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COVID-19 cases in India climb to 4,40,215 with nearly 15,000 fresh cases

COVID-19 cases in India climb to 4,40,215 with nearly 15,000 fresh cases

New Delhi:  With 14,933 people testing positive for coronavirus in a single day, India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 4,40,215 on Tuesday while the death toll rose to 14,011 with 312 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The country has witnessed a spike of 2,49,680 infections from June 1 till date, with Maharashtra, […]

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Govt says 1,340 Made in India ventilators delivered to states

Govt says 1,340 Made in India ventilators delivered to states

New Delhi:  Nearly 3000 of the 50,000 ‘Made in India’ ventilators sanctioned under the PM CARES fund to help COVID-19 patients have been manufactured and over 1,300 have been delivered to various states, an official statement said on Tuesday. On May 14, the PM CARES Fund Trust had decided to allocate Rs 3,100 crore for the […]

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Crisis along LAC attributable to mismanagement of Modi govt: Cong prez

Crisis along LAC attributable to mismanagement of Modi govt: Cong prez

New Delhi:  Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said the current crisis on the border with China is attributable to the “mismanagement” of the BJP-led government and the “wrong policies” pursued by it. The crisis on the border, if not tackled firmly, can lead to a serious situation, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said at […]

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Jaishankar to join Chinese, Russian foreign ministers at RIC meet

Jaishankar to join Chinese, Russian foreign ministers at RIC meet

New Delhi:  External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will join his Chinese and Russian counterparts at a virtual conference of the Russia-India-China trilateral on Tuesday, against the backdrop of New Delhi’s frayed ties with Beijing over the Galwan Valley clashes. As the June 15 incident triggered fears of fresh confrontation between troops of India and China, […]

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India’s COVID-19 tally 4,25,282 with 14,821 fresh cases, death toll rises to 13,699

India’s COVID-19 tally 4,25,282 with 14,821 fresh cases, death toll rises to 13,699

New Delhi:  India on Monday added 14,821 new COVID-19 cases pushing the infection tally to 4,25,282, while the death toll rose to 13,699 with 445 new fatalities, according to Union Health Ministry data. The country crossed the four lakh-mark on Sunday eight days after recording three lakh COVID-19 cases and has witnessed a surge of […]

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PM must be mindful of implications of his words: Manmohan Singh

PM must be mindful of implications of his words: Manmohan Singh

New Delhi:  In his first remarks on the Ladakh face-off, former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said PM Narendra Modi must be mindful of the implications of his words and cannot allow China to use them as a vindication of its position. Noting that disinformation is no substitute for diplomacy or decisive leadership, Singh […]

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BJP prez lashes out at Manmohan Singh for remarks on Ladakh face-off

BJP prez lashes out at Manmohan Singh for remarks on Ladakh face-off

New Delhi:  In a scathing counter-attack on Manmohan Singh, BJP president J P Nadda said on Monday that he as prime minister “abjectly surrendered” hundreds of square kilometres of India’s land to China and presided over 600 incursions made by the neighbouring country between 2010 and 2013. In a series of tweets after Singh took […]

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Yoga helping COVID patients defeat disease: Modi

Yoga helping COVID patients defeat disease: Modi

New Delhi: The world is feeling the need for yoga more than ever due to the coronavirus pandemic and the ancient Indian practice is helping a large number of COVID-19 patients across the globe in defeating the disease, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. The coronavirus specifically attacks the respiratory system and ‘pranayama’ or […]

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India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 4 lakh with highest single-day spike of 15,413 cases

India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 4 lakh with highest single-day spike of 15,413 cases

New Delhi: Eight days after recording three lakh COVID-19 cases, India went past the four lakh-mark on Sunday with the biggest single-day spike of 15,413 new infections, while the death toll rose to 13,254 with 306 fatalities, according to Union Health Ministry data. India took 64 days to cross the one lakh-mark from 100 cases, […]

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Delhi govt issues revised order on home isolation

Delhi govt issues revised order on home isolation

New Delhi: The Delhi government has issued a revised order stating that the novel coronavirus patients who do not have comorbidities or require hospitalisation could opt for home isolation following withdrawal of the decision on five-day mandatory institutional quarantine. “All individuals who are positive will be referred to the COVID care centres for assessment of […]