People living in cities with high PM2.5 levels more likely to get CovidPollution is higher in Delhi, Maharashtra & UP due to fossil fuel-based anthropogenic activities.
02 Jul, 2021, 03.58 PM IST
Demand for MGNREGA work rises: Ministry dataIn the wake of the pandemic, there have been casualties in operating staff for implementation of rural development schemes and those work i...
17 May, 2021, 11.26 PM IST
Nearly 1,000 power sector employees have succumbed to COVID-19, says AIPEFAIPEF has written to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Power Minister R K Singh requesting all the states be directed to hold mass...
14 May, 2021, 03.38 PM IST
Veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar donates Rs 7 lakh to Maharashtra CM relief fund for CovidMany celebrities have stepped forward to help people.
01 May, 2021, 06.23 PM IST
Ship in 2021 with 130 crore on board sinking, says Congress leader P ChidambaramIndia witnessed its highest spike 3,86,452 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Friday and 3,498 fatalities due to virus infection, according to Unio...
01 May, 2021, 10.20 AM IST
As COVID-19 floods India's hospitals, the better-off also scramble for careGoel, a software engineer at Indian IT giant TCS, managed to get hold of oxygen for her husband. Shortages have led to scenes of panic outs...
29 Apr, 2021, 09.03 PM IST
Remote working to push demand for cyber insurance: IRDAI official"In the long term, the transition to virtual workspaces resulting from COVID 19 may increase the demand for cyber insurance and further the...
18 Mar, 2021, 08.47 PM IST
COVID-19: India now 3rd topmost country to give highest doses of vaccineThe ministry said 12 states in India have vaccinated more than 2 lakh beneficiaries each. Uttar Pradesh alone accounts for 6,73,542 of all ...
07 Feb, 2021, 03.20 PM IST
About 4.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in 19 days, says Health MinistryIn a span of 24 hours, 3,10,604 people were vaccinated across 8,041 sessions, it said, adding that 84,617 sessions have been conducted so f...
04 Feb, 2021, 08.02 PM IST
Covid-19: September was worst as India added 41% of cases & 34% of deathsWith 1,173 fresh deaths on Wednesday, India’s Covid-19 toll went up to 98,628. As many as 33,255 of these deaths — or 33.7% of the total ca...
01 Oct, 2020, 09.43 AM IST
Xi's obsession to look strong amid discontent likely reasons for rogue behaviour"There are certainly economic costs China will bear," said Paul Staniland, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Ch...
23 Jul, 2020, 03.35 PM IST
All lives matter: Why has Covid-19 seen lockdowns on an unprecedented scale?A little over 100 years ago, Spanish flu killed about 15 million people in India. Mahatma Gandhi too came down with it but it failed to mak...
01 Jul, 2020, 10.51 AM IST
Indian students in Japan launch protests against China's Xi Jinping's aggressive foreign policyThese protestors raised slogans against Xi’s aggressive policies against Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, India, Bhutan, South China Sea and Ea...
28 Jun, 2020, 09.00 PM IST
India coronavirus count passes 78,000; casualties cross 2,500At 8 am, the death toll was at 2,549. As many as 26,235 people have been cured/discharged. With 25,922 cases, Maharashtra continued to top ...
14 May, 2020, 10.15 AM IST
Mystery of India's lower death rates seems to defy coronavirus trendIndia's apparently lower death rates stand in contrast to what has been seen elsewhere.
24 Apr, 2020, 09.07 PM IST
India reports seventh death due to novel coronavirusIndia's casualty count went up amid fears that the virus may have entered stage 3 of local transmission. The govt announced measures like c...
22 Mar, 2020, 04.18 PM IST
Woman who tested positive for coronavirus dies in Delhi: Health MinistryIndia reported its second casualty with the health ministry saying a 68-year-old woman died in Delhi.
14 Mar, 2020, 06.36 AM IST