NEW DELHI: Daily Covid-19 cases in India crossed the 40,000 mark for the first time in 111 days as the sharp rise in the pandemic continued on Friday, with up to 17 states and Union territories adding the largest number of infections since January or earlier. Active cases rose to …
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NEW DELHI: The government said Tuesday that the power to manage the newly released rules for publications in digital media has not been delegated to the states and Union territories but it will have to be managed by the Information and Ministry of Broadcasting. In a memorandum dated February 25, …
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NEW DELHI: Nepal and India discussed the controversial issue of limits during the joint commission meeting on Friday and have settled on a mechanism to solve the complicated problem, said Nepal’s foreign minister. Pradeep Gyawali said. Speaking to a select audience at the Indian Council on World Affairs, Gyawali said …
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NEW DELHI: Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan stated on Saturday that the Covid-19 vaccine will be provided free of charge across the country. The minister made the statement while speaking to the media after reviewing the Covid-19 vaccine administration trial at the Maternity and Child Welfare Center (MCW) in …
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NEW DELHI: The Committee of Experts on Matter of the Central Organization for the Control of Medicines Standards on Friday has maintained that the data provided by Bharat Biotech for its coronavirus vaccine ‘Covaxin’ is not sufficient for the granting of emergency use approval and has asked for more information, …
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NEW DELHI: The Health Ministry said Thursday that it had secured the delivery of 36,433 ventilators to the country’s government hospitals and that the average cost now ranges from Rs 2 to 10 lakhs as the national industry began manufacturing the equipment. The ministry stressed that all public health facilities …
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NEW DELHI: Twenty people who returned to India from the UK have tested positive for the new UK variant SARS-CoV-2 genome so far, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. The count includes six people who tested positive for the new strain of the virus on Tuesday. The ministry said …
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NEW DELHI: India has set itself the ambitious goal of achieving the coveted Blue flag label for its 100 more beaches in the next three years. Currently, the country has eight of these beaches, recognized as clean, safe and environmentally friendly marine sites. The Blue Flag certification is a globally …
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NEW DELHI: On Tuesday, the Supreme Court sought a response from the central government in a petition seeking instructions to cap the cost of RT-PCR testing to test suspected Covid-19 patients to Rs 400 across the country. A bench of three high court judges, led by Chief Justice of India …
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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 …
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