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High Commission Slams Australian Media Report On Covid Crisis
India has over 28 lakh active Covid cases that have left the health infrastructure near collapse (File) New Delhi: The Indian High Commission in Australia has slammed a “baseless, malicious and slanderous” report in The Australian – a daily newspaper – titled “Modi leads India out of lockdown… and...
US President Joe Biden After Phone Call With Prime Minister Narendra Modi On Covid
US President Joe Biden said America will give full support to provide emergency assistance. (File) Washington: India was there for the American people in their hour of need and the United States will be there for the country as it meets its worst-ever public health crisis, US President Joe...
US To Share Up To 60 Million AstraZeneca Vaccine Doses Globally: White House
The Associated Press earlier on Monday reported the doses would be shared in coming months (File) The United States will start to share up to 60 million doses of AstraZeneca Plc’s COVID-19 vaccine doses with other countries as they become available, White House senior COVID-19 adviser Andy Slavitt said...
PM, Biden Speak On Phone After US Says Will Send Raw Material For Vaccine
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Joe Biden had a telephonic conversation today (File) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US president Joe Biden had a telephonic conversation today — a day after US said it would send raw material needed to manufacture extra stocks of Covishield vaccine. The US came...
Priyanka Chopra’s Pic From The Sets Of Citadel
Priyanka Chopra shared this photo. (Image courtesy: priyankachopra ) Highlights On Monday, Priyanka Chopra shared a selfie She can be seen sporting a gold facemask in the photo Sharing the photo, Priyanka asked her fans to caption it New Delhi: Priyanka Chopra, on Monday, treated her fan...
WHO Chief On Covid Crisis
“WHO is doing everything we can, providing critical equipment and supplies,” Tedros said. Geneva, Switzerland: The World Health Organization chief voiced alarm Monday at India’s record-breaking wave of Covid-19 cases and deaths, saying the organisation was rushing to help address the crisis. “The situation in India is beyond heartbreaking,”...
PBKS vs KKR, Indian Premier League 2021: Eoin Morgan Leads By Example As Clinical Kolkata Knight Riders Beat Punjab Kings By 5 Wickets
Skipper Eoin Morgan brought in a sense of calm after early jitters as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) didn’t let a brilliant bowling performance go in vain during their easy five-wicket victory over Punjab Kings (PBKS) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter on Monday. After the bowlers...
Covid Care Centre In 5-Star Hotel For Delhi High Court Judges, Officers
100 rooms in Delhi’s Ashoka Hotel will be used by a private hospital as Covid care centre New Delhi: A five-star hotel has been selected as the COVID-19 care centre for judges and judicial officers of the Delhi High Court and their families. A hundred rooms in central Delhi’s...
PBKS vs KKR: Ravi Bishnoi’s “Catch Of The Tournament” To Dismiss Sunil Narine. Watch
Young leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi has had an immediate impact since he played his first game of the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Punjab Kings (PBKS). He did not play in the PBKS’ first three matches, but impressed with returns of 2/21 against Mumbai...
Counting Can’t Become Catalyst For Surge
The Election Commission will react after it sees the order, sources say (File) Chennai: Hours after its comment that the Election Commission “should probably be booked for murder” for not stopping political rallies for the state elections amid a Covid spike, the Madras High Court said in its order...
On Slow US Response To India’s Covid Crisis, China’s Strategic Digs
India Coronavirus Cases: More than 1.95 lakh people have died so far. With the US dragging its feet in offering India help to combat the world’s worst virus crisis, China is moving to drive a wedge between the democratic security partners. In a barrage of editorials, political cartoons and...
Kerala Announces Covid Curbs; Malls, Movie Halls, Gyms To Remain Shut
Kerala: Control rooms to help migrant labourers will be set up in all districts (File) Thiruvananthapuram: Announcing stringent curbs to control the unprecedented coronavirus surge, the Kerala government has ordered that cinema halls, malls, gyms, sports complexes, swimming pools and bars in the state will remain shut indefinitely. The...
IPL 2021 Live Cricket Score, PBKS vs KKR: Kolkata Knight Riders Skipper Eoin Morgan Wins Toss, Opts To Bowl vs Punjab Kings
PBKS vs KKR Live Score: KKR won the toss and opted to bowl first vs PBKS.© Twitter/IPL Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) led by Eoin Morgan won the toss and put KL Rahul-captained Punjab Kings (PBKS) to bat first in Match 21 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Narendra...
Centre’s Rules For States On Lockdowns: Containment To Flatten Curve
States have been given a broad framework for imposition of lockdown by the Union Home Ministry (File) New Delhi: The Centre has put out guidelines for states on enforcing lockdowns and containment zones in order to flatten the curve amid spiraling Covid cases. The rules say it is time...
Chief Justice Ramana Files Police Complaint Over Fake Twitter Account
Chief Justice Ramana will be India top judge till August 26, 2022 (File) New Delhi: Chief Justice of India NV Ramana lodged a police complaint on Monday afternoon after a Twitter account bearing his name was found posting fake messages on the social media platform. Sworn in Saturday, the...
Retired Armed Forces Medics Recalled To Work At Covid Facilities
New Delhi: All medical personnel who retired from the armed forces in the last two years will be recalled to work in Covid facilities near their homes, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat told Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. Briefing the PM about the preparations made by...
Free Vaccine For Those Between 18-44 At Government Centres In Karnataka
Bengaluru: Covid vaccines will be provided free of cost to people in the 18-44 age group, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa tweeted Monday. Mr Yediyurappa said the vaccines would be available at all state-run vaccination centres and urged those eligible to register for doses starting Wednesday. People over 45...
Karnataka Curfew From Tomorrow Night For 2 Weeks, Public Transport Shut
Karnataka has a positivity rate of nearly 20 per cent. Bengaluru: Karnataka has announced a two-week curfew from tomorrow, a day after reporting the biggest rise of over 34,000 new cases in 24 hours. The state yesterday reported 34,804 new COVID-19 cases, which takes its total cases to 13.39...
