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Pro-Palestine protesters from Jordan and Lebanon attempt to infiltrate into Israeli territory, IDF tanks fire warning shots

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Pro-Palestine protesters from Jordan and Lebanon attempt to infiltrate into Israeli territory, IDF tanks fire warning shots

Protesters from Jordan are trying to cross over to the West Bank through the King Hussain bridge amidst the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. The King Hussain Bridge connects Jordan with the West Bank in Palestine.

The Israel Defense Forces informed on social media that rioters had crossed over from Lebanon into Israeli territory. In response, the IDF tanks had fired warning shots to disperse the crowd. The trespassers have reportedly moved back to Lebanese territory.

Protesters from both countries are attempting to infiltrate into Israeli territory. Many allegedly want to join the Hamas, the terrorist outfit that rules Gaza Strip, as per claims on social media.

Riot police in Jordan have reportedly stopped the protesters. Earlier, rockets were fired at Israel from Lebanon, believed to be by Palestinian factions.

Tensions between Israel and Palestine have heightened as rockets are being fired from the Gaza Strip with Israelis targeting Hamas in response. Numerous civilians have died at both ends with the number significantly higher among Palestinians.

The violence is the culmination of weeks of tensions in Jerusalem, with clashes taking place between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters in and around the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, a chronic flashpoint in the protracted Israel-Palestine conflict. The mosque is perched on a 35-acre site known by Muslims as Haram al-Sharif, or the Noble Sanctuary. It is also revered by Jews as the Temple Mount.

Rajasthan: Large gathering in Dungarpur mosque for Eid Namaz busted by police

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Rajasthan: Large gathering in Dungarpur mosque for Eid Namaz busted by police

On Friday, Rajasthan cops lathi-charged a group of Muslims who had congregated to offer Namaz at a local mosque in Dungarpur, Rajasthan, on the occasion of Eid in complete defiance to the lockdown rules amidst the second wave of the coronavirus.

According to India TV journalist Manish Bhattacharya, the Rajasthan police carried out raids at a local mosque in Dungarpur city after receiving information that several Muslims had congregated in the area to celebrate Eid despite the lockdown orders. As the police reached the spot, they witnessed a large congregation, who had gathered at a local mosque violating social distancing guidelines.

In the video that has gone viral on social media platforms, dozens of people can be seen exiting the mosque and running away in fear of police. Despite strict orders against public gathering, several dozen locals had gathered inside the closed premises, risking Covid spread.

The Ashok Gehlot-led government has imposed a strict two-week lockdown in the state from May 10 to May 24 in the state. Apart from essential services, no other services are allowed. Religious congregations have been banned too. However, the locals had gathered in Dungarpur in large numbers to celebrate Eid even though the cases are rising in the Congress-ruled state.

Rajasthan currently ranks fourth among states with the highest number of active Covid cases, with more than 2.1 lakh Covid-19 cases in the state. The desert state surpassed Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, where 2,04,658 active cases were reported. On Wednesday, Rajasthan recorded 164 more Covid-19 deaths and 16,384 fresh cases taking the overall death toll to 6,317.

Journalists join hands with Congress trolls to spread propaganda against BJP over Delhi High Court ordered probe by police

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Journalists join hands with Congress trolls to spread propaganda against BJP over Delhi High Court ordered probe by police

Today the Delhi police questioned Youth Congress president Srinivas B V over the allegations of illegal procurement and distribution of Covid-19 drugs. The interrogation was done in an ongoing investigation ordered by the Delhi High Court, and other leaders from BJP and AAP have already been questioned in the case.

Responding to a petition alleging illegal procurement of Covid-19 drugs to distribute among people, the High Court had asked the police to look into the instances of politicians allegedly directly procuring Remdesivir and distributing them to Covid-19 patients, and to file FIR if any irregularities were found. The petitioner had named several politicians who had distributed medical aid to Covid-19 patients, alleging that they had illegally procured the material.

Before president Srinivas B V, the police had questioned Delhi BJP leader Harish Khuranna and AAP MLA Dilip Pandey on 11th May, and are expected to question more leaders, including BJP MP Gautam Gambhir.

