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IAF bringing 352 empty oxygen cylinders from Singapore to Delhi
National

IAF bringing 352 empty oxygen cylinders from Singapore to Delhi

New Delhi, May 5: The Indian Air Force is bringing 352 empty oxygen cylinders from Singapore in its mighty IL-76 transport aircraft to Delhi which is facing an acute shortage of medical oxygen amidst the another wave of corona virus."The IL-76 is picking up 352 empty oxygen cylinders for Delhi. This...
SBI allocates Rs 71 cr for fight against coronavirus
Business

SBI allocates Rs 71 cr for fight against coronavirus

New Delhi, May 3: The country's largest lender SBI on Monday announced allocating Rs 71 crore towards the fight against COVID-19, a part of which will be used to set up a makeshift 1,000-bed hospital for the treatment of patients in some of the worst-affected states. State Bank of...
Arunachal reports 102 fresh COVID-19 cases, tally rises to 18,738
North East

Arunachal reports 102 fresh COVID-19 cases, tally rises to 18,738

Itanagar, May 3: Arunachal Pradesh reported 102 fresh COVID-19 cases, pushing the tally to 18,738, a health department officials said on Monday.The Capital Complex Region recorded the maximum number of new infections at 48, followed by Lower Subansiri (10), he said. The state now has 1,406...
COVID-19: India records 3,68,147 new cases in single day, 3,417 fresh fatalities
National

COVID-19: India records 3,68,147 new cases in single day, 3,417 fresh fatalities

New Delhi, May 3: The daily COVID-19 cases in India showed a slight dip with 3,68,147 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, taking the total tally of cases to 1,99,25,604, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.The death toll increased to 2,18,959 with 3,417...
148 COVID-19 positive cases detected in Cachar, no deaths reported at SMCH
Assam

148 COVID-19 positive cases detected in Cachar, no deaths reported at SMCH

Silchar, May 03: While all eyes were on the number of votes casted for the Assembly election during the counting process held on Sunday , there were number of COVID-19 positive cases which surged yet again in Cachar District on Sunday. According to District Health Department, there were 148 new...
India logs 4L Covid cases for the first time in a new high
National

India logs 4L Covid cases for the first time in a new high

New Delhi, May 1: India witnessed the highest spike of 4,01,999 fresh cases of Covid-19 and 3,523 fatalities due to coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHF) said on Saturday.It was the first time when India crossed four lakh figures of Covid cases...
Global Covid-19 caseload tops 150.9 mn
International

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 150.9 mn

Washington, May 1: The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 150.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.17 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Saturday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE)...
WHO adds Moderna vaccine to emergency use list
International

WHO adds Moderna vaccine to emergency use list

Geneva, May 1: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday listed the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, making it the fifth vaccine to receive emergency validation from the WHO.In December 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorisation for the...
Senior journalist Rohit Sardana passes away due to COVID-19
National

Senior journalist Rohit Sardana passes away due to COVID-19

New Delhi, April 30: Rohit Sardana, senior journalist and one of the top anchors of Hindi news channel Aaj Tak passed away on Friday, according to people close to him.Rajdeep Sardesai took to twitter and wrote, "More terrible news friends. Well known Tv news anchor Rohit Sardana has passed...
Tendulkar donates Rs 1 crore to Mission Oxygen
Sports

Tendulkar donates Rs 1 crore to 'Mission Oxygen'

New Delhi, April 30: Batting great Sachin Tendulkar has contributed Rs 1 crore to 'Mission Oxygen', an initiative on the medical fundraising website Ketto aiming to help procure oxygen cylinders for hospitals in India for Covid-19 patients."The second wave of Covid has put our health-care...
ARMT pulls the string puppetry for COVID norms
Guwahati

ARMT pulls the string puppetry for COVID norms

Guwahati, April 30: When the entire country is gripped into second wave of COVID-19, the Guwahati-based Dr. Anamika Ray Memorial Trust (ARMT) adopts another innovative way to create mass awareness on Covid appropriate behaviours.ARMT in its collaborative initiative with UNICEF Assam has produced...
Umpire Menon leaves IPL as family contracts Covid, Reiffel stranded
Sports

Umpire Menon leaves IPL as family contracts Covid, Reiffel stranded

New Delhi, April 29: Umpire Nitin Menon has left the Indian Premier League (IPL) to return home in Indore as his immediate family members are down with Covid-19. Menon's mother and wife are unwell and have tested positive. His mother has been admitted to a hospital in Indore."His mother, wife...
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