COVID-19

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

COVID-19: Nagpur sees record 58 deaths, tally rises by 3,970

11:39 pm March 28, 2021

Nagpur: Nagpur district on Sunday saw a record 58 COVID-19 deaths, while an addition of 3,970 cases took the overall tally to 2,18,820, an official said. The toll in the district is now 4,931, while the recovery count stands at 1,76,113, which includes 3,479 people who were discharged on Sunday, he added. Nagpur’s active caseload […]

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 […]

India tells overseas vaccine buyers it has to prioritise local needs

11:07 pm March 26, 2021

New Delhi: India, the world’s biggest vaccine maker, said on Friday it would make domestic COVID-19 inoculations a priority as infections surge and had told international buyers of its decision. Reports that India will delay deliveries of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to a global programme to inoculate poorer countries triggered alarm on Thursday, with the head […]

AP logs 758 fresh COVID-19 cases, four deaths

8:46 pm March 25, 2021

Amaravati: In a continued surge, Andhra Pradesh reported 758 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours ending 9 am on Thursday, the highest in four months after the 1,031 on November 26. The state’s caseload now moved up to 8,95,879 from 1.48 crore tests with an overall positivity rate of 6.02 per cent. While […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

Budget session concludes, LS records 114 pc productivity

8:43 pm March 25, 2021

New Delhi: Lok Sabha was on Thursday adjourned sine die, bringing an end to the nearly two-month-long Budget session which registered 114 per cent productivity. The session started on January 29 and was originally slated to end on April 8 but several members had urged Speaker Om Birla to end it early so that they […]