Coronavirus Live Updates: Delhi Gets 42,000 Rapid Testing Kits As Cases Reach 1,767
The United States passed 7,00,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, according to a tally maintained by Johns Hopkins University. With the highest number of cases and deaths of any country in the world, the US has now recorded 7,00,282 cases of COVID-19 and 36,773 deaths. 3,856 deaths have also been recorded in the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, […]
JNU to take disciplinary action against students violating lockdown
The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Friday warned students of disciplinary action if they violated lockdown guidelines imposed on the campus. In a notice issued by Chief Proctor Professor Dhananjay Singh, it was stated that some students were found violating the guidelines. “Even as the essential service providers of JNU have been working tirelessly to […]
Most of 25 navy men who tested positive for Covid-19 traced to single sailor
Navy sources on Saturday said that most of Indian Navy’s 25 personnel, who have been tested positive for Covid-19 in Mumbai, are asymptomatic and have been traced to a single sailor who tested positive on April 7. 20 of these sailors are from INS Angre, a shore establishment in Mumbai. All sailors are reported to be in […]
HCQ to be tested on thousands in Mumbai’s Dharavi and Worli to prevent Covid-19 spread
Mumbai: India’s financial capital Mumbai is fine-tuning a plan to administer an unproven but much touted anti-malarial drug in neighborhoods including Asia’s most crowded slum, the first-of-its-kind mass experiment to ward off the coronavirus. The city officials are identifying a target group which will receive hydroxychloroquine, according to Suresh Kakani, additional commissioner at Municipal Corporation of […]
‘India exporting medicines and Pak…’: Army Chief’s stinging takedown of Islamabad
Indian Army chief General MM Naravane on Friday condemned the relentless ceasefire violations by Pakistan on the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, saying the whole world is battling the coronavirus pandemic but the neighbouring country has not stopped stirring trouble. Gen MM Naravane is on a two-day visit to the region to review the security […]
Aarogya Setu app updates privacy policy: What’s new
The Indian government’s Covid-19 contact tracing app, Aarogya Setu recently set a new record of 5 crore downloads. The app has been encouraged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and government agencies as well. The app’s privacy policy has also been under scrutiny with data collection of users being the key factor here. Aarogya Setu has now updated […]
Rahul Gandhi Is Right On COVID-19 Strategy Even If You Dismiss Him As Pappu
On February 12, when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi urged the Centre to put in place necessary systems to combat the imminent dangers that the coronavirus pandemic could pose to India, he was mocked by all and sundry. The BJP accused him of spreading panic, senior ministers at the Centre claimed there was no health emergency […]
Covid-19: Testing ramped up, 5 lakh kits arrive from China, another 6.5 lakh on way
Coronavirus (COVID-19): With four days to go for conditional easing of restrictions in specific areas, testing has been stepped up across the country — the number of samples tested in the last 24 hours crossed 30,000 for the first time on Thursday — and the first consignment of 5 lakh rapid COVID-19 testing kits has arrived from […]
Success model Singapore has worst day of infections as cases double over a week
Singapore/London: Singapore — seen as a success model in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic — is reporting its biggest number of new cases in a single day, doubling its infection count over the past week as an outbreak at dormitories housing foreign workers intensifies. A record 728 new infections were reported late Thursday, bringing the total in the […]
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 […]
