Articles by Jyoti Shelar
Mumbai’s test positivity rate is coming down. What does it mean?
Mumbai’s daily Covid-19 test positivity rate – the percentage of tests that are positive, or TPR – has been on a steady decline, data shows
Published on Apr 30, 2021 12:50 AM IST
Jyoti Shelar, Mumbai
Vaccination for all: 3 main challenges for Mumbai’s hospitals
On Tuesday state health minister Rajesh Tope said that the state will need 120 million doses for 57
Published on Apr 28, 2021 01:04 AM IST
Jyoti Shelar
Understanding Mumbai’s downward Covid-19 trend
Amidst an explosive second wave of the pandemic, the number of Covid-19 cases in Mumbai has started showing a gradual, downward trend
Published on Apr 27, 2021 11:45 PM IST
Jyoti Shelar
Hospitals, kin scramble to find oxygen in Mumbai
At Sunday noon, the 51-bed Sai Hospital in Dharavi had oxygen to last only for about 30 minutes
Updated on Apr 20, 2021 01:31 AM IST
Jyoti Shelar
‘Rise in double-mutant strain in Maharashtra cities’
For Maharashtra, which has been recording country-wide high numbers in the second wave of the pandemic, the trend is particularly worrisome as these mutations could make the coronavirus spread more readily
Updated on Apr 15, 2021 04:12 AM IST
Jyoti Shelar, Mumbai
Rise in cases of double mutant variant in parts of Maharashtra, say Experts
Mumbai Several cities in Maharashtra are reporting a rising number of Covid-19 cases with the double mutant variant of Sars-Cov-2, the director of the National Centre for Disease Control said on Wednesday
Published on Apr 15, 2021 12:17 AM IST
Jyoti Shelar
Mumbai’s health infrastructure falls short as patients go after private medical care
The spread of Covid-19 disease among the city’s wealthier residents of high rises — at least 799 buildings are now sealed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation as of April 12 — is driving the shortage of private hospital beds in Mumbai
Published on Apr 14, 2021 12:34 AM IST
Jyoti Shelar, Mumbai
Mumbai: Laboratories swamped with samples for Covid tests for patients, travellers
The surge in Covid-19 cases brought about by the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic and state guidelines mandating negative RT-PCR tests for those working in public transportation, home delivery services, film shoots, and roadside eateries, among other categories, likely led to a surge that created a backlog in several testing laboratories in Mumbai
Published on Apr 13, 2021 01:22 AM IST
Jyoti Shelar, Mumbai
Covid-19 in Mumbai: In second wave, kids more symptomatic
Mumbai: Doctors treating Covid-19 patients have marked a distinct trend during the ongoing second wave of the pandemic -- the virus now appears to be impacting children more severely
Updated on Apr 08, 2021 06:25 AM IST
Jyoti Shelar, Mumbai
Doctors flag early lung infections as new Covid-19 concern
As Mumbai grapples with a surge on account of the second wave of the Covid pandemic, doctors across the city say that CT scans of positive patients are revealing faster pulmonary changes even as severity scores are rapidly turning to severe.
Updated on Apr 07, 2021 05:36 AM IST
Jyoti Shelar, Mumbai
Early lung infections new Covid concern
A couple from south Mumbai in their 60s consulted a doctor last week after having a fever for two days
Published on Apr 07, 2021 12:19 AM IST
Jyoti Shelar
Victims and their families
As the police prepare to reopen probe into 1993 riots, HT starts tracking down the victims and their families.
Updated on Aug 09, 2007 04:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jyoti Shelar and Sweta Ramanujan-Dixit, Mumbai
‘It was the worst scene I had ever seen’
Twenty people were killed and 84 injured in the Air India blast. Ingle considers himself lucky to escape with minor injuries and deafness for 15 days, Jyoti Shelar tells more.
Updated on Jul 26, 2007 02:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jyoti Shelar, Mumbai
Killer Monday: 2 dead, 42 injured in crashes
Three more accidents in and around Mumbai claimed two lives and injured 42 in 24 hours, reports Jyoti Shelar.
Updated on Jul 17, 2007 03:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jyoti Shelar, Mumbai
‘I wanted to help the innocent’
Advocate Rajendra Parkar has put aside his practice in order to help 11/7 victims get compensation without charging a fee for it, reports Jyoti Shelar.
