Canada extends flight ban from India and Pak until June 21
Canada has extended the ban on direct flights from India and Pakistan by one more month until June 21 in a bid to arrest the spread of new variants of the COVID-19, according to an official announcement. The ban on flights...
DRDO develops COVID-19 antibody detection kit
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a COVID-19 antibody detection kit that offers results in just 75 minutes, the defence ministry said on Friday. The testing kit is called DIPCOVAN and it offers a "significantly faster...
Govt orders removal of Indian variant references
The government has asked social media companies to immediately remove any content from their platform that uses or refers to the term 'Indian variant' of coronavirus, to curb misinformation around COVID-19, sources said Friday. According to sources, the IT Ministry has...
India sees 2.57 lakh new Covid cases, 4,194 die
India reports 2,57,299 new COVID-19 cases, 3,57,630 discharges and 4,194 deaths in last 24 hours, as per the Union health ministry. Total cases: 2,62,89,290 Total discharges: 2,30,70,365 Death toll: 2,95,525 Active cases: 29,23,400 Total vaccination:...
Mumbai sees 1,416 COVID-19 cases
Mumbai on Friday added 1,416 COVID-19 cases to its tally, taking it to 6,95,080, while in a sign that the second wave of infections was easing, the case doubling time crossed the 300 day mark and surged to 317, officials...
Gangster Arun Gawli’s fortress Dagdi Chawl to be redeveloped
The once infamous den of underworld don Arun Gawli's criminal activities, Dagdi Chawl in Byculla here is all set to be redeveloped and make way for two swanky 40-storey residential buildings, an official said on Friday. The chawl, which...
13 Naxals killed in police encounter
13 Naxals, including 6 men and 7 women, neutralized in a police operation in the forest area of Etapalli, Gadchiroli earlier today. AK-47, SLR Rifle, 303 Rifle, Carbine, 12 Bore Rifle and explosives...
MLA quits Bhowanipur seat for Mamata to contest
Veteran TMC leader and Bengal minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay says he will vacate Bhowanipur assembly seat, three weeks after he won elections from there. Bhowanipur was Mamata Banerjee's constituency for the last 10 years, but this time she choose Nandigram and...
5.7L black fungus drug vials to be available in June
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday talked about mucormycosis and how it is emerging as a new challenge, the Centre said it has taken a slew of measures to ensure mucormycosis medicine Amphotericin-B is available in the country adequately....
COVID-19: India records 2.59 lakh fresh cases, 4,209 fatalities
The daily rise in coronavirus cases in India remained below 3 lakh for the fifth consecutive day with 2.59 lakh new cases recorded in a single day, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Friday. With the fresh cases,...
Pilot killed in MiG-21 crash near Punjab’s Moga
An Indian Air Force pilot sustained fatal injuries after his MiG-21 aircraft crashed near Punjab's Moga, the Indian Air Force said on Friday. The aircraft was on a routine training sortie when the accident happened. The IAF lost Squadron leader Abhinav...
Singer Arijit Singh’s mother dies of Covid
Singer Arijit Singh's mother, who was undergoing treatment for COVID-19 for quite some time, has breathed her last at a hospital in Kolkata, authorities at the medical facility said. Aditi Singh (52) had tested negative for the viral disease...
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...
