Night curfew extended in Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills district amid spike in COVID-19 cases
Guwahati: Amid spike in COVID-19 cases, the Meghalaya government has extended night curfew in East Khasi Hills district in the state till Dec 20.
Mamata Banerjee wishes COVID-19 positive JP Nadda speedy recovery
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday wished COVID-19 positive BJP National President J P Nadda a speedy recovery.
Yuvraj Singh isolates himself from father Yograj Singh's comment on farmers' protests
Chandigarh/IBNS: Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh has isolated himself from a statement made by his father Yograj Singh who had backed the sportspersons returning their awards in support of the ongoing farmers' protests.
Two Delhi Police officers deputed at Singhu test positive for Coronavirus
New Delhi/UNI: Two police officers deputed at the Singhu border amid the farmers' protest have tested positive for Covid-19.
HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal says he hopes to open schools soon
New Delhi/UNI: Human Resource Development (HRD) Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' on Thursday assured students an early return to school life.
India to share Covid-19 vaccine, drugs with ASEAN
New Delhi/UNI: India would collaborate in drug development and share the Covid-19 vaccine with 10 ASEAN countries whenever it is available, says Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan.
New Delhi/IBNS: After Haryana Minister Anil Vij tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday despite taking a shot of the indigenously developed Covaxin days ago, its maker Bharat Biotech in a statement said the vaccine has been designed to be effective after two doses, reported media.
Haryana Minister Anil Vij tests Covid-19 positive days after taking Covaxin dose
Chandigarh/IBNS: Haryana Minister Anil Vij, who had taken a dose of indigenous Novel Coronavirus vaccine candidate Covaxin in its trial phase, on Saturday tested positive for Covid-19.
Coronavirus vaccine to be ready in next few weeks: PM Modi
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the vaccine against Covid-19 will be ready in the next few weeks and the vaccination programme will start soon after.
No night curfew in Karnataka to curb Covid-19: BS Yediyurappa
Bengaluru/UNI: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday ruled out the possibility of imposing night curfew to curb the spread of Covid-19 pandemic during the new year celebrations.
CSIR slams ‘faulty’ Chinese report claiming Covid-19 originated in India or Bangladesh
New Delhi: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Director-General Dr Shekhar C Mande has slammed a Chinese study which claims that Covid-19 had origins in India or Bangladesh.
COVID-19: India working towards return of workers to UAE
New Delhi: COVID-19 pandemic has left the world order change drastically over months and now as things are slowly returning to normal, India is actively working towards return of its expat workers back to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain. They had lost their jobs and had to be evacuated to India during the initial months of the pandemic.
Kolkata: Firhad Hakim gets vaccinated in Covaxin's phase 3 trial
Kolkata/IBNS: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC)'s chairman of board of administrators and West Bengal Minister, Firhad Hakim, on Wednesday got vaccinated in the third phase of trial of India's indigenous vaccine candidate against Covid-19, Covaxin.
CS chairs maiden meet of UT Steering Committee on COVID vaccination
Srinagar: Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam today chaired the maiden meeting of the UT Steering Committee to monitor the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccination.
Assam Rifles conduct COVID-19 awareness campaign in Nagaland
Guwahati, Nov 30 : Shamator Assam Rifles battalion under the aegis of HQ IGAR(N) carried out a focussed awareness drive and campaign targeting the remote villages in Nagaland's Tuensang and Noklak district.