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Sonia Gandhi On Covid Spike In India: Government Should Wake Up
Sonia Gandhi’s video message was shared on Twitter today. New Delhi: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, in a video message, today called for a nationwide strategy to fight the surge in Covid cases in India after discussion with all political parties. The centre and state governments “should wake up and...
Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya To Donate 200 Oxygen Concentrators To Aid India’s Covid-19 Fight
Hardik and Krunal Pandya announced they will donate 200 oxygen concentrators.© BCCI/IPL Mumbai Indians all-rounders Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya have pledged to donate 200 oxygen concentrators to the rural parts of India. Speaking ahead of Mumbai Indians’ high-profile clash against Chennai Super Kings, Hardik said that...
After Partial Lockdown, Bengal Announces More Restrictions
West Bengal has witnessed a record spike in new infections and deaths in the last ten days. A day after announcing a partial shutdown in the state, the West Bengal government has imposed more curbs to stem the spread of coronavirus. While the number of invitees at weddings have...
Coronavirus: “Need Aggressive Lockdowns To Beat 2nd Covid Wave”: AIIMS Chief To NDTV
Dr Randeep Guleria is the head of the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (File) New Delhi: India’s health infrastructure is “stretched to the limit” and “aggressive lockdowns” – like the one imposed in March last year – in areas with positivity rates over 10 per cent are...
Everything Falls On My Shoulders
The level of expectation and aggression is really unprecedented, Adar Poonwalla said (File) London: Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla on Saturday spoke out about the pressures he was under over the production of COVID-19 vaccines to meet the ever-increasing demand in India as the country battles through...
MI vs CSK, Indian Premier League 2021: Kieron Pollard Blitz Helps Mumbai Indians Edge Chennai Super Kings In High-Scoring Thriller
Batting like a man possessed, Kieron Pollard singlehandedly powered Mumbai Indians to an astonishing four-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings, belting the ongoing IPL’s fastest half-century in a high-octane match, on Saturday. Set an imposing target of 219, Pollard raced to his fifty in only 17 balls...
CBSE Announces Marking Policy For Class 10, Results By June 20
The CBSE has also warned schools against indulging in unfair and biased practices (File) New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Saturday announced a policy for tabulation of marks for class 10 board exams which have been cancelled in view of the COVID-19 pandemic situation in...
Delhi Reports 412 Deaths In Biggest Single-Day Surge In Covid Fatalities
The city’s hospitals have been overwhelmed, with lethal shortages of beds, drugs and oxygen New Delhi: Delhi yet again reported an all-time record surge in its fatalities on a single day due to COVID-19 with 412 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the latest bulletin issued by...
IPL 2021 Live Score, MI vs CSK: Ambati Rayudu’s 72* Takes Chennai Super Kings To 218/4 Against Mumbai Indians
MI vs CSK Live Score: Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja during IPL 2021’s Match 27.© BCCI/IPL Ambati Rayudu was at his splendid best to help Chennai Super Kings (CSK) set a target of 219 runs for Mumbai Indians (MI) in Match 27 of the ongoing Indian Premier League...
Election Commission Goes To Supreme Court Over High Court’s Murder Rap
The Election Commission has approached the Supreme Court against Madras High Court New Delhi: The Election Commission has complained to the Supreme Court against what it called “blatantly disparaging remarks” by the Madras High Court over holding polls amid the deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The high...
Doctor Working In Delhi Hospital’s Covid Ward Dies By Suicide
Dr Vivek Rai had been looking after Covid patients at the private hospital New Delhi: A resident doctor at a private hospital in Delhi has died by suicide due to severe stress amid the deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the former chief of a top medical body...
Actor Aniruddh Dave’s Wife Travels To Visit Him In Hospital; Says, “Toughest Time Of My Life”
Shubhi Ahuja with Aniruddh Dave. (Image courtesy: shubhiahuja ) Highlights Aniruddh is currently in the intensive care unit of a Bhopal hospital He has COVID-19 “I need to be beside Aniruddh,” wrote his wife in an Instagram post New Delhi: Actor Aniruddh Dave, who has COVID-19, is currently...
Delhi Lockdown Extended By A Week As Daily Covid Cases Still Above 25,000
New Delhi: The Covid lockdown in Delhi – due to end 5 am Monday – has been extended by a week, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted Saturday evening. The national capital has been under lockdown since April 19, as the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) scrambles to contain a...
Russia’s Sputnik V, 3rd Vaccine For India, Arrives In Hyderabad
Russia’s Sputnik V becomes the third vaccine available in India after Covishield and Covaxin Hyderabad: The first lot of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, the third one to be used in India after Covishield and Covaxin against coronavirus, arrived in Hyderabad on Saturday. The first lot of Russia’s Sputnik V...
Telangana Chief Minister KCR Takes Away Telangana Health Minister’s Portfolio Over Land Allegation
KCR ordered a probe into allegations of land grab in Telangana’s Medak district. Highlights Eatala Rajender’s portfolio transferred to the Chief Minister KCR ordered a probe into allegations of land grab in Medak district KCR’s move comes after a few farmers reportedly complained to him Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister...
Goods And Services Tax (GST) Collections At Rs 1.41 Lakh Crore In April 2021, Highest-Ever Since Launch Of GST
GST collections in April 2021 is the highest ever since the introduction of the GST system The gross goods and services tax (GST) revenue collected in the month of April 2021 stood at an all-time high record of Rs 1.41 lakh crore, said the Ministry of Finance in a statement released...
Oxygen Crisis Delhi’s Batra Hospital Says Doctor Among Those Dead After It Ran Out Of Oxygen
Batra Hospital ran out of medical oxygen for the second time in a week (File) New Delhi: Several people, including one doctor, died at Delhi’s Batra Hospital on Saturday afternoon after the facility reportedly ran out of oxygen – for the second time in the space of a week...
How Sunny Leone And Daniel Weber Are “Keeping The Spark Alive” In Their Marriage
Sunny Leone with Daniel Weber. (Image courtesy: sunnyleone) Highlights Sunny Leone shared a video on Saturday “Together till grey, Daniel Weber,” she wrote “PS: This was shot in safety of my home,” she added for her video New Delhi: Sunny Leone and Daniel Weber, who got married...
