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 […]
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 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 […]
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, […]
The government has decided to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years, bringing it at par with that of men.Experts, however, have raised concern over the decision, saying the move is akin to treating symptoms instead of the underlying causes. The Union Cabinet had on Wednesday cleared a proposal […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in a homage ceremony at the National War Memorial in Delhi on Thursday on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Vijay Diwas, which commemorates India’s victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war.During the ceremony, PM Modi also laid a wreath at the National War Memorial to honour the soldiers […]
Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav patched up with his estranged uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav of Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) and announced an alliance between the two parties ahead of next year’s assembly election in Uttar Pradesh. Taking to Twitter, Akhilesh said on Thursday, “Met the national president of PSPA (L) and the matter of […]
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Thursday reviewed the Covid-19 situation in the country amid reports of about 70 positive cases of the Omicron variant of the virus in different parts of the country. Preparedness of health infrastructure of all Union territories to deal with the Covid-19 situation was also reviewed, a home ministry spokesperson […]
The national capital on Thursday recorded 85 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest in over four months, while the positivity rate also rose to 0.15 per cent, according to the Delhi government’s health bulletin. Also on Thursday, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said the city has so far recorded 10 cases of the new COVID-19 variant […]