New Delhi, Jun 22 A possible third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in India is likely and it will peak between September and October this year, assuming India fully unlocks by 15 July, according to a prediction model by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur. The team also noted that daily cases could peak at over 5 lakh cases a day in September, in the worst-case scenario.The prediction model, however, does not take into account the effect of vaccinations in India, which the researchers ..

NEW DELHI, Jun 22As India continues to fight the second wave of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, it is also struggling to control the increasing spread of the Delta variant, which has further mutated as Delta plus. According to a report by HT&..

New Delhi, Jun 21More than 75 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered across the country in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day coverage till now, on Day 1 of Centre's new vaccination policy roll-out.The Centre started providing vaccines free of charge to all above 18 from today and took back control of vaccination from States, reversing a policy change that was enforced just about a month ago.The Centre also started the process of buying 75 per cent of the vaccines produced by companies, ..

NEW DELHI, Jun 20India recorded 56,687 new COVID-19 cases, and 1,527 new deaths till 9.15 pm on June 19. The country has so far reported a total of 2,98,79,477 cases and 3,86,694 deaths.Kerala reported 12,443 new infections, followed by Maharashtra (8,912) and Tamil Nadu (8,183). Maharashtra recorded 682 new fatalities, followed by Tamil Nadu (180) and Karnataka (161). Maharashtra’s fatalities include backlog deaths which were missed in the previous reports.The figures do not include cases and ..

NEW DELHI, Jun 19India reported 60,753 cases on 1,647 deaths in the last 24 hours till 8:00 AM on Saturday. This is the fifth straight day when the Covid infections are below 70,000-mark.The number of daily recoveries continued to outnumber daily fresh ca..

NEW DELHI, Jun 17 The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on Thursday submitted the assessment system for Class 12 students in the Supreme Court and said the results will be de..

New Delhi, Jun 15Anyone over the age of 18 can walk in to the nearest vaccination centre to get registered on the CoWIN digital platform and be inoculated against COVID-19, the Union Health Ministry said Monday afternoon.It is not mandatory to pre-register online or book an appointment to get the vaccine, the Government said, as it seeks to increase the pace of vaccinations and tackle the 'vaccine hesitancy' it has blamed for the slow rollout of vaccines in parts of the country, including rural areas.'Vacc..

New Delhi, Jun 15 A Government panel studying Covid-19 vaccine side effects has confirmed the first death due to anaphylaxis following vaccination.The causality assessment of 31 reported Serious Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) cases following..

New Delhi, Jun 14 : India is working towards restoring 2.6 crore hectares of degraded land by 2030 and assisting fellow developing countries to develop land-restoration strategies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a high-level United Nations dialogue today.Asserting that land degradation affects over two-thirds of the world today, PM Modi said if left unchecked, it will erode the very foundations of our societies, economies, food security, health, safety and quality of life."Therefore, we have ..

New Delhi, Jun 13 With 80,834 COVID-19 reported cases in the last 24 hours India continued its declining trend of new infections and reported the lowest single-day count in 71 days, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Sunday.The new ca..

NEW DELHI, Jun 12 The Indian Medical Association (IMA) will hold a protest against various incidents of assault on doctors on June 18, its chief Dr JA Jayalal said on Saturday.Jayalal said that in recent months, incidents of assault have increased on doct..

New Delhi, Jun 11 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held meetings with Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda amid speculation about a reshuffle in the Union cabinet, an exercise Modi has not undertaken since forming the government for a second time in May 2019.Tomorrow, Dharmendra Pradhan, Narendra Singh Tomar, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Mahendra Nath Pandey, Hardeep Puri will be reviewing the work of their respective ministries. VK Singh also held a review meeting with the PM ..

NEW DELHI/IMPHAL, Jun 10 Tributes poured in from all corners as 1998 Bangkok Asian Games gold medallist boxer Dingko Singh passed away at his home at Sekta Mayai Leikai. President Ram Nath Kovind expressed his sorrow over Ngangom Dingko Singh's demise. "Ngangom Dingko Singh’s untimely demise has saddened me. He was a great boxer and an exceptional sportsperson. His life was brief but will remain inspiring to the youth, especially from Manipur, for long. My condolences to his family and fans."Prime ..

