On October 30, PM Narendra Modi had a 'very warm meeting' with Pope Francis and discussed a wide range of issues, including the Covid-19 pandemic and the challenge posed by climate change, with the head of the Roman Catholic church and also invited the Pontiff to visit India at an early date. PM Modi is currently on a three-day visit to Italy to attend the G20 Summit in Rome from where he will proceed to Glasgow for the UN COP26. Pics AP/PTI
30 October,2021 09:39 PM IST
Maharashtra government extended the lockdown-like restrictions till June 1 as Mumbai witnessed less than 2,000 cases on Thursday. Meanwhile, IMD has said that formation of a cyclone in the Arabian sea will bring moderate to heavy rainfall at isolated places in Mumbai on May 16 and 17. (All photos: mid-day photographers)
14 May,2021 11:59 AM IST
The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has climbed by 727 to 13,155. Nearly 2,468 people with COVID-19 have died in New York, which has the largest number, around 38 percent, of confirmed cases in the US. All pictures: AFP
03 April,2020 09:01 AM IST
With a continuous spike in COVID-19 cases, the Maharashtra government on the Saturday decided toextend the ongoing lockdown period from April 14 till April 30. After APMC closure, Mira-Bhayandar civic body orders vegetable markets to be shut for four days from April 11 to April 14 (Pictures/Ashish Raje, Pardeep Dhivar, Satej Shinde, Bipin Kokate, Sayyed Sameer Abedi- mid-day photographers)
11 April,2020 07:34 PM IST
On the final day of the intitially annouced 21-day nationwide lockdown, PM Narendra Modi announced that the country will extend the lockdown untill May 3. The lockdown was welcomed by all states. but Mumbai witnessed an untoward incident when thousands of migrant workers, who wanted to go back to their native places gathered at Bandra Railway Station and showed their displeasure as they were unhappy with the lockdown extension.
15 April,2020 09:30 AM ISTADVERTISEMENT
