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 […]
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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 […]
India reports record high of over 2 lakh fresh Covid-19 cases, 1,038 deaths in 24 hours
New Delhi: Breaking all records, India registered its biggest-ever single day spike with 200,739 fresh cases. With this, India’s Covid tally has shot up to 14,074,564 cases, according to MoHFW. India is the 2nd worst-hit nation in terms of total Covid-19 cases. India also witnessed 1,037 fatalities due to covid-19 in a single day. The […]
CBSE cancels Class 10 exams, postpones Class 12 papers
New Delhi: In the wake of the massive second Covid-19 wave across the country, the Ministry of Education has decided to postpone the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 board exams and cancel Class 10 exams that were scheduled from next month. The decision was taken Wednesday after a high-level meeting with Prime […]
Amnesty International slams India in its HR report
LONDON: Amnesty International has released a report slamming India for its “punitive” lockdown in response to the Covid-19 outbreak, as well as its handling of the anti-CAA protests, farmers’ protests, Delhi riots and alleged clampdown on civil liberties in Kashmir, reports Naomi Canton. The report ,“The State of the World’s Human Rights 2020/2021”, examines the […]
Missing CRPF jawan alive, will not harm him: Maoists in Chhattisgarh ‘send message’
New Delhi: A personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) who has been missing since Saturday’s ambush in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur, has been taken hostage by the Maoists who carried out the attack, ThePrint has learnt. The constable hailing from Jammu and identified as Rakeshwar Singh Manhas is alive but with the Maoist cadres, sources in the […]
FIR against Rajasthan state textbook board over content against Islam
Jaipur: Rajasthan police filed an FIR against the Rajasthan State Textbook Board late on Wednesday night following uproar over a category XII political science textbook of the state authorities that quotes consultants claiming “Islamic terrorism as a strand of Islam”, stories Shoeb Khan. This and different feedback had been printed within the e book revealed […]