Diphu: Eight Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA) militants were on Sunday killed in an encounter with security forces in Assam”s West Karbi Anglong district, along the Nagaland border, a senior police officer said. Earlier, he had claimed six died in the exchange of fire, as the bodies of two others were yet […]
New Delhi:The daily rise in coronavirus cases in India remained below the 3 lakh-mark for the seventh consecutive day, with 2.4 lakh new cases recorded in a single day, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. With the fresh cases, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases climbed to 2,65,30,132. The death toll due to the […]
Beijing:Twenty-one people were killed in northwest China as extreme weather struck participants in a 100-km cross-country mountain marathon race, officials said on Sunday. High winds and freezing rain hit participants in the race in the Yellow River Stone Forest, a tourist site in Gansu province, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. A total of 172 […]
Jammu: The government on Saturday extended till May 31 the curfew imposed across the union territory to curb the spread of coronavirus. The restrictions were scheduled to end on May 24. Corona Curfew imposed in all 20 distts (districts) of J&K till 7 am on Monday, 24/5/21 is extended further till 7 am on Monday, […]
NEW DELHI: With cases of mucormycosis or black fungus increasing, the government has allocated 23,680 additional vials of Amphotericin-B to various states and union territories (UTs), Union Minister Sadananda Gowda said on Saturday. The allocation has been made based on the total number of patients which is around 8,848 across the country, he noted. “After […]
New Delhi: The WHO is yet to reach a consensus on the vaccine passport issue for allowing international travel to those fully vaccinated against the coronavirus infection, the government said on Saturday and noted that discussions are still on. So far there’s no consensus at the level of WHO over this, Health Ministry Joint Secretary […]
New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday appealed to people to turn the COVID-19 vaccination drive into a mass movement in Kashmir and said everybody, rising above political and ideological differences, should come together to fight the pandemic. In an interaction with political leaders and public activists from Kashmir, he said a successful vaccination […]
New Delhi: The daily rise in coronavirus cases in India remained below the 3 lakh-mark for the sixth consecutive day, with 2.57 lakh new cases recorded in a single day, the Union health ministry said on Saturday. With the fresh cases, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases climbed to 2,62,89,290. The death toll due to the […]
New Delhi: The government has asked social media companies to immediately remove any content on their platform which mentions or refers to the term ‘Indian variant’ of coronavirus, in a bid to curb spread of misinformation around COVID-19. Digital platforms said they have received the latest advisory. On Friday, the IT ministry wrote to all […]
NEW DELHI: Over 20.66 lakh tests for detection of Covid-19 were conducted in a span of 24 hours in the country, the highest-ever done in a single day, the Union health ministry said on Saturday. In a statement, the ministry said it is also the fourth successive day that the number of tests has been […]