NEW DELHI: As the third wave of the pandemic progresses, various states have revised the guidelines to minimise health damage to the public and stall its spread. The Maharashtra government issued their revised Covid-19 guidelines on Sunday for the state, allowing gyms and salons to open with 50% capacity and only fully vaccinated people will […]

NEW DELHI: The country registered over 37,000 new covid infections on Jan 3, significantly higher than it was recording for November and most of December when new daily cases remained under the 10,000 threshold. Metropolitan cities like Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata make up most of this surge at the moment. With West Bengal topping the test […]

LUCKNOW: Elections to Uttar Pradesh, that is already seeing a high-voltage wrangling between sitting BJP and Samajwadi Party for last few weeks in its run-up is likely to begin on schedule with no parties willing to seek any postponement at the moment, Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Friday. ECI panel was on a […]

NEW DELHI: In view of the restrictions by the Delhi government to prevent the spread of the COVID-19, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Thursday decided to limit the number of seated passengers to 200 per 8 coach train from 2400 normally. It also said, “Travel only if absolutely essential”. An eight coach Metro train […]

NEW DELHI: Amid new variants like Omicron and Delmicron, COVID cases have increased sharply this past week. India daily COVID cases have seen a sharp 45% spike on Wednesday. Especially in major cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata. COVID restrictions have also been imposed in some of the states. A total of 9,195 new cases were […]

DELHI: Yellow alert has been sounded in the national capital under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) as COVID-19 infections are on a rise in Delhi. The capital city recorded over 331 new COVID cases on Monday, which is the highest single day spike in COVID-19 cases in Delhi. With this the COVID positivity rate […]

NEW DELHI:Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday in his address to nation announced that youngsters of 15-18 age group will be vaccinated and frontline healthcare workers and senior citizens will be given precaution doses. 15 साल से 18 साल की आयु के बीच के जो बच्चे हैं, अब उनके लिए देश में वैक्सीनेशन प्रारंभ होगा। […]

HIMACHAL PRADESH: Prime Minister Modi will be welcomed in the traditional Himachal style with a seven-feet long copper ‘trishul’ during his visit to the state on December 27. The ‘trishul’, a trident, commonly used as one of the principal symbols of the Sanatana Dharma, will be carved out by artisans in Mandi or ‘Choti Kashi’ […]

NEW DELHI: In the wake of a surge in Covid cases in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that the government is well prepared to handle as many as one lakh cases per day, should the situation arise. Addressing a press conference here, Kejriwal said” “We have created capacity to […]

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government on Wednesday evening issued an order that the government employees will not get their salary if they don’t give their vaccination certificate. According to the new order, all government employees who are either fully vaccinated or have taken a single dose, must upload their certificates on the Punjab government’s job portal […]