Former Rajasthan CM Jagannath Pahadia dies due to COVID-19
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot expressed their condolences on the death of former Chief Minister of Rajasthan Jagannath Pahadia on Thursday. Remembering the former chief minister's long political and administrative career, PM Modi said Pahadia made...
Covid second wave to end in July: Govt panel
India's second wave of Covid-19 is expected to decline by July this year. A third wave of the pandemic is expected in about six to eight months. These are the fairly optimistic projections made by the three-member panel of scientists...
India logs 276,110 Covid-19 cases in 1 day
India recorded 276,110 new cases of the coronavius disease in a 24-hour span, the Union health ministry data showed on Thursday morning. The total tally of the viral infection now stands at 25,772,440. Thursday's numbers show India continues to maintain...
Maha: Covishield supply unlikely to start from May 20
Even as the Maharashtra government had earlier said that the state would start getting Covishield vaccine doses May 20 onwards, that possibility appears to be dim as minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday said they would come to know about the...
US has given $500 mn in COVID relief to India
The US has so far provided over $500 million in COVID-19 assistance to India, the White House said on Wednesday, adding it would soon make a determination on distribution of the 80 million vaccines to other countries. "To date, the United...
812 trees uprooted across Mumbai due to cyclone Tauktae
As many as 812 trees were uprooted across Mumbai due to the impact of the extremely severe cyclonic storm Tauktae that brushed past the city coast, the civic body said on Wednesday. According to a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation release, of the...
India can inoculate all adults by year end: Vardhan
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Wednesday said India will have procured 267 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses by the end of this year, and will be in a position to inoculate at least all of its adult population, according to an...
India will be in position to vaccinate all adults by year end: Centre
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Wednesday said India will have procured 267 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses by the end of this year, and will be in a position to inoculate at least all of its adult population, according to an...
‘3rd wave possible if vaccination not ramped up’
If the vaccination drive against coronavirus is not ramped up and COVID-19 appropriate-behaviour is not maintained, there is a possibility of a third wave of the pandemic in 6-8 months, said M Vidyasagar, a scientist involved in the Sutra Model...
Former NSG chief who led 26/11counter-terror op dies of COVID-19
Former National Security Guard director general J K Dutt, who headed the commando force during the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, died on Wednesday due to complications arising out of COVID-19, officials said here. He was 72. Family sources told PTI...
How celebrities, politicians are getting COVID-19 drugs, asks Bombay HC
The Bombay high court on Wednesday directed the Maharashtra government and the Centre to file affidavits explaining how celebrities and politicians were procuring anti-COVID-19 drugs, medical oxygen and other relief materials for coronavirus patients. A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta...
Vaccination 3 months after recovery from Covid: Govt
Those suffering from COVID-19 as well as those who have contracted it after taking the first vaccine dose should go for the jabs three months after fully recovering from the disease, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday. Also, COVID-19 vaccination...
Maha must produce 3000 MT of oxygen, urges CM
Maharashtra cannot afford to rely on others for medical oxygen in the present COVID-19 situation and priority must be given to produce 3,000 metric tons of the vital gas per day in the state itself, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said...
1.8% of India’s population infected by Covid-19
-- 8 States with more than 1 lakh active cases. 10 States with more than 50,000 -1,00,00 active cases and 18 States with less than 50,000 active cases. Maharashtra, UP, Delhi, Bihar, MP and Chhattisgath showing a decline in COVID-19...
2nd Covid wave under control in Maha: Sena
The ruling Shiv Sena in Maharashtra on Tuesday claimed that the state has controlled the second wave of Covid-19. The state will now also successfully find a way out of the crisis caused by cyclone Tauktae, an editorial in the...
270 doctors have died in 2nd Covid wave in India
Representational pic The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Tuesday said 270 doctors across the country have succumbed to the coronavirus infection in the second wave of the pandemic so far. The list of the deceased doctors includes former IMA president...
Eminent cardiologist Dr K K Aggarwal dies of COVID-19
Nagpur/New Delhi :Padma Shri awardee and eminent cardiologist Dr K K Aggarwal has died of COVID-19, a statement posted on his Twitter handle said. Dr Aggarwal, 62, who was the former national president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), was admitted...
Delhi has less than a day’s stock of Covaxin: AAP
Aam Aadmi Party MLA Atishi said on Monday that Delhi has less than a day's stock of Covaxin left for the 45-plus age group and they will have to temporarily shut down centres administering it. While issuing the vaccination bulletin,...
Navy rescues 132 from barge adrift off Mumbai
The Indian Navy has rescued 132 people on board a barge that went adrift in the Arabia Sea near Mumbai hours before a very severe cyclonic storm with winds gusting up to 185 km per hour made landfall on the...
Justice UU Lalit Nominated as Executive Chairman of National Legal Services Authority
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday nominated Justice Uday Umesh Lalit the next executive chairman of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) with immediate effect. As per reports, a notification informing about the same has been issued by...
Cyclone Tauktae moves into Gujarat, 6 dead in Maharashtra
A very severe cyclonic storm with winds gusting up to 185 km per hour began making landfall on the Gujarat coast Monday night, after dumping heavy rains on Mumbai, forcing the evacuation of over 1.5 lakh people in Gujarat...
