New Delhi: Close to nine crore users have downloaded the Aarogya Setu mobile application and it has been made mandatory that government and private sector employees use it to bolster efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 was informed about this on Tuesday by officials during its 14th meeting […]
New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,694 and the number of cases climbed to 49,391 in the country on Wednesday, registering an increase of 126 deaths and 2,958 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said. The number of active COVID-19 cases is 33,514. A total of 13,160 […]
NEW DELHI: India has so far been able to stave off community transmission of COVID-19, says Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, expressing the hope that behavioural changes brought about by the infection could become the new normal for a healthy society after the pandemic abates. The nation in a post-coronavirus future could well look back […]
NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 curve has remained relatively flat so far but the continued rise of cases at a steady rate is a cause of concern, AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria said on Tuesday. Different modelling experts have predicted that a peak in number of cases of novel coronavirus infection may occur in the next four […]
NEW DELHI: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,568 and the number of cases climbed to 46,433 in the country on Tuesday, the Union Health Ministry said. The number of active cases stood at 32,138, while 12,726 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said. The total number of cases also […]
NEW DELHI: The Indian government will begin from this week the evacuation of thousands of Indians stranded in US due to the coronavirus-linked global travel restrictions even as two special flights are set to operate on Thursday to bring back Indians stranded in the United Arab Emirates. In a statement issued on Monday, the government […]
NEW DELHI: The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 1,389 and the number of cases climbed to 42,836 in the country on Monday, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active Covid-19 cases stood at 29,453, while 11,706 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said. The total number of […]
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday said its state units will bear the cost of rail travel of needy migrant workers and labourers stranded at their workplaces due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown and seeking to return home. Congress president Sonia Gandhi in a statement announced the party’s decision and said this would be the Congress’ […]
NEW DELHI: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,306 and the number of cases climbed to 40,263 in the country on Sunday, according to the Union health ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 28,046, while 10,632 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, the ministry said. The total number […]
NEW DELHI: India had hoped it might be able to persuade Pakistan through “back channel” to release retired Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was sentenced to death by a Pakistan military court on charges of “espionage and terrorism” in 2017, senior advocate Harish Salve has said. Salve was the lead counsel for India in […]