Chandigarh, April 21 Faced with shortage of medical oxygen for Covid-19 patients, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today urged the Centre to ensure uninterrupted oxygen supply, with at least 120 MT daily allocation for the state, while reiterating his request for urgent steps to set up two pending pressure swingRead More

Amritsar, April 22 Around 100 Indian pilgrims who went to Pakistan to celebrate Baisakhi have tested Covid positive. This was revealed on their arrival at the Attari-Wagah Joint Check Post after they underwent the mandatory rapid antigen test (RAT) for Covid. The testing is still on as they approached thisRead More

Washington, April 22 Prominent Indian-American civil rights lawyer Vanita Gupta has been confirmed by the US Senate as associate attorney general, making her the first person of colour to occupy the third highest position at the Department of Justice. Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski broke away from her party colleagues toRead More

London, April 22 Heathrow Airport in London, the UK’s largest and busiest airport, has declined requests from at least four international aircraft carriers to land eight extra flights from India on Thursday, ahead of the coronavirus pandemic “red list” travel ban which comes into force from Friday. The airport saidRead More

New Delhi, April 22 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called on world leaders to take “concrete action at high speed” to combat the impending disaster of climate change. Pointing out that humanity’s ongoing battle against Covid is a timely reminder that the grave threat of climate change has notRead More

Bathinda, April 20 The Vancouver city council has passed a motion in support of farmers protesting outside New Delhi since November last year. The motion was moved by COPE councillor Jean Swanson and was passed by the 11-member city council. While four councillors joined Swanson in voting in favour, threeRead More

Chandigarh, April 20 State’s Covid vaccine stocks seems to be drying up at a rapid pace as last week (April 13 to 19) the Health Department administered 25 per cent less doses of vaccination compared to the previous week. As per the data of the Health Department, between April 5Read More

Washington, April 20 The US has advised its citizens to reconsider travelling to 80 per cent of the world. It has also warned them against travelling to India, even if they are fully vaccinated as there is a ‘very high level’ of Covid-19 in the country. They have been askedRead More

New Delhi, April 21 Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine maker, on Wednesday announced a price of Rs 400 per dose for its COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covishield’ for state governments and Rs 600 per dose for private hospitals. The company also said for the next two months, itRead More

Nashik/Mumbai, April 21 At least 24 COVID-19 patients on ventilator support suffocated to death on Wednesday when their oxygen supply stopped suddenly because of a malfunction in the main storage at a civic-run hospital in Nashik in Maharashtra, officials said. The government will probe if the tragedy at the DrRead More