New Delhi The nationwide tally of COVID-19 cases neared 1.3 lakh on Saturday with over 6,000 new cases getting detected. More than one lakh people have tested positive for the deadly virus infection and over 3,000 have lost their lives in the past one month itself. The spike in theRead More

Kolkata The death toll due to Cyclone ‘Amphan’ in West Bengal has risen to 85, as angry Kolkatans resorted to protest and road blockades in various parts of the city over the administration’s failure to restore normalcy even after three days. With normal life thrown out of gear by theRead More

New Delhi The first ‘Super Cyclone’ of the century, Amphan on Wednesday barrelled along the Odisha coast and slammed West Bengal–Bangladesh coasts as an ‘Extremely Severe Cyclone’ with a speed of 155-165 kmph gusting to 185 kmph in a landing process spanning around four hours, according to the IMD. LikeRead More

New Delhi Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday said the country’s policy of micro-identification, mass isolation and quick treatment helped prevent large scale deaths and spread of COVID-19. He said 1.35 billion Indians honoured the decision of nationwide lockdown that helped keep the mortality rate down and contained theRead More

Mumbai The tally of coronavirus cases in Mumbai rose to 22,563 on Tuesday with the addition of 1,411 new infections, while 43 more deaths took the toll to 800, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. For the third consecutive day, the city recorded over 1,000 coronavirus positive patients. A BMCRead More

New Delhi Journalistic freedom lies at “the core” of the fundamental right to free speech and India’s freedom will rest safe as long as journalists can speak to power without being “chilled by a threat of reprisal,” the Supreme Court said on Tuesday. The top court made these strong commentsRead More

New Delhi The crucial General Assembly of the World Health Organisation (WHO) will meet for two days from Monday to consider an India-backed resolution seeking an impartial and independent evaluation of the institution’s role in the current pandemic. The list of countries backing the resolution makes it clear that theRead More

New Delhi The doubling time of coronavirus infection in India has improved to 13.6 days in the last three days from 11.5 in the past 14 days, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday as the country registered a record single-day jump of around 5,000 cases. The fatality rateRead More

New Delhi The World Bank on Friday approved a USD 1 billion loan to support India’s efforts for providing social assistance to the poor and vulnerable households, severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The “Accelerating India’s COVID-19 Social Protection Response Program” will support the government’s efforts towards a more consolidatedRead More

New Delhi The nationwide tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases crossed 85,000 on Friday with more people testing positive for the deadly virus infection from Kashmir to Kerala and from Karnataka to Bihar, even as indications emerged about greater relaxations in the fourth phase of the lockdown beginning Monday to containRead More