Synopsis On the whole, this year did seem, at times, to be without hope and a roadmap. Fortunately, India, with strong leadership at its helm, was able to utilise this period for launching key structural reforms that position us well for a rejuvenation, renewing India’s tryst with destiny. For India, this year may have been … Read more
NEW DELHI [INDIA]: The daily deaths due to COVID-19 have been less than 500 during the last five days, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday. With 31,522 new COVID-19 infections reported in the last 24 hours, India’s total cases have risen to 97,67,372, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday launched a mobile laboratory that will conduct free RT-PCR tests for COVID-19 here and the results will be available in six to eight hours. The Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) testing mobile laboratory, a joint initiative of the SpiceHealth and the government, came up after Shah stepped in … Read more
Delhi, which has been reeling under the third wave of coronavirus, has reported a death rate of 1.58 per cent as compared to the national fatality rate of 1.48 per cent. Experts attribute the high number of daily COVID-19 deaths in the national capital to a large number of “critical” non-residents patients coming to the … Read more
New Delhi: India reported 73,272 new coronavirus cases, taking the overall caseload to 69,79,423, while 59,88,822 people have recuperated so far, pushing the recovery rate to 85.81 percent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Saturday. The death toll due to COVID-19 climbed to 1,07,416 with 926 people succumbing to the disease in a … Read more
New Delhi: India reported 73,272 new coronavirus cases, taking the overall caseload to 69,79,423, while 59,88,822 people have recuperated so far, pushing the recovery rate to 85.81 percent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Saturday. The death toll due to COVID-19 climbed to 1,07,416 with 926 people succumbing to the disease in a … Read more
For a country where people often get reduced to statistics given the humongous population, India hardly has any effective data measurement tools that can be relied upon and swung into action amidst a pandemic, as the ongoing Covid-19 crisis has exposed. The Indian administration doesn’t have data on how many migrant workers lost their lives … Read more
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally raced past 38 lakh on Thursday with the sharpest single-day spike of 83,883 fresh cases, while the number of recoveries surged to 29,70,492, pushing the recovery rate to over 77 per cent, Union health ministry data showed. The total number of coronavirus cases in the country mounted to 38,53,406, while … Read more
New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Wednesday evening that its Twitter account has been “compromised” and it was taking necessary steps to rectify the issue. According to sources, it was observed that certain tweets criticising the government were “liked” from the ICMR’s official Twitter handle. The matter was brought to … Read more
New Delhi: With a record spike of 69,874 infections in a day, India’s COVID-19 tally increased to 29,75,701, while the recoveries surged to 22,22,577 pushing the recovery rate to 74.69 per cent on Saturday, according to the Union health ministry data. The death toll climbed to 55,794 with 945 fatalities being reported in a span … Read more