- Sunday, February 23, 2025
HUNDREDS of monks have tested positive for Covid-19 in India's Buddhist monasteries in the north-east, where most of them are located. More than 300 monks have tested positive for the virus in the Sikkim state, reported the BBC. In the Gonjang monastery alone, 64 of the 85 monks were tested…
INDIA's Covid-19 crisis has exposed a wide digital divide, prompting many grassroots groups to focus on connecting poorer women without internet access to healthcare and financial support, or simply to help them keep in contact with loved ones. The deadly second wave in the country, which peaked in April and…
A NEW campaign 'America Works Agenda' has been launched by the US Chambers of Commerce demanding an increase in the H-1B visa quota. Through the initiative, launched early this month, the trade body has urged the Biden administration and Congress to double the number of H-1B visas and eliminate the per-country quota for…
AN aviation firm has carried out the first tests in India of longer-range drone deliveries, as hopes grow that they could deliver medicines as well as Covid-19 vaccines to remote areas. Greater use of drones could be a game-changer for medical services in the South Asian nation's hard-to-reach rural areas…
INDIA on Tuesday (22) reported 42,640 new Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours, the lowest in 91 days, data from the health ministry showed. The South Asian country's total Covid-19 caseload now stands at 29.98 million, while total fatalities are at 389,302, the data showed. India's coronavirus-related deaths rose…
A few weeks ago, New Delhi's crematoriums were operating around the clock dealing with Covid-19 victims. Now the Indian capital's shopping malls and markets are buzzing again. But doctors are worried that India is letting its guard down again, just like in January and February before a devastating coronavirus surge…
INDIA's central government has urged states to be careful in reopening from Covid-19 lockdowns to prevent a resurgence of infections in the hard-hit country. Indian states are easing restrictions as a second wave of coronavirus infections appears to abate. The country is second only to the US in confirmed infections…
INDIA reported 58,419 new Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours on Sunday (20), the lowest daily number in nearly three months, data from the health ministry showed. The total number of cases of Covid-19 in India have risen to 29.9 million and so far 386,713 people have died. Deaths…
INDIA may have drawn their one-off women's Test away to England in Bristol on Saturday (19), but the match represented another landmark for teenage batting sensation Shafali Verma. The 17-year-old opener has become the first Indian and the youngest woman from any country to surpass fifty in both innings of…
By Pramod Thomas SKIPPER Virat Kohli led India's revival and steered his team to 146-3 against New Zealand before bad light stopped play in the weather-marred World Test Championship (WTC) final on Saturday (19). Kohli was 44 not out, with the star batsman having hit just one boundary in 124…
