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- India
Extreme weather claimed 1,750 lives in India in 2021
New Delhi: India saw 1,750 deaths due to extreme weather events in 2021, with Maharashtra being the worst-affected state with 350 fatalities, followed by Odisha and Madhya Pradesh, the India Meteorological Department…
- India
Media reports claiming under-reporting of Covid deaths ill-informed, baseless & misleading: Govt
New Delhi: The Health Ministry has refuted media reports alleging a “significant undercount” of COVID-19 deaths in the first two waves in India, saying these are fallacious, ill-informed and mischievous in nature.…
- India
Bengal train accident: Death toll reaches 9, Railway Minister visits spot
Kolkata: The death count in the Guwahati-Bikaner Express train accident in north Bengal climbed to nine and the officials said tracks have been cleared for traffic. Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw arrived…
- India
India logs 1,59,632 fresh COVID cases, Omicron’s tally at 3623
New Delhi: India reported 1,59,632 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday. A single day spike of 616 Omicron cases were reported…
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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…
- Telangana
Five-fold increase in Covid cases in Telangana triggers alarm
Hyderabad: A five-fold increase in Covid-19 cases in Telangana in the last one week has sent health authorities into a tizzy and sparked fears of a third wave. The rising number of…
- India
Omicron natural vaccine? Experts call notion dangerous
New Delhi: The notion that Omicron is a natural vaccine is a “dangerous idea” spread by irresponsible people who don’t take into account “long COVID” about which very little is understood, experts…
- India
India’s COVID-19 active caseload crosses 1 lakh
New Delhi: India registered a substantial spike in daily Covid cases at 22,775 in a span of 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. Also, 406 deaths were reported in…
