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The leak at the LG Polymers Limited was so intense that a 'only around 9.30 am could we understand what exactly it was as the thick fog that formed in the area cleared,' District Collector V Vinay Chand said.

Politicians of all parties expressed their sadness over the incident, which left at least 11 persons dead and exposed many others ill.

The 20-year-old woman, who had recently given birth to a child, was admitted to the Sharda Hospital for COVID-19 treatment, the officials said.

Under this new product, an additional 30 basis points premium will be payable for senior citizen's retail term deposits with "5 Years & above" tenor only.

Eleven people have died and 1,000 others exposed to styrene vapour that leaked from a chemical plant in Vishakhapatnam in the early hours of Thursday and quickly spread to villages in a five-kilometre radius.

The announcement came a day after the Ahmedabad civic authorities ordered closure of all shops, except those selling milk and medicines, for a week.

Of the total number of 65 fatalities reported till date, 33 of the deceased were aged 60 and above, making over 50 per cent of the total death cases.

The first Air India Express flight to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to evacuate Indians citizens stranded there due to the COVID-19 pandemic left here on Thursday.

As an alternative prayer, the plea has sought introduction of a token system at liquor shops that will help in crowd management. The petition is likely to come up for hearing on May 11.

A total of 363 nationals were evacuated -- they will now be sent to the Institutional Quarantine facilities set up by the administration in their respective districts, said officials of the Kerala government.

A Russian woman and her Indian boyfriend were caught while trying to enter Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district in a truck during the coronavirus-induced lockdown and imposition of curfew here, the police said.

The guidelines stated that residents are not allowed to take walks outdoors and advised them not to invite guests during the lockdown period.

The All Unions and Associations of BSNL (AUAB) in a letter to PM Modi said that Indian companies don't have experience of managing large mobile networks.

Such arrivals are scheduled at Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode. The Kannur airport is not on the list, but would be added in the second schedule.

Manufacturing would be a key focus area for the government as India wants to take advantage of the supply chain disruptions in China, Kant said.

The migrants, who reportedly came back from Gujarat, were sprayed with the disinfectants outside the Charbagh Railway Station where they were waiting with their belongings to catch a bus to their hometown.