Andhra Pradesh

COVID-19: India records highest single-day spike of 265 deaths, 7,964 cases

8:33 pm May 30, 2020

New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 4,971 and the number of cases climbed to 1,73,763 in the country registering a record single-day spike of 265 deaths and 7,964 cases till Saturday 8 am, according to the Union health ministry. India is the ninth worst-hit nation by the COVID-19 pandemic. The number […]

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Flight services resume in Andhra Pradesh

2:24 pm May 26, 2020

Amaravati(AP): After almost two months of COVID-19 induced lockdown, domestic flight operations resumed in Andhra Pradesh as the first Spicejet plane from Bengaluru landed at Vijayawada airport early Tuesday with 79 passengers. According to the Airport Director G Madhusudhana Rao, the aircraft returned to Bengaluru at 7.40 AM carrying 68 passengers. He said the airport […]

Record jump in COVID-19 cases, 137 more deaths

2:35 pm May 23, 2020

New Delhi: The COVID-19 cases in India saw the biggest spike for the second consecutive day on Saturday with 6,654 new infections in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to over 1.25 lakh, while the toll rose to 3,720 after 137 more deaths, the Union Health Ministry said The active cases of the coronavirus […]

85,521 stranded residents brought back: JK admn

11:10 pm May 22, 2020

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has brought back over 85,000 stranded residents, including students, from various states and union territories on trains, flights and buses, an official spokesperson said on Friday. People across the country have been stranded away from their homes due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown which began on March 25. As many […]

Over 100 Russian tourists fly back to their homeland

7:52 pm May 21, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: At least 103 Russian tourists, who got stranded in the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, left for their country from here. The special plane of Royal Flight Airlines took off at 10.30 am IST to Moscow via Kolkata and Yekaterinburg. While at least 75 guests were staying in different destinations in Kerala like Varkala near the […]