Traveler women Mumbai city and suburban areas that are not in the essential categories may have to wait longer to travel in the local trains since the Railways have cited the “COVID protocol”. the Maharashtra Government has written a letter to Railways requesting that local train services be available to …
Read More »Festival season and winters make the next ten weeks crucial for the Covid fight in India: Vardhan
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said on Friday that the next ten weeks will be crucial for India in its fight against coronavirus due to the upcoming festival season and winters, when cases are forecast to explode. Vardhan said this when he chaired a meeting with heads / directors …
Read More »Pfizer, Bharat Biotech, AstraZeneca: The Latest Covid-19 Vaccine Developments
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a review meeting on Thursday to assess the progress of research and the vaccine development ecosystem to combat the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The meeting was attended by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, NITI Aayog (Health) Fellow, Senior Scientific Advisor, senior scientists and other officials. PM …
Read More »Coronavirus | As COVID-19 Cases Rise, Center Sends Teams to 5 States
“The fatality rate has continuously decreased. At the current 1.52%, it is the lowest since March 22, “said the Ministry of Health. The Union Health Ministry on Friday delegated teams to Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, which have been reporting an increase in the number of new COVID-19 …
Read More »Bihar Minister Kapil Deo Kamat is the second Covid-19 victim in Nitish’s cabinet
Bihar Minister Kapil Deo Kamat of Janata Dal-United (JD-U) died at the Indian Institute of Medical Sciences in Patna early Friday morning from the coronavirus. He is the second minister in Nitish Kumar’s cabinet to succumb to Covid-19 this week. Kamat, 70, was admitted to AIIMS, Patna on October 1 …
Read More »India Covid-19 Numbers Explained, Oct 16: Why Delhi Is Back On Top With More Cases Than Pune
Written by Amitabh Sinha, edited by Explained Desk | Pune | Updated: October 16, 2020 1:57:14 pm A woman selling lemons sits with her children as they wait for buyers in Bangalore, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020 (AP Photo: Aijaz Rahi). With its daily case count starting to rise again, Delhi …
Read More »Ghulam Nabi Azad, Veteran Congressional Leader, Tests Positive for COVID-19
Azad’s party colleague Anand Sharma wished him a speedy recovery (archive) New Delhi: Ghulam Nabi Azad, leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha and veteran of Congress, tweeted on Friday that he has contracted the novel coronavirus and has been in home quarantine. He also advised those who had been …
Read More »Bihar Elections 2020: Odds Against Prime Minister Nitish Kumar |
NEW DELHI: A fractured opposition may work in favor of Bihar Prime Minister Nitish Kumar, but chances are he will face off in the upcoming October-November three-phase elections. Nitish Kumar may eventually emerge victorious. However, the situations are not as favorable as during the 2015 assembly elections. In the last …
Read More »High holiday season threatens to push India’s coronavirus burden beyond the US to the highest in the world in a fortnight
Already on track to overtake the United States with the world’s newest coronavirus infections, India is bracing for a surge in cases in the coming weeks, as it heads into its main holiday season with an economy free of virus restrictions . Kerala’s recent experience, which was praised for its …
Read More »“ Even Pak, Afghanistan handled Covid-19 better ”: Rahul Gandhi’s comment to the government on IMF projections in India
Congressional leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked the government of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projection of India’s gross domestic product (GDP) during this fiscal year amid the coronavirus disease. Gandhi’s mockery featured neighboring countries like Pakistan …
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