- Wednesday, April 16, 2025
IN view of the upcoming festivals, the Indian government has asked the states and Union territories on Friday to strictly adhere to the ongoing 21-day lockdown and not allow any social or religious gathering and procession. In a communication, the Union Home Ministry also said that appropriate vigil on social media should…
India's Covid-19 death toll rose to 228 as the number of cases soared to 6,771 on Friday. The Union health ministry said more than 30 deaths were reported since Thursday evening. Twenty-five deaths were reported from Maharashtra, three from Delhi and one each from Gujarat and Jharkhand. Maharashtra has reported the most coronavirus…
The Indian government on Thursday (9) claimed initial success in its fight against the coronavirus epidemic, saying it would have been hit with 820,000 cases by next week had it not imposed a nationwide lockdown. The number of people infected with the virus stood at 5,865 including 169 dead, far smaller…
FROM making masks mandatory to restricting movement of people in areas identified as COVID-19 hotspots, authorities across several states on Thursday (9) beefed up measures to contain the deadly virus outbreak as the nationwide tally of confirmed cases crossed 6,600, with at least 225 dead. The Centre also announced a Rs 15,000…
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for facilitating export of raw materials to Brazil for production of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine, seen as a possible cure for COVID-19. In his address to the nation on Wednesday, Bolsonaro said Brazil will receive the ingredients from India for production…
India's death toll due to the novel coronavirus rose to 169, and the number of cases reported to 5,865, the health ministry said on Thursday (9). While the number of active COVID-19 cases is 5,865, as many as 472 people were cured and discharged and one had migrated, it said. As…
Narendra Modi on Thursday said India will do "everything possible to help humanity's fight against Covid-19", responding to Donald Trump thanking him for allowing the export of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). HCQ is deemed as a medicine that aids treatment for Covid-19, and the US president had called it a…
India has told Facebook and Chinese video app TikTok to remove users found to be spreading misinformation about the coronavirus following concern about videos intended to mislead Muslims, according to a government source and a letter seen by Reuters. The move follows a report by Delhi-based digital analytics firm Voyager Infosec…
India's team culture drew severe criticism from World Cup-winning former all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, who told ODI vice-captain Rohit Sharma that there weren't enough role models in the side. The two were in conversation during an Instagram live chat on Tuesday night. And Yuvraj's observations came as a response to Rohit's question on…
The Union health ministry said on Wednesday that 32 people have died and 773 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in India since Tuesday, taking the death toll due to COVID-19 to 150 and cases to 5,194 so far. Going by the health ministry's data, the increase in number of cases…
