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‘Constraints, Yet Tried To Walk The Talk On COVID-19 Vaccine Equity’: India At UN
As of today, 66.37 million Made-in-India Covid vaccines have been sent to 95 nations. United Nations: India, despite severe constraints and within its own limited resources, has tried to “walk the talk” on vaccine equity and shared COVID-19 vaccines with more than 80 countries, the country told the United...
3.79 Lakh Covid Cases, 3,645 Deaths As India Daily Figures Reach New High
India Covid Cases: 2.04 lakh people have died so far due to Covid. New Delhi: India’s daily Covid figures hit a new high today with 3,79,257 fresh infections and 3,645 deaths reported in 24 hours. The caseload surged to 1.83 crore cases; over 2.04 lakh people have died so...
On Irrfan Khan’s First Death Anniversary, Son Babil Writes Of “Full Stop” In Emotional Note
Babil shared this photo. (Image courtesy: babil.i.k) Highlights Babil shared an unseen photo of Irrfan Khan “To the greatest best friend, father, I ever had,” he wrote “I miss you,” he added New Delhi: On Irrfan Khan‘s first death anniversary, his son Babil remembered him with a touching...
US Is “On The Move Again”, Says Biden In First Address To Congress
“America is ready for takeoff,” Joe Biden said. Washington: President Joe Biden triumphantly declared Wednesday that the United States is “on the move again” in a rousing speech to Congress, calling for trillions of dollars to rebuild the post-Covid US middle class and give new life to “forgotten” workers....
4.6 Earthquake, 18 Aftershocks In Assam After 6.4 Earthquake Hits State
Sonitpur district was hit by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday morning. Guwahati: A day after the powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck Assam, the northeastern state was hit by a second one – a moderate earthquake of 4.6 – this morning. The tremor was felt across the state...
West Bengal Election 2021: Final Phase Of Bengal Polls Today As COVID-19 Reaches Record High: 10 Facts
West Bengal Election 2021: The voters will choose among 283 candidates, 35 of whom are women. (File) New Delhi: The eighth and final phase of voting will be held in Bengal today amid the growing menace of Covid that is spreading fast in the state. Election will be held...
US To Send More Than $100 Million In COVID-19 Supplies To India
US is sending supplies worth more than $100 million in the coming days to India (File) Washington: The United States is sending supplies worth more than $100 million to India to help it fight a surge of COVID-19 cases, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday. The...
Trinamool Candidate Dies Of Covid, Wife Accuses Election Body Of Murder
Election Commission “singularly responsible for the second wave of Covid”: Madras High Court Kolkata: The wife of a Trinamool Congress candidate who died of Covid, has filed a murder case against the Election Commission. Kajal Sinha, the party candidate from Khardah, died on April 25. His wife Nandita Sinha...
Serum Institute’s Adar Poonawalla To Get Y Category Security Cover
The Serum Institute announced a 25 per cent reduction in price for the states – Rs 300 instead of Rs 400 New Delhi: Pune-based Serum Institute chief Adar Poonawalla will be provided “Y category” security across the country. The Union Home Ministry issued orders regarding this today after conducting a...
UK’s Prince Charles On Devastating Impact Of Covid
Like many others, I have a great love for India, said Prince Charles (FILE) London: Britain’s Prince Charles on Wednesday made an impassioned plea as he backed an emergency appeal launched by his charity, British Asian Trust, and urged people to help India as it copes with a “horrific”...
CSK vs SRH, Indian Premier League 2021: Faf Du Plessis Takes A Sensational Flying Catch To Dismiss Manish Pandey. Watch
CSK vs SRH, IPL 2021: Faf Du Plessis put in a diving effort to dismiss Manish Pandey.© Twitter Faf du Plessis once again proved his importance to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) with a brilliant catch to dismiss SunRisers Hyderabad’s (SRH) Manish Pandey during Match 23 of the...
No Cremation, No Help, Man Carries Covid Positive Wife’s Body On A Cycle
Sitting helplessly by the road, Tilakdhari was spotted by a passing policeman. Lucknow: Two heart-wrenching photos from Uttar Pradesh has brought home the situation of Covid-hit families in rural Uttar Pradesh. One of the photos being circulated in social media shows an elderly, bearded man carrying the body of...
CSK vs SRH, Indian Premier League: Chennai Super Kings Produce Clinical Performance To Beat SunRisers Hyderabad By Seven Wickets
Ruturaj Gaikwad’s cool quotient blended beautifully with Faf du Plessis’ flamboyance as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) outsmarted Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by seven wickets in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match in Delhi on Wednesday. Gaikwad was calmness personified as he tore apart the Sunrisers attack during his...
Tragic Scenes As Hospitals Out Of Breath, Crematoriums Overwhelmed
The explosion in cases has led to overwhelming healthcare facilities and crematoriums. New Delhi: India crossed a grim milestone with the COVID-19 fatalities surging past the two lakh-mark on Wednesday. The country has been reporting at least 3 lakh daily cases for the past one week. The explosion in...
Record 985 COVID-19 Deaths In Maharashtra, 63,309 New Cases In 24 Hours
Maharashtra has over 6.7 lakh active Covid cases so far (File) Mumbai: Maharashtra on Wednesday night reported a record high of 985 COVID-19 deaths – a ten per cent increase from yesterday. The state also reported 63,309 new cases – a five per cent drop from yesterday – to...
Coronavirus Delhi, As Covid Ravages Delhi, 2 Men Arrange Funerals For Those Who Have None
Delhi has reported over 15,000 COVID-19 linked deaths during the pandemic New Delhi: On Wednesday morning the centre said 3,293 people died in the past 24 hours after being infected by the COVID-19 virus. In Delhi, the national capital, 381 people died in that time. AN Yadav, 70, was...
IPL 2021 Live Match Score, CSK vs SRH: David Warner, Manish Pandey Rebuild SunRisers Hyderabad Innings After Early Blow vs Chennai Super Kings
CSK vs SRH Live Score: David Warner and Manish Pandey stitched together an important partership.© BCCI/IPL SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) batters found their going tough with some tight bowling from Chennai Super Kings (CSK) bowlers at the start of the innings. Sam Curran got rid of Jonny Bairstow for...
39,047 Covid Cases In Karnataka, 22,596 In Bengaluru In New High Today
A 14-day lockdown came into effect in Karnataka on Wednesday to contain the spread of COVID-19. Karnataka reported a new all-time record on Wednesday with 39,047 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total caseload to 14.39 lakh, the health department said. Its capital city, Bengaluru alone...
