COVID

Second dry run of COVID inoculation conducted, Vardhan says vaccines to be made available in next few days

10:47 pm January 8, 2021

New Delhi: The second mock drill on COVID-19 vaccination was conducted on Friday in 736 districts across 33 states and union territories with Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, who oversaw the dry run in Tamil Nadu, saying inoculating the country’s entire population would soon become a reality. He said vaccines would be made available in the next few days and those […]

UK police to get stricter with fines for COVID-19 lockdown breaches

8:06 pm January 6, 2021

London: The UK police will get stricter with its enforcement of the new nationwide lockdown that legally came into force on Wednesday and have urged the public to fully comply with the rules, which call for people to stay at home except for limited reasons to be outdoors. Scotland Yard said people in “obvious, wilful and […]

British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

PM Boris Johnson postpones India visit due to COVID crisis in UK

8:27 pm January 5, 2021

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to express his regret over not being able to visit India as planned for the Republic Day on January 26 due to the growing health crisis in the UK created by the new variant of coronavirus. Johnson’s call with Modi came a day after he addressed Britain in a televised address […]

Woman worker who alleged harassment in Saudi Arabia says she was not allowed to board flight to India

8:03 pm January 5, 2021

Bundi: A 40-year-old woman, who was set to fly back to India after allegedly being held hostage by her employer in Saudi Arabia, has claimed that she was not allowed to board the flight as she could not pay the money for the mandatory coronavirus test. Reena Gehlodh, hailing from Harda district in Madhya Pradesh, […]

Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

Delhi: Samples of 15 who came from UK sent to check new strain of virus

9:16 pm December 29, 2020

New Delhi: Coronavirus test samples of 15 persons who recently arrived here from the UK and tested positive for COVID-19 have been sent for genome sequencing to check if they have contracted the new variant of the virus, sources said on Tuesday. The results are expected in the next three-four days, they said. The new […]