NEW DELHI – The Drugs Controller General of India has approved an anti-COVID oral drug, developed by DRDO, for emergency use as adjunct therapy in moderate to severe coronavirus patients, the defence ministry said on Saturday. It said clinical trials of the drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) showed that it helps in faster recovery of hospitalised patients […]
KOLKATA – Launching a fresh attack on the BJP-led Central government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee demanded a universal vaccine programme for all and asserted that Rs 30,000 crore for vaccination is nothing for the Central government. “Rs 30,000 crore is nothing for the Central government… There should be a universal vaccine program for […]
NEW DELHI – India saw a record 4,187 fatalities due to COVID-19 in a single day, taking the country’s death toll to 2,38,270, while 4,01,078 new infections were reported in a day, pushing the tally to 2,18,92,676, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Saturday. Registering a steady increase, the active cases have […]
NEW DELHI – The panel counsel for the Election Commission in the Supreme Court, Advocate Mohit D. Ram, stepped down Thursday citing incompatibility of values with the poll body. Ram, who has held the post since 2013, wrote a letter to the Director of the Law Commission conveying his decision. “It was an honour to […]
NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court Friday asked respective state governments to release prisoners from jails in view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic, which it termed as “alarming”, NDTV reported. “The Covid situation is alarming and we have to decongest the prisons,” the NDTV report quoted Chief Justice NV Ramana as observing adding that orders […]
NEW DELHI – Asserting that the COVID-19 pandemic situation is going from bad to worse, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Health Minister Harsh Vardhan are refusing to own responsibility and are making a “mockery of democratic principles”. His remarks came after the Union Health Ministry data […]
NEW DELHI – The India National Supermodel Committee suggested that the ongoing second wave of Covid-19 cases could peak as early as May 7, or at the very most, by the end of fifteen days. At the start of this week alone, India saw 3,52,991 (3.52 lakh) COVID-19 infections and 2,812 fatalities with 28,13,658 (28.13 […]
NEW DELHI – India set another global record for daily coronavirus cases Friday, registering over 414,000 infections in the past 24 hours. It marked the second consecutive day the country registered over 400,000 cases after reporting 412,262 infections Thursday. Health Ministry figures show there were 414,188 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s […]
NEW DELHI – The University Grants Commission has asked universities not to conduct offline exams in May and decide on conducting online exams after assessing local conditions. The commission stressed in its letter to all universities and colleges that during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, health and safety of everyone is most important. Online exams are […]
NEW DELHI – The Union Health Ministry has issued revised guidelines for home isolation for patients with mild or asymptomatic symptoms. The new revised guidelines said, “Patient under home isolation will stand discharged and end isolation after at least 10 days have passed from onset of symptoms (or from date of sampling for asymptomatic cases) […]