While the entire investigation is being done on the orders of the Delhi High Court, and even BJP leaders are being also questioned in the case, such facts didn’t matter for left-liberals and Congress supporters, who blamed the union govt for the investigation. They claimed that Delhi police was doing this on the instructions of BJP as the Delhi Police comes under union home minister, and accused BJP of playing vendetta politics.

Several left-liberal journalists joined hand with Congress party to spread anti-BJP propaganda using the fake narrative of the court ordered probe.

Telangana Congress leader Manickam Tagore mentioned that Delhi Police works directly under Amit Shah, blaming the BJP leader for the probe. “This Gujarat Model too much”, he tweeted.

Another Congress leader from Tamil Nadu tweeted the same claims, blaming Amit Shah.

Several journalists came forward to join hands with such Congress leaders to blame BJP and accuse them of vendetta over the matter.

“Absolutely shameful. The only thing Modi knows is a vendetta politics”, claimed notorious fake news peddler and abusive troll Swati Chaturvedi.

She further asked Amit Shah if the police will question the critically ill patients helped by the Congress and APP leaders questioned by police.

India Today anchor Chaiti Narula tweeted that Srinivas B V had really helped people, and now he is facing police probe for doing that.

Columnist Nilanjana Roy tweeted that the Youth Congress has been helping people during the Covid-19 pandemic in and around Delhi, when the people in power were missing in action.

As the Congress leaders and journalists blamed BJP for the Delhi Police probe, countless social media users on Twitter followed them to abuse BJP on the occasion. The alleged that neither the govt is helping people, nor they are allowing others to do it.

However, all the allegations against BJP and the central govt are completely baseless, as they have nothing to do with the questioning of the Congress leader. The police probe is not done on the orders of home minister Amit Shah, but it was done on the orders of Delhi High Court.

On May 4, the Delhi High Court had asked the police to look into the instances of politicians allegedly directly procuring Remdesivir and distributing them to Covid-19 patients, and to file FIR if any irregularities were found. The court asked the state to file a status report within a week and listed the case for hearing on May 17.

The court order came in response to a petition filed by Dr Deepak Singh, Chairman of Hruduya Foundation. The petition had sought an CBI probe into an alleged “medical mafia-politician nexus” and illegal distribution of COVID medicines by politicians. Apart from Srinivas, the petition had named BJP leaders Sujay Vikhe, Gautam Gambhir and Shirish Chaudhari, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Congress MLA Mukesh Sharma, NCP leaders Sharad Pawar and Rohit Pawar and others, citing the instances of Remdesivir distributed by them. The petition had also asked for the detention of such persons for allegedly indulging in black-marketing of Covid-19 medicines as per the National Security Act, 1980, and to disqualify the MLAs and MPs.

Although the High Court had rejected the demands of CBI probe and registration of FIR, it had asked Delhi Police to examine the issue. Therefore, the ongoing questioning by the police is done according to this directive of the High Court.

‘No country can manage the astronomical numbers that India has’: Dr Devi Shetty hails govt’s Covid handling

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‘No country can manage the astronomical numbers that India has’: Dr Devi Shetty hails govt’s Covid handling

Amidst the second wave of Coronavirus outbreak in the country, renowned cardiac surgeon Dr Devi Shetty has extended his support to the efforts of the Indian government in fighting the pandemic. He made the comments during an exclusive interview with Money Control.

At about 11 minutes into the interview, Dr Shetty emphasised, “I know a lot of people are criticising the government, but I can tell you, the number of COVID patients we have, even if we present this to the US government, there is no way they can manage it … forget any other country. These are astronomical numbers that no country in the world has the infrastructure to manage.”

“In terms of oxygen, I can tell you – I have gone through the details. Our government has done a phenomenal job. They have moved Heaven and Earth to get the oxygen to the hospitals. Of course, a lot of people have suffered. But, if the whole country is falling sick, there is no healthcare infrastructure in the world ”

(Video Courtesy: Youtube/ Money Control)

Dr Devi Shetty shares 3 steps to accelerate the Coronavirus vaccination drive

During the interview, the cardiac surgeon highlighted how India could accelerate the vaccination drive in the country. He suggested that India should quickly purchase 300-million vaccine doses in bulk and vaccinate people.

