New Delhi, Nov 7: As Bharat Biotech is aiming to launch its vaccine — Covaxin — in February, which could be the first vaccine available in India, the Centre is finalising the vaccine delivery procedure, including identifying the priority group..

New Delhi, Nov 6Talks with the NSCN-IM for final settlement of the decades-long Naga issue are in an advance stage and the Government is providing all assistance to the North Eastern States to deal with rebel groups, Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Friday said. Participating in the diamond jubilee webinar organised by the National Defence College here, he said the Central Government is in peace negotiations with almost all groups of the North East including the ULFA and the major ones who ..

NEW DELHI, Nov 5 With a jump of 50,209 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the country's overall coronavirus case numbers touched 83,64,086, Health Ministry data shared on Thursday shows.The death toll rose to 1,24,315 after 704 more fatalities were ..

New Delhi, Nov 5The government on Thursday issued a set of revised guidelines for international arrivals, under which travellers seeking exemption from institutional quarantine will need to submit a negative RT-PCR report 72 hours before undertaking the j..

Mumbai, Nov 4Hours after he was arrested, Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami was produced before a Court in Mumbai on Wednesday where he claimed that he was assaulted by police officials.Goswami told the Court that he suffered injuries on his hand,..

New Delhi, Nov 1 : With 46,963 new cases, India's COVID-19 tally has risen to over 81.84 lake cases, while the death count due to the highly contagious disease touched 1.22 lakh with 470 fresh fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry figures thi..

NEW DELHI, Oct 30With 48,648 new cases of COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, India's total number of cases surged to 80,88,851, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Friday.As per the Ministry, the death toll has m..

New Delhi, Oct 27 With a jump of 36,370 fresh COVID-19 cases in a day India reported the lowest number of new coronavirus infections in the country since mid-July, taking its tally to 79.46 lakh, Government data shows. July 18 was the last time India repo..

New Delhi, Oct 26India will drive the global energy demand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday as he showcased his Government's recent reforms in the sector to global investors.Speaking at the India Energy Forum by CERAWeek, Modi said the coronavirus pandemic had resulted in global energy demand falling by one-third, investment decisions being impacted and predictions of a contraction in demand over the next few years.But India is likely to see energy consumption double over the long term, ..

New Delhi, Oct 26 Moderate earthquakes measuring 3.2 and 3.6 on the Richter scales hit Manipur and Sikkim respectively on Sunday, officials said. According to the Disaster Management officials of the two North Eastern States, no report of loss of life or ..

NEW DELHI, Oct 25 Deaths from Covid-19 infections in India fell to 580 on Saturday, the lowest single-day toll from the virus in 98 days, as the pandemic continued to slow down in most parts of the country.India had last recorded a lower daily death count on July 18, as per TOI’s database collated from official numbers released by State Governments. The average daily death toll this week has fallen to half the numbers reported during the pandemic’s peak in the country in mid-September. ..

Nashik, Oct 24Onion prices have increased in Nashik as supply has been hit after rainfall damaged crops in several parts of the country.The price of onions and other vegetables has increased because the supply chain from the farms was severely affected due to rains. Many customers are buying a smaller quantity of onions than earlier."The rising prices of onions are a major cause of worry during the pandemic as so many of us have suffered from job losses and health issues. It is hard to afford onions," ..

New Delhi, Oct 23The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) today declared the result for the Civil Services Examination (CSE) preliminary round at upsc.gov.in. The result is also available at upsconline.nic.in. The exam was held amid the pandemic on October 4 and candidates who appeared for the exam can check their results now.Qualifying candidates will have to now fill the Detailed Application Form-I (DAF-I) for the Civil Services Main examination. The DAF will be available on the website of the ..

NEW DELHI, Oct 21 Coronavirus cases in India increased by 54,044 new infections in the last 24 hours, taking the total covid tally to 7.6 million, informed the Health Ministry. India recorded 717 new deaths, toll death count mounted to 1,15,914.India's to..

MUMBAI, Oct 20 According to a new study carried out by the Penn State College of Medicine, several oral antiseptics and mouthwashes have the ability to destroy the human coronaviruses.The findings, published in the Journal of Medical Virology, of the study suggested that some of these products might be useful for reducing the viral load, or amount of virus, present in the mouth after Covid-19 infection. This may also help in containing the spread of the coronavirus.Earlier studies also indicated that ..

New Delhi, Oct 18 Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday admitted that community transmission of Covid-19 virus has occurred in certain districts in a limited number of States. “But this is not happening countrywide,” the Minister said as he was addressing his weekly social media programme Sunday Samvaad.On being asked to comment on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s admission that community transmission started in some areas of the State, the Union minister admitted ..

New Delhi, Oct 17 : India has scaled an "unprecedented" peak as active coronavirus cases dropped below the 8-lakh mark for the first time in 1.5 months, the Health Ministry said this morning when the country's Covid tally surged to 74.3 lakh after 62,212 ..

