COVID-19

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12 new COVID-19 cases in Arunachal Pradesh

3:20 pm December 24, 2020

Itanagar: Twelve more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, pushing the caseload in the northeastern state to 16,669, a health department official said on Thursday. Of the fresh cases, four were reported from Tawang, two each from West Kameng and the Capital Complex region, one each case was also detected in Lower Siang, […]

Darjeeling toy train service will resume from Christmas

3:00 pm December 24, 2020

Kolkata: Much to the delight of tourists flocking to the hills in the festive season, joy rides of the famed toy train of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) will resume from Christmas, a Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) official said on Thursday. Three daily joy ride services will be run between Darjeeling and Ghum stations from Friday, […]

Itanagar Zoo will reopen on Wednesday

12:16 pm December 23, 2020

Itanagar: The Biological Park Itanagar, popularly known as Itanagar Zoo, will reopen on Wednesday, nine months after it was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an official said. Zoo’s Curator Raya Flago said the reopening follows a directive from the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife and Biodiversity). The zoo was closed for public visit […]

COVID-19: India records 23,950 new cases

12:11 pm December 23, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,00,99,066 with 23,950 new infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 96.63 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll increased to 1,46,444 with 333 new fatalities, the data updated […]

Consuming ‘taadi’ can prevent from catching COVID-19, claims BSP’s UP unit chief

11:02 pm December 22, 2020

Ballia: Bahujan Samaj Party’s Uttar Pradesh unit president Bheem Rajbhar has claimed that if people consume large quantities of farm liquor ‘taadi’, they will not catch COVID-19. He also claimed that ‘taadi’ has immunity power and a drop of it is purer than the water of the Ganga river. Addressing a party programme in Rasra area of […]