About 3.2 million people could have died from Covid in India by September last year, six-seven times higher than reported officially, according to a study based on one independent and two government data sources. The research, published in the journal Science on Thursday, used an independent nationally representative survey of 137,289 adults in all states […]
In yet another big jump in coronavirus cases, Punjab reported 2,901 fresh infections on Friday while one more person succumbed to the disease, according to a medical bulletin. The new cases pushed the infection tally to 6,13,976 in the state, the bulletin said. Punjab has been witnessing a surge in the number of infections for […]
India on Friday made seven-day home quarantine mandatory for all international arrivals and an RT-PCR test on the eighth day, as it issued revised guidelines for international passengers. The guidelines released on Friday come into force from January 11 and will remain effective till further government orders.As per the existing rules, which have been retained […]
Chandigarh on Friday reported 390 Covid-19 cases and recorded a positivity rate of 10.77 per cent. As many as 3,620 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.Chandigarh had recorded 331 new cases on Thursday.The active caseload increased to 1,323 on Friday from 979 a day before.No new death was reported today as the toll […]
Punjab police has registered an FIR against 150 unidentified people in a case related to the blocking of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s convoy in Ferozepur earlier this week, where he was on his way to address a public rally.The FIR has been registered against the accused under Section 283 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). […]
Over 152 international passengers from Italy have tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival in Punjab. The passengers flew to Amritsar from Rome in an aircraft with 290 people on board. The patients are likely to be shifted to isolation wards set up in hospitals across the city as per protocol. Earlier on Thursday, 125 people […]
In a first of its kind initiative aimed at reforming the Jail inmates, the Punjab Prisons Development Board (PPDB) today signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Indian Oil (IOCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) for opening 12 Retail Outlets (ROs) to be manned by Jail inmates across the state. Pertinently, the aims come after instant […]
Former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today lashed out at the Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, the Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and the Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu for their reckless and irresponsible response to the grave security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Punjab visit on Wednesday. “Channi, Randhawa and Sidhu […]
With Social Media emerging as a new challenge, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Punjab Dr S Karuna Raju on Friday organised a workshop for all the District Public Relation Officers (DPROs) on ‘Social Media Monitoring’ to help them in countering fake news and identification of paid news during upcoming Punjab Assembly Elections 2022. Dr Rubal Kanozia, […]
