World-record sprinter and eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt tested positive for coronavirus on Monday. He is in self-quarantine at his home in Jamaica a week after celebrating his mask-free birthday party. The Jamaican sprinter had reportedly arranged for a birthday bash wherein no social distancing guidelines were followed. Bolt said he took a Covid-19 […]
The Serum Institute of India (SII) is set to begin its phase-2 human clinical trials of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine candidate, Covishield, on Tuesday. The observer-blind, randomised and controlled study to determine the safety and immunogenicity of ‘Covishield’ on healthy Indian adults will begin at Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College and Hospital in Pune, sources […]
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar tested positive for coronavirus on Monday. Revealing this, he tweeted, “I have tested for Novel Corona Virus today. I appeal to all colleagues and associates who came in my contact over the last week to get tested. I request my close contacts to move into strict quarantine immediately.” This […]
The Punjab Government issued new guidelines on Monday regarding medical fitness for home isolation of asymptomatic/mild symptomatic patients and patients aged more than 60 or with co-morbidities and pregnant women. All such patients will be offered the opportunity to give undertaking at the time of sampling regarding availability of home isolation facility at their residence, […]
With an aim to strengthen the school education system, the state Education Department, under the leadership of Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla and Education Secretary Krishan Kumar, will conduct the Punjab Achievement Survey (PAS) on Monday. Punjab is the first state to hold this test. Around 26 lakh students from classes 1 to12 studying […]
The leader of main opposition party, Sonia Gandhi, has asked her party to begin the process of replacing her as chief, after more than 20 senior leaders called for better decision-making in the party, which has ruled for much of the country’s independent history. What happened An internal dispute had emerged in the party after […]
In view of surging Covid-19 cases, Chandigarh Administration on Monday extended the odd-even system for 12 congested markets up to September 3. The odd-even system was reintroduced on August 8 in 10 congested markets, which was later extended to Sector 18. The administration has given a list of 12 markets that will have to follow […]
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) began its second day of investigation in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case in Mumbai on Saturday. A team of CBI officials along with forensic experts reached the actor’s house in Bandra along with his cook Neeraj Singh and roommate Siddharth Pithani at 2.30pm to reconstruct the crime scene. […]
The Border Security Force (BSF) shot down five intruders in an encounter on Saturday morning along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district. The infiltrators were trying to enter the Indian territory through the Khemkaran border area when they were spotted by the BSF patrol team at around 5am, officials said. “Upon being challenged […]