Health

New Delhi, March 26 : Five states — Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat — have reported a surge in daily new cases, the Health Ministry said on Friday.Of the 59,118 new cases reported in the last 24 hours through out the countr…

Panaji, March 26 : The Goa government on Friday announced the cancellation of the official celebration of Shigmo, a popular indigenous peasant festival, due to rise in Covid-19 cases in the coastal state.Chief Minister Pramod Sawant told the Legislat…

Mumbai, March 26 : The death toll in the massive blaze, which ravaged the Dreams Mall in Mumbai’s Bhandup area — where a Covid centre, Sunrise Hospital is located — shot up to 10 with 3 injured and another 60 patients rescued, early on Friday, offi…

New Delhi, March 26 : Twenty-five per cent people in Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh are planning to play Holi outside with their family and friends on March 29 despite nearly 60,000 cases recorded in a single day on Friday.According to a survey by …

New Delhi, March 26 : India reported 59,118 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, highest single-day spike since October, 2020, taking the total tally to 1,18,46,652 on Friday.Cases have been increasing by leaps and bounds for the past two weeks.Ac…

Mumbai, March 26 : Well known journalist and writer, Anil Dharker, the Founder Director of the Mumbai International Literature Festival, has passed away, family sources said.He had been hospitalised for a heart ailment and he breathed his last here l…

Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh), March 26 : There will be no physical court hearings in the high court at Prayagraj and Lucknow on April 1 and 2 in view of the rapid surge in the number of Covid cases in these two districts.There shall be not even be physi…

Mumbai, March 26 : The death toll in a major fire on Friday in the Dreams Mall of Mumbai’s Bhandup area — where a Covid-19 centre, Sunrise Hospital was located — has gone up to 5 and many other patients were injured and around 73 evacuated, officia…

Hyderabad, March 26 : The daily Covid-19 count in Telangana jumped over 500 as the state continues to see a spike in new infections.The state reported 518 new positive cases during the last 24-hour, pushing the cumulative tally to 3,05,309.According …

New Delhi, March 26 : New data on Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing and supply capacity indicate up to 12 billion doses from 13 different sources could be available by the end of the year, enough to vaccinate 70 per cent of the world if distributed equi…