New Delhi, May 6 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a comprehensive review of the public health response to COVID-19 where he said states should be given help and guidance for ramping up healt
NEW DELHI, MAY 6 (IANS): As the pandemic and the eventual lockdowns wreaked havoc on the economy and livelihoods, around 23 crore Indians have been pushed into poverty during the past one year, showed a report
New Delhi, May 6 (PTI): The Press Council of India on Thursday reiterated its recommendation to the Centre and state governments that journalists be included in the category of 'COVID warriors' and also
United Nations, May 6 (PTI): The tragic" COVID-19 situation in India should raise the alarm bells for all of us and there will be reverberations across the region and the world in terms of virus-related de
NEW DELHI, MAY 6 (IANS): Former Union Minister and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) Chief Ajit Singh died of Covid on Thursday morning. He was 82. Singh was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Gurugram after h
NEW DELHI, MAY 6 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the constitutional authorities can do better than to complain and ask for shackles on the media.
The remarks were made by the top court in its
NEW DELHI, MAY 6 (IANS): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has allocated COVID-19 materials received from the global community by Centre to States and UTs while country's Cumulative Vaccination Cove
NEW DELHI, MAY 5 (IANS): The entire Indian delegation for the G7 summit in London was on Wednesday asked to self isolate after some of its members tested positive for Covid-19.
In a tweet, External Affairs M
New Delhi, May 5 (PTI): The government on Wednesday said that a third wave of coronavirus pandemic was "inevitable", although a time-frame for it could not be predicted.
In a press briefing by the
Chandigarh, May 5 (PTI): Head of Punjab's expert committee on COVID Dr K K Talwar on Wednesday urged people not to fall for rumours doing rounds on social media that alcohol can offer protection against cor
NANDURBAR, May 5 (IANS): Scores of children in the small village of Biladi in Nandurbar district stare with disbelief at an unusual sight unfolding daily in their neighbourhood.
Around 9 am onwards, the Bila
Kolkata, May 5 (PTI): TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee was Wednesday sworn-in as the chief minister of West Bengal for the third consecutive term after securing a massive mandate, and vowed to not "give respite
New Delhi, May 5 (PTI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said that foreign aid, in terms of medical equipment, is meant for the benefit of the people suffering from COVID-19 and not meant to be kept in boxes a
NEW DELHI, MAY 5 (IANS): To give Relief to around 80 crore beneficiaries during Covid crisis, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved allocation of additional foodgrain to NFSA Beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantr
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) India on Wednesday recorded 3,780 deaths, maximum in a day and 3,82,315 fresh cases of Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, taking the total caseload in the country to 2,06,65,148,
New Delhi, May 4 (PTI) As the demand for imposition of country-wide lockdown gains momentum to check the unrelenting COVID wave, large parts of India are already under similar strict curbs for varying periods.
NEW DELHI, MAY 4 (IANS): Former Governor of Meghalaya and Tripura and senior West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Tathagata Roy on Tuesday trained guns at party National General Secretary Kailash Vij
London, May 4 (PTI): Britain has finalised 1 billion pounds worth of new trade and investment with India, creating over 6,500 jobs in the UK, to be signed off at a virtual summit between Prime Minister Boris Jo
LUCKNOW, MAY 4 (IANS): Amid the prevailing pandemic, the Yogi Adityanath government is taking forward its cow protection agenda and has issued directives to set up help desks for protection of cows in every dis
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS): The devastating second coronavirus wave sweeping across India has come as a major setback to the global fight against the deadly pandemic.
The World Health Organization is struggling