Corona death count reaches 339, cases soar to 10,363: Health Ministry
The death toll due to coronavirus infection in the country rose to 339 while the number of cases soared to 10,363 on Tuesday, said the Union Health Ministry. While the number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 8,988, as many as 1,035 people have been cured and discharged and one had migrated, it said. The […]
India To Remain Under Lockdown Till May 3; Some Relaxations After April 20, But…: PM Modi
In his fourth address to the nation on the Coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended the nationwide lockdown till May 3 even as India continues to fight the spread of COVID-19. Starting his address, the prime minister equated the people of India to soldiers fighting to protect their nation and expressed gratitude […]
A unique SuperCloud is taking shape above coronavirus-hit India. It is unlike US and China
The coronavirus pandemic is shaping a veritable SuperCloud – floating above India, servicing our needs, our relationships, our dreams. Cooped up at home because of the nationwide lockdown, we are still working diligently, transacting via shopping and banking apps, participating in webinars and conferences, streaming movies and TV shows that are served up magically, and chatting with loved […]
Covid-19 cases in India double to 10,000 in six days
India went past a bleak milestone on Monday as the number of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases crossed 10,000, with the infections doubling over six days and the government expanding containment efforts and ramping up testing in an attempt to curb the highly contagious pathogen from sweeping across the country. On Monday, 1,253fresh Covid-19 cases were […]
Explained: How coronavirus attacks, step by step
In the search for a treatment for COVID-19 disease, researchers have been targeting specific behaviours of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) that causes the disease. While the virus itself is still being studied, the hunt for a treatment is based on what is known so far about the way it infects humans. So, how does it infect someone? It begins […]
If you have this VPN app on your phone delete it immediately!
With 100 million installations, SuperVPN is very popular but it also has critical vulnerabilities that makes it very dangerous. Reported by TechRadar, VPNPro had reached out to Google as a part of its Google Play Security Reward Program on March 19 and that was when the company had validated the vulnerability. The Google Play Store has […]
After Modi’s appeal, AYUSH ministry gets over 2,000 proposals to tackle Covid-19 pandemic
New Delhi: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa and Naturopathy) practitioners to pitch in to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ministry of AYUSH has received over 2,000 proposals in less than 15 days — all giving suggestions on how India could fight the highly infectious disease. On 28 March, PM […]
Tell media houses not to fire employees: Congress’ Manish Tewari urges I&B minister Javadekar
New Delhi: Congress MP and former Union minister Manish Tewari has written a letter to Information & Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar, requesting that the ministry issue an advisory to all media outlets “to not retrench their employees and to pay their salaries on time”. Tewari’s letter comes in the face of recent reports that journalists from […]
Sonia Gandhi welcomes Modi’s move to give free rations to food security act beneficiaries
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to provide five kilograms of free rations to beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) and suggested more measures to counter the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown. In a fresh letter to Modi, she welcomed the provision of free rations in addition […]
Private Covid-19 tests free only for poor: Supreme Court amends its order
The Supreme Court has amended its verdict delivered last week that forced private laboratories to offer free Covid-19 testing to everyone. On Monday, the two-judge bench comprising justices Ashok Bhushan and S Ravindra Bhat ordered that only people who could not afford Rs 4,500 for the test should be tested free by private laboratories. In […]
