A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) takes swab from a woman to test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kolkata, India, July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri MUMBAI (Reuters) – India reported a record jump of 45,720 in coronavirus infections on Wednesday taking its total number of cases to 1.24 million, the health […]
Journalist Vikram Joshi Death: Nine accused have been arrested in the case so far. Two policemen have been suspended. Ghaziabad Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Swati BhasinUpdated by Taboola The attack on journalist Vikram Joshi was caught on CCTV. 112 Ghaziabad: A journalist from Uttar Pradesh, who was shot at in Ghaziabad near Delhi on Monday night […]
Aftab Ahmed, Nupur Anand NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – India is looking to privatise more than half of its state-owned banks to reduce the number of government-owned lenders to just five as part of an overhaul of the banking industry, government and banking sources said. FILE PHOTO: Commuters walk past a bank sign along a road in […]
“I want to assure that no power in the world can touch even one inch of India’s land or can occupy it,’ defence minister Singh said. Press Trust of India ARTYOM GEODAKYAN VIA GETTY IMAGES MOSCOW, RUSSIA – JUNE 23, 2020: India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh talks to the media after a meeting with Russia’s […]
Floods and landslides in both Assam and Arunachal Pradesh have wreaked havoc, claiming lives. By Rohini Chatterji BIJU BORO VIA GETTY IMAGES NDRF personnel carry a sick woman during a rescue operation in a flood affected area due to monsoon rains, in Pathsala of Barpeta district in Assam on July 12. Several parts of Assam […]
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Trying to fast-track vaccine without compromising science, quality, ethics: ICMR
Bhargava said that besides fast-tracking the early phase human clinical trial of two indigenous vaccine candidates, the research body is also conducting preclinical studies for other potential candidates. Written by Kaunain Sheriff M | New Delhi ICMR chief said that trial for Covid-19 vaccine is on fast-track. Director General of ICMR Professor Balram Bhargava on Tuesday […]
Counsel appearing for Jharkhand has informed the top court that the state has also filed a suit on the issue and both the matters should be heard together. By: PTI | New Delhi Counsel appearing for Jharkhand has informed the top court that the state has also filed a suit on the issue and both the […]
Incident of 2012 : The incident is a frightening echo of the attempted assassination of Tongam Rina, a senior reporter from the same district of Dada ( reporter ), who was shot for her reporting. Although the incident occurred in 2012, with no perpetrators prosecuted justice has still not been delivered. There are fears that […]
Indian officials are investigating nine hospitals in the southern city of Bangalore, amid allegations that a man died after being refused treatment at all of them, writes BBC Hindi’s Imran Qureshi. Bhawarlal Sujani, 52, breathed his last at the doorstep of one of the many hospitals that had refused to admit him. His brother, Dinesh […]
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Global coronavirus cases rise to more than 11 million
Alistair Bell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Global coronavirus cases exceeded 11 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, marking another milestone in the spread of the disease that has killed more than half a million people in seven months. The number of cases is more than double the figure for severe influenza illnesses recorded annually, […]