COVID-19 cases

COVID-19 tally in India crosses 50-lakh mark

11:11 am September 16, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally of cases galloped past 50 lakh, just 11 days after it crossed 40 lakh with 90,123 infections being reported in a day, while recoveries surged to 39,42,360 on Wednesday pushing the recovery rate to 78.53 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases mounted to […]

Centre to supply 50 tonne oxygen per day to MP: Chouhan

2:27 pm September 13, 2020

Bhopal: The Centre has agreed to supply 50 tonnes of oxygen per day to Madhya Pradesh, which is facing oxygen shortage amid a rise in COVID-19 cases, state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said. “On my request, the Government of India today has agreed to supply 50 tonne oxygen a day, taking our oxygen availability […]

Rahul emphasises power of local languages

Govt’s ‘well planned fight’ against COVID has put India in ‘abyss of GDP reduction’: Rahul

8:16 pm September 12, 2020

New Delhi: Taking a dig at the government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said its “well planned fight” against coronavirus has allegedly put India in an “abyss” of GDP reduction of 24 per cent, 12 crore job losses, 15.5 lakh crore additional stressed loans and globally highest daily COVID-19 cases and deaths. The Congress […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

76 deaths, 7,103 fresh virus cases in UP

9:30 pm September 11, 2020

Lucknow: Seventy-six more people died from coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh on Friday as the state reported its highest single-day spike of 7,103 cases, pushing the infection numbers to over 2.99 lakh, a health bulletin said. So far, the state has reported 4,282 fatalities. UP Minister of State for Jails, Jai Kumar Singh Jaiki, is among […]

Odisha reports record 3,991 new COVID-19 cases

1:45 pm September 10, 2020

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Thursday reported its highest single-day spike of 3,991 new COVID-19 cases, taking the states tally to 1,39,121, a Health Department official said. Eleven more fatalities pushed the death toll to 591, he said. Most of the new cases were detected in Khurda where 687 people tested positive, followed by Cuttack (392) and […]