The Delhi High Court on Monday agreed to hear on July 9 a petition concerning the calculation of marks of Class 10 students of CBSE-affiliated schools here. A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh advanced the date of hearing in the petition from August 28 after the NGO, ‘Justice for All’, […]
India reported 44,111 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, five per cent lower than the previous day. The day also reported as many as 2,96,05,779 recoveries. The country recorded 738 deaths. The country crossed 4 lakh Covid deaths on Friday. India is now third after US and Brazil in terms of number of […]
India on Friday recorded 46,617 fresh cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), registering less than 50,000 infections for five consecutive days, data from the Union health ministry showed. The fresh Covid-19 cases have taken India’s cumulative tally of infections to 30,458,251. India is now the third country in the world to witness a total of over […]
India reported 48,786 new positive cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours on Thursday. The number was up from 45,951 cases that were recorded on Wednesday. 1,005 deaths were also reported in the last 24 hours. The number of deaths currently stands at a total of 3,99,459. The fresh surge pushed the total tally […]
The Centre on Wednesday directed the West Bengal government to probe cases of fake Covid-19 vaccination camps being held in the state and submit a report to the Union health ministry within two days. This development comes just days after TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty alleged that she had fallen prey to a fake vaccination camp […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday mandated states and union territories to adopt the “one nation, one ration card” programme until July 31, while also requesting that the Centre supply dry rations for free distribution to migrant workers as long as the COVID-19 scenario persists. A bench of justices Ashok Bhushan and M R Shah issued […]
A day after two Indian Air Force personnel were left injured in two bomb blasts at the IAF base, an Army sentry opened fire on noticing two suspected drone hovering over brigade headquarters in the outskirts of Jammu in the early hours of Monday. The official sources said that the sentries had swiftly opened fire on noticing […]
India logged 48,698 new coronavirus infections and 1,183 new fatalities during the last 24 hours. India’s daily Covid caseload on Friday was 5.7 per cent lesser than what the country reported on Thursday. With the latest addition, India’s total Covid caseload rose to 3,01,83,143 while the death toll surged to 3,94,493. According to the Union […]
During the second Covid wave, Delhi exaggerated its oxygen requirement which could have adversely affected the oxygen supply of other states, the committee constituted for the Oxygen Audit of Delhi stated on Friday. According to the committee, the demand for oxygen placed by the Delhi government between April 25 and May 10 can be up […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Andhra Pradesh government over conducting Class 12 exams saying it won’t be allowed unless convinced that no fatality due to Covid will occur. The apex court told Andhra Pradesh that it is not convinced of the precautionary measures suggested by the state for holding Class 12 board exams. […]