In an interaction on Thursday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan discussed the many aspects of the coronavirus crisis that plagues the world and has gripped the country. Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said people’s minds are full of questions around the ongoing coronavirus crisis and what is going to happen with the economy. […]
The number of Covid-19 cases increased by 1,718 in the last 24 hours, pushing the overall tally up to 33,050, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The number of deaths went up to 1,074 after 66 more people died of the disease in the last 24 hours, the health ministry’s dashboard showed at 8 […]
Education Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal on Wednesday urged students to participate in live sessions on National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) which covers various categories such as cutting edge technology, career choices, research areas and many more. Taking to the microblogging site Twitter, the HRD Minister asked students to explore the platform to make […]
New Delhi: The stock of cardiac and anti-diabetic medicines, including insulin, is at “below normal” levels in the country, the drug availability watchdog National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has informed the Narendra Modi government. The NPPA informed the health ministry’s Central Drug Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), which controls quality and production of drugs and vaccines in India, […]
The HRD Ministry is prepared to conduct the pending board examinations for classes 10 and 12 for 29 crucial subjects at the first possibility, officials said. The ministry has also directed states to start the evaluation process for the exams already conducted and facilitate the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in evaluation of answer […]
The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will soon hold online classes on ‘Leadership Lessons from Ramayana’ aiming to teach how to deal with the coronavirus pandemic by drawing lessons from the epic. These sessions will be conducted through a webinar by the varsity’s School of Sanskrit and Indic Studies and School of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies faculty members. The registration […]
The Health Ministry on Tuesday said plasma therapy is currently at an experimental stage and there is no evidence yet to support that it can be used as treatment for COVID-19. Addressing a press briefing, Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said currently there are no approved therapies for COVID-19 and there is not enough […]
New Delhi: Ventilators have emerged as the last resort to save lives across the world even as the global Covid-19 toll has crossed 2 lakh. India too is racing to secure enough ventilators to sustain the outbreak with thousands of procurement orders already on its way and domestic production in full swing. But critical care experts believe […]
The government rejected on Tuesday a recommendation by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) that the Trump administration add India to a list of countries seen as systematic and egregious violators and sanction Indian government agencies and officials responsible for it. The USCIRF cited the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, which fast-tracks Indian citizenship for […]
The NITI Aayog building in the National Capital has been sealed for 48 hours after a director-level officer tested positive for coronavirus, a senior official said on Tuesday. “A director-level officer working at NITI Bhawan has been tested positive for COVID-19. Today at 9 am, he got his report, and then he informed authorities,” Alok […]