Second Covid wave striking Punjab is a certainty, says Amarinder
Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday offered all possible help to Delhi in managing its spiralling Covid cases, even as he lauded the “unsung heroes” of Punjab for their excellent work in handling the pandemic in the state, while assuring full preparedness by his government to augment health care facilities to prepare for a […]
Income Tax dept conducts searches at 16 locations in Ludhiana, Delhi, UP
The Income Tax Department started a search and survey action in the case of a leading cattle feed producer in Northern India. The search and survey actions are being carried out at 16 locations in Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Noida, Delhi and Ludhiana. The I-T department said that the main allegations against the group are that it […]
Covid-19: ICU Beds With Ventilators Not Available At Nearly 60 Hospitals In Delhi
Amid spiralling cases of Covid-19 in the national capital, the number of available Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds equipped with ventilators is shrinking fast at several hospitals here, with zero vacancy at nearly 60 facilities, according to official data. The rise in cases of the infection has happened at a time when approaching winter and […]
Covid-19: Delhi Govt’s Revised Containment Strategy To Be Announced Soon: Officials
The Delhi government is working on revising its containment strategy and is likely to conduct a survey in the high-coronavirus incidence areas of the city, officials said on Monday, a day after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met Union Home Minister Amit Shah for a review of the Covid-19 situation in the capital. A top official […]
RJD to boycott Nitish Kumar’s oath-taking ceremony
Bihar’s main opposition party RJD on Monday said it will boycott the oath-taking ceremony of Nitish Kumar as chief minister, claiming the mandate in the elections was “against the NDA” which has been changed by a “fraud”. Kumar is scheduled to take oath as chief minister for the seventh time in Raj Bhavan this evening. […]
India records 30,548 fresh COVID-19 cases, 435 deaths
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload mounted to 88,45,127 with 30,548 infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 82,49,579, according to data updated by the Union health ministry on Monday. The coronavirus death toll climbed to 1,30,070 with 435 new fatalities, the data updated at […]
Expansionism a mental disorder, reflects 18th-century thinking: PM targets China in Diwali address
During an interaction with jawans at Longewala Post in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer on the occasion of Diwali Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said no force in the world could prevent India’s soldiers from protecting the country’s borders. For the last seven years, PM Modi has celebrated the festival of lights with security personnel. Taking a veiled dig at […]
Akhilesh Yadav hints at electoral tie-up with estranged uncle for UP Assembly polls
Hinting at a possible electoral tie-up with his estranged uncle’s Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said Shivpal Yadav will be given a cabinet berth if his party forms the government in the state. However, he made it clear that the Samajwadi Party (SP) will not enter […]
COVID-19: 44,684 new cases take India’s virus tally to 87,73,479
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally of cases climbed to 87.73 lakh with 44,684 new infections in a day, while 81,63,572 people have recuperated from the disease so far, bringing the national recovery rate to 93.04 per cent on Saturday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The fresh cases pushed the number of novel coronavirus cases […]
FM announces Rs 900 crore grant for COVID-19 vaccine research
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman on Thursday announced a Rs 900 crore grant to the Department of Biotechnology for COVID-19 vaccine research. She said the grant does not cover the actual cost of vaccine and distribution expenses, which will be made separately as and when the vaccine is available. She also said that Rs 10,200 […]
