Washington: Global COVID-19 deaths surpassed 150,000 with over 2.2 million infections Friday as international institutions are intensifying their collective efforts on battling the pandemic. A total of 150,948 people have died of the disease as of 3:30 p.m. (1930 GMT) among 2,214,861 cases worldwide, according...
New Delhi: The total number of coronavirus cases in India Friday evening reached 13,835, including foreign nationals, with 11,616 active cases, the Union Health Ministry said. The Health Ministry said, in its daily update, that 452 deaths have been reported in India so far, with...
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) further eased bad-loan rules Friday. It also froze dividend payment by lenders and pushed banks to lend more by cutting the reverse repo rate by 25 basis points, as it unveiled a second set of measures to support...
Mumbai: India is expected to post a sharp turnaround in 2021-22. This was disclosed Friday by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das who quoted IMF projection amid the COVID-19 crisis. The IMF projection of 1.9% GDP growth for India is highest in G20,...
New Delhi: The death toll in India crossed the 400-mark to 414 and the total number of coronavirus positive cases soared to 12,380 according to data provided by the Union Health Minister. While the number of active COVID-19 cases in India is 10,477, as many...
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry declared Wednesday 170 districts as COVID-19 hotspots and 207 districts as non-hotspots. Officials of the Health Ministry once more reiterated that there has been no community transmission of the disease in India so far. Figures vary The number of...
New Delhi: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide hit the two million mark Wednesday, Dailymail reported quoting the latest figures. As of Wednesday morning, there have been at least 2,004,670 cases of the disease, as per the website. Experts believe that the true figure...
Bhubaneswar: With detection of five new cases Tuesday, the state’s total Covid-19 tally went up to 60. While one case is related to Jajpur, four others are related to Bhubaneswar alone. The state government said it has tested a total of 4,734 cases, out of...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday announced that the current lockdown will be extended till May 3, saying it is very necessary to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. In a televised address to the nation, Modi said implementation of...
Bhubaneswar: The Health and Family Welfare Department announced Monday evening that five more COVID-19 patients have recovered and tested negative. All the patients belong to the state capital. With the recovery of the five, the total number patients who have been cured went up to...
By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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