May 2021

New Delhi , May 13   As many as 187 districts have shown a continuous decline in cases in the last two weeks, the Union Health Ministry on Thursday informed. Addressing a press conference, Joint Secretary of Union Health Ministry…

New Delhi , May 13  The Supreme Court on Thursday, issuing a slew of directions relating to migrants workers stranded in NCR due to COVID-19 lockdown, ordered Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh govrenments (for districts included in the…

Chandigarh (Haryana) , May 14  Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday urged farmers to suspend their protest against farm laws amid the Covid-19 situation, claiming that their movements to and from dharna sites…

Kolkata, May 08 (UNI) British Council has announced the eleventh edition of its popular Summer School program that helps parents from across India give their children the confidence and tools to succeed in an evolving world. Since 2010,…

Shimla, May 13 (UNI) The summer showers and hail storm lashed many part of Himachal Pradesh in last 24 hours, plummeting the maximum temperature couple of degree below normal. Many parts of state received rain and hail on Thursday as…

Chandigarh, May 13 (UNI) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA and state Kissan Wing president Kultar Singh Sandhwan said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Captain Amarinder Singh-led Punjab government were playing politics on the faulty…

Mumbai, May 13 (UNI) Torrent Pharma on Thursday entered into a royalty free, non-exclusive voluntary licensing agreement with Eli Lilly and Company, joining a group of leading Indian pharmaceutical companies for Baricitinib for Covid-19 in…

Toronto, May 14 (Sputnik)s Canadian health official are still probing the shipment of vaccine doses produced by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals amid a US investigation into quality control issues at a vaccine…

Srinagar, May 9 (UNI) In yet another heartwarming example of Kashmiriyat, Muslims in a village in the south Kashmir district of Pulwama helped perform the last rites of a Kashmiri Pandit amid an unabated rise in the number of fresh COVID-19…

Kathmandu, May 13 (UNI) K P Sharma Oli, who had lost the vote of confidence on May 10 in the Parliament, was once again appointed as the Prime Minister of Nepal as the Opposition parties failed to garner the majority vote to form a…

Washington, May 14 (Sputnik) Awards totaling $105 million to 127 small technology firms will help bring projects useful for space exploration to market, NASA said. "These small businesses received Phase I awards towards the onset of the…

Thane, May 14 (UNI) With the number of corona patients suffering from fungal diseases like Mucormycosis infection is rising. it was decided to start an updated operation theatre at the civic-run Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital, Kalwa.…

United Nations, May 14 (UNI) The UN Security Council will meet on May 16 to discuss the escalation between Israel and Palestine in the Gaza Strip, US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said in a statement. "The UN…

Tokyo, May 14 (UNI) A 6.0 magnitude earthquake was registered on Friday off the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Fukushima, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. The tremor was recorded at 0858 hrs local time (23:58 GMT on…

Meanwhile Explosions in Afghanistan kill 9 people on Eid ceasefire

Tel Aviv, May 13 (Sputnik) The Israeli army has attacked four apartments of high-ranking members of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which were used to plan military operations, the Israel Defense Forces press service said on Thursday. "An Israeli…

NEW DELHI: Actor Anupam Kher said on Wednesday it was important to hold the government accountable for the mismanagement of the second wave of the pandemic. The veteran actor, who is often viewed as being close to the Narendra Modi-led…

NEW DELHI: Petrol and diesel prices on Wednesday were hiked by 25 paise per litre each, the third increase this week, propelling petrol price to cross Rs 100 per litre mark in more cities including Bhopal and Indore. Petrol and diesel…

NEW DELHI:  With progress on India’s vaccination drive remaining largely behind schedule and an abated accumulation of new Covid-19 cases across the country, global ratings agency Moody’s has joined its peers in making a steep downwards…