He said, “If we go to companies and say we want to buy 300-400 million doses, this is the money take it, they will give it to you, and these are vaccines that don’t need a trial, they have been used on millions of people…One day of lockdown, how much is it going to cost us? The vaccine is the cheapest solution we have against COVID, we have to use it.”

He had suggested that vaccines must be purchased in bulk to have the negotiation leverage. “Bulk order will give you huge leverage to negotiate the best price and unless these companies get money in advance they won’t commit. We need at least five different vaccine manufacturers to come forward and say that you give me the money, we will deliver at this time,” Dr Devi Shetty opined.

The cardiac surgeon added that the government must allow foreign vaccine manufacturers to come and make in India, under the conditions that the vaccines will be delivered to India in next 3 months. He said that doing so will give us 200 million vaccine doses, if not 600 million. Dr Devi Shetty suugested the idea of roping in private hospitals and vaccinating parents of young children.

“If I am given few million vaccines and told to vaccinate, I can do it for 26,000 people on one campus in 24 hours. I can manage double … I can even vaccinate at 2 am at night. If people are desperate enough to want vaccines, we will have a 24-hour shift. This is a war-like situation that needs a different game plan,” the cardiac surgeon concluded. As of May 14, about 17.92 crore vaccine doses have been administered against the Coronavirus.

Will Param Bir Singh get arrested? Maharashtra govt says won’t arrest till May 20th, state to file response: Details

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Will Param Bir Singh get arrested? Maharashtra govt says won’t arrest till May 20th, state to file response: Details

The Maharashtra Government led by Uddhav Thackeray has reportedly assured the court that former Commission of Mumbai police, Param Bir Singh, will not be arrested till May 20 in connection with the FIR registered against him, DCP Parag Manere, and 31 other police personnel under SC-ST Act based on a complaint by inspector Bhimrao Ghadge.

The Bombay High Court granted relief to the former police commissioner after the Maharashtra Government gave the assurance against arrest on a petition by Singh.

Senior counsel Darius Khambata, appearing for the Maharashtra government told the bench of Justices PB Varale and NR Borkar that the allegations of corruption levelled against the former Mumbai top cop, by a police inspector in Akola, were of serious nature. He said that the FIR was registered on April 30, after which the investigation into the case commenced. Owing to the seriousness of the matter, the police would need time to file an affidavit in response to Singh’s plea against the FIR, contended Khambata in court.

“Till that time, we (police) will not arrest the petitioner (Singh),” he said.

The bench accepted the statement and posted the matter for further hearing on May 20.

Param Bir Singh, in his plea filed last week, had sought quashing of the “malafide” criminal case filed against him on April 29 at the City Kotwali police station, Akola.

His counsel Mahesh Jethmalani on Thursday argued that the case was filed with malafide intentions and was abuse of powers by the police. 

The case in which Param Bir Singh was slapped with SC/ST Act

Bhimrao Ghadge, who is now posted in the Akola police control room wrote a letter to the Chief Minister and Home Minister levelling serious corruption allegations against Param Bir Singh and the other officials. 

Ghadge in his FIR alleged that Singh had asked him to not charge-sheet certain individuals against whom FIRs had been registered in a case. Upon refusal to partake in such illegal activities, Singh conspired with other officials and filed five false criminal cases and FIRs against him after which he was suspended. 

Ghadge claimed it was all done to harass him just because he belongs to a backward caste.

The city Kotwali police in Akola has registered the FIR against 33 police personnel under 27 various sections ranging from criminal conspiracy, destruction of evidence and sections of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities Act), 1989.

A Zero FIR (mode of lodging FIR in any police station irrespective of the offence committed in that area or any other area) had also been filed at the Kotwali police station which has later transferred to the Thane city police.

