Amid coronavirus cases spiralling out of control across the country, the Goa government on Wednesday announced its decision to impose a lockdown in the state. The lockdown will be effective from April 29 to May 3, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said today. Prior to Goa, Karnataka, Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir also imposed a covid-induced […]
An ambulance was stuffed with the bodies of 22 Covid-19 victims while being taken to a crematorium at Beed in Maharashtra, with the district administration citing lack of medical transport vehicles as the reason for it. The incident took place on Sunday when the bodies, kept in the mortuary of the Swami Ramanand Teerth Rural Government […]
The Delhi government on Monday announced that it will provide free vaccines to everyone above the age of 18. “Delhi government has decided to provide free vaccines to everyone above 18 years of age. Today we have given the approval for the purchase of 1.34 crore vaccines. We will make an effort to ensure that […]
As many as 20 patients, who were on oxygen support, died Friday night at Jaipur Golden Hospital in Delhi amid a medical oxygen crisis in the national capital, officials said. According to officials, the patients died due to a dip in oxygen pressure levels at the facility. The hospital received its last refill of the […]
India’s total tally of Covid-19 cases climbed to 1,53,21,089 with 2,59,170 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, while active cases surpassed the 20-lakh mark, on Tuesday. The death toll increased to 1,80,530 with a record 1,761 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. Registering a steady increase for the 41st day in a row, the active cases increased […]
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a six-day lockdown from 10 pm on Monday night till 5 am next Monday in view of an exponential rise in corona virus cases and the city’s health system being stretched to its limits. In the last few days, the daily cases of COVID-19 have been around […]
Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu received bail on Saturday in connection with a case pertaining to violence at the Red Fort on Republic Day during the farmers’ tractor rally. On January 26, clashes erupted between farmers protesting the Centre’s new agriculture legislations and the police, when a group of protesters barged past security personnel at Red […]
CBSE Class 10 Board Exam Cancelled, 12th Postponed Till May 30: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has postponed the board examinations for class 12 students and cancelled the board examinations for Class 10 students in view of a surge in Covid-19 positive cases in various states. It will review the pandemic situation on […]
M/s Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (M/s DRL) had applied for the grant of permission to import and market Gam-COVID-Vac combined vector vaccine, popularly called Sputnik-V, developed by M/s Gamaleya Institute, Russia for Emergency Use Authorization. The Gam-COVID-Vac combined vector vaccine (Component I & Component II) has been developed by National Research Center for Epidemiology and […]
Delhi has reported over 13,500 cases in 24 hours, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday and appealed to the Centre to cancel the Class 10 and 12 board exams and explore alternative methods, including online exams. Warning that conducting the exams may contribute to the large-scale spread of the virus, he said the centres […]