Maharashtra’s school education minister, Varsha Gaikwad, said on Friday that a proposal to reopen schools, which have been closed since March amid the coronavirus pandemic, has been sent to the state government for students in class 9 a the 12, according to the ANI news agency. “We have proposed to …
Read More »Covid-19 death rate in India is lowest since March 22: Ministry of Health
India’s Covid-19 death rate has dropped to 1.50 percent, the lowest since March 22, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday, crediting the Center’s focused efforts, states and UTs in the effective clinical management of hospitalized cases. There are 14 states and territories in the Union, including Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Andhra …
Read More »FACT CHECK: Are the Top 5 Ranked NEET Exam 2020 Muslims?
CLAIMLast week, the National Testing Agency (NTA) declared the results of the NEET (UG) 2020 exam. Soyeb Aftab from Odisha scored a perfect 720/720 and was ranked the best. Following this, a message began to circulate on social media platforms that the top five ranked in the exam are Muslims. …
Read More »Covid Cases Top 75 Lakh As Slowdown Continues | India News
NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 case count surpassed the 75 lakh mark on Sunday, 33 days after the count had passed 50 lakh. India is the second country after the United States to reach the grim milestone. However, the slowdown in the pandemic was evident, as the previous 25 lakh increase …
Read More »Active Covid-19 cases below 8 lakh for the second day in a row; recovery rate 88.03% | India News
NEW DELHI: Maintaining a “steady downward trend,” the number of active Covid-19 cases in India remained below eight lakhs for the second day in a row on Sunday and accounted for 10.45 percent of total cases, said the Union Ministry of Health. There are 7,83,311 active cases of coronavirus infection …
Read More »NEET 2020 | The family’s efforts and hard work itself pay off for Soyeb
Get a perfect 720 out of 720 marks in NEET. When the results of the National Cum Entry Eligibility Test (NEET) -2020 were declared, Soyeb Aftab, 18, from the city of Rourkela in Odisha, found her name among the 7,71,500 applicants. He made history by securing a perfect 720 out …
Read More »4 states defying the decline in India’s Covid-19 cases
As daily cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in India continue to decline, states such as Kerala, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have bucked the national trend, data analyzed by HT shows. All of these four states have rapidly increasing case numbers, increasing positivity rates, and the last three …
Read More »Successful night test of nuclear-capable Prithvi-2 missile | India News
BALASORE: India successfully carried out a night trial of the nuclear-capable Prithvi-2 missile developed locally as part of a user test by the Army from a test range in Odisha, defense sources He said. State of the art surface-to-surface missile took off around 7.30 pm from launch complex 3 of …
Read More »Successful night test of nuclear-capable Prithvi-2 missile | India News
BALASORE: India successfully carried out a night trial of the nuclear-capable Prithvi-2 missile developed locally as part of a user test by the Army from a test range in Odisha, defense sources He said. State of the art surface-to-surface missile took off around 7.30 pm from launch complex 3 of …
Read More »Teenager who ran away from home was gang raped for 22 days at Odisha Farm, 1 arrested
Cuttack – A 17-year-old girl, who ran away after a fight with her parents, was taken to a poultry farm in Odisha’s Cuttack by a man who offered to leave her home on his motorcycle and allegedly gang-raped for 22 days . police said Wednesday. Originally from Tirtol, in the …
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