UP: Three killed in gang war inside Chitrakoot Jail, police kill sharpshooter after he shot dead two gangsters

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UP: Three killed in gang war inside Chitrakoot Jail, police kill sharpshooter after he shot dead two gangsters

Three inmates at Chitrakoot jail in Uttar Pradesh, including gangster Mukim Kala, were killed in a gang war that broke out inside the jail on Friday morning.

According to the reports, an inmate identified as Anshu Dixit shot dead two prisoners Mukim Kala and Merajuddin using a pistol at around 10 am on Friday. Both of them are close aides to don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari. Mukim Kala was a gangster from Western UP and Merazuddin was a don from Easter UP. Anshu, a sharpshooter from Sitapur, was shot dead by police in a retaliatory firing.  

On early Friday morning, Anshu Dixit started firing bullets at Merajuddin and Mukim Kala, who were with him after finishing the morning parade. Reportedly, Anshu also started firing rapidly inside the jail premises.

According to the jail officials, Anshu held five other inmates captive after killing Kala and Merajuddin and threatened to kill them. The jail officials, along with the District Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police, immediately rushed to the spot to convince him. However, he was unwilling to surrender. After that, the police opened shot dead Anshu and rescued the other prisoners.

Mukim Kala had 65 cases, recently transferred to Chitrakoot jail

Gangster Mukim Kala, who has 65 cases against him, was recently transferred to Chitrakoot jail from Saharanpur on administrative grounds, while Merajuddin was brought to the jail from Varanasi.

Mukim Kala ran a criminal network in West Uttar Pradesh. Reportedly, he started his criminal career alongside dreaded gangster Mustafa Kagga, who ran robberies and contract, killing in parts of Haryana, West UP and Uttarakhand. Anshu Dixit, also a dreaded criminal, was languishing in Chitrakoot jail since December 2019.

DG Prisons Anand Kumar said that the entire sequence of events will be investigated to know how a pistol reached inside the prison.

The situation has now been brought under control now. The district administration has ordered a high-level probe.

Read how RSS volunteers turned a defunct, British-era hospital, lying unused for over 2 decades, into a 200-bed COVID-19 facility

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Read how RSS volunteers turned a defunct, British-era hospital, lying unused for over 2 decades, into a 200-bed COVID-19 facility

The RSS has also always extended its helping hand whenever the country has faced a national crisis. It has often leveraged its organisational machinery to help the country tide through various adversities. This time around, they have stepped forward to help revive a massive British era hospital in Karnataka as the state faces the scourge of a renewed bout of the coronavirus outbreak, a report published in India Today said.

Bharat Gold Mines Limited Hospital or BGML Hospital as it is popularly known was lying abandoned for more than two decades now. It was established in 1880 by Dr TJ O’Donnell and his brother JD O’Donnell and has the capacity of housing 800 beds. It was one of the largest hospitals in Asia in the early 20th century.

With the COVID-19 caseloads in Karnataka’s Kolar district spreading at an inexorable pace, MP S Muniswamy realised that it will take more time to set up a new hospital to administer the rising number of coronavirus cases. He instead decided to revamp and operationalise the British-era hospital that was lying defunct for over 20 years now. For this, he roped in the services of RSS and BJP volunteers to quickly overhaul the hospital and convert it into a COVID care centre.

Discussing his plan to convert the mouldering hospital into a COVID-19 centre, Muniswamy said, “After deliberating with the Sangh Parivar and other organisations, we decided to set up a 200+ bed Covid Care Centre. Some 250 volunteers from the BJP and RSS worked hard to get this ready. Now the cots and electricity work is done and the hospital should be up and running in 2-3 days’ time.”

Source: India Today/Nolan Pinto

Muniswamy had written a letter to Union Minister of Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi seeking permission for the district administration to make use of this massive hospital as a Covid Care Centre. According to the authorities, the hospital was one of the biggest in Asia of its time and was amongst the first to get electricity and an X-ray unit when the mines were functional for over 120 years.

