Day: January 7, 2021

Rajasthan records three more Covid deaths, 55 new cases

16 Muzaffarnagar Medical College staff test positive for coronavirus

8:45 pm January 7, 2021

Muzaffarnagar: Forty-seven more COVID-19 cases were detected in Muzaffarnagar district, taking the total caseload to 8,232 on Thursday, officials said. Among the fresh cases, 16 medical staff of Muzaffarnagar Medical College tested positive for the virus, District Magistrate Selvakumari J said. Also, the active patients count went up to 286 in the district. She said 792 sample results were received of which […]

Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine expands to General Practice services in UK

8:41 pm January 7, 2021

London : Supplies of the Oxford University vaccine produced by AstraZeneca began expanding to General Practice (GP) led services in the UK from Thursday to make it easier to protect care home residents and other vulnerable people against COVID-19, the British government said. As part of a phased rollout since the jabs received regulatory approval last month, the vaccine has been […]

Punjab: Nursing student commits suicide in hostel room

8:37 pm January 7, 2021

Hoshiarpur: ABSc Nursing student allegedly committed suicide at a hostel room of a college on the Hoshiarpur-Chandigarh road here, police said on Thursday. Sarbi Kaushak, a resident of Parei village (Bajrer) of Kangra in Himachal Pradesh, had come to Hoshiarpur for her examination on January 3 and was staying at a Rayat Bahra College hostel, police said. She was found hanging from the ceiling fan, […]

38-year-old woman raped in UP’s Ballia

5:01 pm January 7, 2021

Ballia (UP): A 38-year-old woman was allegedly raped by her neighbour in a village in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh last week, police said on Thursday. An FIR was lodged on Wednesday based on a complaint from the victim, who alleged that her 36-year-old neighbour came to her house when she was alone and raped […]

UP: Man found dead in suspected suicide

4:58 pm January 7, 2021

Bulandshahr (UP): A 50-year-old man was found dead here inside an under construction shop on Thursday in a suspected case of suicide, police said. They said a suicide note was recovered from him in which he apparently attributed the extreme step due to poverty and financial constraints faced by him. Senior Superintendent of Police Santosh […]