Polio immunisation falls casualty to Covid as fear, staff shortage halt drive across India
New Delhi: With Covid-19 outbreak, the pulse polio immunisation drive across the country has come to a halt, ThePrint learnt. The polio immunisation drive is usually conducted in four to six rounds annually, starting from January. States such as Delhi, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Haryana, which completed the first round, have yet to begin the second […]
Covid cases cross 200,000; rural clusters new challenge
The number of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in India surpassed 200,000 on Tuesday, nearly doubling over 15 days, even as a considerable reopening of national transport and business activity fuelled fears of localised outbreaks emerging in new areas beyond urban hot spots that have so far pushed the contagion. Globally, there are now 6.4 million infections of […]
6,500 Pak terrorists among foreign fighters in Afghanistan; LeT, JeM play key role: UN report
There are some 6,500 Pakistani nationals among foreign terrorists operating in Afghanistan and the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) play a key role in bringing foreign fighters into the war-torn country, according to a UN report. The report, from the UN Security Council’s analytical support and sanctions monitoring team and issued late last month, indicated […]
Cyclone Nisarga Explained: How big is the threat on west coast?
Less than two weeks after a powerful cyclone passed through West Bengal on its way to Bangladesh, India is bracing to face another cyclone, this time on its western coast. In strength and intensity, this would be much weaker than Cyclone Amphan that struck on May 20. In fact, it is not even a full-fledged cyclone right […]
73% of Covid deaths are of people with comorbidities, says Health Ministry
The Centre on Tuesday said India is far away from the peak of COVID-19 spread and its preventive measures have been “very effective”, putting it in a much better position in comparison with other countries. This comes even as the coronavirus infections neared the 2 lakh-mark on Tuesday of which 97,581 are active cases, while 5598 […]
Coronavirus Cases In India Rise To 1.98 Lakh As 8,171 New Infections Reported In 24 Hours
India continues to witness a steep rise in the Coronavirus cases on a daily basis even as the Central government has eased the restriction in the fifth phase of the lockdown. India reported 8,171 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in the country now to 1,98,706, Health Ministry […]
Indian and Chinese brigade commanders meet at LAC — ‘No breakthrough but talks positive’
New Delhi: Indian and Chinese brigade commanders met in eastern Ladakh Monday to ease the ongoing tensions in the region. Though no major breakthrough has been achieved, the talks were “positive”, ThePrint has learnt. Sources in the know told ThePrint that tactical commanders have also met separately, over the last few days, on individual boats in […]
China Says Situation At Border With India ‘Stable And Controllable’
China on Monday said that the overall situation at the border with India was “stable and controllable”, and both the countries have “unimpeded” communication channels to resolve the issues through dialogue and consultations. The comments by the Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian came in the backdrop of the continuing standoff between the militaries of India […]
Wajid Khan dies at 42: Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra lead Bollywood tributes for ‘the nicest man’
Bollywood has condoled the death of music composer Wajid Khan, one half of popular duo Sajid-Wajid, who died due to complications after a kidney infection in the early hours of Monday. Actors such as Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Varun Dhawan, Bipasha Basu, Preity Zinta and others took to social media to share messages about Wajid. Amitabh […]
AIIMS, Safdarjung accused of reporting deaths late, served show cause notice
Delhi has recorded the highest single-day spike in coronavirus cases on the last day of lockdown 4.0 with 1295 cases on Sunday taking the tally of Covid-19 positive patients in the national capital to 19,844, a little shy of the 20,000-mark, which it is likely to cross on June 1, going by the current trend. […]
