CENTRE CONCERNED OVER GROWING COVID CASES IN 11 STATES AND UTS

April 3, 2021

India recorded a sharp surge of 81,466 new infections in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s overall caseload to 12,302,110. Maharashtra accounted for 47,827 of the new cases, a new high for the state. Chhattisgarh and Karnataka reported more than 4,000 cases each. Meanwhile, with 469 new deaths, the...

INDIA BACK IN 35K COVID CLUB AFTER 100 DAYS

March 19, 2021

India recorded 35,871 new Covid-19 cases, the highest single-day rise in over 100 days, which took the infection tally to 1,14,74,605. The active caseload reached 2,52,364, which accounts for 2.20% of the total infections. The recovery rate further dropped to 96.41%. The death count increased to 1,59,216 with 172 new...

INDIA BACKS COVISHIELD SHOT AS CORONA CASES HIT 3-MONTH HIGH

March 18, 2021

Amid rising numbers, India—since starting the vaccination drive in mid-January—has administered 36 million vaccine doses, which are mostly the AstraZeneca shots developed with Oxford University and locally known as Covishield. “We have no signal of concern in this regard,” V.K. Paul, who heads a government committee on vaccines, told a...

1 CRORE SENIOR CITIZENS VACCINATED, MAHARASHTRA RECORDS YEAR’S HIGHEST SINGLE-DAY SURGE

March 17, 2021

The Health Ministry reported that the number of beneficiaries aged 60 years and above in the nationwide Covid vaccination drive has crossed one crore in just 15 days. Meanwhile, the total vaccination coverage in India has crossed 3.29 crores. However, the spread of the infection still continues as India recorded...

AS COVID CASES SPIKE, PM MODI TO MEET CMS TOMORROW

March 16, 2021

In the last 24 hours, 26,291 new cases of coronavirus infections were detected in India. For the second consecutive day, active cases were more than 8,000. There are over 2.19 lakh active cases in India, of which Maharashtra alone accounts for over 1.27 lakh. Maharashtra, Kerala and Punjab are the...

EC suspends officer in charge of Mamata’s security

March 15, 2021

The Election Commission of India (ECI) suspended West Bengal’s Director Security from his post in connection with the major lapse of security that resulted in the alleged attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram. “Vivek Sahay, IPS, Director Security, shall be removed from the post of the Director Security...

INDIA REPORTS HIGHEST SINGLE-DAY SPIKE IN 2021 WITH OVER 22K COVID CASES

March 12, 2021

After 22,854 people tested positive for Covid-19 in 24 hours, India marked its highest single-day spike in cases this year. The cumulative caseload of the country now stands at 1,12,85,561. The death toll also increased to 1,58,189 with 126 new fatalities in a day. Meanwhile, the Covid-19 active caseload is...

I AM NOWHERE IN THE RACE FOR UTTARAKHAND CM: AJAY BHATT

March 10, 2021

Uttarakhand is seeing a political crisis, especially with the resignation of Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat. Now, the names of three potential replacements for Rawat have surfaced, one of whom is member of Parliament Ajay Bhatt. However, in an interview with The Sunday Guardian, Bhatt said that he is not...

INDIA’S COVID-19 VACCINE ROLLOUT ‘RESCUED WORLD’: TOP US SCIENTIST

March 8, 2021

India’s rollout of the Covid-19 vaccines in collaboration with leading global institutions has “rescued the world” from the deadly pandemic, said a top American scientist, adding that and the country’s contributions should not be underestimated. India, called the pharmacy of the world, is one of the world’s biggest drug-makers and...

INDIA RECORDS 16K NEW COVID CASES, 86% OF THEM FROM 6 STATES

March 1, 2021

As many as six states including Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat have shown a surge in new cases in the last 24 hours, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday. According to the Ministry, 86.37 percent of new cases in the country are...