Thiruvananthapuram, May 11 The first Revenue Minister of Kerala and JSS leader KR Gouri Amma passed away on Tuesday at a hospital in Thiruvananthapuram where she was admitted due to age-related ailments. She was 102. Also read: One hundred years of attitude KR Gouri had recently stepped down from theRead More

New Delhi, May 11 Top Indian scientists and clinicians on Monday wrote an open letter to government Covid strategists demanding the removal of convalescent plasma therapy from national Covid clinical protocols and warned against possibilities of plasma use triggering virulent Covid variants while being of no clinical benefit among CovidRead More

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is committed to making COVID-19 vaccines readily available around the world and will consider waiving intellectual property (IP) rights enjoyed by vaccine makers to improve that access. Speaking to reporters at a COVID-19 briefing today, Trudeau said Canada understands “this pandemic will not endRead More

Chandigarh, May 8 Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said on Saturday the state will receive 35,000 Remdesivir injections from the Centre over the next week. He further said the state’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has set up a Remdesivir Injection Monitoring Centre to stop its black marketing. AsRead More

Chandigarh, May 8 Despite appeals by farmers who took out protest marches against the weekend lockdown imposed by the state government, shopkeepers in Punjab kept their shops shut on Saturday. Punjab’s 32 farmer unions, protesting the Central farm laws, had announced to hold street protests against the lockdown in theRead More

Washington, May 8 Advertisement Powered By The Tribune x eReleGo Pledging that the Biden administration is determined to help India in its hour of need due to surging COVID-19 infections and deaths, Vice President Kamala Harris has said that India’s welfare is critically important to the United States. Describing theRead More

New Delhi, May 8 At times, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has seemed more intent on removing criticism on Twitter than trying to control the Covid-19 pandemic, medical journal The Lancet has said in an editorial. “Modi’s actions in attempting to stifle criticism and open discussion during the crisis areRead More

New Delhi, May 8 India and the European Union have agreed to resume talks for a balanced, ambitious and comprehensive trade agreement and also launch negotiations for a stand-alone investment protection pact, the External Affairs Ministry said on Saturday. These decisions were taken during a virtual summit between Prime MinisterRead More

Canada is sending medical supplies to India to help the country deal with a surge in coronavirus cases that has pushed its hospital system to the brink of collapse. Military airlifts will deliver 25,000 vials of the antiviral drug remdesivir and up to 350 ventilators, Foreign Affairs Minister Marc GarneauRead More

Chandigarh, May 5 To boost efficiencies in the functioning of all Urban Development authorities across the state, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday virtually launched an online citizen portal to provide all property-related services seamlessly. Lauding the people-friendly initiative of the Punjab Urban Development Authority (PUDA), the ChiefRead More