Day: November 18, 2020

Avoid travelling to Delhi, Chandigarh health dept issues advisory

11:59 pm November 18, 2020

Chandigarh: The Chandigarh health department on Wednesday issued an advisory, asking city residents to avoid travelling to Delhi in the wake of rise in COVID-19 cases there. Due to the current surge and steep rise in COVID-10 cases in the national capital, people should avoid travelling to high risk zones like Delhi-NCR unless unavoidable as their probability […]

Panel formed in U’khand to make women co-partners in land ownership

11:58 pm November 18, 2020

Dehradun: The Uttarakhand cabinet on Wednesday constituted a committee under the chairmanship of the chief secretary to make women co-partners in land ownership. After a meeting of the state cabinet here in the evening, Minister of Urban Development and Housing Madan Kaushik told reporters that the absence of women in land ownership makes it difficult for them […]

Woman, son among three held with drugs

11:55 pm November 18, 2020

Noida: A mother-son duo was among three people arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida after 4.10 kg of cannabis was allegedly recovered from them, police said on Wednesday. The accused were held near Chhalera village by officials from the Sector 39 police station. “Those held have been identified as Rinku Yadav, Mithun Haldar and his mother […]

People pray to Sun god at dawn; Chhat puja celebration concludes

Temporary ghats set up in Kolkata for Chhath puja: Official

11:52 pm November 18, 2020

Kolkata: Civic authorities in Kolkata have set up several temporary ghats near 16 waterbodies in the city to avoid crowding during Chhath puja celebrations this week, an official said on Wednesday. At least 44 temporary ghats have been erected along the waterbodies in Kasba, Anandapur, Jadavpur, Patuli belts of the metropolis, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation […]

COVID-19 has diverted scientific attention from killer diseases like TB: Vardhan

11:49 pm November 18, 2020

New Delhi: COVID-19 has derailed the painstaking efforts of decades and diverted scientific attention from killer diseases like tuberculosis with the last 10 months witnessing treatment interruptions, delays in diagnosis and imposition of physical barriers for patients who must travel to distant clinics to pick up medications, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Wednesday. Vardhan, who digitally […]

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