No death in last 24 hours in Delhi’s biggest Covid hospital: Kejriwal

July 29, 2020

Not a single death was reported in the last 24 hours in the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (LNJP), which is Delhi’s biggest Covid hospital, said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday. The national Capital which was reeling under the corona pandemic last month continued to show good signs...

IPL 2020 set to be held in UAE from 19 Sept to 8 Nov

July 28, 2020

In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak , sporting leagues across the globe had to be either called off or postponed indefinitely. The 13th season of India’s elite cricket tournament, Indian Premier League (IPL) is one of the tournaments which faced the fate of unprecedented postponement. However, cricket fans got...

PCCAI says Ganguly failed differently-abled cricketers

July 28, 2020

When Sourav Ganguly became the president of BCCI, many had hoped that he would change the fate of the board as he had done with the Indian cricket during his captaincy years. Especially, the disabled cricketers were very hopeful that someone would finally look into their matter and change their...

PM Modi launches Covid testing facilities in 3 states

July 28, 2020

In a bid to further ramp up Covid-19 testing capacity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched “high throughput” testing facilities in Noida, Mumbai and Kolkata. The PM said during the launch that the laboratories would not be restricted to Covid-19 testing, but would be expanded for testing of other diseases like...

Covid-19 deaths in July down by 44%, says Delhi govt

July 27, 2020

The national capital recorded 605 deaths due to the Covid-19 between 1 July and 12 July, as against 1,089 fatalities recorded during the same period in June, amounting to a decrease of 44%. The Delhi government’s Covid-19 hospitals also saw a 58% reduction in death rates, going down from 361...

India overtakes France as Covid deaths cross 30,000 mark

July 25, 2020

India saw a record singleday spike of 49,310 Covid-19 cases, taking the total number over 13 lakh. The death count has now mounted to 30,601 with 740 new fatalities in last 24 hours. India is now the sixth most-affected country worldwide, deathwise, behind the US, Brazil, Britain, Mexico and Italy....

India’s Covid tally crosses 12-lakh mark

July 24, 2020

India’s Covid-19 case tally has crossed the 12-lakh mark with the highest single-day spike of 45,720 new cases and 1,129 deaths. The total coronavirus cases stand at 12,38,635 which includes 4,26,167 active cases, and 7,82,606 have been cured till now. The country has recorded 29,861 deaths so far due to...

Eyeing at Tokyo 2021, SAI extends contract of 32 foreign coaches

July 23, 2020

With an objective of ensuring continuity in the training of athletes, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Wednesday extended the contract of 32 foreign coaches in 11 disciplines till 30 September 2021. The contracts of many coaches were to end in September this year. The decision to extend their...

Silver lining: India records highest-ever coronavirus recoveries in 24 hours

July 23, 2020

India added 37,724 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours taking the country›s tally to 11,92,915, while recoveries surged to 7,53,049 with 28,472 people recovered in a day, the highest so far. The death toll due to the disease rose to 28,732 with 648 people succumbing to the disease...

Maharashtra now has more Covid-19 cases than Spain

July 22, 2020

India recorded 37,148 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing its tally to 11,55,191. The country recorded 587 deaths linked to the deadly virus. A total of 28,084 Covid-19 linked deaths have been recorded so far. More than 7.2 lakh patients have recovered so far. Thus, 62.72% of people...