Day: May 7, 2021

BJP to boycott WB speaker’s election, not attend Assembly

9:36 pm May 7, 2021

Kolkata: West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh Friday said that party legislatures will boycott the election for the speaker in West Bengal assembly and its newly elected lawmakers will not attend the House till the post poll violence in the state is controlled. The speaker’s election is slated for Saturday. The BJP lawmakers will not […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

UK health authorities elevate version of Indian COVID-19 variant as concerning

9:29 pm May 7, 2021

London: Health authorities in England on Friday elevated one subtype of the so-called Indian variant from under investigation to a Variant of Concern (VOC) following a rise in the number of cases in the UK and evidence of community transmission. The B.1.617.2, classified as a Variant Under Investigation (VUI) on April 28, is now known as VOC-21APR-02 […]

Indian-Americans from Boston send USD 600,000 worth medical supplies to COVID-hit India

9:20 pm May 7, 2021

Washington: A group of Indian-Americans from the US city of Boston have pooled in USD 600,000 to send medical supplies to India, which is experiencing a deadly wave of the coronavirus. A plane carrying the medical supplies, which includes 3,400 oxygen concentrators, will leave for India on Saturday (May 8) and reach Mumbai by Monday (May 10), reported local […]

56 deaths, 4,190 virus cases in Himachal Pradesh

9:16 pm May 7, 2021

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh on Friday recorded 56 coronavirus deaths and its highest single-day spike of 4,190 cases, pushing the state’s infection count to 1,22,906, a senior official said. So far, the virus has killed 1,780 people in the state, where a curfew has been imposed to check the coronavirus spread till May 17. The number […]