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IN A VIRAL VIDEO, CAR VANISHES AS LAND CAVES IN MUMBAI

June 14, 2021

A scary moment was caught on camera by an onlooker and it quickly went viral. As heavy rainfall continues in Mumbai, a video of a parked car suddenly being swallowed up by a sinkhole has taken social media by storm. In the viral video, a black car was seen sinking...

INDIA EXPORTED COVID VACCINES AT THE PEAK OF SECOND WAVE: RTI

June 7, 2021

While India was reeling under a devastating second wave and acute shortage of coronavirus vaccines, India was exporting vaccines to other nations. According to information available through RTI—and a copy of which is available with The Daily Guardian—6.37 crore vaccine doses were exported to 89 countries till the month of April....

MAHA CM FLAGS OFF TRIAL RUN OF METRO, BJP PROTESTS BY SHOWING BLACK FLAGS

June 1, 2021

Maharashtra Chief Minster Uddhav Thackeray on Monday flagged off the trial run for Metro 2A and Metro 7 corridors, which run through the Western suburbs of Mumbai. The two lines are expected to ease travel in Mumbai’s western suburbs. While Thackeray showed the green flag to these trial runs, on...

Mumbai mayor exposes illegal stay-cum-vaccination plan in city’s 5-star hotel

May 31, 2021

Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar on Friday exposed a “stay-cum-vaccination plan” at a 5-star hotel, The Lalit. As per the government guidelines, running any such vaccination plan at a hotel is illegal. The incident has come to light at a time when the government is facing a huge vaccine crunch. “After...

School principal raises funds for students hit by pandemic

May 28, 2021

In the midst of a pandemic, when many schools across the country put pressure on parents to pay up their kids’ school fees or risk being prevented from accessing online classes, here’s an example from “Maximum City” Mumbai that such schools can take a lesson from. Shirley Udayakumar Panikker, Principal...

MAHARASHTRA PLANS PHASED UNLOCK FROM 1 JUNE

May 26, 2021

With Covid cases on the wane in Maharashtra, once one of the worst affected states, the Uddhav Thackeray-led government plans to work on phase-wise easing of restrictions from June 1. This will help in the reopening of services and sectors, in addition to those deemed essential, and also prevent an...

P305 TRAGEDY: CAPTAIN IGNORED WARNINGS, SAFETY EQUIPMENT WAS FAULTY: BROTHER OF CHIEF ENGINEER

May 22, 2021

Aalam Shaikh, brother of Chief Engineer Rahman Shaikh of the P305 barge, which sank off the Mumbai coast during Cyclone Tauktae, has alleged that its captain did not take the cyclone warning seriously. He also said that safety equipment and life rafts on the vessel were faulty and that the...

WILL IMPLEMENT DOOR-TO-DOOR JABS ONCE CENTRE ISSUES NORMS: BMC TO HC

May 21, 2021

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday informed the Bombay High Court that it will implement “door-to-door vaccination” for the elderly and disabled citizens once the guidelines for the same are issued by the Central government. “If the Central government introduces door-to-door vaccination policy, we will implement it,” the BMC...

Aarey tribals fear death from vaccines, won’t take jab

May 20, 2021

Sitting outside her mud house, 70-year-old Laxmi Suryawanshi is busy discussing with her friend how a vaccination injection against Covid-19 had led to the death of someone in her village, which is why she won’t take the injection. Like Laxmi Suryawanshi and her friend, there are thousands of tribals in...

How ‘jumbo’ Covid hospital is helping Mumbai fight pandemic

May 17, 2021

Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) Covid hospital has played a pivotal role in the Maximum City’s long fight against the deadly infection. A 2,000-bed makeshift hospital, which was built in just 14 days during the first wave of Covid-19, is the first of its kind in India and the second...

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