Govt cuts interest rate on PPF, NSC, Kisan Vikas Patra and Sukanya Samriddhi Accounts from April 1: All you need to know
The central government on Tuesday slashed interest rates on small savings schemes such as Senior Citizen Savings, Public Provident Fund (PPF), National Savings Certificate (NSC), Kisan Vikas Patra, Sukanya Samriddhi Accounts and Recurring Deposits in the range of 0.7% to 1.4% for the first quarter of 2020-21. The government has reduced interest rate on Senior […]
Delhi Cancer Hospital Closed After Doctor Tests Positive For Coronavirus
A day after a doctor at a Mohalla clinic in Delhi tested positive for Coronavirus, a government-run hospital in the national capital has been closed after another doctor tested positive for COVID-19. According to reports, the doctor worked at the Delhi State Cancer Institute, and after he tested positive, the hospital building’s OPD, offices and […]
Delhi Markaz Declared COVID Hotspot, Centre Alerted States Last Week
New Delhi: The Hazrat Nizamuddin Markaz — a building at south Delhi’s Nizamuddin area — has been declared a coronavirus “hotspot” by the centre. Of the thousands who attended an 8-day religious programme earlier this month, more than 90 people have contracted the virus there, presumably from people from abroad who attended it. Seven persons- […]
Struggling To Get Your Medicine Due To Corona Lockdown? Try These Five Options
A week into the nationwide lockdown, there are reports that essential medicine are short in supply. Patients have complained that they have not been able to find their medicine in the market due to a number of reasons. Here’s what you can do: (1) Call 011-23062487: The Centre has set-up a control room to monitor […]
Islamic missionary at centre of India’s Covid-19 outbreak
By early March, coronavirus disease (Covid-19 )cases were surging across the world. In India, where their number had just begun to rise, there was an air of caution though a lockdown was still several days away. Ignoring the pandemic, an estimated 2,500 Sunni Muslim men belonging to several nationalities, each identically dressed in a white […]
HIV drugs junked: Malaria drug, antibiotic combo now on treatment list
Anti-HIV drugs Lopinavir and Ritonavir are no longer India’s drugs of choice against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Instead, a combination of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), used for treatment of auto-immune disorders, and the antibitoic azithromycin has now been recommended for use in severe patients in new clinical management guidelines issued late on Tuesday night. The earlier guidelines, dated March 17, […]
Cases rise to 1,397, death toll at 35; Govt says 6 lakh migrants housed in 61,000 shelters
Coronavirus India Latest Update: Fresh cases were reported in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday as India entered its seventh day of lockdown. On Monday, India registered the sharpest spike in coronavirus cases — 227 people tested positive over the last 24 hours, taking the total to 1,397. Of these 102 people have been cured and […]
Corona Impact: Recession To Hit World Economy With Likely Exception Of India, China, Says UN Report
The world economy will go into recession this year with a predicted loss of trillions of dollars of global income due to the coronavirus pandemic, spelling serious trouble for developing countries with the likely exception of India and China, according to a latest UN trade report. With two-thirds of the world’s population living in developing […]
All essential service providers should be periodically tested: Scientists in open letter
New Delhi: A testing site within 100 km for primary healthcare centres, periodic testing of people providing essential services and provision of protective gear for all essential service providers — these are among the measures the Indian scientific community has recommended for the lockdown. Nearly 200 Indian scientists and researchers Tuesday put out a statement for public agencies, […]
India links coronavirus cases to Muslim gathering in New Delhi
Headquarters of Tablighi Jamaat in the capital sealed off as police contemplate action over the gathering. Authorities in the Indian capital have sealed off the premises of Tablighi Jamaat, a Muslim missionary movement, claiming a religious gathering it organised from March 13-15 ignored the threat of the coronavirus. The Delhi government also asked police on […]
