Day: April 1, 2021

Delhi records 2,790 fresh COVID cases

11:29 pm April 1, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi recorded 2,790 fresh COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the highest daily count this year while nine more people died due to the coronavirus infection, taking the death toll to 11,036, according to the city health department. The positivity rate also mounted to 3.57 per cent amid a massive surge in cases in the […]

Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

Kejriwal calls ‘urgent’ meeting tomorrow to discuss action plan to fight pandemic

10:56 pm April 1, 2021

New Delhi: Amid surge COVID-19 cases in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has decided to hold an urgent meeting on Friday for discussing action plan to fight the pandemic, including issues like containment zones, vaccination drive, and maintaining availability of hospital beds. Health Minister Satyendar Jain along with his department officials, will be a part […]

‘Food Fortification a potent way to fight hidden hunger’

10:47 pm April 1, 2021

New Delhi: A worldwide shift to combat hidden hunger needs to be launched by processing food in a way that micronutrient shortages are adequately addressed. Micronutrients can be mixed with staple foods like rice, oil, milk, wheat flour, as well as condiments like salt, for a very low cost. This was stated by experts in […]

Punjab: Free ride for women in government-run buses

9:02 pm April 1, 2021

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday launched a free travel facility for women in government-run buses within the state and said this fulfils another promise made by his party in its poll manifesto. Reacting to it, the main opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) accused the state government of the bid to “copy” the […]

Two people shot dead in UP’s Gorakhpur

8:54 pm April 1, 2021

Gorakhpur (UP): Unidentified bike-borne assailants shot dead a shopkeeper and his employee at the Gagha area here, police said on Thursday. Shambhu Sharan Maurya (35) and his employee, Sanjay Pandey (42), were sitting in the shop late on Wednesday evening, when two masked men arrived on a motorcycle and opened indiscriminate fire at them, they […]