Chandigarh Punjab on Tuesday reported a record 32 fatalities due to COVID-19, pushing the death toll to 636, while 1,002 fresh cases took the state’s infection tally to 25,889. As many as 11 fatalities were reported in Ludhiana, four in Sangrur, three each in Amritsar, Patiala, Jalandhar and Mohali, andRead More

Baltimore (US) The confirmed number of coronavirus cases in the world has reached 20 million. That’s according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. Health officials believe the actual number is much higher, given testing limitations and the fact that as many as 40% of all those who areRead More

Moscow President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing, a move hailed by Moscow as evidence of its scientific prowess. The development paves the way forRead More

New Delhi India will get a piece of the action as Russia enters the last mile of producing the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine. The Phase 3 clinical trials will be held in many countries, including India, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Brazil and the Philippines. This will be followed by massRead More

New Delhi Over 10 lakh Indians have returned from abroad after the government launched the “Vande Bharat” evacuation mission on May 7 in view of the coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday. MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava tweeted, “Vande Bharat Mission crosses the 1 million mark!”Read More

Mumbai The number of COVID-19 cases in Mumbai increased by 917 to 1,25,239 on Tuesday while the death toll went up by 48 to 6,890, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. A total of 1,154 patients were discharged in the day, taking the number of recoveries to 99,147, it said.Read More

Mumbai Remembering the power of his words and saluting his courage to never hold back, several poets, songwriters and musicians like Javed Akhtar, Gulzar, Shankar Mahadevan, and Varun Grover paid tributes to Urdu poet Rahat Indori, who passed away following a heart attack on Tuesday. The 70-year-old poet-lyricist was admittedRead More

Chandigarh Punjab on Thursday reported 26 more deaths due to COVID-19, pushing the toll to 517, while the highest single-day spike of 1,049 cases took the state’s infection tally to 20,891, according to a bulletin. Thirteen fatalities were reported in Ludhiana, seven in Jalandhar and one each in Amritsar, Ferozepur,Read More

Chandigarh In an important development, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today directed the DGP to book those directly involved in the spurious liquor case for murder under Section 302 of the IPC. Promising justice to the victims, the Chief Minister also mooted enhancement of punishment for spurious liquor manufacturing andRead More

Paris As Lebanese rescuers counted the dead and combed rubble for signs of life a day after a huge explosion shattered swaths of Beirut, nations near and far pledged Wednesday that the country, already trapped in a deep economic crisis, would not be left alone. The explosion at the capital’sRead More