HEALTH

India's Tests against England, Australia were not fixed: ICC

Fear factor at IPL: Early exits as COVID cases surge in India; BCCI says league will go on

6:32 pm April 26, 2021

New Delhi: Anxiety pierced through IPL’s bio-secure bubble on Monday with leading Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and some Australian players withdrawing from the league amid the escalating COVID-19 crisis in India even as the BCCI insisted that the glitzy league will go on. The 34-year-old Ashwin, competing for Delhi Capitals, decided to take a break […]

Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

Free Covid vaccine for those above 18 in Delhi: Kejriwal

6:25 pm April 26, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi will provide free of cost vaccination to everyone above 18 years of age, announced Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday. He said that the Delhi government has approved the purchase of 1.34 crore vaccines. Kejriwal in a press conference said, “The rapid spread of coronavirus cases is worrying many people. The only […]

COVID and crematorium: Slum dwellers grapple with smoke, stench and fear of disease

9:52 pm April 25, 2021

New Delhi: The smoke hangs in an ash grey cloud over their homes and the acrid smell from more than 200 cremations a day doesn’t leave, they say, permeating as it were their very pores. For the residents of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Camp, living next to a crematorium is as much a struggle as keeping […]

Gambhir says his foundation would distribute Fabiflu, oxygen cylinders across Delhi

7:20 pm April 25, 2021

New Delhi: BJP MP and former cricketer Gautam Gambhir on Sunday said that his foundation would distribute anti-viral drug Fabiflu and oxygen cylinders to COVID-19 patients across the national capital which is seeing a surge in COVID-19 infections that has pushed its medical infrastructure to the limits. The medicines and cylinders were earlier being distributed […]

Plan prepared to vaccinate all adults in 3 months: CM Kejriwal

Lockdown extended by another week as COVID-19 cases surge in Delhi

7:16 pm April 25, 2021

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced extension of the ongoing lockdown in Delhi for another week, saying the severity of COVID-19 was unabated and positivity rate has been as high as 36 percent in the last few days. The lockdown imposed on April 19 night will now continue till 5 AM on […]