24 hours. The toll also rose to 16,459 after 380 deaths were reported. Of the 5,48,318 cases, 3.2 lakh patients have recovered, while 2.1 lakh infections are still active. Amid the surge, several states have reimposed full or partial lockdown, while others like Telangana are pondering on imposing fresh curbs. The last one lakh cases in India have been added in less than a week.

It was for the fifth straight day that Covid-19 cases in the country rose by more than 15,000. The recovery rate now stands at over 58.5%.

Maharashtra continues to be the state with the highest COVID-19 tally at 1,64,626, followed by Delhi at 83,077.

Globally, over 10 million cases have been reported with 5 lakh deaths. The United States continues to be the worst-affected followed by Brazil, Russia, Indian and the UK.

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With the highest single day spike of 15,968 cases and 465 deaths in the last 24 hours,India’s COVID-19 count reached 4,56,183 on Wednesday.According to the latest update by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW),14,476 deaths have been recorded due to the infection so far in the country. As the number of active cases stood at 1,83,022 ,there has been an improvement in the recovery rate.There are 2,56,685 cured patients and India’s recovery rate is now 56.70%.The health ministry said on Tuesday that India has one of the lowest deaths per-lakh population in the world a citing report by the World Health Organisation(WHO).

Most of India’s Covid-19 cases came from Maharashtra,Delhi,Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, which have seen a steady rise in the number of infections and deaths.Maharashtra has recorded 1,39,010 Covid-19 cases and 6,531 deaths.Delhi ,the second worst-affected,with 66,602 infections with more than 40% of these recorded in the last 10 days and 2,301 fatalities. On June 23, Maharashtra had reported its highest single-day jump in fatalities with 248 deaths, even as Mumbai, the worst-hit Indian city, recorded 824 new cases.

In Tamil Nadu, which has enforced a lockdown in its worst-hit districts, 64,603 infections have been witnessed and 833 people have succumbed in the southern state.Gujarat also has seen a rise in the number of Covid-19 cases and has recorded 28,371 patients and 1,710 deaths so far.

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