Volunteers of Sangh Parivar help in bringing KGF hospital back to life

As the plan to convert the hospital that untouched for almost 20 years into a COVID-19 centre firmed up, RSS and BJP volunteers took it upon themselves to clean the hospital. As per Praveen S, RSS Karyakarta in KGF, who is supervising the work, more than 400 tractor loads of garbage was removed from the hospital.

Praveen also added that the biggest challenge facing the RSS volunteers was to clean the hospital. “The hospital was in a dilapidated condition when we first came to the place on Day 1. There were bats flying around, and 2-3 inches of mounds of mud scattered around the expanse of the hospital. It was full of cobwebs. Many people were doubtful if we could complete the task at hands. However, the volunteers of RSS, BJP, VHP, Seva Bharati, Jana Jagaran Samiti were unwavering in their resolve to clean the hospital. We started this work on April 27 and by May 7, the entire cleaning of this five-acre campus was completed,” he said.

Currently, work is in progress to get the facility fully functional as a hospital, once all the required infrastructure is put in place. There will be four rooms with ICU facilities in the hospital. Electrification and plumbing work is underway in full swing. The authorities have also decided to utilise the 140-year-old iron cots.

“The cots are almost 140 years old and weighs more than 100 kg. They are sufficiently sturdy and you require at least 3-4 people to lift them up. While the forgings are all old techniques, you can nevertheless use the cots for another century or more,” Praveen told in an interview with India Today.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling gives six-figure donation to pro-Khalistani outfit Khalsa Aid

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Harry Potter author JK Rowling gives six-figure donation to pro-Khalistani outfit Khalsa Aid

The famous British author JK Rowling’s charitable organization, The Volant Charitable Trust, has made a generous donation to the pro-Khalistani outfit Khalsa Aid for its ‘Covid-19 relief work in India’. The terrorist-linked organisation shared this update earlier today on Twitter, saying that it had received a ‘six-figure grant’ from @jk_rowling charitable trust. “We are humbled by the support for our humanitarian work”, Tweeted Khalsa Aid, thanking the British author.

The Harry Potter creator replied to Khalsa Aid’s Tweet, thanking people for buying a copy of her latest children’s book The Ickabog. “As a result, my charitable trust continues to be able to support those worst affected by the pandemic”, wrote the author.

Claiming to be working on the ground to assist COVID-19 patients who battling the deadly virus and facing difficulties as India grapples with an aggressive second wave, Khalsa Aid has been, over the last few weeks, requesting people to donate generously towards their cause.

Khalsa Aid and its suspected terrorist links

Though we would refrain from commenting on the ‘Covid relief work’ this controversial organization has undertaken to support those who are worst affected by the pandemic, we have reported in detail how Khalsa Aid is suspected to be a front organization for the Khalistani outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI). The NIA had registered a case in this regard in December 2012, alleging that Khalsa Aid was one of the organizations linked to the BKI funding the Indian BKI members to commit terror acts in the country. Unfortunately, the case hit a dead wall for the past one and a half years.

Babbar Khalsa intends to create an independent Sikh state in India through violent means and is responsible for several terror attacks in the country resulting in many civilian deaths. The Trump administration had declared BKI a threat to American interests.

Besides being allegedly involved in funding terror activities in India, Khalsa Aid International has also been accused of illegally raising funds and being non-transparent about how they utilise the pooled funds.

Khalsa Aid’s murky ‘humanitarian work’

An incident that highlighted the murky operations of the Khalsa Aid’s “humanitarian work” was when the organization had to grudgingly admit that it had never been to Syria for any kind of work after it sought donations in the name of rehabilitating victims in the war-ravaged Syria.

The organisation also claims that it has provided services to victims in Bangladesh and Kerala, but the financial details of the organisation have no mention of the organisation’s charitable work in the above-mentioned places.

Ravi Singh, the CEO of Khalsa Aid, accused of being a cheater and running a crooked organisation

The person who heads the Khalsa International Aid is as dubious as the organization he heads, if not more. According to a person who penned his brush with the Khalsa Aid CEO, Singh exploited people by appealing to their empathy, asking them to donate money for the welfare of the poor, victims of atrocities, etc., using only a part of it on the actual aid and using the remaining amount on himself.

