NEW DELHI – A pilot has been killed after an Indian Air Force MiG-21 fighter aircraft crashed near Moga in Punjab late on Thursday night, the Indian Air Force said on Friday, 21 May. The IAF identified the pilot as Squadron Leader Abhinav Choudhary and said that he sustained fatal injuries in the crash. “IAF […]
KOZHIKODE – Praises and blessings are pouring in for a Hindu woman doctor who recited the Islamic prayer for a Muslim patient on the latter’s deathbed at a private hospital in Pattambi in Palakkad. The patient, who was suffering from Covid pneumonia, was on ventilator for more than two weeks and her relatives were not […]
NEW DELHI – India recorded 276,110 new cases of the coronavius disease (Covid-19) in a 24-hour span, the Union health ministry data showed on Thursday morning. The total tally of the viral infection now stands at 25,772,440. Thursday’s numbers show India continues to maintain a downward trend in daily Covid-19 cases after the number of […]
NEW DELHI – India’s second wave of Covid-19 is expected to decline by July this year. A third wave of the pandemic is expected in about six to eight months. These are the fairly optimistic projections made by the three-member panel of scientists set up by the Department of Science and Technology under the Science […]
SRINAGAR – Social activist Peer Tehleel Manzoor along with Chandigarh Youth Congress launched Cyber Safety awareness campaign in Chandigarh and Mohali cities. “The campaign will raise awareness on cyber crimes and safety, particularly among Punjab youth,” said Vinayak Bangia State General Secretary Chandigarh Territorial Youth Congress. “The campaign will empower citizens to not only identify […]
NEW DELHI – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s approval ratings have fallen to a new low, two surveys showed, as the country struggles to contain a devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Modi, who swept to power in 2014 and was re-elected in 2019 with the biggest majority of any Indian politician in three […]
NEW DELHI – State-owned broadcaster Doordarshan is set to establish a new channel, DD International — on the lines of BBC World — which it says will seek to project India’s voice globally on significant domestic and global issues. This will be Doordarshan’s second channel with a similar objective. DD India, which is Doordarshan’s English […]
NEW DELHI – India recorded 267,334 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Wednesday, and the number of new fatalities stood at 4,529, according to the Union health ministry dashboard. With this, the country’s cumulative infection tally went up to 25,496,330 while the death toll soared to 283,248. As the second wave of Covid-19 slows […]
NEW DELHI – The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Tuesday said that 269 doctors across the country have lost their lives due to COVID-19 infection in the second wave of coronavirus pandemic. The IMA said Bihar suffered the largest number of casualties (78) followed by Uttar Pradesh (37) and Delhi (28). State-wise data by IMA […]
NEW DELHI – India registered 263,533 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s infection tally past the 25 million mark to 25,228,996, the Union ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) dashboard showed on Tuesday morning. Also, in this period, 4,329 lives were lost to the viral disease, […]