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Tejas Aircraft Adds 5th-Generation Python-5 Air-to-Air Missile After Successful Trial
Python-5 missile trial conducted to validate target engagement from all aspects and beyond visual range Bengaluru: India’s indigenous Light Combat Aircraft, Tejas, has added the 5th generation Python-5 Air-to-Air Missile (AAM) to its air-to-air weapons capability. Trials were also aimed to validate enhanced capability of already integrated Derby Beyond...
Move Jailed Kerala Journalist To Delhi For Treatment: Supreme Court To UP
The Supreme Court said Siddique Kappan can be sent back to the Mathura jail after he recovers. New Delhi: Jailed Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan should be shifted to AIIMS or any Delhi government hospital for treatment, the Supreme Court said today. After recovering, he can be sent back to...
Visakhapatnam Father’s SOS For Baby Who Died After Hospital Wait
Visakhapatnam: An infant died after a long wait for admission into a hospital in Andhra Pradesh’s Vishakhapatnam last evening. She had reportedly tested positive for Covid and had difficulty breathing. Her parents begged for her treatment for nearly an hour but when she was finally admitted, it was too...
US Chief Medical Adviser Dr Anthony Fauci
Covaxin was found to neutralise the Indian 617 Covid variant, Anthony Fauci said (File) New Delhi: Covaxin, India’s homegrown Covid vaccine produced by Bharat Biotech, has been found to neutralise the B.1.617 variant or the Indian double mutant strain, White House Chief Medical Adviser Anthony Fauci said on Tuesday....
Allu Arjun Tests COVID-Positive, Is “Following All The Protocols”
Allu Arjun shared this photo. (Image courtesy: alluarjunonline ) Highlights Allu Arjun shared a statement on Wednesday “I have isolated myself at home,” he wrote “Get vaccinated when you get the chance,” he added New Delhi: Actor Allu Arjun has tested positive for COVID-19, the south star...
Vaccine Registration For Those Above 18 Begins At 4 PM. How You Can Do It
Vaccine Registration: Vacccination people above 18 will begin on May 1. New Delhi: Indians above the age of 18 can start registering themselves for vaccination against COVID-19 from 4 pm today, the centre has said. A tweet from the official handle of Aarogya Setu, the central government’s mobile application...
India Daily Covid Deaths Cross 3,000; Record 3.6 Lakh Cases In 24 Hours
Coronavirus India: India is the second worst-hit country in the world after the US. New Delhi: India’s new Covid deaths hit an overwhelming peak with 3,293 people dying in the last 24 hours. New cases rose by over 3.6 lakh, a global high, pushing the total cases to over...
Damaged Buildings, Cracked Walls As Assam Jolted By Big Earthquake Photos
Assam earthquake: Photos shared by residents show cracks on walls and ceilings New Delhi: A strong earthquake hit Assam early this morning causing damage to buildings. The 6.4-magnitude earthquake caused strong tremors in parts of the northeast as well as north Bengal. Several aftershocks were also felt, residents said....
6.4 Earthquake In Assam, Strong Tremors In Northeast, North Bengal
Earthquake: Photos have emerged of broken walls or walls developing cracks. New Delhi: An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck Assam this morning, the National Center for Seismology said. Strong tremors were felt in parts of the northeast as well as north Bengal. While are there no reports of anyone being...
Four Patients Dead In Fire At Hospital In Maharashtra’s Thane
New Delhi: Four patients died this morning after a fire broke out in a private hospital near Maharashtra’s Thane, an official said. The blaze, which broke out in the Prime Criticare Hospital at Kausa in Mumbra at around 3.40 am, has now been brought under control. Three fire engines...
“It’s A Deeply Ingrained Scar”
Ileana D’Cruz (Image courtesy: @ileana_official) Highlights Ileana D’Cruz has been battling body-shaming since childhood Ileana spoke about her experience in an interview The actress said, “I had just hit puberty and growing up” New Delhi: Ileana D’Cruz, who was recently seen in the film The Big Bull, has been...
PM Holds Meet On Covid, Asks Official To Rapidly Upgrade Health Facilities
Officials also noted that they are encouraging states to also set up PSA oxygen plants. (File) New Delhi: The production of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) has risen to 8,922 MT per day and is expected to cross 9,250 MT by the end of the month, the government said on...
Curfew In Uttarkhand’s Haridwar After Kumbh Mela’s Final Shahi Snan
The mega Kumbh Mela began April 1 and is scheduled to run till April 30 (File) Dehradun: A curfew has been ordered in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar from Wednesday – a day after the final shahi snan (royal bath) of a mega Kumbh that has seen tens of thousands of devotees...
Central Vista Construction On In Lockdown, Labourers Ferried To Work
The Central Vista project is expected to be completed before the general elections in 2023 New Delhi: A savage second wave of Covid across the country and the huge oxygen shortage have not affected a Rs 1500-crore project at the heart of Delhi. The Central Vista, with a brand...
Immediately Sending Whole Series Of Help To India Amid Covid-19: US President Joe Biden
US President Joe Biden said India helped when the US was in a bind in the beginning of pandemic. (File) Washington: The United States is sending a whole series of help that India needs in its battle against COVID-19, US President Joe Biden said, reiterating that New Delhi had...
Fatalities Reach Record High In Delhi. 381 Deaths, 24,000 Fresh Infections
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said Delhi will import 18 cryogenic tankers from Thailand. New Delhi: Delhi recorded 381 deaths over the last 24 hours — the highest since Covid reached the city last year. The number of fresh infections was 24,149, which took the number of active cases...
DC vs RCB: David Warner Calls AB de Villiers “My Idol” After He Blasts 75* vs Delhi Capitals
AB de Villiers played an unbeaten knock of 75 runs off 42 balls as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) posted 171/5 against Delhi Capitals (DC) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday. With his knock, De Villiers also became the second...
Seven Covid Patients In Meerut Dead, Hospitals Say No Oxygen
At least seven Covid patients have died in two hospitals of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, the doctors have attributed the deaths to a severe shortage of oxygen. Three Covid patients died at a private hospital — Anand hospital – in Meerut. Another four died at the KMC hospital. As Covid...
