Covid-19: 90% of India’s population under lockdown as govt imposes stringent curbs
Over a billion people, or nearly 90 per cent of the Indian population, reside in areas under lockdown as the country imposes unprecedented measures, including stringent travel restrictions, to stop the spread of coronavirus disease Covid-19, according to 2011 Census data. All districts in as many as 32 states and Union Territories (UTs) have completely shut […]
16 private labs can now conduct Covid-19 tests
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the country’s apex biomedical research body, on Monday approved 10 more private laboratories including Dr Lal PathLabs, Dr Dangs Lab and Indraprastha Apollo Delhi in Delhi to test for the coronavirus disease, taking to 16 the number of private facilities that can begin collecting samples whenever they are ready. […]
68-year-old Covid-19 patient from Philippines dies in Mumbai
68-year-old man from the Philippines, who tested positive for coronavirus and then negative, died in a private hospital, the health department of the Greater Mumbai municipal corporation said in a release on Monday. The man died on Sunday night. “He was a case of diabetes mellitus and asthma and was admitted on 13th March […]
Mumbai reports 2nd COVID-19 death
COVID-19 claimed it’s second victim in four days when a 63-year-old man succumbed to the virus at a private hospital, officials said here on Sunday. He had been admitted to the private hospital on March 19 with chronic diabetes and high blood pressure. Late on Saturday, he developed severe breathing problems and succumbed around 11p.m. […]
7 Years Later, Nirbhaya’s Killers Hanged
Seven years after a young medical student was gang-raped and tortured on a moving bus in Delhi, four of her killers were hanged at 5.30 am this morning. Less than two hours ago, the Supreme Court, in a hearing past midnight, dismissed their final petition, bringing to an end a case that changed a nation. […]
PM Modi on coronavirus outbreak: World War I, II didn’t affect as many countries as Covid-19
In his address to the nation, PM Modi called coronavirus crisis a matter of concern, saying that the even World War I and II did not affect as many countries as coronavirus, according to PTI. The novel coronavirus has taken four lives in the country and infected 167 residents in its stage 2 amid calls for […]
Rajya Sabha elections: 37 elected unopposed; election to 18 other seats on March 26
With the ruling and opposition party candidates for Rajya Sabha elections sailing through unopposed in Maharashtra, West Bengal, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Telangana, Odisha, Haryana and Chhattisgarh. The elections for remaining seats in the upper house will be held in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat on March 26. Nominations had […]
Digvijay Singh Taken Into Preventive Custody
New Delhi: Earlier this morning, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh reached the Ramada hotel in Bengaluru to visit the party MLAs lodged there. However, he was stopped by the police following which he sat on a dharna outside the hotel. Mr Singh has now been placed under preventive arrest by the police. Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon […]
Mumbai man dies of COVID-19, third fatality in India
India on Tuesday reported its third coronavirus fatality with a 64-year-old man dying in Mumbai, Health Ministry officials said as the number of positive cases rose to 125. The patient, whose wife is stable, is the first COVID-19 death in Maharashtra, the official said. Earlier, a 76-year-old man from Kalaburagi in Karnataka with a travel […]
Shaheen Bagh protesters will have to follow ban on gathering over coronavirus: Kejriwal
The ban on gatherings of more than 50 people in Delhi to stop coronavirus spread will also cover protests including the one against the amended citizenship law in Shaheen Bagh, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday. Arvind Kejriwal announced the new steps during a press conference after reviewing the city government’s efforts to stop the […]