*Two weeks into the month of May, States began to say that the Centralised system (of vaccine distribution) was better. We will take care of the 25% work given to States. It will be implemented in two weeks. From June 21, we will provide free vaccines to States for those above 18.*Only free vaccines will be provided (to States). But those who don't want free vaccines can get vaccinated at private hospitals. Private hospitals can still procure 25% of vaccines being manufactured by the firms. They can ..

NEW DELHI, Jun 7India has reported the lowest daily Covid-19 case rise with 1 lakh new cases in the past 24 hours. This is the lowest single-day rise in Covid-19 cases in over two months.India has recorded 1,00,636 fresh Covid-19 cases and 2427 deaths in ..

NEW DELHI, Jun 6India on Sunday reported 1,14,460 new coronavirus cases, according to the data by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry. This is the lowest number of cases reported in the last two months. With this, the coronavirus tally stands at 2,88,09,339.With 2,677 more fatalities in the last 24 hours, the death toll has climbed to 3,46,759, data from the Health Ministry showed.On the other hand, daily recoveries continue to outnumber daily new cases for the 24th consecutive day. Steady ..

NEW DELHI, Jun 5Amid numerous States and Union Territories reporting a massive decline in the number of Covid-19 infections, India logged its lowest daily rise of coronavirus cases in 58 days on Friday as the country reported 1.3 lakh new infections.India..

New Delhi, Jun 4 The CBSE on Friday constituted a committee to decide well-defined objective criteria for the evaluation of Class 12 students. The committee will submit its report within 10 days. After CBSE, CISCE, today Karnataka Government has cancelled..

NEW DELHI, Jun 4Continuing the downward trend in the daily cases of coronavirus infection, India on Friday recorded 1.32 lakh new cases and 2,713 deaths in the last 24 hours.The Union Health Ministry data released this morning showed a minimal decline in ..

NEW DELHI, Jun 3  For over a hundred Bnei Menashe Jews from Manipur going to Israel, Covid-19 proved a damper. On Monday, hours before checking out from their Karol Bagh hotel for Indira Gandhi International Airport, 40 of them tested positive for Co..

NEW DELHI, Jun 3  India’s COVID-19 case tally exceeded 2.84 crore with 1,34,154 new cases reported, as per the Health Ministry’s June 3 update. Daily new cases below 2 lakh for the seventh day in a row.As many as 2,887 new deaths reported..

New Delhi, Jun 2 India reported 1,32,788 new coronavirus infections taking the country's tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,83,07,832, while the daily positivity rate has further dropped to 6.57 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.The COVID-19 death count climbed to 3,35,102 with 3,207 fresh deaths. The active cases were recorded below 20 lakh for the second consecutive day, the data updated at 8 am showed. Also, 20,19,773 tests were conducted on Tuesday taking the ..

New Delhi, Jun 1The Election Commission (EC) is confident of holding the five Assembly polls due early next year, including in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, on time as the poll panel has gained a lot of experience from the electoral exercise in Bihar, West Bengal and four other Assemblies during the raging pandemic, Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra has asserted.The terms of the legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab and Uttarakhand are coming to an end in March 2022, while the term of ..

NEW DELHI, May 30India on Sunday reported the lowest number of new Covid-19 cases in 46 days with a single-day rise of 1.65 lakh cases. India's Covid caseload stands at more than 2.78 crore and the death toll at over 3.25 lakh, as per the official count.With 1,65,553 new cases, India's tally of total Covid-19 stands at 2,78,94,800, as per Union Health Ministry data at 9 am.The count of the daily new cases is the lowest in 46 days. India recorded 1,61,736 infections on April 13.The daily positivity ..

New Delhi, May 29 The Central Government on Saturday announced financial assistance for families who have lost their earning members to Covid-19. The assistance includes a family pension and insurance benefits.Prime Minister Narendra Modi said these measu..

CHENNAI, May 27India recorded 2,11,275 new COVID-19 cases and 3,841 deaths on May 26. The country has so far reported a total of 2,73,67,935 cases and 3,15,263 deaths.Tamil Nadu reported 33,764 new infections, followed by Kerala (28,798) and Karnataka (26..

