Delhi Lockdown From 10 PM Today Till 5 Am Next Monday, Says Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has announced lockdown in the capital for a week as the city witnesses a massive surge in Covid-19 crisis and the health system might crumble in the coming days. Addressing a press conference, Kejriwal said the...
Devendra Fadnavis accused of illegally purchasing Remdesivir: All you need to know about the controversy
Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis told the police that Bruck had “all permissions” to provide the injections and said the official was picked up “suddenly”. Opposition leader and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is in hot waters for purchasing...
PM Modi to chair Covid meeting at 11:30 am today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair an important meeting on the COVID-19 related situation at 11:30 am today. The meet comes when India's total tally of COVID-19 cases crossed the 1.50-crore mark with around 25 lakh cases being added in...
Centre ends insurance scheme for COVID warrior
Amidst the raging second wave of coronavirus in India, the Centre has decided to withdraw the insurance scheme of Rs 50 lakh for the healthcare workers who die on the Covid-19 duty. In a letter, the Union health secretary has...
India records 2,73,810 new Covid-19 cases
The Covid-19 surged continued on Monday with India recording 2,73,810 new coronavirus cases and 1,619 deaths in 24 hours. With this, the tally is: Total cases: 1,50,61,919 Active cases: 19,29,329 Total recoveries: 1,29,53,821 Death toll: 1,78,769 Total vaccination:...
Govt bans supply of oxygen for industrial use
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla has written to the Chief Secretaries of all states asking them to take measures to prohibit the supply of oxygen for industrial purposes, except the specified exempted industries. The letter, written on Sunday, has come at...
Remdesivir: Pharma boss likely to be quizzed again
Mumbai police are likely to call the director a pharma company for one more round of questioning for allegedly stocking thousands of Remdesivir medicine vials, an official said on Sunday. Rajesh Dokania, director of Bruck Pharma, a Daman-based pharmaceutical company...
Tried to talk to PM on oxygen issue: Uddhav
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said he had tried to contact Prime Minister Narendra Modi on phone regarding the oxygen supply for the state but the PM was not available since he was busy campaigning for the...
Lalu Yadav gets bail in fodder scam case
Jailed Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Yadav was granted bail in a case linked to the fodder scam by the Jharkhand High Court today. The former Bihar chief minister was serving his sentence in what was known as the Dumka...
Mumbai Mayor bats for complete lockdown in city
As Maharashtra continues to remain the worst-affected state from the Covid-19 surge, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Saturday said that a complete lockdown should be imposed in Mumbai. She said while most of the citizens were adhering to...
CWC meets virtually to discuss COVID-19 situation in country
The Congress Working Committee meeting, chaired by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, was attended by former party chief Rahul Gandhi, general secretaries, other permanent invitees and state in-charges of the party. The CWC is discussing the current COVID-19 situation in the country...
Manish Malhotra, Sumeet Vyas test positive for COVID-19
Fashion designer Manish Malhotra and actor Sumeet Vyas have tested positive for COVID-19 and are currently under home quarantine. Malhotra took to Instagram on late Friday evening and wrote he was following all safety protocols listed by his...
Deep Sidhu granted bail in Jan 26 violence case
A Delhi court has granted bail to Deep Sidhu who is an accused in the January 26 violence case. During the last hearing, Deep Sidhu had submitted in the court that he did not give any call to agitating farmers...
Kumbh should now only be symbolic during Covid: PM
In view of a surge in COVID-19 cases, Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks to Swami Avdheshanand Giri of Juna Akhara and urges him requests that Kumbh Mela should now only be symbolic. Many seers have tested positive for COVID-19 after the...
100 million Covaxin vaccines by Sept
The production of Covaxin will increase from the current 10 million doses per month to 60 million-70 million by July-August. After fast-tracking the entry of foreign vaccines, the government is now taking steps to increase the production of indigenously developed Covaxin...
‘Divya Bhaskar’ pens obituary for over 5000 Gujaratis lost to Covid
In the wake of revelations that the Gujarat government is underreporting Covid deaths, Divya Bhaskar today published a moving obituary for the over 5,000 people who have lost their lives to the virus in the state so far writes NewsLaundry. The...
15-day-old infant dies of COVID-19 in Gujarat
representational The infant was born with the infection on April 1, as her mother had also contracted the disease, said Dinesh Navadiya, the trustee of Diamond Hospital said. While the child's mother was shifted to another hospital, the newborn was under...
EC bans rallies, public meetings in WB from 7 pm-10 am
Against the backdrop of rising COVID-19 cases, the Election Commission on Friday put in place restrictions on campaigning by political parties, including curtailing its time, for the West Bengal assembly elections. In an order, the poll panel curtailed the time for...
30 sadhus at Kumbh Mela test positive for COVID-19
Amidst the ongoing Kumbh in Haridwar, 30 sadhus in the city have tested positive for COVID-19, said the Chief Medical Officer on Friday. Haridwar Chief Medical Officer Dr SK Jha said, "30 Sadhus have tested positive for COVID-19 so far, in...
Senior Congress leader Randeep Surjewala tests positive for Covid-19
Senior Congress leader Randeep Surjewala tests positive for Covid-19. Taking to Twitter, he wrote, "I have tested +ve for #COVID19 today morning. Anyone who has come in contact with me in the last 5 days, please self isolate & take...
Former CBI director Ranjit Sinha passes away
Former Central Bureau of Investigation director Ranjit Sinha passed away in Delhi on Friday morning. Sinha was a retired officer of the 1974 batch of the Indian Police Service and had during his lifetime held several senior posts including that...