Gurugram, Oct 17The Haryana chief minister's flying squad late on Thursday night busted yet another illegal call centre operating from the Udyog Vihar Phase-1 in Gurugram.The investigation team suspect that the owner of the call centre was a contractor at..

NEW DELHI, Oct 15 Active coronavirus cases in India continued to edge lower as recoveries outpaced the increase in daily new cases. According to Health Ministry figures released today, there were 8.12 lakh active covid cases in the country after 67,708 ne..

New Delhi, Oct 14India's coronavirus tally has surged to 72.39 lakh cases after a fresh spike of 63,509 infections in the last 24 hours, the Government data showed this morning. The number of fatalities stood at 1,10,586 after 730 deaths were registered in a day. About 63 lakh patients in the country have recovered so far; 74,632 patients have recovered since yesterday. On Tuesday, the country - second-worst affected by the pandemic - recorded an increase of 55,342 infections, the lowest one-day surge ..

New Delhi, Oct 14The country will reopen further from Thursday as schools, cinema halls, multiplexes, entertainment parks, swimming pools--all outside containment zones--will reopen with strict Covid-19 norms in place. In its guidelines for the fifth phase of Nationwide unlock, on September 30, the Union Home Ministry had given permission for these places to reopen from October 15.While schools had reopened partially, on voluntary basis for class 9-12 on September 21 during Unlock 4, other places ..

NEW DELHI, Oct 12 Covaxin, the vaccine candidate developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is in Phase 2 clinical trial in the country. And now the makers have sought approval from drug regulators to start the third phase clinical trial. As per reports, the Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI) has asked Bharat Biotech to submit "complete safety and immunogenicity data of the phase II trial" and some clarifications before proceeding for the next ..

NEW DELHI, Oct 11 Amid several reports indicating that the number of Covid-19 cases will increase during winter, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday confirmed that the possibility of the same in Indian context can’t be dismissed at all...

New Delhi, Oct 10 A faux pas by an employee handling e-retail website Flipkart’s social media handle sparked outrage after a customer in Nagaland was told that a service couldn’t be provided since the location was “outside India”.A..

NEW DELHI, Oct 8 India’s cumulative positivity rate for covid-19 is declining and is currently 8.19%, the Government said on Thursday.While seven States have reported positivity rate less than 5%, 22 States have positivity rate less than the Nationa..

NEW DELHI, Oct 7Ignoring the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah)’s defiant posturing and demands, the Government of India has decided to go ahead with its plan to sign a peace accord with all the other armed rebel groups and civil society organisations of Nagaland soon.Security sources admitted that a section of NSCN (I-M) led by its secretary general Th Muivah has not given their final consent for signing the peace accord, but asserted that the ball is now in the NSCN (I-M)’s ..

NEW DELHI, Oct 7: Former Governor of Nagaland and Manipur and ex-CBI Director Ashwani Kumar was found hanging at his residence in Shimla on Wednesday.He was 69.According to media reports, Kumar had been depressed for several weeks.The former CBI Director ..

New Delhi, Oct 4 India recorded 75,829 cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and 940 related deaths in the last 24 hours, taking its tally over 6.5 million, data from the Union Health Ministry showed on Sunday morning.India sustained its trend of mainta..

New Delhi, Oct 3On the eve of Myanmar general elections, Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane and Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla are headed towards Naypyidaw on Sunday to seal the much-awaited coastal shipping agreement to activate the Kaladan multi-modal project and cement security ties against insurgent groups. Gen Naravane and Shringla will meet senior General Min Aung Hlaing and Aung San Suu Kyi, the State counsellor of Myanmar, as last incoming foreign visitors before November 8 elections.According ..

New Delhi , Oct 3 The Special Cell of Delhi Police on Saturday said it has arrested a group of four radicalised Kashmiri youth who were allegedly planning terror strikes in the national capital.In a statement, the police said the accused were nabbed ..

New Delhi, Oct 1 India recorded 86,821 new coronavirus cases and 1,181 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking its COVID-19 tally past the 63-lakh mark, according to the Health Ministry data released this morning. The country now has 63,12,585 cases of coronavirus, including 9,40,705 active cases, 52.7 lakh recoveries and 98,678 deaths. At 85,376, India recorded fewer one-day recoveries than new cases. The overall recovery rate in the country is 83.5 per cent. Its daily positivity rate was 6.1 per cent ..

New Delhi, Sep 30 The Ministry of Home Affairs has announced a detailed guideline of Unlock 5, to be effective from October 1. Despite a steep rise in the number of Covid-19 cases in the country, the Home Ministry has made it clear that there would be more relaxations and fewer restrictions, though local administrations in some States are heavily relying on voluntary curfew, local lockdowns etc.Here are the guidelines:*Cinemas/theatres/multi-plexes will be permitted to open with upto 50% of their ..

