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Lockdown extended in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan

With over 70,000 cases, Delhi surpasses Mumbai

10:59 pm June 24, 2020

New Delhi: With 3,788 fresh cases, Delhi’s coronavirus tally rose to over 70,000 on Wednesday, surpassing Mumbai to become the worst hit city in the country, even as authorities prepared to conduct a house-to-house screening by July 6 as part of a revised containment strategy in the national capital. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also requested the Centre to withdraw […]

Yoga Day to be marked on digital platforms amid COVID-19 pandemic

12:23 am June 21, 2020

New Delhi: With the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic looming large, International Day of Yoga on Sunday will be celebrated on digital media platforms sans mass gatherings and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s message would be the highlight of the occasion. Yoga Day will go digital for the first time since June 21, 2015, when it […]

Yoga today is an integral part of global lifestyle: Modi

Yoga may help reduce migraine pain, cut treatment cost: AIIMS study

7:55 pm June 20, 2020

New Delhi: Yoga can reduce not just the pain, but also the treatment cost of migraines, a new study has found. The study conducted by AIIMS was published in the online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, according to a statement by AIIMS. The statement comes ahead of the International Yoga Day […]

Chhattisgarh: Garment unit run by women to make CRPF uniforms

CRPF official succumbs to COVID-19

11:29 pm June 17, 2020

New Delhi: A CRPF official has succumbed to COVID-19, taking the death toll from the disease in the country’s largest paramilitary force to five, officials said on Wednesday. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) also reported 35 fresh cases of the infection in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of coronavirus-affected personnel to […]

5 doctors among 110 new COVID-19 cases in Odisha

11:47 am June 11, 2020

Bhubaneswar: As many as 110 more people, including five doctors, tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha on Wednesday, raising the state’s tally to 3,250, a health department official said. Of the fresh cases, 97 were reported from quarantine centres where people returning from different states are lodged, while 13 others were detected in contract-tracing exercise, […]