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EDMC kicks off month-long anti-dengue campaign

Dengue control: ‘Mosquito terminator’ train flagged off from New Delhi station

9:03 pm August 28, 2020

New Delhi: A”mosquito terminator” train to spray insecticide on both sides of rail tracks to prevent growth of mosquito larvae was flagged off on Friday from the New Delhi Railway Station, officials said. The officials from the South Delhi Municipal Corporation and the Northern Railway jointly flagged off the train from platform number one of the station. Insecticide will be sprayed […]

COVID-19 tally in India climbs to 33,87,500

3:26 pm August 28, 2020

New Delhi: A record single-day spike of 77,266 COVID-19 cases pushed India’s virus tally to 33,87,500, while the recoveries surged to 25,83,948 on Friday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death toll climbed to 61,529 with 1,057 people succumbing to the diseases in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

India slams Pak for falsely claiming it made statement at UN Security Council meet

11:12 pm August 27, 2020

New Delhi: India Thursday hit out at Pakistan for falsely claiming that it made a statement at a recent UN Security Council meeting on terrorism, and asserted UN body’s chair Indonesia had informally told New Delhi that non-member were not allowed to speak at the discussion. India has also formally written to the United Nations about Pakistan’s false claim. It has exposed Pakistan’s litany of lies peddled at the UN after Islamabad’s UN envoy claimed […]

Military commanders of India, China to hold talks on Saturday

Complete disengagement of troops can be achieved only through reciprocal actions, India on border standoff with China

11:03 pm August 27, 2020

New Delhi: India on Thursday said a complete disengagement of troops in eastern Ladakh can be achieved only through mutually agreed reciprocal actions and also highlighted resolution of border incidents with China in the past through diplomacy. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said complete disengagement requires re-deployment of troops by each side towards their regular posts on their respective sides […]

No need for alarm on COVID-19 reinfection, need more data for reliable inference: scientists

6:49 pm August 27, 2020

New Delhi: The first documented instance of coronavirus reinfection came from Hong Kong this week followed quickly by Belgium and the Netherlands reporting one case each, but there is no reason for alarm yet, say scientists, calming fears that a surge might be inevitable. As concerns mount that herd immunity may not be enough to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists in India and elsewhere said […]