A Covid survivor in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore has been infected with ‘Green Fungus’ and shifted to Mumbai by air ambulance for treatment. It is possibly the first such reported case in the country, a senior doctor told reporters. ‘Green Fungus’ is the newest infection to join earlier reported cases of black, white and yellow fungus […]
Soon, drivers in India will be able to acquire a Driving Licence (DL) without undertaking a driving test at any Regional Transport Office (RTO). The Union Road Ministry has notified rules for accredited driver training centres where candidates will be provided high-quality driving courses, and once the test is cleared, they will be exempted from […]
The Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, which was identified as the reason behind breakthrough infections in the deadly second wave of coronavirus in India, has further mutated to form the ‘Delta plus’ or ‘AY.1’ variant. World Health Organisation, last month, tagged B.1.617.2 strain as the ‘Delta’ variant of SARS-CoV-2. “It has been seen in Europe since […]
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to make history at Euro Cup 2020 on Tuesday, making him the leading scorer in the Championship’s history with 11 goals in a men’s record fifth tournament appearance. At the age of 36, he beat the previous mark of nine set by France’s Michel Platini. All of Platini’s goals came […]
With the state’s Covid positivity rate coming down to 2%, Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday announced easing of the restrictions, allowing restaurants and other eating joints, as well as cinemas and gyms to open at 50% capacity beginning Wednesday (June 16). He also announced increase in gathering of people, including for […]
Indian Railways has announced that it has extended the discount scheme on booking train tickets through Unified Payments Interface (UPI)/Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) at railway counters for another year till 12 June, 2022. The Indian Railways decided to give a 5% discount on the total value of basic fare which is subject to a […]
Gurugram is the most suitable city to live in during Covid-19 times, considering factors such as population density, open area ratio and hospital infrastructure, said a report by Square Yards titled “Suitability Index: The COVID Perspective”. The localities in Gurugram’s East zone such as sectors 52-56, 58, 40-44, 30, 24-27 are found to be the […]
Bhajouli village of Mohali district created a record on Monday with 100% coverage of its entire 18-plus population and leading the district in Covid vaccination with at least one dose. Bhajouli has a population of 536 people, out of which 356 people are over 18 and all eligible persons have been jabbed with at least […]
India’s first NRI service provider firm, ‘NRI Guardian’ was inaugurated at Sector 9 in Chandigarh on Monday by businessman Dr S P Singh Oberoi in the presence of Padma Bhushan S Tarlochan Singh, former Member of Parliament, Dr Prabhleen Singh and Dr CS Grewal. Acknowledging the challenges that the NRIs have to go through back […]
Magawa- the rat- is retiring after five years of sniffing out land mines and unexploded ordnance in Cambodia. He’s directly responsible for saving the lives of untold numbers of men, women, and children. Magawa, who sniffed out hazardous, unexploded weapons of war in Cambodia, credited with leading his handlers to more than 100 buried explosive […]