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AAP: Power Minister Satyendar Jain accepts Goa counterpart's 'challenge' for debating Delhi's electricity model

Action will be taken against those who celebrate Holi in public: Jain

9:50 pm March 27, 2021

New Delhi: Opining that lockdown is no solution to COVID-19, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday urged residents to celebrate Holi at home and warned that action will be taken against those who celebrate Holi in public. He said that the Delhi government is creating various teams in order to implement the measures with […]

Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

Home quarantine norms breach among reasons for COVID-19 surge: Officials

3:15 pm February 25, 2021

Mumbai: Blatant violation of COVID-19 home quarantine and social distancing guidelines and unavailability of adequate resources for contact-tracing have led to a surge in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, a senior health official said on Thursday. Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded a single-day spike of 8,807 new cases, taking the count of infections in the state to […]

Rajasthan records three more Covid deaths, 55 new cases

COVID-19: India records 16,738 new cases, 138 fresh fatalities

12:11 pm February 25, 2021

New Delhi: The daily rise in coronavirus infections in India was recorded above 15,000 after nearly a month taking the country’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,10,46,914, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. A total of 16,738 infections were reported in a day, while the death toll increased to 1,56,705 […]

Centre rushes high level teams to states witnessing surge in COVID cases

1:49 pm February 24, 2021

New Delhi: The Centre has deputed multi-disciplinary teams to states witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases, including Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat, Punjab, Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir, to support them in effectively tackling the pandemic. The three–member multidisciplinary teams are headed by joint secretary level officers in the health ministry, the Union Health Ministry said. ”These […]

UK study shows COVID-19 infections ‘fallen significantly’ in England

7:05 pm February 18, 2021

London: The interim findings of a new UK government-backed study released on Thursday shows that COVID-19 infections in England have ”fallen significantly” since January, reflecting the impact of the strict lockdown measures. The Imperial College London led Real-time Assessment of Community Transmission (REACT-1) research swab tested over 85,400 volunteers in England between February 4 and 13 to examine the levels of infection […]