Petrol and diesel prices witnessed a minor surge in the national capital and stood at Rs 90.74 and Rs 81.12 per litre, respectively on Wednesday.

The petrol prices were increased by 19 paise per litre and diesel by 21 paise in Delhi.

Rates have been increased across the country and differ from state to state depending on the incidence of value-added tax.

BJP's national president JP Nadda was scheduled to stage a sit-in protest along with state chief Dilip Ghosh at 6, Muralidhar Sen Lane the State BJP headquarters on Wednesday (May 5) at 9.30 am. However, the Kolkata Police on Tuesday (May 4, 2021) broke the stage set for Nadda's programme, sources told Zee Media.

The BJP leaders were to stage a protest to demand justice for the alleged killings of BJP workers during the violence after the Assembly Election results were announced. However, the sources told Zee Media that the 'dharna' will now take place at the Hastings Office.

The BCCI stands to lose over Rs 2000 crore of the broadcast and sponsorship money earmarked for this year's Indian Premier League which was indefinitely postponed on Tuesday due to Covid-19 cases in its bio-bubble.

The BCCI was forced to postpone the IPL after multiple cases of Covid-19 among players and support staff emerged from Ahmedabad and New Delhi in the past couple of days.

Delhi Police has registered 113 FIRs, of which 61 cases pertain to cheating and fraud in the name of providing COVID-19 medicines or oxygen while 52 cases related to black-marketing, hoarding or overcharging.

A total of 100 arrests have been made in these cases, the police informed on Tuesday.

The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 153.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.22 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Wednesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 153,953,421 and 3,223,436, respectively.

The Supreme Court has deferred to June 28 hearing the dispute between Amazon and Future dispute as it attends to cases related to Covid-19 pandemic, Mint reported on Wednesday.

The Supreme Court feels this case be kept on hold until the surge in covid-19 cases is contained. Cases related to oxygen supply to hospitals, provision of covid beds, vaccines and medicines are more urgent, Mint quoted a person close to the matter.

Actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty on Tueday (May 5) appealed to people to stop violence which erupted after the victory of TMC in West Bengal Assembly election on May 2.

Mithunda, as the actor is fondly called, took to Twitter and said that human lives are more important than politics and asked people to stop this violence.

Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee will be sworn-in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third term in a low-key ceremony on Wednesday (May 5). According to a government official, invitations for the programme have been sent to her predecessor Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, leader of Opposition of the outgoing House Abdul Mannan and CPI(M) veteran leader Biman Bose.

Chief ministers of other states and leaders of other political parties have not been invited for the programme keeping in mind the current COVID-19 situation in the country, he said.

In a significant development, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday (May 4) decided to postpone the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) after several players and support staff tested COVID-19 positive.

The BCCI's decision to postpone the IPL 2021 has left several Australian players including David Warner, Pat Cummins, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell and others in trouble as Australian players and support staff members cannot return to Australia because of the travel ban which was announced by their government.

A leading US-based global health research body has projected over 1 million (10 lakh) cumulative deaths from COVID-19 in India by August 2021. Today, the total tally of coronavirus cases in India rose to 2,02,82,833 with 3,57,229 new infections being reported in a day, while the death toll increased to 2,22,408 with 3,449 new fatalities, according to the data provided by the Union Health Ministry.

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