Narendra Modi

COVID: India grieves 200,000 dead with many more probably uncounted

SOS messages, panic as virus breaks India’s health system

10:08 pm April 26, 2021

New Delhi: Dr. Gautam Singh dreads the daily advent of the ventilator beeps, signaling that oxygen levels are critically low, and hearing his critically ill patients start gasping for air in the New Delhi emergency ward where he works. Like other doctors across the country, which on Monday set another record for new coronavirus infections […]

PM to meet COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers on Tuesday

11:24 pm April 19, 2021

New Delhi: With the government opening the COVID-19 vaccination drive to everyone above 18 years of age, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a meeting with vaccine manufacturers on Tuesday, sources said. During the meeting, scheduled to be held through video conference at 6 pm on Tuesday, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) will make a […]

India fighting Covid with all its might: PM Modi

PM to interact with CMs on Thursday over COVID situation, vaccination drive

7:47 pm April 5, 2021

New Delhi: Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers on Thursday to discuss the COVID-19 situation and the ongoing vaccination drive, sources said Monday. Modi”s last interaction with chief ministers was on March 17 during which he had expressed concern over the rise in COVID-19 cases in […]

Around 400 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Kejriwal

Relax norms for opening vaccination centre, taking jab: Kejriwal writes to PM

7:26 pm April 5, 2021

New Delhi: With Delhi witnessing a surge in coronavirus cases, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to relax the norms for opening vaccination centres and lift the age criterion for getting inoculated. He reiterated the Delhi government can vaccinate all the residents of the city within three months […]

Gita Press president Radheshyam Khemka passes away at 87; PM, CM condole his demise

10:49 pm April 4, 2021

Varanasi: The president of Gita Press, Radheshyam Khemka, passed away in Varanasi following a brief illness, his family members said on Sunday. He was 87. Khemka died on Saturday afternoon and his last rites were performed at the Harishchandra Ghat, they said. He was under treatment at a private hospital in Ravindrapuri. Prime Minister Narendra […]