COVID

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Vietnam finds new COVID variant, hybrid of India, UK strains

9:30 pm May 29, 2021

HANOI: Vietnam has discovered a new coronavirus variant that’s a hybrid of strains first found in India and the U.K., the Vietnamese health minister said Saturday. Nguyen Thanh Long said scientists examined the genetic makeup of the virus that had infected some recent patients, and found the new version of the virus. He said lab […]

Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

Amid vaccine shortage, how pvt hospitals ‘vaccinating’ people, asks Manish Sisodia

7:37 pm May 29, 2021

New Delhi: Slamming the Central government over vaccine shortage, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday raised questions on availability of vaccines at private hospitals. He said that while Centre says there aren’t enough vaccines, private hospitals are being given access and they are vaccinating young people at high costs. “Delhi government wants to vaccinate […]

Delhi hospital reports ‘first-ever’ case of white fungus causing severe damage to intestine

4:29 pm May 27, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) has come across a first-of-its-kind case of white fungus causing multiple perforations “throughout the intestine” in a COVID-19 patient, doctors said on Thursday. There have been reports of white fungus causing one or two perforations in the intestine of people suffering from COVID-19. In this case, there […]

Indian American NGO to build 100 oxygen generation plants in India

8:25 pm May 25, 2021

Washington : An Indian American non-profit body on Tuesday announced plans to build 100 oxygen generation plants in India to enhance the country’s capacity to face the COVID-19 crisis. The first 15 plants, for which orders have been placed, will be set up in the next 90 days at an estimated cost of USD 1.6 million, Sewa International USA said. Sewa […]

Rahul emphasises power of local languages

Toolkit issue: Rahul Gandhi says ‘truth remains unafraid’

11:44 am May 25, 2021

New Delhi: ”Truth remains unafraid,” Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday after the Delhi Police sent a notice to Twitter India in connection with the probe into a complaint about the alleged ‘COVID toolkit’. After two police teams descended on Twitter’s offices in Delhi and Gurgaon, the Congress on Monday had alleged that the ”cowardly raid” on the microblogging site’s offices by the Delhi Police ”exposes lame duck attempts” […]