COVID-19 tracker: Maharashtra tops 3000 cases, MP sees surge; TN reports 62 new recoveries
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Tracker: The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus pandemic in India neared 13,000 while the death toll rose to 420 on Thursday, as per the latest update from the Union Health Ministry. Of the total cases, 1,514 people have been treated and discharged so far. Maharashtra has been the worst affected, with over 3,000 cases […]
Eagle in the sky: Drone operators and Kerala Police are a winning combination to enforce lockdown
Nearly two years after the calamitous floods in 2018 when they helped the Kerala Police to rescue agencies in locating those trapped in their homes, hundreds of drone operators and technicians in the state joined hands once again for a public cause: tracking those evading the lockdown put in place to stop the spread of […]
J&K’s 77 ‘red zones’ under increased Covid-19 surveillance, real-time tracking on
: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has heightened surveillance in 77 areas of the union territory designated as Covid-19 red zones, through interviews of residents and digital surveillance technologies. Red zones are areas with high number of cases and thus require greater containment and monitoring of the people’s physical movement and health. According […]
Bring governance back on track within 100 days of resuming work, PMO tells ministries
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has asked all Union ministries to complete the backlog of the Covid-19 lockdown within 100 days of resuming work, ThePrint has learnt. The ministries are expected to get their full working staff above the rank of deputy secretary from 20 April onwards. According to sources from several ministries, the Prime […]
Govt lays out alternative study plan for classes 1 to 5, gives a fix for bad internet
New Delhi: The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has come up with an alternative academic calendar for primary schoolchildren (classes 1 to 5) while also suggesting ways to beat internet troubles while conducting online lessons during the Covid-19 lockdown. The module, prepared by the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT), was made public by the […]
No proof on effect of summer on COVID-19 spread: Highlights of Health Ministry briefing
In the daily briefing, the Health Ministry said 941 new novel coronavirus cases and 37 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 12,759. The death count stands at 420. Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry said the fatality rate was much lower than the recovery rate in India and […]
Govt directs airlines to refund tickets booked during lockdown
The Centre on Thursday issued an advisory for all domestic and foreign airline operators to issue full refund to passengers who had booked during the lockdown period up till May 3 for both domestic and international flights. To be clear, the order categorically states the advisory is only for those passengers who have booked flights […]
Afghan forces intercept Taliban fighters, find Jaish terrorists training for Kashmir
A chance discovery of global terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed cadres in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province on Monday night has confirmed the assessment of Indian intelligence agencies that Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence had resumed training a select groups of terrorists for Kashmir in war-torn Afghanistan, people familiar with the development told Hindustan Times. The Afghan forces had carried out […]
‘Irresponsible, Ill-Intentioned’: China Refutes US Remarks On Beijing Secretly Resuming Underground Nuclear Tests
China on Thursday said it was “committed” to a moratorium on nuclear tests as it strongly refuted as “irresponsible” and “ill-intentioned” the US remarks of the possibility of Beijing secretly resuming underground atomic experiments. The US State Department in a report on Wednesday said that China may have secretly set off low-level underground nuclear test […]
‘Zoom Not Safe’: Govt Bans Officias From Using Video Meet App
Deeming it unsafe, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked government officials not to use Zoom video meet app for holding meetings. The software of the app is said to be made in China and it is believed that some calls are routed through the country. The US-based Zoom app, according to the government, can […]
