Health

Patna, April 17 : A majority of political parties in Bihar are in favour of a weekend curfew of 62 hours between Friday evening and Monday morning.RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, BJP state president Sanjay Jaiswal, among others, suggested the same during …

Thiruvananthapuram, April 17 : Kerala on Saturday recorded its highest ever single-day tally of Covid-19 cases at 13,835, after 81,211 samples were sent for testing in the past 24 hours.The state’s test positivity rate surged to a high of 17.04 per c…

Mumbai, April 17 : In a unique initiative to curb unnecessary traffic on roads, the Mumbai Police have introduced ‘colour-coded stickers’ for all authorised vehicles which are allowed to ply in the current stringent restrictions, a top official said…

New Delhi, April 17 : In line with the graded, pre-emptive and pro-active approach, the Centre on Saturday granted a fresh supply of ventilators to Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh — states reporting a…

New Delhi, April 17 : The streets of the national capital wore a deserted look on Saturday with only vehicles linked to providing essential services plying on the roads as the first day of the weekend curfew set in in Delhi amid rising Covid scare.Un…

New Delhi, April 17 : The situation in the national capital is critical as the daily Covid-19 cases reached 24k on Saturday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said.Kejriwal told mediapersons that shortage of oxygen has started in Delhi’s hospitals…

New Delhi, April 17 : Stating that the national capital reported as many as 24,000 new Covid cases in the past 24 hours, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday that the city hospitals are running out of oxygen stock, beds and the life-…

New Delhi, April 17 : Considering the alarming daily spike in Covid cases and reports of highest single-day surge of 2,34,692 new cases in the last 24 hours, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a review meeting related to the pandemic at 8 p.m.on …

Jammu, April 17 : Covid surge continued in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday as 1,145 new cases and three deaths were reported during the last 24 hours.Officials said with 1,145 new cases of which 503 were from Jammu division and 642 were from Kashmir th…

New Delhi, April 17 : The management of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah has decided to close the dargah for devotees till April 30 in view of the unprecedented rise in Covid cases in the the national capital.During this period, devotees will neither …