COVID-19: India’s daily recoveries more than fresh infections for over 1.5 months
New Delhi: India’s daily COVID-19 recoveries have outpaced the new infections for over 1.5 months now, while less than 50,000 fresh coronavirus cases have been reported for 11 straight days, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday. A total 44,739 COVID-19 patients recovered the previous day as against 38,617 new cases, it said. This translates […]
Railways providing coaches with 800 beds to Delhi for COVID-19 treatment; paramilitary doctors start arriving: MHA
New Delhi: To ramp up COVID care facilities in Delhi, 45 doctors and 160 paramedics of the paramilitary forces have arrived in the capital while the Railways is making available coaches with 800 beds at a station here to be used as health and isolation centres, the home ministry on Wednesday said. The Defence Research […]
BJP asks Congress leadership to respond to charges in AgustaWestland kickback probe
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday hit out at the Congress for its “silence” over allegations of involvement of its top leaders in the AgustaWestland kickback probe and took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi, saying he tweets on all sort of issues but has not responded to these grave charges. At a press conference, BJP […]
New COVID-19 cases dip in India
New Delhi: The number of new coronavirus infections reported in a day dropped below 30,000 after four months, taking India’s COVID-19 caseload to 88.74 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The last time India reported less than 30,000 COVID-19 cases was on July 15. The total coronavirus cases mounted to […]
Spiritual leaders pledge support to Modi’s call to promote ‘aatmanirbhar Bharat’
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to spiritual leaders to help popularise his government’s ‘vocal for local’ campaign for ‘aatmanirbhar Bharat’ has prompted many of them to pledge their support to the cause. An official statement on Tuesday noted the public support offered by spiritual leaders such as Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Sadhguru Jaggi […]
In many respects, modern-day India is counted as a success story, says Barack Obama
Washington: Former US President Barack Obama has said that modern day India can be counted as a success story in many respects, despite bitter feuds within political parties, various armed separatist movements, and corruption scandals. The 44th US president, in his latest book, says the transition to a more market-based economy in the 1990s unleashed […]
India records 30,548 fresh COVID-19 cases, 435 deaths
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload mounted to 88,45,127 with 30,548 infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 82,49,579, according to data updated by the Union health ministry on Monday. The coronavirus death toll climbed to 1,30,070 with 435 new fatalities, the data updated […]
India’s daily COVID-19 recoveries more than daily fresh infections for 44 days in a row
New Delhi: India’s trend of registering daily COVID-19 recoveries outpacing the daily infections continued for the 44th day as 43,851 patients recuperated in a span of 24 hours as against 30,548 newly detected cases, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. This translates to a net reduction of 13,303 in the active COVID-19 caseload which […]
NDA family will work together for progress of Bihar: Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Nitish Kumar on taking oath as Bihar chief minister, and asserted that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) family will work together for the state’s progress. In a tweet, Modi also assured the JD(U) leader of all possible support from the Centre for the state’s welfare. “Congratulations […]
Shah takes stock of COVID-19 situation in Delhi
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday took stock of Delhi’s COVID-19 situation in the wake of recent spike in cases in the national capital, officials said. Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain and senior officers of the central government […]
