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HC asks Delhi govt’s stand on plea seeking transportation, cremation of COVID-19 victims
New Delhi, May 17 (UNI) The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the Delhi government and sought its response on a petition seeking implementation of infrastructure for cremation and transportation of bodies of those who died of…
Delhi HC reserves judgment on plea on Central Vista project
New Delhi, May 17 (UNI) The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved the judgment on a plea seeking suspension on all the construction at the Central Vista amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic.
A Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and…
Khattar apprises Amit Shah about ongoing farmers’ agitation & Covid-19 situation
Chandigarh, May 17 (UNI) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday apprised Union Home Minister Amit Shah about the ongoing farmers' agitation and present Covid-19 situation in the state.
The Chief Minister met Union Home…
Centre drops Plasma therapy from it’s COVID-19 treatment protocol
New Delhi, May 17 (UNI) The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), centre's National Task Fprce for COVID-19 on Monday revised the guidelines for the management of adult patients and dropped off label use of convalescent plasma for…
Rajnath & Harsh Vardhan launch DRDO anti-Covid drug 2-DG
New Delhi, May 17 (UNI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday released the first batch of DRDO-developed anti-Covid drug 2-DG here.
On the occasion, Mr Singh said, “I am thanking all of them who are…
Calcutta High Court cancels bail to TMC leaders
Kolkata, May 17 (UNI) Calcutta High Court tonight stayed the bail granted to three Trinamool Congress leaders and a former close aide to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee leaders, who were arrested by CBI in connection with Narada…
Rajnath Singh to release first batch of DRDO’s 2DG medicine for treating COVID-19 patients…
New Delhi , May 17 The first batch of the 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) drug developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for treatment of Covid-19 will be released by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on…
Shivraj directs officers to constitute special ward for treatment of black fungus
Bhopal, May 15 (UNI) With surge in cases of black fungus in the state, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday directed officials to make special wards in five Government Medical Colleges of the state for the…
Five more people arrested for selling Remdevisir in black-market in Chennai, Tuticorin
Chennai, May 16 (UNI) Five more people, including two in Southern Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu, were arrested for selling Remdesivir injection, used for treating COVID patients, in blackmarket at higher prices.
In Tuticorin, police…
20 Black fungus cases in Karnataka, 12 in Hubbali
12-member team formed in SGPGI Lucknow to ensure detection, treatment; Haryana notifies the disease
Sikkim State Day Celebrated: low key tributes to Kazi L Dorjee
Gangtok, May 16 ( UNI ) Merger of Sikkim with Indian Union in 1975 ,16th May and becoming the 22nd State was commemorated here on Sunday. The Father of Democracy in Sikkim, Padma Vibhushan, Kazi Lhendup Dorjee was paid floral tributes, at…
Panipat: 500-bedded COVID Care Centre dedicated by Dharmendra Pradhan & Manohar Lal
New Delhi, May 16 (UNI) Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal dedicated a 500-bedded COVID Care hospital near Village Baljattan in Panipat in Haryana on Sunday.
This hospital has been…
Delhi records 6,456 COVID-19 cases, 262 deaths
New Delhi, May 16 (UNI) Delhi recorded 6,456 cases of COVID-19 and 262 deaths from the virus in the past 24 hours, a health bulletin said here on Sunday. The positivity rate in the national capital is 10.40 per cent while the fatality…
India receives second batch of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine
New Delhi, May 16 (UNI) The second batch of the Russia's Sputnik V vaccine arrived in Hyderabad on Sunday, Russian Ambassador to India, Nikolay Kudashev, said.
"A second batch of #SputnikV has landed in Hyderabad today! We are very happy…
‘Tau’s’ Dangerous Route : IMD issues Orange Alarm for devastating Cyclone
New Delhi, May 16 (UNI) India Meteorological Department on Sunday evening said that the “Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Tauktae” lies over eastcentral Arabian Sea moved north-northwestwards with a speed of about 19 kmph during past six hours.…
Cyclone Tauktae: Shah reviews preparedness with CMs
New Delhi, May 16 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday chaired a review meeting through videoconferencing with the Chief Ministers of Gujarat and Maharashtra and Administrator of Daman & Diu and Dadra Nagar Haveli, to assess…
COVID-19: No role for cabinet in pandemic control, PMO calls the shots
NEW DELHI: The union cabinet has met at least five times since the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic began in late March or early April, but not a single decision was related to the ongoing surge, at least that is what can be concluded…
Western Railway cancels 56 trains as Cyclone Tauktae heads towards Gujarat coast
AHMEDABAD: With cyclone Tauktae heading towards Gujarat coast, the Western Railway (WR) on Saturday cancelled 56 trains till May 21 as a precaution.
Some trains were `short-terminated', which means their journey will end before the final…
India to administer 51.6 crore COVID vaccine doses by July: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
NEW DELHI: The number of vaccine doses administered in India will reach 51.6 crore by the end of July, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday.
India has so far administered over 18 crore jabs to eligible beneficiaries.…
Cyclone Tauktae to intensify into ‘very severe cyclonic storm’, to cross Gujarat coast…
New Delhi , May 16 : Cyclone Tauktae is likely to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm and will cross the Gujarat coast in the morning of May 18, as per the Indian Meteorological Department on Sunday.
In a tweet by IMD, it…
