Decision to increase gap between Covishield doses based on scientific evidence: NTAGI chief
New Delhi, Jun 16 (UNI): Decision to increase the gap between two Covishield doses from 4-6 weeks to 12-16 weeks was based on scientific evidence, Chairman of National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), Dr N K Arora said. On May 13, the Centre had announced that it has accepted the COVID-19 Working Group’s recommendation […]
India logs 62,224 new nCoV cases; 2,542 deaths
New Delhi, Jun 16 (UNI) India recorded 62,224 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 2,96,33,105, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Besides, the country also saw 2,542 deaths, pushing the total number of fatalities to 3,79,573. The death toll stands at 1.28 […]
Indian Army pays homage to Galwan heroes on 1st anniversary
New Delhi, Jun15 (UNI) Army Chief General MM Narwane on Tuesday paid homage to the Indian brave heats who sacrificed their life in protecting the sovereignty and integrity of the country on the same day last year. In a tweet message, the Indian Army said “General MM Naravane #COAS & All Ranks of #IndianArmy pay […]
India reports 60,471 fresh Covid-19 cases, lowest in 75 days
New Delhi, Jun 15 (UNI) India on Tuesday registered 60,471 new cases, lowest in 75 days and below the 1 lakh mark for the eighth consecutive day, according to the Health Ministry’s data. While the positivity rate stood at 3.45 per cent, the recovery rate is pegged at 95.64 per cent, As many as 1,17,525 […]
Petrol and diesel prices remain stable
New Delhi, Jun 15 (UNI) As the fuel prices were not revised on Tuesday, the rates were left unchanged of petrol and diesel prices, which were skyrocketed in the past few days. The prices of petrol and diesel were revised by 28 to 29 paise and diesel by 30 to 31 paise at a new […]
ABP journalist’s body found under mysterious circumstances in UP
Pratapgarh, Jun 14 (UNI) A journalist associated with private news channel ABP, Sulabh Srivastava was found dead under mysterious circumstances in the Katra area of the district on late Sunday night. Though the preliminary investigation of the police claim that the death was due to a road accident but the family member of the deceased […]
With over 70k cases, India logs lowest infection since April 2
New Delhi, Jun 14 (UNI) India logged 70,421 new cases of coronavirus infections, lowest since April 2, and 3,936 deaths in the past 24 hours, Union Health Ministry updated on Monday. With this, the nationwide figure of infection has 2,95,10,410 cases and 3,74,305 deaths. India’s daily test positivity rate – the number of positive cases […]
Rajnath Singh approves policy on declassifying war histories
New Delhi, Jun 12 (UNI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday approved the policy on archiving, declassification, compilation of war histories by his Ministry. The policy envisages that each organisation under the Ministry of Defence such as Services, Integrated Defence Staff, Assam Rifles and Indian Coast Guard, will transfer the records, including war diaries, letters […]
COVID: India logs 84,332 new cases, 4,002 deaths in last 24 hrs
New Delhi, Jun 12 (UNI): India has reported 84,332 fresh Covid-19 cases, lowest after 70 days, and 4,002 fatalities in the past 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry on Saturday. The fresh addition took the active case tally to 10,80,690, while the death toll soared to 36,7,081 and the cumulative caseload now stands […]
Increase in price of petrol and diesel for the second consecutive day
New Delhi, Jun 12 (UNI): Due to an increase in price of petrol and diesel for the second consecutive day by the Oil marketing companies, petrol prices in Delhi and Kolkata crossed Rs 96 per liter for the first time on Saturday. Petrol became costlier by up to 27 paise and diesel by 24 paise […]