NEW DELHI: India logged 13,058 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 231 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,40,94,373, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 4,52,454 with 164 fresh fatalities, while the active cases have declined to 1,83,118, the lowest in 227 days, […]
NEW DELHI: India’s Global Hunger Index 2021 ranking at 101st position “unfortunately” reflects the reality of the country where hunger has accentuated since the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak, Oxfam India said. India slipped to 101st position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) of 116 countries, from its 2020 position of 94th, and is behind its neighbours […]
Lucknow: Facing an uphill task of consolidating its support base in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress on Tuesday said it will give 40 per cent tickets to women in the coming assembly elections slated for early next year. The party’s national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in charge of party affairs in Uttar Pradesh made this […]
NEW DELHI: India’s efforts in mainstreaming sustainability and reducing carbon footprint should inspire countries across the world, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Tuesday, October 19, 2021, while pointing out that India is the only G20 nation well on track to achieve the goals mentioned under the Paris Agreement. Addressing ‘Schneider Innovation India summit […]
NEW DELHI: The national capital has reported the first death due to dengue this year, while the number of cases of the vector-borne disease has mounted to over 720, according to a civic report released on Monday. Of the total count of dengue cases in Delhi this year, 382 have been reported this month till […]
New Delhi: From a proposed project on bio-mining of 50 lakh tonnes of legacy waste at the Ghazipur landfill dump to setting up of a dust control and management cell, the EDMC has drawn up an action plan to combat pollution with short-term and long-term goals. The ‘Pollution Mitigation Action Plan 2021-2022’ was on Monday […]
India’s R-value, which reflects how rapidly the coronavirus pandemic is spreading, has remained below 1 since September, suggesting that the infection rate is declining, according to a study. The Reproduction number or R refers to how many people an infected person infects on an average. In other words, it tells how ‘efficiently’ a virus is […]
India records 13,596 new cases, 166 more deaths New Delhi: India added 13,596 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid cases to 3,40,81,315, while the active cases declined to 1,89,694, the lowest in 221 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 4,52,290 with 166 […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed confidence that India’s vaccination programme will prove to be most effective in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and said that everyone’s participation in this is crucial. He made the comments while congratulating the people of Uttarakhand following Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami’s tweet that the state had […]
NEW DELHI: More than 102 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been provided to states and union territories so far, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. Over 10.72 crore balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered, it said. The Centre is committed to accelerating the […]