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Covid-19: Centre allocates essentials received from global community

05 May 2021

The unprecedented surge in Covid-19 cases and mortality has overwhelmed the health infrastructure of several States and Union Territories. The global community, in a bid to help India during the crisis, has extended a helping hand in supporting the efforts of the Government of India in this collective fight against...

Military steps in to ensure care in new ‘DRDO’ hospitals

05 May 2021

Eyebrows have been raised by military officials over what they have called the bureaucratic over-reach that has led to the over-stretched medical resources of the Indian armed forces being further put to use to run what have been termed as “DRDO” hospitals, but which in fact are being run by...

POST POLL VIOLENCE SINGES BENGAL, SEVERAL DEAD, THOUSANDS FORCED TO FLEE

05 May 2021

Massive violence has erupted in Bengal ever since the declaration of the election results to the 294-seat state Assembly on Sunday. Reports coming from Kolkata quoting official and unofficial sources state that at least 14 people have lost their lives in the last 36 hours, with hundreds injured and thousands...

Will impose complete lockdown only if needed: Punjab CM

04 May 2021

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday warned people against laxity in adherence to the curbs imposed in the state and said if the situation did not improve he would be forced to consider a total lockdown. However, he made it clear that he was not in favour of...

GOI, POONAWALLA ISSUE STATEMENTS TO COUNTER MISLEADING REPORTS ON VACCINE ORDERS

04 May 2021

Amid state governments claiming shortages of the Covid-19 vaccines and media reports alleging that the Central government did not place fresh orders for vaccines, Government of India and vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India (SII) issued their respective statements on Monday to address the matter. The government stated that news...

MAHARASHTRA AND DELHI WITNESS DIPS IN DAILY COVID CASES

04 May 2021

The Centre said, on Monday, daily Covid-19 cases in Delhi and Maharashtra are plateauing but these are “very early signals” and containment efforts have to continue to break the chain of transmission. Addressing a media briefing, Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry, Lav Agarwal said 13 states, including Delhi, Chhattisgarh,...

Cabinet Secretary reviews Delhi’s Covid preparedness

03 May 2021

In the wake of rising coronavirus cases across the country, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba reviewed various aspects of Covid-19 preparedness in Delhi. Officials of the Government of NCT of Delhi (GNCTD) made a presentation in the meeting covering issues of recent trends in the active cases, deaths, and positivity rate;...

In Bengal, questions raised about Vijayvargiya and Mukul Roy

03 May 2021

Numerous inputs, complaints that were received by the central leadership against the decisions being taken by BJP’s election pointsman in West Bengal, Kailash Vijayvargiya and Mukul Roy about candidate selection and ticket distribution, especially to those individuals who were discarded by the Trinamool Congress proved to be true on Sunday...

NATIONAL PARTIES LOSE GROUND WHILE REGIONAL PARTIES GAIN ON 2 MAY 2021

03 May 2021

The shift of majority community votes from the Congress Party to the Bharatiya Janata Party in Kerala made the collapse of the UDF in the 2 May Assembly polls easy to predict. The Sonia Gandhi formula of consolidating minority votes and retaining enough of a minority of the votes of...

SPUTNIK V SET TO ARRIVE TODAY AMID VACCINE SHORTAGE

01 May 2021

The first lot of Sputnik V vaccines from Russia will arrive in India today. The rollout of the Russian vaccine is expected to augment India’s third phase of the vaccination drive which also begins tomorrow. India is witnessing a surge in Covid-19 cases in the second wave of pandemic and...

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