95 million doses of COVID vaccines handled by AAI-managed airportsThe AAI, which works under the Civil Aviation Ministry, owns and manages over 100 airports across India. India has been badly hit by the se...
06 May, 2021, 05.38 PM IST
Ahmedabad: Screening of COVID-19 'super-spreaders' beginsPeople such as vegetable vendors, medicine store owners, grocers, auto-rickshaw drivers, saloon owners, and masons will have to obtain iden...
20 Mar, 2021, 01.59 PM IST
SEC recommends Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin for emergency useThe Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) will give the final approval to both the vaccine candidates.
02 Jan, 2021, 09.49 PM IST
Cabinet Secy discusses with states possible COVID-19 vaccine roll-outThe cabinet secretary reviewed the arrangements for COVID-19 vaccine roll-out and asked the state and union territories to prepare a databa...
01 Dec, 2020, 08.33 PM IST
Priority is close monitoring, guiding containment work in areas with high infection rate: PM ModiPM Narendra Modi on Saturday appreciated the efforts of the Centre, state and local authorities in containing the COVID-19 situation in Del...
11 Jul, 2020, 07.34 PM IST
Hunger brought migrants home, now drives them back thousands of miles awayHunger and hopelessness drove tens of thousands of migrant workers from cities of their dreams, vibrant and pulsating with life and activit...
29 Jun, 2020, 05.00 PM IST
Central teams to handhold state health departments in six major cities with high number of coronavirus casesThese teams will provide technical support and handhold the state health departments and municipal health officials for reviewing public he...
10 Jun, 2020, 09.20 PM IST
Maharashtra reports 85 COVID-19 deaths today"With 2,598 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in the State today, the total number of cases here has hiked to 59,546. Meanwhile, the dea...
28 May, 2020, 10.31 PM IST
Private experts roped in to contain COVID-19 deaths in AhmedabadThe idea to rope in specialists to bring down the death rate was mooted by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. On Monday, Ahmedabad reported 26 CO...
05 May, 2020, 02.27 PM IST
COVID-19: Central teams rushed to visit Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, TelanganaThe home ministry has set up four more inter-ministerial central teams (IMCTs) for making an on-spot assessment of Covid-19 in Surat, Ahmed...
25 Apr, 2020, 08.15 AM IST
Wear masks or face fine/three year jail term: Ahmedabad civic bodyThe Ahmedabad civic body has made it compulsory for people to wear masks in public places from Monday, failing which offenders will be fine...
12 Apr, 2020, 03.37 PM IST
Coronavirus patient dies in Ahmedabad; Gujarat toll reaches 17The man was also suffering from co-morbid conditions, including high blood pressure, principal secretary, (health) Jayanti Ravi said. He di...
09 Apr, 2020, 12.16 PM IST
FIFA postpones U-17 Women's WC in India due to COVID-19, AIFF saw it comingThe decision was taken by the FIFA-Confederations working group which was recently established by the Bureau of the FIFA Council to address...
04 Apr, 2020, 11.58 AM IST
Gujarat launches coronavirus app to track home-quarantined persons"Apart from GIS mapping, the app is equipped with 'Geo Fencing' to alert the authorities if the person moves away from a specific area. It ...
27 Mar, 2020, 05.49 PM IST
70-yr-old coronavirus patient dies in Gujarat; state toll rises to 3"The 70-year-old man died at a government hospital in Bhavnagar," state principal secretary (health) Jayanti Ravi said. Earlier, one patien...
26 Mar, 2020, 06.21 PM IST
Five test positive in Gujarat, coronavirus cases in India now at 206The rise in Gujarat increases the number of people affected in the subcontinent to 206, of whom five people have died.
20 Mar, 2020, 12.03 PM IST
GDP data, Trump visit, F&O expiry among six likely market drivers for the week aheadHere are the key events and developments lined up for the week ahead.
23 Feb, 2020, 10.11 AM IST