NEW DELHI, May 26India on Wednesday recorded 2.08 lakh fresh Covid-19 cases, maintaining the ongoing declining trend, though the 24-hour tally registered a slight increase from the number of cases reported on Tuesday. With this, the total tally reaches 2,71,57795, with a daily positivity rate of 9.42 per cent, the health ministry's bulletin showed. In the last 24 hours, over 22 lakh samples were tested for Covid-19, which is the highest single-day test.India also set a new record with the highest ..

NEW DELHI, May 25 The North East could be poised to become the next target of the ongoing second wave of Covid, according to a forecasting tool based on data till May 21.Development Data Lab, a research organisation working on open data, and a team led by University of Chicago’s Prof Anup Malani calculates the reproductive rate (Rt) for the Covid-19 outbreak each day. This is a measure of how many people an infected person is likely to infect in a community. The calculations show that the Rt ..

Mumbai, May 25The Maharashtra Government on Tuesday decided to ban home isolation for Covid patients in rural and semi-urban areas in districts that still have positivity rate higher than 10 per cent. A ll new patients testing positive for virus in these ..

Pune, May 23In second tragedy of its kind, two young brothers living in the Akurdi area of Pimpri-Chinchwad succumbed to Covid-19 in a span of two days. The duo had no co-morbidity. Their father, who is also undergoing treatment for the virus, is yet to be informed of the deaths.The two brothers have been identified as Aditya Vijay Jadhav(28) and Apurva Vijay Jadhav (25). Apurva was unmarried while Aditya had married over a year ago and has no kids. Last year in July, three brothers living in the ..

NEW DELHI, May 22With many States witnessing a surge in mucormycosis or black fungus infections, AIIMS Professor and Head of Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Dr Nikhil Tandon on May 22 said that mucormycosis can spread through air but won’t cause any problem if person is healthy.The doctor also said that mucor may enter into lungs but the chances are very low."Mucor can spread through the air. It won't cause any problem if a person is healthy. Mucor may enter into lungs but the chances ..

New Delhi, May 22India recorded 2.57 lakh fresh Covid cases and 4,194 deaths in the last 24 hours. The country saw a new record with 20,66,285 samples tested since yesterday. The overall case count surged past the 2.62 crore-mark this morning.Here are ten..

NEW DELHI, May 21 India reported 2,59,591 new COVID-19 cases and 4,209 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's data on Friday.As many as 3,57,295 discharges have been made in the last 24 hours, which is more than the daily cases reported.The cumulative caseload stands at 2,60,31,991, including 2,27,12,735 recoveries, 30,27,925 active cases and 2,91,331 deaths.A total of 19,18,79,503 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered across the country so ..

PTINew Delhi, May 21 : The Delhi High Court Friday held as "unconstitutional", the imposition of Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) by the Centre on import of oxygen concentrators by individuals for personal use.A bench of Justices Rajiv Shakdher and Talwant Singh quashed the May 1 notification issued by the Ministry of Finance which says that such oxygen concentrators imported for personal use, irrespective of whether they are a gift or otherwise, will be charged with an IGST of 12 per cent.The ..

New Delhi, May 20As the second wave of the pandemic continues to spread in India at an unprecedented pace, the Government of Japan and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India have partnered to provide oxygen generation plants to the North Easter..

NEW DELHI, May 19 India’s second wave of Covid-19 has been marked by a grave oxygen crisis. More than 500 patients have died just in hospitals because of a shortage of the life-saving gas. Some of these deaths could have been prevented had the country vaccinated its people at a faster clip, data suggests.On the evening of May 14, the oxygen crisis reached Imphal, Manipur, where a leading private hospital suspended admission of new patients because it had run out of medical oxygen amid a Covid-19 ..

New Delhi, May 19 The Union Health Ministry has accepted the new recommendations of the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration (NEGVAC) with regard to Covid vaccination.As per the new recommendations of NEGVAC, COVID-19 vaccination should be defe..

New Delhi, May 18Last year, a large number of front-line workers such as doctors, health workers and policemen lost their lives due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Which is why, when India started its immunisation drive, they were given priority vaccination. Priority inoculation had a positive impact as the number of frontline workers who lost their lives in the second wave of the pandemic is significantly lower than the first. But journalists were not so lucky.Despite constantly being on the field and ..

