INDIA RECORDS 19K NEW COVID CASES, LOWEST SINCE EARLY JULY

December 23, 2020

India added only 19,556 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the lowest since early July. One crore 75,116 confirmed Covid-19 cases, including 1,46,111 deaths were recorded till Tuesday. A total of 96,36,487 patients have recovered or been discharged. The number of Covid-related deaths reported from across the country...

With 24k new cases, India reaches 1.05 crore Covid-19 caseload

December 22, 2020

New Delhi: India’s total coronavirus cases reached 1,00,55,560 on Monday with 24,337 new Covid-19 cases, including 25,709 recoveries have been reported in the last 24 hours. The difference in the new recoveries outnumbering new cases has also improved the recovery rate to 95.53% on Monday. The total numbers of recovered...

Amit Shah to head panel to mark Netaji’s 125th birth anniversary

December 22, 2020

New Delhi: The government has decided to constitute a high-level committee to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. This high-level committee will decide on the activities for a year-long commemoration starting 23 January 2021. The committee will be headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah as...

AFTER CROSSING 1 CRORE, INDIA’S ACTIVE COVID CASES DROP TO 3.05 LAKH

December 21, 2020

New Delhi: India added 26,624 coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking its tally to 1,00,31,223. The number of fresh infections is 5.8% higher than Saturday when the country registered 25,152 cases making the total infections reach over one crore mark. India reported 341 deaths on Sunday due to...

WITH 22K NEW CASES, INDIA’S COVID NUMBER REACHES 99.79 LAKH

December 19, 2020

India recorded 22,890 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total caseload to over 99.79 lakh. Fresh infections are down by 4.6% since Thursday. A total of 338 deaths were reported in the last twenty-four hours, taking total fatality to 1,44,789. The total recovered cases of the...

CAIT WANTS TO BE IN SC-PROPOSED PANEL ON FARMERS’ ISSUE

December 18, 2020

New Delhi: Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Thursday wrote to Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Railways Minister Piyush Goyal, seeking “due representation” in the panel proposed by the Supreme Court to resolve the dispute between the Central government and farmers protesting in the national capital over...

FARMERS’ AGITATION HAS HIT TRADE, ACTIVITIES WORTH RS 5,000 CRORE: CAIT

December 17, 2020

NEW DELHI: The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Tuesday said that in the last 20 days, trade and other activities worth Rs 5,000 crore have been affected in Delhi and the surrounding states. On Tuesday, the Confederation held a conference with the leaders of other sectors of the...

With 22k Covid cases, India records lowest daily hike since July

December 16, 2020

New Delhi: India records 22,065 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the overall tally to 99,06,165 on Tuesday as 354 deaths were also reported, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. The last time India recorded around 20,000 cases was on 2 July when there were...

INDIA’S ACTIVE COVID CASELOAD LOWEST AFTER 149 DAYS AT 3.57%

December 15, 2020

New Delhi: The share of active Covid-19 cases in the total number of infections has further shrunk to 3.57 per cent, lowest after 149 days, according to an official release on Monday. India’s active cases on Monday stood at 3,52,586, as compared to 3,58,692 on 18 July. As many as...

INDIA RECORDS FEWER THAN 30K NEW COVID CASES AS TALLY NEARS 98 LAKH

December 12, 2020

New Delhi: India recorded less than 30,000 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, the second time this month, which pushed its caseload to 97.96 lakh, while the total number of recoveries rose to 92.90 lakh. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 97,96,769 with 29,398 fresh infections, while the death count rose...