The National Highway-58 Rishikesh-Badrinath highway has been closed due to a heavy landslide up to 100 meters from the mountain in Totaghati, said an official on Saturday.
World Health Organization (WHO) designated COVID-19 variant BA.2.86 as a ‘variant under monitoring’ on Friday due to the large number of mutations it carries.
Bumrah made a remarkable comeback after a long break of 11 months due to his back injury. He delivered a sensational first over of the match where he dismissed two batters with his lethal bowling.
IMD scientist, HR Biswas on Friday said that rainfall activity has occurred in the last 24 hours and due to low pressure in the North-West Bay of Bengal and adjoining North Odisha coast and West Bengal coast its influence is going to cause light to moderate rainfall for the next 24 hours
Himachal Pradesh Public Works Minister Vikramaditya Singh on Friday presided over a virtual meeting of the department to review the ongoing works of the restoration of roads damaged due to heavy rains in the state.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday visited the disaster-hit areas of Paonta, Shillai and Nahan of Sirmaur district where thousands have been affected due to the rain triggered catastrophe.
"There was heavy rain in the area late at night yesterday, after which the water level of the Pranmati river started flowing above the danger mark. Due to this the Pindar river also came in spate," Chamoli District Magistrate Himanshu Khurana said.
Lokesh said that after Jagan Mohan Reddy has become the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, the transport sector has been totally destroyed. The situation is so bad that the truck owners are now turning into drivers due to the excessive penalties and taxes being imposed on them, he added.
During this period, 2,228 more patients were admitted to hospital with the viral fever. Of the new patients, 899 were hospitalised in Dhaka and the rest have been admitted to hospitals outside Dhaka.