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Daily COVID-19 vaccine coverage on lower side on Thursday due to Shivratri: Health ministry

11:59 pm March 11, 2021

New Delhi: The daily COVID-19 vaccination coverage was reported to be on the lower side on Thursday on the occasion of Mahashivratri, with 3,89,337 vaccine doses administered till 7 pm, the Union health ministry said. The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 2.60 crore, it said. A total of 2,60,73,517 vaccine doses […]

COVID-19: Over 29,000 people vaccinated on Thursday

10:31 pm March 11, 2021

New Delhi: Over 29,000 beneficiaries received shots of COVID-19 vaccine in the national capital on Thursday, including 14,838 senior citizens, according to official data. In the age bracket, 45-59 years, 2,683 beneficiaries received the jabs, a senior official said. On Wednesday, 30,940 people had received shots, according to official data. On Thursday, the number fell […]

Delhi records maximum temperature of 33 deg C

11:41 pm March 10, 2021

New Delhi: The maximum temperature in the national capital on Wednesday settled at 33 degrees Celsius, four notches above the season’s normal, the meteorological office here said. The minimum temperature was recorded at 18.2 degrees Celsius, four notches above the normal, and humidity levels oscillated between 46 per cent and 87 per cent, it said. […]

Heavy rainfall likely in Pune in next 48 hours: IMD

Rain, thunderstorm likely in Delhi

3:31 pm March 7, 2021

New Delhi: The national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 14.4 degrees Celsius on Sunday, with the weatherman predicting thunderstorm along with rain during the day. The relative humidity at 8.30 am was 81 per cent, they said. According to MeT officials, the maximum temperature will settled around 33 degrees Celsius. The air quality in […]

He is ungrateful, says TMC on Dinesh Trivedi joining BJP

8:01 pm March 6, 2021

Kolkata: Slamming its former Rajya Sabha MP Dinesh Trivedi for switching over to the BJP, the Trinamool Congress on Saturday said he is “ungrateful” and has backstabbed the ruling party in West Bengal ahead of the assembly polls. Trivedi quit from the upper House of Parliament last month, saying he was feeling suffocated in the […]