With 87 COVID-19 Deaths In Last 24 Hours, Fatalities In India Reach 2,293, Cases Near 71,000
India registered another 87 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total fatalities due to the novel coronavirus to 2,293, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said on Tuesday. The country recorded another 3,604 COVID-19 cases during the same period which took the total number to 70756. The MoHFW said that of […]
Explained: How will the pandemic play out? Some possible scenarios, from research
FOR THE last several months, the key questions on everybody’s mind have included how long the Covid-19 pandemic will run, and whether the disease will resurface season by season. Two new studies, first reported in The New York Times, project various shapes the Covid-19 curve can take. One study, published in Science, projects that winter outbreaks will probably […]
MHA asks railways to run at least 100 special trains a day to ensure migrants return home
The Home Ministry on Monday asked the Railways to start running at least 100 special trains per day for the next few weeks to ensure the return of migrant workers to their native places, an official said. Addressing a press conference, Home Ministry Joint Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava said the ministry held a meeting with […]
‘India Headed For A Nutritional Health Emergency’
India is headed for a serious nutritional health emergency soon unless the government takes immediate steps to address the problem, say doctors from Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD). The problem is not just due the nationwide lockdown to stem the COVID-19 pandemic, but because of “already existing diseases which are in abundance and […]
On exiting Covid-19 lockdown 3.0, PM Modi asks chief ministers to come up with blueprint
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asked chief ministers to spell out how they want to deal with the lockdown regime after May 17 when the third spell of the lockdown expires. PM Modi, who has described stopping the coronavirus disease from spreading to rural areas as the big challenge, said social distancing was the […]
Death toll due to COVID-19 rises to 1,981; cases climb to 59,662
The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,981 and the number of cases climbed to 59,662 in the country on Saturday, registering an increase of 95 deaths and 3,320 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 39,834, while 17,846 people have […]
Amit Shah slams Mamata in letter, says stopping migrant trains is ‘injustice’
New Delhi: In what could be the begining of yet another showdown between the BJP-led Centre and the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has written a letter to the West Bengal Chief Minister, criticising her government for not allowing trains with migrant workers to reach the state. In a letter to […]
Covid-19 lockdown in Telangana extended till May 29, says CM K Chandrashekar Rao
The Telangana government on Tuesday announced extension of lockdown till May 29, notwithstanding the extension declared by the Union government till May 17 to contain the spread of Covid-19 across the country. A decision to this effect was taken at the 7-hour long marathon state cabinet meeting in the evening. Speaking to reporters after the cabinet […]
Accepting Consent On WhatsAapp, Madras HC Judge Rules On 23 Accident Claims In One Go
Who says there is no positive spin off from the Coronavirus pandemic? A judge of the Madras High Court has just seized the opportunity, provided by the pause in judicial proceedings, to come up with a historic order which, in a single stroke, settled 23 motor accident claims, pending before various claims tribunals in Tamil […]
Coronavirus India May 5 highlights: Mumbai closes non-essential stores, liquor shops
The Telangana government on Tuesday extended lockdown in the state till May 29. Addressing the media, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said that all non-essential shops in the state will remain shut in red zones. Curfew has also been imposed from 7 pm to 6 am every day across all the 33 districts in the […]