COVID-19

Can no longer work in silos: Vardhan stresses on collaboration between countries

11:55 pm December 2, 2020

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Wednesday the coronavirus pandemic taught countries that such challenges require shared responsibilities and collaborations had become the order of the day. Vardhan was charing the inaugural session of the annual conference of the India-Sweden Healthcare Innovation Centre under the Sweden-India Nobel memorial week, the Health Ministry said in a statement. […]

China begins import of Indian rice after 2 yrs amid border tension; places orders for 5k tonnes

6:53 pm December 2, 2020

Beijing: China has started importing Indian rice after a gap of two years and placed orders for shipment of about 5,000 tonnes of non-basmati rice due to competitive prices offered by India compared to other nations, according to the All India Rice Exporters Association (AIREA). India is the world’s major exporter of rice, while China is the […]

Maha: Aurangabad records 95 new COVID-19 cases

1:42 pm December 2, 2020

Aurangabad: The addition of 95 fresh cases of COVID-19 has raised the count of infections in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district to 43,473, an official said on Wednesday. Apart from the latest cases detected on Tuesday, the district also reported one death that took the toll to 1,149, the official said. As many as 66 patients were […]

Gujarat: 1,477 new coronavirus cases, 15 deaths

8:43 pm December 1, 2020

Ahmedabad: Gujarat recorded 1,477 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, taking its COVID-19 case tally to 2,11,257, the state health department said. As many as 15 patients died of the viral infection in the state on Tuesday, raising the fatality count to 4,004, it said. With 1,547 patients getting discharged, the number of recovered cases in […]

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

BJP leader Kiran Maheshwari cremated in Udaipur

6:02 pm December 1, 2020

Udaipur: Senior BJP leader and MLA from Rajsamand Kiran Maheshwari, who died due to COVID-19, was cremated here on Tuesday. Maheshwari, a three-time MLA from Rajsamand and also a former MP, was undergoing treatment at Medanta hospital for the past few days. The 59-year-old leader died late Sunday night. Her son lit the funeral pyre […]