CHENNAI – The Madras High Court on Monday held the Election Commission of India (ECI) responsible for the surge in Covid19 cases across the country. The High Court said murder charges should be brought against the Election Commission for not stopping political parties from abuse of the Covid19 protocol. Coming down heavily on the Election […]
NEW DELHI – With 3,52,991 people testing positive for Coronavirus infection in a day, the highest so far, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases has climbed to 1,73,13,163 while active cases have crossed the 28-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll increased to 1,95,123 with a record 2,812 new fatalities, the data updated […]
PATNA – As the country is fighting the severe crisis due to the surge in the Covid-19 cases and fatalities, a a group of Muslim youths have set an example of Hindu-Muslim unity in Bihar’s Gaya district as they cremated a 58-year-old Hindu woman who suspectedly died due to Covid-19. A video went viral where […]
NEW DELHI – The Centre on Sunday barred the use of liquid oxygen for any non-medical purpose and asked manufacturing units to maximise its production and make it available to the government for medical use. The order by Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla came amid a scarcity of medical oxygen in many parts of the […]
NEW DELHI – Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad professor Chinmay Tumbe on Sunday said India failed to prepare for the second COVID-19 wave due to the complacency of the government and society, and failure to keep track of the different strains of the virus. Tumbe, who recently authored the book titled ‘The Age of […]
NEW DELHI – Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday the ongoing lockdown in the national capital has been extended by another week and will continue to till May 3 to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Speaking to media, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said, ”We had imposed a 6-day lockdown in […]
NEW DELHI – As many as 3,49,691 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative caseload to 1,69,60,172, the Union health ministry said on Sunday morning. India is currently recording the most number of new infections in the world. The country has seen over three lakh cases for five days […]
Srinagar: The Indian government requested Twitter take down dozens of tweets critical of the country’s pandemic response, which has drawn global attention as case numbers and deaths continue surging to record levels. Twitter on Saturday said it took down dozens of tweets in India that were critical of the Indian government’s recent pandemic response, as […]
New Delhi: As many as 20 patients died on Friday night and more than 200 lives are currently at stake due to lack of oxygen at Delhi’s Jaipur Golden Hospital in Rohini, Medical Director D K Baluja has informed. Only half an hour of oxygen is left, he revealed further. The medical director of the […]
Chandigarh: Six patients, including five Covid ones, died at a private hospital in Amritsar early on Saturday after they lost oxygen supply due to its shortage. Family members of the victims said there was no oxygen flowing to the ventilators at Neelkanth Multispecialty Hospital, leading to their deaths. They were informed on Friday night by […]