‘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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
