Day: May 1, 2021

NGO offering to cremate COVID victims

5:00 pm May 1, 2021

New Delhi: United Sikhs, a human rights and advocacy organisation, is offering dignified cremation services here to those who have succumbed due to coronavirus, a statement said on Friday. The United Nations-affiliated group is approaching the families who are unable to arrange a funeral either because they are sick, scared or too weak to leave […]

74 new cases push COVID-19 tally of Andamans to 5,949

4:55 pm May 1, 2021

Port Blair: At least 74 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, taking the tally in the Union Territory to 5,949, a health department official said on Saturday. Ten new patients have travel history, and 64 were detected during contact tracing, he said. The death toll remained at 67 as […]

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

Unadkat pledges COVID-19 donation, says IPL bringing joy to nation

3:42 pm May 1, 2021

New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals bowler Jaydev Unadkat will donate 10% of his salary from the Indian Premier League (IPL) to the country’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic but believes the tournament is bringing “much-needed” relief to a nation in distress. India posted a record daily rise of 401,993 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, while the […]

GST Council leaves tax rate on vaccines unchanged

GST revenue hits all-time high of Rs 1.41 lakh cr in April

3:36 pm May 1, 2021

New Delhi: GST collections in April touched a record high of over Rs 1.41 lakh crore, indicating sustained economic recovery, the Finance Ministry said on Saturday. The revenues for the month of April 2021 are 14 per cent higher than Rs 1.23 lakh crore collected in March. During the month, the revenues from domestic transaction […]

Delhi has less than a day’s stock of Covaxin for 45-plus age group: Atishi

COVID-19 vaccination drive for 18+ fails to take off in Assam

3:31 pm May 1, 2021

Guwahati: The Assam government could not rollout the third phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive for people in the 18-44 age group on Saturday due to non-receipt of vaccine supply from the Centre, a top NHM official said here. The process for the third phase of vaccination, as part of the nationwide drive to inoculate […]