The user alleged Singh to be an opportunist who, in the name of fundraising for the needy and the poor, sought publicity by uploading videos of himself donating money and other essential items to the people. The person also stated that money in the tunes of lakhs and crores were raised by Singh but only a few thousands were donated to the needy. Moreover, the person, claimed that there were gross irregularities in Khalsa Aid’s projects, no transparency in accounts held by them, and money raised for a specific purpose was diverted for personal expenses and other projects.

West Bengal: BJP MP Subhas Sarkar attacked with stones and bricks in Bankura, BJP blames TMC goons

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West Bengal: BJP MP Subhas Sarkar attacked with stones and bricks in Bankura, BJP blames TMC goons

Even two weeks after the new TMC govt came to power West Bengal, the attack on BJP workers and leaders by TMC goons have not stopped. In the latest incident of political violence, Dr. Subhas Sarkar, BJP MP from Bankura, was attacked in Bankura today.

While Sarkar was going to meet the farmers in his constituency on the occasion of Eid today, his vehicle was attacked by bricks and stones on the road. While the BJP MP narrowly escaped from being harmed, his vehicle was damaged.

According to reports, Subhas Sarkar along with several party workers were going to meet farmers in Patalkhuri village in his constituency today. Apart from him, one party worker and two CISF personnel engaged in his security were in his car. When they were about to reach Patalkhuri village under the Bankura police station, his car was attacked by bricks and stones from behind. A large number of attackers followed his car on two-wheelers and pelted stones and bricks on the car.

The rear windshield of the car smashed due to the attack, but the MP was not hurt. Dr. Subhas Sarkar called the police station to inform about the attack immediately, and returned from the spot without proceeding further.

Talking about the incident, the BJP MP said, “I was forced to return without participating in the scheduled program. I have filed a written complaint at the police station. Miscreants supported by TMC are behind this incident”.

He said that the attackers said before leaving the spot, “You have gone much ahead, now see how it feels”. He said that the TMC attacked him for not getting many votes in the district.

However, TMC leaders have denied the allegations, and said that they are not involved in the attack. Bankura district TMC president Shyamal Santra said, ‘internal fight in BJP after the assembly elections have reached the peak. All these BJP leaders and workers didn’t fulfil their election promises made to their supporters. BJP leaders like Subhash Sarkar are reaping the results of the same”.

Blaming the locals for the attack, Santra said that Subhash Sarkar has been unable to fulfil promises made before the Lok Sabha elections, and that’s why people in his constituency are not happy with him.

Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai turns his house into a 50-bed Covid-care centre

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Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai turns his house into a 50-bed Covid-care centre

Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai has converted his residence in Shiggaon town of Haveri district into a Covid Care Centre (CCC).

According to the reports, senior BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai, who is also the minister of law and parliamentary affairs, has turned his house into a mini-hospital to overcome the bed shortage at hospitals in the city. On Thursday, Bommai handed over his house to authorities to set up a full-fledged Covid-care centre in Shiggaon.

Shiggaon is a small town in north Karnataka and Basavaraj Bommai represents Shiggaon constituency in the state assembly. 

At his residence, as many as 50 beds have been set up with required medical facilities. The Covid centre is equipped with Oxygenated beds, and more oxygen concentrators are expected to arrive in the next few days. Each bed will be installed with an oxygen facility to treat ailing Covid-19 patients. 

On Thursday, Minister Bommai also visited the spot and inspected the facilities at the Centre. In addition to setting up a Covid facility, he also handed over 25 oxygen concentrators to Shiggaon public hospital to treat Covid patients.

“The number of Covid deaths is on the rise. Therefore additional beds have been arranged. Another 46-bed facility will be arranged at Shiggaon taluk hospital,” Minister Bommai said.

On Thursday, Karnataka reported 35,297 fresh cases, out of which 15,191 are from Bengaluru Urban alone. The capital city also reported 161 fatalities, highest in the state. More than 34,000 people recovered from Covid-19, while 344 patients lost their lives on Thursday.

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