New Delhi, June 8 (PTI): More than 1.19 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
Over 24 crore vaccine doses hav
Pune, June 7 (IANS) At least 17 persons, mostly women, were killed in a major fire, followed by explosions, that erupted in a sanitiser manufacturing factory in Maharashtra's Pune district on Monday afterno
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Following several requests for second dose of vaccines from people planning to travel abroad, the Centre on Monday issued guidelines to states and Union Territories to provide vaccines
Kolkata, June 7 (PTI): At least 20 persons were killed in lightning strikes in three districts of south Bengal on Monday, a state disaster management official said.
Nine persons died in Murshidabad, nine per
NEW DELHI, JUNE 7 (IANS): Expressing confidence about the reforms in defence sector, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday that these reforms will make India a global powerhouse in the times to come.
New Delhi, June 7 (PTI): The Centre is conducting a study to assess the presence of SARS-CoV-2, or novel coronavirus, in the Ganga as corpses were found dumped in the river during the second Covid wave, and wer
New Delhi, June 7 (PTI): Asserting that India is on track to vaccinate its entire adult population by December, top officials sources on Monday said a blueprint is in place to ensure a total supply of 187.
NEW DELHI, JUNE 7 (IANS): In a bid to begin live streamlining of court proceedings, the Supreme court's e-committee has released the draft model rules inviting inputs, feedback and suggestions from all stak
New Delhi, June 7 (PTI): The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Monday asked schools to conduct their pending class 12 practicals and internal assessments only in online mode, and submit marks by June
Pune, June 7 (PTI): At least 12 workers, mostly women, were killed and five others missing after a major fire broke out at a chemical firm in an industrial area in Pune district on Monday afternoon, fire depart
New Delh, June 7 (PTI): Social media platform Twitter is learnt to have approached the government seeking more time to comply with the new IT rules.
According to sources, the micro-blogging site has sai
New Delhi, June 7 (PTI): With several states taking steps towards unlocking and easing of restrictions amid a decline in COVID-19 cases, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday cautioned people against any laxit
New Delhi, June 7 (PTI): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday said 28,252 cases of mucormycosis have so far been reported from 28 states/UTs in the country, of which 86 per cent cases have a history of
New Delhi, June 7 (PTI): To further facilitate access to vaccination for persons with disability, the government has decided to include the UDID card in the list of prescribed photo ID documents for Covid vacci
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) India on Monday logged 1,00,636 new Covid infections in 24 hours, which were 13,824 less than the day before. It is also the lowest number of cases since April 5 when the country logged
MUZAFFARNAGAR, June 7 (IANS): In this digital age, a handwritten newspaper seems archaic but it is still relevant in one corner of Muzaffarnagar district.
Dinesh, owner and editor of 'Vidya Darshan'
PATNA, JUNE 7 (IANS): The Sheohar district administration in Bihar has decided to give gold coins and other home appliances to those who take corona vaccine and are 45 years of age and above.
The idea is to
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS): As the second wave of coronavirus has been indicating a declining trend in India for the last few days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced that all Indians above 18 years
New Delhi, June 7 (PTI): The Centre told the Supreme Court on Monday that it needed some more time to apprise the court of the modalities on the recently launched 'PM-CARES for Children' scheme for kids
Panaji, June 7 (IANS): The Goa government's recent initiative to distribute crores of rupees worth of ivermectin tablets as prophylaxis treatment for Covid-19 is now caught in a bind, with the central gover