Updated on Jul 11, 2007 12:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jyoti Shelar, Mumbai
Man killed in fight for fresh air
A man was beaten to death by two drunk customs clearing agents after the three men got into a fight over standing at an airy spot, report Jyoti Shelar and Aditya Ghosh.
Updated on Jun 30, 2007 02:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jyoti Shelar and Aditya Ghosh, Mumbai
Robbers strike twice in city
Mumbai records sixteen robberies in seventeen days this month, reports Jyoti Shelar.
Updated on Jun 30, 2007 02:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jyoti Shelar, Mumbai
Man killed for train spot
Experts say this incident is an extreme example of 'commuting rage' erupting in Mumbai, report Jyoti Shelar & Aditya Ghosh.
Updated on Jun 30, 2007 01:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jyoti Shelar & Aditya Ghosh, Mumbai
He hasn’t given up on life, and hope
Despite loosing his right leg in the July 11 train blast, 37-year-old Samir Gujarati has not given up his zest of life, reports Jyoti Shelar.
Updated on Jun 23, 2007 02:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jyoti Shelar, Mumbai
‘Surviving the blasts did me no good’
30-year-old can walk again but still “feels like a burden” after losing his left leg in 11/7 train blast in Mumbai, reports, Jyoti Shelar
Updated on Jun 22, 2007 02:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jyoti Shelar, Mumbai
A new hand, but no work
Kamal Khemka (36) managed to replace with a prosthesis the “working hand” he lost in the July 11 serial blasts, but still lacks work, writes Jyoti Shelar.
Updated on Jun 21, 2007 02:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jyoti Shelar, Mumbai
‘The Jogeshwari bomb took away my arm’
Mahendra Pitale, despite receiving his compensation, cannot restore his old life, reports Jyoti Shelar.
Updated on Jun 20, 2007 04:23 AM IST
None | Jyoti Shelar, Mumbai
Docs turn bribe specialists
Two doctors were arrested on Wednesday on charges of demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 for treating an eight-year-old patient, reports Jyoti Shelar.
Updated on May 25, 2007 01:43 AM IST
None | Jyoti Shelar, Mumbai
Mumbai now India’s cocaine transit point
Fatter pay packets, higher stress, peer pressure. These are just some of the reasons for the rising cocaine consumption in India, Mumbai in particular, report Manish Pachouly and Jyoti Shelar.
Updated on May 24, 2007 09:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Manish Pachouly & Jyoti Shelar, Mumbai
‘The sentences mean nothing’
On Friday, Judge Pramod Kode will start pronouncing the sentences of those found guilty of carrying out the blasts. But Mirchandani doesn’t care, reports Jyoti Shelar.
Updated on May 18, 2007 03:30 AM IST
None | Jyoti Shelar, Mumbai
'I got vulgar calls after tabloid article'
Actress Preity Zinta says a local court that she had received vulgar calls on her cellphone following the publication of an article she has claimed was defamatory in a city tabloid.
Updated on Apr 12, 2007 02:42 AM IST
None | Jyoti Shelar, Mumbai
Suspended policeman held in e-ticketing scam
The officials of the EOW arrested suspended API Tushar Kadam for his alleged involvement in the multi-crore e-ticketing scam, reports Jyoti Shelar.
Updated on Apr 10, 2007 03:25 AM IST
None | Jyoti Shelar, Mumbai
US flight attendant found dead at Taj hotel
A half-finished letter has been found, though police refuse to confirm if it was a suicide note, report Debasish Panigrahi and Jyoti Shelar.
Updated on Feb 16, 2007 04:03 AM IST
None | Debasish Panigrahi and Jyoti Shelar, Mumbai
EOW busts job racket, arrests 1 in Mumbai
EOW busts a job racket and arrests one person in a fraud of Rs 49.20 lakhs, reports Jyoti Shelar.
Published on Feb 12, 2007 02:03 PM IST
None | Jyoti Shelar, Mumbai
'Accept marriage or we will...'
The couple is struggling to earn a living after a group of senior Jains opposed their marriage on grounds of caste, reports Jyoti Shelar.
Published on Feb 09, 2007 02:40 AM IST
None | Jyoti Shelar, Mumbai