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15-day Janata Curfew in Maharashtra as new corona cases cross 60k mark

14 Apr 2021

The Maharashtra government has imposed a 15-day Janata Curfew after the Covid-19 situation worsened in the state. CM Uddhav Thackeray said that it won’t be a complete lockdown but stricter restrictions will be put in place starting 8 pm on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Maharashtra reported 60,212 new cases of Covid-19,...

14 major hospitals in Delhi declared Covid care centres

13 Apr 2021

The national capital recorded 11,491 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the Delhi State Health bulletin showed on Monday evening. This is the steepest ever daily rise in new Covid-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic last year. As many as 72 deaths were reported in the...

Maharashtra’s healthcare infra on the verge of collapse

13 Apr 2021

From hospital beds to oxygen to Remdesivir injections to testing kits to healthcare workers, Maharashtra, the state worst hit by the Covid-19 second wave, is facing severe shortage, even as retailers, restaurants and theatres are reeling under the impact of harsh restrictions imposed last week by the authorities. While decision...

SPUTNIK GETS EXPERT PANEL NOD AS INDIA SEES MASSIVE COVID SURGE

13 Apr 2021

Russia’s Sputnik V has been recommended by an expert committee and is likely to be India’s third vaccine against Covid-19, if approved by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI). Sputnik V has an efficacy of 91.6% and will be manufactured in India by Dr Reddy’s. In its last meeting,...

INDIA TO HAVE 5 MORE VACCINES BY OCTOBER, SPUTNIK TO GET EMERGENCY USE NOD IN 10 DAYS

12 Apr 2021

As more and more states flag shortage of Covid-19 vaccine doses, the Central government has pressed the accelerator to scale up vaccine production manifold. Top government sources told ANI that by end of the third quarter of this year, India will be getting vaccines from five additional manufacturers. India currently...

Covid-19 protocols not followed in Maharashtra, 2 other states: Centre

12 Apr 2021

Amid the massive surge in Covid-19 infections in the country, the Centre on Sunday wrote to Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Punjab over reports submitted by Central health teams regarding Covid-19 testing and containment operations, hospital infrastructure and vaccination to contain the virus spread. In the letters addressed to the three states,...

AS NUMBERS CROSS 1.5L, INDIA BEGINS ‘SECOND BIG WAR’ AGAINST CORONA

12 Apr 2021

As India added 152,879 new Covid-19 cases to its total, setting another grim one-day record, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday declared the beginning of the “second big war” against the virus. At the ‘Tika Utsav’ or Covid-19 mass vaccination festival, the PM asked to make targets at the personal, social...

REPORTS ON VACCINE SHORTAGE INCORRECT; ALL STATES GIVEN ADEQUATE DOSES: AMIT SHAH

10 Apr 2021

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that all reports suggesting Covid-19 vaccine shortage are incorrect, adding that all states are being provided with an adequate number of vaccine doses. “The information on vaccine shortage is not right. All states are being provided with an adequate number of vaccine...

INDIAN ARMY STRENGTHENS MOUNTAIN STRIKE CORPS LOOKING AFTER CHINA BORDER

10 Apr 2021

Further strengthening its deployments along the northern borders, the Indian Army is adding around 10,000 more troops to its only mountain strike corps responsible for looking after offensive operations along the China border. The strengthening of the Mountain Strike Corps is part of the steps taken by the force to...

COVID INFECTIONS, DEATHS SURGE AS MIGRANTS START TO FLEE CITIES

10 Apr 2021

India has set another record of daily Covid cases with 1,31,968 infections in the last 24 hours, pushing the total case count to over 1.3 crore. This is the fourth time in five days that India has reported over one lakh new cases. At least 1,67,642 people have died of...

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