Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the 594-km long Ganga Expressway in Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.Addressing the crowd at the foundation laying ceremony, PM Modi said that the Ganga Expressway will bring “infinite opportunities” for everyone, including farmers and youth.”This expressway will open doors for Uttar Pradesh’s development. It will […]
Daily Covid-19 caseload in India that is currently around 7,500 infections is expected to increase once the Omicron starts displacing Delta as the dominant variant, informed members of the National Covid-19 Supermodel Committee and predicted the third wave in India early year. Vidyasagar, who is also the head of the National Covid-19 Supermodel Committee, said […]
Chandigarh reported 17 new coronavirus cases—its highest since June this year—in the last 24 hours, a health bulletin from Chandigarh administration showed on Saturday. Chandigarh now has 85 active cases with a positivity rate of 0.78 per cent over the last seven days.The UT has reported no new deaths. Its fatality count since the pandemic […]
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir has been appointed the team mentor of the new Lucknow franchise ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, owner Sanjiv Goenka confirmed on Saturday. Gambhir is a two-time IPL-winning captain with KKR and considered a legend in the league who amassed 4217 runs from 154 games at 31.23 […]
In yet another case of murder over alleged blasphemy, a man was killed after an alleged sacrilege at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.The incident of sacrilege happened inside the sanctum sanctorum of Darbar Sahib today evening, when regular prayers were going on. CCTV footage shows that suddenly a man entered the sanctum sanctorum and hit […]
India continued their domination against arch-rivals Pakistan in hockey as reigning Olympic bronze medallist registered a thumping 3-1 win in the Asian Champions Trophy 2021 match in Dhaka. With one thumping win against minnows Bangladesh and a draw in the opening match against South Korea, India made a confident start and took a lead in […]
India has moved up in rankings from ninth to the fourth spot this year in the tally of top 20 countries affected by spam calls, owing to a significant increase in sales and telemarketing calls, as per a report by Truecaller. This year, all categories of sales-related calls made up a vast majority (93.5 per […]
The UT Administration today announced dry daysfrom December 22 to 24 and on December 27 ahead of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation Elections in Chandigarh. The elections are scheduled to be held on December 24 and the counting of votes will be held on December 27.A detailed notification in this regard has been issued in this regard.
Union Health Ministry on Friday said that there is no evidence that the vaccines will not work against the Omicron strain of coronavirus. India’s tally of Omicron cases crossed the 100 mark on Friday, with fresh cases detected in Maharashtra and Delhi. Maharashtra recorded eight more cases of the new variant, while Delhi added 12 […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday it has granted Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to Covovax, the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine developed by the Serum Institute of India (SII) in partnership with the US-based Novavax. “Covovax was assessed under the WHO EUL procedure based on the review of data on quality, safety and efficacy, […]