New Delhi | A 20-member India squad was named for the tour of England that includes the World Test Championship final as well as five Test matches. There are four standby players besides the 20 players named. India’s first stop will be in Southampton where they play New Zealand to decide the first champion of the […]
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Covid patient taken to hospital on bike, probe ordered
Thiruvananthapuram | Authorities in Kerala on Friday ordered a probe after a video clip showing a Covid patient sandwiched between two persons in PPE kits being taken to hospital from a domiciliary Covid care centre on a two-wheeler was aired on TV channels. The incident occurred on Friday morning at the Punnapara domiciliary Covid care centre […]
Anushka-Virat start Covid fundraiser, contribute Rs 2cr
Mumbai | Celebrity couple Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli have started a fundraiser campaign to help people deal with the Covid crises at hand. The couple has collaborated with crowd-funding platform Ketto for the campaign #InThisTogether and has donated Rs 2 crore for this initiative. They aim to raise 7 crore for Covid relief in India […]
N440K Covid variant not new, diminishing in India: CSIR
New Delhi | Coronavirus variant N440K is prevalent since last year in south India and it is diminishing, say scientists at the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). Various reports have emerged suspecting the role of the variant behind the surge in Covid cases in Andhra Pradesh. “The mutant is not new. We have been […]
Asaram Bapu tests Covid positive; hospitalised
Jaipur | Controversial self-styled ‘godman’ Asaram Bapu, serving a life sentence in connection with a rape case, has tested positive for Covid-19 and shifted to the ICU of MDM Hospital in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur city, officials said on Thursday. He tested positive along with 12 other inmates in the prison. His corona test was done three days […]
Two killed in oxygen cylinder blast in Lucknow
Lucknow | Two persons have been killed and six others injured in a blast at an oxygen refilling station in Lucknow on Wednesday. According to initial inputs, the blast took place while the workers were refilling an oxygen cylinder. The fire caused by the blast engulfed the refilling station located in the Chinhat area of Lucknow. […]
Covid dedicated DRDO hospital opens in Lucknow
Lucknow | The crisis of hospital facilities in Lucknow will ease to an extent on Wednesday when the 500-bed makeshift Covid hospital set up by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) at Awadh Shilpgram on Shaheed Path becomes operational. The hospital will start functioning almost a fortnight after DRDO stepped in to set up the […]
Modi sarkar has failed to save people: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi | Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that the Modi government has failed to provide relief to the public. “No vaccine, no employment, public is suffering from corona, and Modi sarkar has absolutely failed,” he tweeted in Hindi. ना वैक्सीन, ना रोज़गार, जनता झेले कोरोना की मार, बिलकुल फ़ेल मोदी सरकार! pic.twitter.com/8bnB85VEdY — Rahul […]
Eight Asiatic lions at Hyderabad Zoo test positive for Covid
Hyderabad | Eight Asiatic lions at the Nehru Zoological Park (NZP) in Hyderabad have tested Covid-19 positive, in what is believed to be the first case of human to animal transmission in India. The Zoo reported the lions with mild respiratory distress. Based on the guidelines of the Central Zoo Authority, their nasal and oral discharge […]
Main accused in 2018 Bulandshahr mob violence wins panchayat poll in UP
Bulandshahr | Yogesh Raj, the main accused in the 2018 Bulandshahr violence in which two persons, including police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh, were killed, has won the zila panchayat election in the district. Yogesh Raj, a former Bajrang Dal worker, defeated Independent candidate Nirdosh Chaudhary by 2,150 votes. He was on bail while he was contesting […]