New Delhi, Sep 28 As the world races to develop a potential vaccine against coronavirus (Covid-19), the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday said that the first vaccine in India will most likely be available by early 2021.The Health Ministry said the research to develop a Covid-19 vaccine is being “done expeditiously”.During a media briefing, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said, “Research to develop a vaccine is being done expeditiously. There are at least 3 viable ..

New Delhi, Sep 28 : The Ministry of Home Affairs has approved three new branches for the National Investigation Agency in Imphal, Chennai and Ranchi, an NIA official said on Monday.The decision will help in responding quickly to any emergent situation in ..

New Delhi, Sep 27 More than 85,000 new Covid cases were reported across India in the past 24 hours, Government data showed on Sunday, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the country past the 60 lakh-mark. Over 1,000 deaths were also recorded i..

NEW DELHI, Sep 27 Former Union Minister Jaswant Singh, a close associate of ex-Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, died here on Sunday following a long spell of illness. He was 82.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top BJP leaders paid rich tributes to Singh, saying that he served India diligently and will be remembered for his unique perspective on matters of politics and society. Singh was cremated in Rajasthan's Jodhpur.Singh, a former Army officer, had been ill after a fall at his home in ..

New Delhi, Sep 26 More than 85,000 new Covid cases were reported across India in the past 24 hours, Government data showed on Saturday, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the country past the 59 lakh-mark. Over 1,000 deaths were also recorded..

New Delhi, Sep 25Indian Insurgent Groups (IIGs) operating from Myanmar, particularly ULFA-I (United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent), NSCN-K (National Socialist Council of Nagaland – Khaplang), led by its current chairman Yung Aung, and NSCN-IM..

New Delhi, Sep 23 Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi died of COVID-19 in New Delhi on Wednesday. He was 65-years-old.Suresh Angadi had tested positive for COVID-19 on September 11 and was initially asymptomatic and said he was "doing fine". The BJP MP was later admitted to the dedicated COVID-19 facility at the AIIMS Trauma Centre where he passed away.He is the first member of the Union Cabinet to succumb to coronavirus. He is also the second member of Parliament from Karnataka to die of ..

New Delhi, Sep 23 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired a high-level virtual meeting with Chief Ministers and Health Ministers of seven States which have reported very high number of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases.These States and the Un..

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New Delhi, Sep 21 The Centre has no proposal to abolish the Inner Line Permit (ILP) System currently prevalent in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur, Parliament was informed on Sunday.In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Union ..

New Delhi, Sep 20 Mizoram, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh have been ranked among India’s top 10 happy States in a Nationwide survey measuring happiness.Mizoram has topped the rankings, followed by Punjab and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in the lis..

NEW DELHI, Sep 19 DoNER Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said that North Eastern Region will be one of the favourite business destinations of India post-COVID-19 and Bamboo is going to be the key pillar of the economic activities.“Many business houses are looking at the North Eastern Region to exploit its vast agro-farming resources and we should not miss this opportunity,” said Dr Singh on the occasion of the World Bamboo Day.He was addressing two separate Webinars organized by the Cane ..

New Delhi, Sep 19 : The insurgents' groups active across India's North East States and at the Indo-Myanmar border are taking advantage of the large scale of unemployment caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and are conspiring to recruit more youth ..

New Delhi, Sep 15The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Tuesday three vaccine candidates against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are in the clinical stage of trials in India and one of them will soon begin Phase 3 trials after getting cl..

New Delhi, Sep 14 The coronavirus cases in India crossed the 48-lakh mark on Monday (September 14, 2020) with 92,071 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.With this latest spike, the coronavirus cases across the country stand at 48,46,428. As per the Health Ministry, there are 9,86,598 active cases while 37,80,108 patients have been cured/discharged/migrated.The country in the last 24 hours reported 1,136 deaths due to the deadly virus taking ..

New Delhi, Sep 12India's coronavirus tally surged to 46,59,984 as it recorded the biggest single-day spike in cases with 97,570 new patients in the last 24 hours, the Government data showed this morning. More than 36 lakh patients have recovered so far; about 9.58 lakh cases - 20.56 per cent of the total cases - are active. India reported a record 81,533 recoveries in the last 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry. 1,201 Covid-linked deaths have been registered since yesterday, taking the number ..

New Delhi, Sep 11The Centre is preparing to move an amendment to the Representation of People’e Act, 1950 in the upcoming Parliament session to ensure sound legal footing for delimitation of Constituencies in four North Eastern States. An amendment is proposed to Section 8A of the Representation of People’e Act, 1950 to allow the recently constituted Delimitation Commission to redraw the boundaries of Constituencies in the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur and Nagaland. The above ..

New Delhi, Sep 10With a view to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in India, the Union Health Ministry on Thursday directed all States and Union Territories (UTs) to compulsorily test all symptomatic negative cases of rapid antigen tests through RT-PCR tests in order to ensure no positive cases are missed.When contacted a source from the State Health Department said that Manipur has been following this practise for long and explained that symptomatic persons found negative ..