Coronavirus second wave: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams suspends darshan to all temples, including Lord Balaji temple Under normal circumstances, the Lord Balaji temple witnesses an annual footfall of 3 to 4 crore. April 12, 2021 15:07 IST
Second wave: Hospital beds, oxygen and testing key issues in states reporting Covid spike The second wave of Covid-19 has been maintaining a much rapid trajectory than the first one that India saw last… April 12, 2021 11:48 IST
Coronavirus Lockdown Highlights: 51,000 Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra today; daily count in Mumbai drops to 6,905 Coronavirus India Lockdown Updates: India on Monday reported 1,68,912 Covid-19new cases, the highest single-day spike so far, taking the total… Updated: April 12, 2021 23:41 IST
Modi’s vaccine plans may unravel if he doesn’t make up with manufacturers If the vaccination effort was a one-time deal, perhaps it wouldn’t matter, even though it speaks poorly of the business… Updated: April 13, 2021 11:21 IST
COVID-19: UP limits office occupancy to 50%, caps the number of visitors in religious places The Lucknow DM has also been directed to ensure that at least 30-35 contacts of each person testing positive is… April 11, 2021 18:33 IST
Hospitals to get 80% of oxygen produced in Chhattisgarh: Govt As per the notification, manufacturers have been directed to supply 80 per cent of the total oxygen produced in their… April 11, 2021 16:53 IST
COVID-19: Electronic device to curb airborne spread of virus developed The Wolf Airmask has the capacity to deactivate the microbes, bacteria and fungus while also significantly reducing the subject MS2… April 11, 2021 16:18 IST
Five states account for over 70 pc of India’s active COVID-19 cases: Govt Meanwhile, the cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 10 crore. Updated: April 11, 2021 18:48 IST
8k Remdesivir vials have arrived: Madhya Pradesh official as cases surge Several areas in the state are witnessing people queueing up outside medical stores for the drug, with some of them,… Updated: April 11, 2021 15:36 IST
Coronavirus in India: For better vaccine delivery, Apollo LogiSolutions announces an integrated platform The aim of the company is to make the distribution model of coronavirus vaccines in india more robust with the… April 11, 2021 15:17 IST
Partial lockdown measures could impact movement of labour, goods: CII survey Covid curfew and micro containment strategies along with Covid-appropriate behaviour are effective to contain the spread of the second wave… April 11, 2021 13:52 IST
Mutants, sluggish vaccine drive, carelessness: Add them and you get Covid surge, say top scientists. India’s COVID tally has climbed to 1,33,58,805 (1.33 crore, 13.3 million) with a record spike of 1,52,879 daily cases, the… Updated: April 11, 2021 13:38 IST
COVID situation in Delhi ‘very serious’, people shouldn’t go out unless urgent, says Arvind Kejriwal “I have seen how in some foreign countries, hospitals ran short. It is such a contagious disease that if we… Updated: April 11, 2021 18:26 IST
‘Tika Utsav’ beginning of second big war on COVID-19, says PM Modi Asserting that the ‘Tika Utsav’, a vaccination drive between April 11 and 14, marks the beginning of the second big… Updated: April 11, 2021 11:50 IST
Five states account for over 72 pc of country’s total active COVID-19 cases: Govt In terms of the number of daily doses administered globally, India continues to remain at the top with an average… April 10, 2021 14:17 IST
Punjab left with just 5 days of COVID-19 vaccine stock: Amarinder Singh In an official statement here, he said he wrote to the prime minister and the Union health minister to give… April 10, 2021 14:08 IST
COVID-19 and its impact on mental health The pre-COVID-19 scenario for mental health in India was already a cause for deep concern. One in seven Indians has… Updated: April 10, 2021 12:38 IST
Adopting COVID-19 appropriate behaviour best way to stop transmission of virus, its variants: WHO Asked how the second wave of the virus can be expected to proceed, Singh said from the epidemiology perspective, no… April 10, 2021 12:12 IST
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