Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh), May 21 (IANS): A 10-year-old boy, who was found selling illicit liquor in Nighasan, has been rescued by the police.
The boy, who quit school because of the pandemic, was alle
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Indian Army chief General M.M. Naravane reviewed operational preparedness of the force along the border with China in Arunachal Pradesh region. The Army chief also reviewed security sit
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Only 24 hours after recording less than 4,000 deaths, India on Friday once gain breached the grim milestone as daily fatalities due to Covid-19 rose to 4,209, according to the Union Hea
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday said that his motto has always been ‘Health for those without wealth.
He was speaking at the opening session of the 33rd meeting
Kolkata, May 20 (PTI): Jyotsna Bose, a 93-year-old trade union leader from Kolkata, became the "first woman" in the country whose body has been donated for medical research to find out the effects of
New Delhi, May 20 (PTI): The Indian Medical Association on Thursday released fresh figures on Covid-related fatalities among doctors, saying 329 of them succumbed to the disease during the ongoing second wave o
New Delhi, May 20 (PTI): JNU faculty member and recipient of prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award Professor Deepak Gaur died of coronavirus here on Thursday.
He was 48.
Gaur was a faculty member of t
New Delhi, May 20 (PTI): The death toll on the barge that sank in the Arabian Sea rose to 49 with the recovery of more bodies even as the Navy and the Coast Guard searched for 37 other missing persons since the
New Delhi, May 20 (PTI): If the vaccination drive against coronavirus is not ramped up and COVID-19 appropriate-behaviour is not maintained, there is a possibility of a third wave of the pandemic in 6-8 months,
New Delhi, May 20 (PTI): The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Centre to take steps to get the medicine -- Amphotericin B -- used for treating black fungus which is primarily affecting COVID-19 recovered peo
New Delhi, May 20 (PTI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide free education in Navodaya Vidyalayas to children orphaned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In
NEW DELHI, MAY 20 (IANS): Bhosi, a village in Maharashtra's Nanded district, has set an example of how to break the chain of Covid-19 pandemic in rural areas and save villagers from the impact of the deadly
New Delhi, May 20 (PTI): The Delhi High Court Thursday warned the authorities that they should not take lightly the dip in COVID-19 cases in the national capital as there is a likelihood that the virus would ag
Kolkata, May 20 (PTI): Alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with CMs on the COVID situation was "super flop", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that she a
New Delhi, May 20 (PTI): Nearly two crore COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with states and union territories while around 26 lakh are in the pipeline and will be received by them within the next three
Mumbai, May 20 (PTI): The Bombay High Court in an interim order on Thursday said the Maharashtra government must prioritise inoculating people who had prior appointments for vaccination against COVID-19 through
New Delhi, May 20 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked officials to record the spread of coronavirus infection and its seriousness among the youth and children, and cautioned that the challenge
United Nations, May 20 (PTI): An estimated 4,000 to 6,000 refugees from Myanmar have sought safety in India, a spokesperson for the UN chief has said, as the world body voiced concern over the rising levels of
New Delhi, May 20 (PTI): The Union Health Ministry has urged states and union territories to make black fungus or mucormycosis a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, stating that the infect
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) After recording over 4,000 deaths in the last four days, India on Thursday witnessed a decline in number of fatalities due to Covid-19. The country reported 3,874 deaths due to the viru