Several states on Monday announced additional restrictions to halt the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), as an increase in cases continued in the northern and western states. A day after Maharashtra Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray urged people in the state to follow personal protection measures, the government announced Monday …
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said that while the whole world was eagerly awaiting a Covid-19 vaccine, it was important that a VIP category not be created in India for delivery. He said crown warriors and vulnerable citizens should be at the top of the priority list for vaccine …
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South Australia began one of the world’s toughest lockdowns on Thursday. South Australia began one of the world’s toughest lockdowns on Thursday with even outdoor exercise and a dog-walking ban as the state tries to contain a bevy of Covid-19 infections. For six days, only one person in a household …
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Written by Rahul V Pisharody, Sreenivas Janyala, Sukrita Baruah | New Delhi, Telangana | Updated: November 9, 2020 12:07:48 pm Aishwarya Reddy received the INSPIRE grant from the Ministry of Science and Technology. Second-year student at Lady Shri Ram College for Women died by suicide last week in his hometown …
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It is winter again, the time when the air quality in the northern belt, from Punjab to West Bengal, becomes alarming. This winter, the hope was that the cities in this belt would be more breathable after months of restricted economic activity and vehicular traffic amid the coronavirus pandemic. But …
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Days before the start of an extended festival season, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday warned citizens that the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) was still active and present in India, there was no vaccine yet and citizens would be putting their Their own lives and those of their family members at …
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India is likely to have already passed the peak of the coronavirus pandemic in September and cases will further stabilize, said a panel of scientists and doctors, based on mathematical and statistical forecasts about the spread of the infectious disease. The panel also stated that the pandemic can be controlled …
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With migrant workers facing immense difficulties due to the coronavirus pandemic, organizers of Durga Puja in a Kolkata neighborhood have decided to pay tribute not to Goddess Durga but to migrant workers who have been struggling to survive the pandemic. The Barisha Club Durga Puja committee in Behala, Kolkata has …
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NEW DELHI: The General Directorate of Civil Aviation on Wednesday issued detailed guidelines for the refund of fares for flights canceled during the Covid-19 lockdown after the Supreme Court recently ruled on the issue. The regulator, based on SC directives, has classified reimbursement applicants into three categories and has issued …
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Written by Amitabh Sinha, edited by Explained Desk | Pune | Updated: October 2, 2020 3:16:10 pm Medical personnel wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suits, manipulate the body of a patient who died of Covid-19 in Agartala. (Express photo: Abhisek Saha) Coronavirus cases in India: Coronavirus-related deaths in India have …
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