Why are some COVID test results false positives, and how common are they?The test is also highly sensitive. So, if someone truly is infected with the virus, there is a high probability the test will come back pos...
Waiting periods go up for e-commerce deliveries amid second wave"In these unprecedented times, together with lakhs of sellers (including small and medium businesses) and associates across our network, we...
Centre to review COVID-19 situation in UP, ChhattisgarhThe union home secretary and the secretary in the ministry of health and family welfare will review the COVID-19 situation in Uttar Pradesh...
PM Modi calls for increasing production of medical grade oxygenPrime Minister Modi took a comprehensive review to ensure adequate medical grade oxygen supply in the country, the Prime Minister's Office ...
Centre asks Madhya Pradesh to implement 5-fold strategy to check COVID spreadIn a statement, the ministry said issues related to adequate availability of N95 masks, PPE kits, HCQ tablets availability, ventilator allo...
Transporters stare at $2.4 bn loss in April on account of lockdownsThe fresh wave of Covid-19 cases sweeping the country and the resultant lockdown measures implemented by several states have already starte...
As lockdown bites, transporters brace for revenue loss of $2.4 billionThe truck fleet utilisation had peaked to 85% in March, which was better than the pre-Covid levels, but has now dropped to 70%, according t...
New restrictions may plunge food delivery platforms back into perilWith night curfews in place in both Delhi and Mumbai, Swiggy and Zomato have stopped taking orders at 7:30 pm, missing out on peak time for...
Food delivery firms to be hit by Maharashtra Covid-19 restrictionsUnder the night curfew rules, restaurants could function between 7:00 am and 8:00 pm and food deliveries were allowed until much later. Now...
E-commerce firms confident of riding out the Maharashtra lockdownMost e-commerce firms are ready to get their staff tested, as mandated by Maharashtra’s latest Covid-19 guidelines. Online grocery firms ar...
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath puts his state planes for Covid-19 serviceSince June 1 and before Wednesday, Adityanath’s state planes had already brought 41 TrueNat machines - which are being used to screen Covid...
Won't operate non-essential flights if "distasteful" treatment is not stopped: AI's pilot unionIn a letter to Air India Executive Director (Operations) R S Sandhu, the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), which represents over...
PCR fleet inadequate, should have 2,500 vans: Delhi's top copDelhi Police's fleet of PCR vans is inadequate and it should be increased from existing 1,000 to at least 2,500 for effectively discharging...
Remembering Nirbhaya: Rape trial reforms run into roadblocksThe case saw decisive judicial intervention on two fronts - a speedy trial to convict the guilty and constant monitoring to improve safety ...
States, Union territories to ensure stoppage of web-based taxi services: GovernmentCondemning the rape of a young executive in a cab in the national capital, the Centre today asked all states and Union territories to ensur...
- Response to Delhi rape case: More PCR vans, crackdown on shady buses and drivers
The intervention comes on a day the Capital witnessed massive street protests against the crime, with citizens demonstrating outside the re...
Plans in place, police still to buy Games equipmentPolice are yet to procure three armoured cars, bullet-proof jackets and latest ammunition.