Amid surge in Covid cases, Mansukh Mandaviya asks states to stay alert, prepared; identify emergency hotspotsUnion Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya advised states to be prepared for COVID-19 management and identify emergency hotspots by monitoring...
07 Apr, 2023, 09.04 PM IST
BJP national executive lauds Agnipath schemeBriefing reporters after the party passed a resolution on economy and "garib kalyan sankalp" (resolve for the poor's welfare), Union minist...
02 Jul, 2022, 09.35 PM IST
Experts warn of another Covid surge as Uttarakhand rethinks Kanwar yatra banSources said Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has discussed the matter with his counterpart in Uttarakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami...
10 Jul, 2021, 11.24 PM IST
Suspend stir, get tested for Covid, it's infecting villages: Manohar Lal Khattar to farmersChief Minister Khattar along with Health Minister Anil Vij also expressed exasperation over farmer leaders' reluctance to ask agitating far...
13 May, 2021, 09.23 PM IST
View: Treat NCR as one health ecosystem for oxygen supplies, COVID managementWhile numbers may be recorded statewise, the truth is that this catchment alone currently accounts for about 1.2 lakh confirmed cases.
24 Apr, 2021, 06.31 AM IST
Explained in 6 charts: Covid surge in 8 states; Maharashtra, Punjab lead active caseloadStates like Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu continue to lead the coronavirus surge in the country, accounting for nea...
06 Mar, 2021, 09.42 PM IST
‘Backward’ states beat developed ones in bringing down Covid positivity rateA positivity rate of 5% or below over a 14-day period is considered a ‘green zone’ where a state can safely relax lockdown measures. Anythi...
20 Oct, 2020, 10.14 AM IST
Delhi taking lead in fight against pollution, but neighbouring states still not serious: Gopal RaiDelhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said the AAP government wants cooperation not confrontation with other states on the issue of air poll...
09 Oct, 2020, 04.56 PM IST
New tech for decomposing straw to be used for stubble burning in Delhi, other states: JavadekarHe said during the meeting, which was also attended by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), state pollution control boards, DDA and NDMC...
01 Oct, 2020, 05.31 PM IST
Lockdown relaxations further pushes India's COVID-19 peak to September 03Latest projections by the Times Fact-India Outbreak Report indicates that India is set to hit a peak of 9.86 lakh active cases on September...
30 Jul, 2020, 12.05 PM IST
While urban areas are having transmission in phases, Covid-19 poses a bigger threat to ‘silent’ areasThose studying the pattern of the virus say it will first infect the urban areas, where there is a dense population, and then move inwards ...
25 Jul, 2020, 09.26 AM IST
Lockdown, Day 32: Some good newsThe plasma therapy has shown hope in treating Covid-19 patients. The plasma therapy trials in Delhi have been encouraging, said the Delhi h...
25 Apr, 2020, 08.17 PM IST
Less than one-third of India's 'aspirational' districts hit by CovidLess than a third of India's 'aspirational districts' - those with poor socio-economic indicators have been affected by the coronavirus.
25 Apr, 2020, 08.26 AM IST
Construction ban in NCR extended till May 3The ministry for home affairs (MHA) had issued a set of guidelines to follow during the lockdown on April 15, and allowed certain industrie...
21 Apr, 2020, 11.38 AM IST
Wider, aggressive testing at core of Lockdown 2.0 planstates told to understand the extent of the problem and aggressively identify hotspots.
17 Apr, 2020, 12.48 PM IST
Covid-19 hotspots: Haryana puts districts of Mewat in red zonePolice have traced 1,600 people in this region who are linked to the Tablighi Jamaat gathering in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area, which is being b...
16 Apr, 2020, 09.03 AM IST
Cases top 10k; Lockdown #2 begins tomorrowWith India having crossed 10,000 cases in the past 24 hours, Modi today put 130 crore Indians on the appraisal of their lives. Can the govt...
14 Apr, 2020, 10.03 PM IST