COVID-19

Delhi Daredevils’ wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant’s father passes away

April 8, 2017, 12:30 AM

Amar Ashok Jajoo | New Delhi

Rishabh Pant, the 19-year-old wicket-keeper batsman from Delhi Daredevils, lost his father Rajendra Pant on Wednesday (April 5) at Roorkee. Rishabh’s father who was 53 years old, passed away after he suffered from a cardiac arrest. It has also been reported that he was suffering from fatigue from the last couple of days.

Rishabh learned about his father’s death while he was practising with the Delhi Daredevils team in New Delhi on Wednesday. As soon as he got the news, he left for his home in Ashok Nagar, Roorkee. Rishabh performed the last rites for his father on Thursday in Haridwar where his father was cremated.

Delhi Daredevils will play their first match of IPL 2017 against Royal Challengers Banglore on Saturday at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Rishabh is expected to join the team on Friday.

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Active COVID cases near 30,000 mark in Nagpur

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4 years ago

January 25, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.

Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.

Six people lost their lives (one from rural and five from city) on Tuesday. Till now, 10,183 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the district. Total tests taken were 11,377.

While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

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Nagpur reports 90 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

January 2, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.

Also, five patients recovered on Sunday taking the number of recoveries to 4,83,664.

Till now, 10123 people have lost their lives due to COVID in the district. As of now, there are 406 active COVID patients in the district.

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ALARMING! Nagpur reports 88 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

December 31, 2021

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur registered 88 (81 from city) new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, December 31. Nagpur previously had recorded as minimum as six cases on December 24.