Mumbai

The revised rates (Rs 2,200) are the maximum these labs can charge. District collectors can negotiate with private labs to reduce the rates further, Rajesh Tope said.

The state government has included Covid-19 treatment under the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana, but private hospitals are still charging huge sums from patients, the BJP leader told reporters on Sunday.

As many as 1,20,547 people applied online for permits and 1,10,763 applications were approved. Offline permits are also available in excise department offices.

The services will also monitor the live-tracking of ambulances and will provide all BMC drivers with technical and functional training.

There were as many 456.26 lakh UPI based transactions through which Rs 9,622.38 crore were transacted. Value of IMPS-based transactions stood at Rs 7,653.71 crore.

A division bench of Justices SJ Kathawalla and SP Tavade was hearing a petition filed by Air India pilot Deven Kanani, who claimed the airline was not keeping the middle seats vacant in flights bringing back stranded people to India.

The company's net profit (before adjustment of minority interest) was Rs 4,811.26 crore in January-March quarter of 2018-19.

The announcement by the Congress leader comes on a day India reported its largest single-day spike in fresh coronavirus cases, with 6,088 new cases and 148 deaths being reported in the last 24 hours.

As on Saturday night, Thane district had 3,432 COVID-19 cases, with both Thane and Navi Mumbai municipal corporation limits having more than 1,000 patients each.

Forex traders said the local unit opened weak against the greenback tracking losses in some of the major Asian currencies and gains in the US dollar.

The Minister expressed the hope that Maharashtra would benefit in a big way from the Rs 20 lakh crore package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday.

Thackeray also reiterated his plea to the Centre to provide additional manpower, if required, in order to give relief to the state security and other personnel in order to reduce their stress levels.

Thackeray also admitted that while the spread of the virus has been contained, the state has not succeeded in breaking the chain of infection yet.

In a tweet, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut thanked the central government and the ECI for allowing the elections, which were earlier postponed to due to coronavirus outbreak

The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 634.64 crore in the year-ago quarter, Adani Power said in a BSE filing. Its total income slipped to Rs 6,327.57 crore in the quarter from Rs 8,077.89 crore in the year-ago period.

The BJP, however, rejected the Congress claim and said the two persons mentioned by it are not members of the saffron party.