New Delhi: The daily coronavirus positivity rate in India in the last 12 days has doubled to 16.69 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate has increased to 13.54 per cent in the past one month, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. India reported a record 2,61,500 new coronavirus cases and 1,501 deaths on Sunday, […]
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2.61 lakh new Covid-19 cases, 1.5k deaths reported in India
New Delhi: India reported 2,61,500 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the highest single-day spike since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, pushing the tally to 1,47,88,109. This is the fourth consecutive day when one-day spike in coronavirus cases crossed the 2-lakh mark in the country which is hit by the second wave of COVID-19. The […]
JEE-Mains scheduled from April 27 postponed
New Delhi: Engineering entrance exam JEE-Mains scheduled to be held from April 27-30 has been postponed in view of the COVID-19 situation, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ announced on Sunday. “Given the current #covid19 situation, I have advised @DG_NTA to postpone the JEE (Main) – 2021 April Session. I would like to reiterate that […]
Despite a year to prepare for COVID-19, we were caught off guard again: Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi: Accusing the Modi government of ‘gross unpreparedness’ and ‘adhocism’ in dealing with the COVID-19 crisis, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday made a slew of suggestions to the Centre to deal with the pandemic such as reducing the immunization age to 25 years and providing income support to people. In her opening remarks, […]
Life comes to halt as weekend curfew underway in Delhi
New Delhi: Life in the national capital has come to a halt as the city grappling with soaring COVID-19 cases observed weekend curfew, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday appealing to people to adhere to the restrictions. The weekend curfew aimed at breaking chain of spiralling coronavirus infections was clamped at 10 pm on […]
India reports record high of 2.34 lakh new Covid-19 cases, 1.3k deaths
New Delhi: India reported 234,692 coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases on Saturday, the highest single-day spike so far since the pandemic broke out, according to MoHFW. With this, India’s Covid tally has shot up to 14,526,609 cases. India also reported the highest-ever single-day spike in Covid-related deaths with 1,341 fatalities. The death toll from the deadly […]
No Hajj pilgrimage without two vaccine doses: HCI
Mumbai: In a major development, the Hajj Committee of India (HCI) has said that no Indian Muslims shall be allowed to go for the annual Hajj pilgrimage unless they have taken the two vaccine doses. The HCI CEO Maqsood Ahmed Khan made the announcement late on Thursday following the latest directives from the Saudi Arabian […]
India reported highest-ever single-day spike of 2.17 lakh COVID-19 cases in a day
New Delhi: India reported over 2 lakh new COVID-19 cases and more than 1,100 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry on Friday. In the last 24 hours, 1,185 COVID-related deaths were reported in the country taking the death toll to 1,74,308. As many as 2,17,353 new COVID-19 cases have […]
15-day lockdown must to break deadly chain of transmission: Experts
New Delhi: As India witnesses an unprecedented surge in Covid caseloads, voices for a short-duration national lockdown or in severely-hit states/UTs grew louder on Wednesday and experts urged the Centre to immediately plan and execute a 15-day lockdown to break the chain of infection and manage the second wave of the pandemic. The fact is […]
Weekend curfew imposed in Delhi in view of grim COVID-19 situation
New Delhi: Delhi government has imposed a weekend curfew in a view of the grim situation due to the coronavirus pandemic in the national capital. The announcement was made by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after he concluded his meeting with the Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on the Covid-19 situation. As per the announcement made by […]