NEW DELHI, May 17India recorded 2.81 lakh fresh cases of Coronavirus in last 24 hours taking the total tally of Covid-19 infections to 2,49,65,463, according to the Union Health mMinistry data updated on Monday.On Monday, the daily Covid cases reported in the country fell below the 3-lakh mark for the first time since April 21.The number of active cases stands at 35,16,997, accounting for 14.09 per cent of the total infections. The National recovery rate has improved to 84.81 per cent, the data updated ..

New Delhi, May 16With 3.11 lakh fresh coronavirus infections, India saw the lowest rise in daily COVID-19 cases after a gap of 25 days, while the death toll rose to 2,70,284 with 4,077 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.A total of 3,11,170 new cases were reported in a day, taking India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,46,84,077.A total of 2,95,041 cases were reported in a span of 24 hours on April 21.The active cases have reduced to 36,18,458 comprising ..

New Delhi, May 15: Covid-19 patients on home care should not take Remdesivir medication and they should get admitted to a hospital if the oxygen level drops below 94, AIIMS doctors advised on Saturday.The doctors were addressing a webinar on 'Medication a..

New Delhi, May 14Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the Delhi Government will extend financial help to families which have lost their earning members to the Coronavirus and also bear the cost of education and upbringing of children orphaned by the pandemic.He said in the past 24 hours, Delhi has recorded around 8,500 cases as against over 28,000 cases on April 20 and that the positivity rate has come down to 12 per cent as against 36 per cent on April 22.But the fight against the Coronavirus ..

New Delhi, May 13The gap between the first and second doses of the Covishield COVID-19 vaccine can be increased to 12-16 weeks-from the existing six-eight weeks-the Centre said Thursday. No changes have been announced in dosage intervals for Covaxin, whic..

NEW DELHI, May 12New cases in India saw a slight increase when compared to the day before with 3,48,421 more people testing positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, said the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday morning.After the surge, the cumulative caseload in the country has risen to 2,33,40,938.This comes in the backdrop of several States, which were earlier showing a record spike, having started recording a downward trend. Maharashtra, where infections had risen close to 70,000 once, saw 40,956 ..

NEW DELHI, May 10 India's daily rise in coronavirus cases retreated from the 400,000 mark on Monday, while its daily rise in deaths also fell after two straight days of more than 4,000 fatalities.The Health Ministry reported 366,161 new Covid-19 infections and 3,754 more deaths. India's total caseload now stands at 22.66 million, with 246,116 deaths.The number of active cases of the Coronavirus infection in the country has gone up to 37,45,237, accounting for 16.53 per cent of its total caseload, ..

New Delhi, May 9Himanta Biswa Sarma is set to become the next Assam Chief Minister after he was unanimously elected as BJP Legislature Party leader in the State. He was elevated after his name was proposed by outgoing CM Sarbananda Sonowal and others present at the meeting.Himanta Biswa Sarma has, over time, emerged as a force more dominant in stature than former Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal. Himanta Biswa Sarma quit Tarun Gogoi-led Congress Government ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and quit the ..

New Delhi, May 9The principal mode by which people are infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is through very fine aerosolised particles released during respiration, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in new guidelin..

New Delhi, May 8India recorded more than 4,000 coronavirus deaths in a day for the first time as more states imposed lockdowns in a desperate bid to halt the devastating new COVID-19 surge.The 4,187 new deaths took India’s overall toll to 238,270 since the pandemic started. It added another 401,078 new cases in 24 hours taking its caseload to nearly 21.9 million – second only to the United States.Health experts, who have expressed doubts about the official death toll, say the new wave ..

NEW DELHI, May 7 The Manipur Students’ Association, Delhi (MSAD), Naga Students’ Union, Delhi (NSUD), and the Kuki Students’ Organisation, Delhi & NCR (KSO), have jointly written to Chief Minister N Biren to provide medical assistanc..

New Delhi, May 6 As Myanmar’s military junta intensifies a crackdown on access to independent news outlets, it has now completely banned satellite TV, threatening prison sentences and hefty fines for anyone who uses satellite dishes. The ruling State Administration Council announced this week that anyone using satellite dishes to watch television will face up to one year in prison or a fine of 500,000 kyat ($320). The military junta claimed that “illegal organisations and news agencies” ..