Ahmedabad

Private labs to soon scale up COVID-19 testing

11:55 pm March 24, 2020

New Delhi: Private diagnostic players, who have been allowed to conduct coronavirus tests, on Tuesday said they will soon scale up their testing facilities for Covid-19. As part of efforts to ramp up testing centres across the country, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) put out a list of private labs authorised to do […]

Gujarat: No relaxations in six cities during lockdown

Janata curfew: Gujarat in self-imposed lockdown

3:44 pm March 22, 2020

Ahmedabad: The ‘Janata curfew’ call given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a good response in Gujarat on Sunday as the entire state was in a self-imposed lockdown to fight the coronavirus. Streets were empty and shops and business establishments remained shut in the state. Roads, railway stations and airports in the state’s four major […]

Sabarmati Ashram closed for visitors till March 29

11:40 pm March 18, 2020

Ahmedabad: The historic Sabarmati Ashram here will remain closed for visitors from March 19 till March 29 in view of the coronavirus threat, the trust managing the complex said on Wednesday. The ashram, a former home of Mahatma Gandhi, receives a large number of visitors everyday. It is a historic centre linked to India’s independence […]

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Coronavirus: 87 Iran returnees under watch in Gujarat

10:47 pm March 3, 2020

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government has decided to open isolation ward in each of the 33 districts for treatment of any suspected novel coronavirus case, while 87 people, who recently returned from the virus-hit Iran, have been kept under observation, said officials on Tuesday. The state government is taking precautionary steps after two new positive cases […]

Rains in some parts of Delhi brings relief from heat

Rain brings down mercury in Delhi

11:27 pm February 29, 2020

New Delhi: Rains lashed several parts of the national capital on Saturday, bringing down temperature. Over a dozen flights were diverted from the Delhi airport due to inclement weather. The maximum temperature settled at 27.3 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, while the minimum temperature was recorded at 16.2 degrees Celsius, four notches […]