Lioness Sheena tests positive for Covid
A lioness at a zoo in Sri Lanka has been tested positive for the coronavirus, days after a lion at the same facility contracted the virus, according to a media report on Friday. The Lioness named Sheena' was confirmed to...
President, First Lady take a train to their village
President Ram Nath Kovind along with his wife boards a special train from Safdarjung railway station for his hometown in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Railways Minister Piyush Goyal and Railway Board Chairman and CEO Suneet Sharma also...
Maha 1st state to vaccinate 3-cr people: Govt
Maharashtra becomes first state in the country to administer 3 crore covid vaccine doses. Maharashtra crossed this milestone at 2 pm today. So far, 3,00,27,217 vaccine doses have been administered in the state: Dr Pradip Vyas, Health Secretary said. However,...
Covid messiah Sonu Sood launches rural vax initiative
There's no stopping actor Sonu Sood! On Friday, he came up with one more initiative to extend his support to people amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. He has now launched COVREG, which aims to create a volunteer programme for COVID-19 vaccination...
Twitter locks RS Prasad out of his account
IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad says he was denied access to his Twitter account for almost an hour "on the alleged ground that there was a violation of Digital Millennium Copyright Act of the USA " Prasad said subsequently he was...
Centre provides 30.54 cr vaccine doses to states
Over 30.54 crore vaccine doses have been provided by the Centre to states/Union Territories so far, informed the ministry of health on Friday. A total of 1,50,28,186 balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and union...
7 cases of Delta-Plus Covid in MP, 2 patients died
At least seven cases of the new Delta Plus variant of Coronavirus have been confirmed in Madhya Pradesh, two of the patients have died. Doctors said they had not received any vaccination. Three patients, who received single or double doses of...
PM tweets on 46th anniversary of Emergency, says ‘dark days’ can’t be forgotten
On the occasion of the 46th anniversary of the Emergency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the dark days marked by the period "can never be forgotten". Looking back at the chequered legacy of the Emergency phase in...
India records 51,667 COVID-19 cases, 1,329 deaths in a day
A single-day rise of 51,667 COVID-19 infections took India's case tally to 3,01,34,445 while the weekly positivity rate declined to 3 per cent, according to Union health ministry data on Friday. The death toll climbed to 3,93,310 with 1,329 more people...
Maharashtra FYJC Admissions Though Common Entrance Test, SSC Result by July 15
New Delhi: The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) will release the Class 10 Board examination results or SSC results on or before July 15, state education minister Varsha Gaikwad said on Thursday. A Common Entrance...
RIL to launch Jiophone Next in September
RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Thursday announced an ultra affordable 4G smartphone named JioPhone Next under the Jio, Google partnership. Making a huge statement, Google CEO Sundar Pichai also addressed the Reliance AGM after Ambani about the new smartphone, jointly...
To tackle ‘Delta Plus’ variant, Maharashtra likely to impose uniform restrictions across the state
Mumbai/Nagpur: The Maharashtra government is likely to go back to uniform restrictions across the state amid threat from ‘Delta Plus’ tagged by the Union government as a ‘Variant of Concern’. Maharashtra state cabinet was briefed on the Delta Plus variant by...
Defamation case: Rahul denies charges before court
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appeared before a magistrate's court in Surat on Thursday to record his statement in a criminal defamation suit filed by a Gujarat MLA, and denied making any defamatory remarks on people with 'Modi' surname. The suit...
Prepared to face 3rd wave of COVID-19: BMC
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said it is prepared to face a possible third wave of the coronavirus infection in the metropolis and has put in place required medical facilities to deal with a surge in cases. In a release issued after...
India reports 54,069 new Covid cases, ,321 deaths
India reports 54,069 new COVID-19 cases, 68,885 recoveries and 1,321 deaths in the last 24 hours. Total cases: 3,00,82,778 Active cases: 6,27,057 Total recoveries: 2,90,63,740 Death toll: 3,91,981 Total vaccination:...
‘Covid cases not falling below 8K cause of concern’
Daily COVID-19 cases not falling below the 8,000-mark in Maharashtra is a matter of concern, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Wednesday even as he observed that the study of the Delta Plus variant has indicated that it could...
Baseless! Govt on reports of no vax for homeless
The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday refuted as "baseless" reports, which alleged that the homeless have been "barred and conspicuously left out'' from registering for Covid-19 vaccination due to unavailability of technical requirements. "There have been some media reports...
Ramdev moves SC against multiple FIRs
Yoga guru Ramdev on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the proceedings in multiple cases lodged against him in various states over his alleged remarks on the efficacy of allopathy in the treatment of COVID-19. Ramdev has...
IndiGo offers discount for vaccinated passengers
IndiGo will give 10 per cent discount from Wednesday onwards to all passengers who have taken at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, a statement said. The discount would be given on base fare and only "limited inventory" is available...
Maha CM stays allotment of MHADA flats to Tata cancer hospital
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has stayed the transfer of 100 MHADA flats here to the Tata Memorial Hospital for providing temporary accommodation to cancer patients undergoing treatment there. State Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad on Wednesday confirmed the decision. Shiv...
Oil minister blames Cong for sky-high fuel prices
Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday accused the previous UPA regime for fuel price hike stating that Congress had left millions of crores of rupees due on the present government due to which the Centre has...