Day: February 23, 2021

Bengal power minister who tested COVID-19 positive admitted to hospital

4:41 pm February 23, 2021

Kolkata: West Bengal Power Minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, who was advised home isolation after he tested positive for COVID-19 last week, was on Tuesday admitted to a private hospital here as there was no improvement in his condition, health department officials said. The septuagenarian was taken to the facility after his fever did not subside, the officials said. ASTRO […]

Gold jumps Rs 337; silver shoots up by Rs 1,149

4:35 pm February 23, 2021

New Delhi: Gold prices on Tuesday jumped by Rs 337 to Rs 46,372 per 10 grams reflecting overnight gains in global gold prices, according to HDFC Securities. The price of the precious metal had closed at Rs 46,035 per 10 gram in the previous session on Monday. ASTRO ACCENT Silver also shoots up by Rs […]

Sri Lanka orders 13.5 mn AstraZeneca doses, likely to drop Chinese vaccines

4:15 pm February 23, 2021

Colombo: Sri Lanka has ordered 13.5 million Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines in addition to the 500,000 doses gifted by India, and the country may not use Chinese vaccines in the second phase of immunisation, a government spokesman said on Tuesday. Ramesh Pathirana, who is also the Minister of Plantations, said Sri Lanka is likely to go only with the AstraZeneca vaccines for the second phase of […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

‘States have started implementing IMI 3.0 for kids, pregnant woman not immunised in routine drive’

4:08 pm February 23, 2021

New Delhi: Various states and Union territories have started implementing the Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 3.0, a campaign aimed at reaching those children and pregnant women who were not covered during the routine immunization program due to COVID-19, with nearly 29,000 children and 5,000 pregnant women vaccinated on the first day, the health ministry said on Tuesday. The campaign […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Coronavirus: Updates on COVID-19 crisis around the world

2:50 pm February 23, 2021

New Delhi: Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus crisis in India and other parts of the world on Tuesday. 1:05 p.m. The Opposition Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday attacked the BJP government over the rise in fuel prices, saying it was unfair to trouble people reeling […]