COVID-19

DST approves funding for developing a gel for nasal passage as prevention for COVID 19

10:48 pm April 8, 2020

New Delhi: The Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), a statutory body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), is supporting a technology by the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering (DBB), IIT Bombay for capturing and inactivation of novel corona virus, the causative agent of COVID-19. The funding will help the team from the […]

Aarogya Setu App users cross 2 cr mark in Uttar Pradesh

PM Modi urges people to download Aarogya Setu app

8:59 pm April 8, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged people to download the ‘Aarogya Setu’ mobile application, saying it is an important step in the country’s fight against COVID-19. “By leveraging technology, it provides important information. As more and more people use it, its effectiveness will increase,” he wrote on Twitter. He also shared links […]

Collector continues to work without leave after his father death

7:53 pm April 8, 2020

Bhubaneswar: Cuttack District Collector Bhabani Shankar Chaini, leading the fight against COVID-19 from the front, set a new benchmark of exemplary public service, as he decided not to take leave even after the death of his 98-year-old father. The Cuttack Collectors father Damodar Chaini (98), also a former administrator died on Tuesday while his son […]

Tablighi Jamaat: ED conducts multi-city raids

Tablighi Jamaat leader will join probe after self-quarantine period is over: Lawyer

7:45 pm April 8, 2020

New Delhi: Tablighi Jamaat leader Maulana Saad Kandhalvi will be join investigation after his quarantine period is over, said his lawyer. On Tuesday, Delhi Police’s Crime Branch lodged an FIR against seven people, including the cleric, on a complaint by SHO Nizamuddin for holding a religious congregation here allegedly in violation of the lockdown orders […]

Record spike of 28,701 COVID-19 cases takes India's tally to 8,78,254

Indore: COVID-19 deaths rise to 16

3:51 pm April 8, 2020

Indore: The number of deaths due to coronavirus infection has risen to 16 in Indore in Madhya Pradesh with a 49-year-old man becoming the latest fatality, an official said on Wednesday. The man, who was tested positive for COVID-19 on March 24, succumbed to the infection while undergoing treatment at a private hospital on Tuesday […]