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Niti Aayog meet: Spoke on Mahadayi, mining, says Goa CM

Tourism industry bodies meet Niti Aayog CEO to drum up govt support for survival

7:46 pm July 2, 2020

New Delhi: Representatives of the tourism industry bodies including Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) on Thursday met Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, seeking government support for the tourism sector, which has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. The associations sought government support for the survival and revival of tour operators and other stakeholders in the tourism industry, IATO said in […]

Priyanka attacks Modi on lack of empathy for Assam

Govt asks Priyanka Gandhi to vacate bungalow by Aug 1; Cong alleges vendetta

11:45 pm July 1, 2020

New Delhi: The government on Wednesday asked Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to vacate the bungalow allotted to her in Lutyens’ Delhi within a month, saying she is not entitled to the facility following withdrawal of her SPG protection. A fuming Congress alleged that the Modi government was “blinded by hate and vendetta” against its leadership, and said it will not […]

49-year-old Delhi Police Inspector dies due to COVID-19

11:34 pm July 1, 2020

New Delhi: A 49-year-old Delhi Police Inspector posted with the Special Cell has died due to COVID-19 at South Delhi’s Max hospital, police said on Wednesday. Inspector Sanjeev Kumar Yadav was on ventilator support since his condition was critical and died on Wednesday morning, they said. He had complained of fever and breathlessness, following which he was tested for […]

ASHA workers played critical role in COVID-19 management in UP, tracked 30.43 lakh migrant returnees

5:33 pm June 30, 2020

New Delhi: In a major exercise, 1.6 lakh accredited social health activists have tracked in two phases over 30.43 lakh migrants who returned to Uttar Pradesh during the COVID-19 lockdown and assisted the state government in contact tracing and community surveillance, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The ASHAs tracked 11.24 lakh migrant returnees in the […]

One new COVID-19 case in Mizoram, tally at 4,428

Recovery rate of COVID-19 patients nearing 60 per cent

5:02 pm June 30, 2020

New Delhi: The recovery rate of COVID-19 patients in the country is fast approaching 60 per cent, with the Union Health Ministry attributing it to collective and focussed efforts of the Centre and states for containment and management of the pandemic. As on date, there are 1,19,696 more recovered patients than COVID-19 active cases. The […]