COVID-19
- India
Delhi likely to see 17k Covid cases with positivity rate of nearly 17 pc: Satyendar Jain
New Delhi: Delhi is expected to add 17,000 cases to its coronavirus infection tally with a positivity rate of around 17 per cent on Friday, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said. He said…
- Top Stories
India’s Omicron tally crosses 3,000, Maharashtra nearing 100-mark
New Delhi: India registered 377 new cases of highly transmissible Covid variant Omicron in the past 24 hours, pushing the national tally to 3007, Union health ministry said on Friday morning. Of the…
- India
SC allows NEET-PG counselling, validates OBC, EWS quotas
In an interim ruling issued today, the Supreme Court authorised the commencement of NEET-PG counselling in accordance with the stated criteria for the year 2021-22. The Supreme Court affirmed the legality of…
- Tollywood News
Mahesh Babu tests positive for COVID after returning from Dubai
Mumbai: Tollywood hero Mahesh Babu has tested positive to Covid-19 on his return from his Christmas-New Year vacation in Dubai. The actor took to his social media on Thursday to post an…
- India
India records 1,17,000 COVID-19 cases, 302 deaths in 24 hours
New Delhi: The single day rise in coronavirus infections was recorded above one lakh after 214 days, taking India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,52,26,386 which includes 3,007 cases of Omicron…
- India
Indians still careless despite surge in Omicron cases: Poll
New Delhi: As the third wave of Covid grips India, the IANS-CVoter Omicron Snap Poll reveals shocking levels of carelessness and nonchalance by Indians. The snap poll had a sample size of…
- India
Red Fort, Qutub Minar shut amid surge in Covid cases
New Delhi: With the spurt in Covid cases in the national capital, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has ordered the closure of 173 historical monuments, including the Humayun’s Tomb, Red Fort and Qutub…
- World
Global Covid caseload tops 300 million
Washington: Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has surpassed the grim milestone of 300 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.47 million and vaccinations to…
- India
Six states hit worst by Covid major concern for India
New Delhi: In the last one week, six states – Maharashtra, West Bengal, Delhi, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka – have reported a massive spike in the active Covid cases along with…
- World
Omicron not mild, hospitalising and killing people: WHO chief
Geneva: While Omicron does appear to be less severe compared to Delta, especially in those vaccinated, it does not mean it should be categorised as ‘mild’ as just like previous variants, Omicron…
- India
125 air passengers from Italy test positive in Amritsar
Chandigarh: High drama was witnessed on Thursday after 125 of 179 international passengers, who arrived at Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport Rajasansi, near here, from Italy, in an Air India…
- Delhi
Delhi HC dismisses plea seeking postponement of Civil Services examination 2021
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed the petition seeking direction to postpone the schedule of Civil Services (Mains) Examination 2021 till the COVID-19 situation is normalized. The bench of…
- Andhra Pradesh
Active Covid-19 cases touch 2,266 as AP adds 547 afresh
Amaravati: Active coronavirus cases went past the 2,000 mark to 2,266 in Andhra Pradesh as 547 fresh infections were reported in the 24 hours ending 9 am on Thursday. According to the…
- Telangana
Telangana logs 1913 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths
Hyderabad: Telangana continued to witness a rise in COVID-19 cases with 1,913 new infections being reported on Thursday, taking the tally to 6,87,456 while the death toll rose to 4,036 with two…
- Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir records 349 fresh Covid cases
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 349 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the infection tally to 3,42,768 on Thursday, while three new deaths due to the virus were reported from the Union Territory in…