Month: May 2021

India to start evacuating parts of west coast as cyclone approaches

India is preparing to evacuate thousands of people from low-lying areas along its western coast as a powerful cyclone is expected to make landfall on Tuesday morning in the state of Gujarat. “It is very likely to intensify further during the 24 hours, and move north-northwestwards and reach […]

India’s pace of daily COVID-19 infections slows as more vaccines awaited

India reported a smaller rise in daily coronavirus infections for a third straight day on Sunday, as the government said it was working to boost vaccine supplies to avert deaths beyond the pandemic toll of more than 270,000. The number of deaths in the past 24 hours rose […]

Analysis: India’s once-in-a-century budget runs into trouble as virus strikes back

India’s annual budget in February was lauded by many and raised hopes it would drive a sharp economic revival, but there are now fears that its promise may fall flat as it did not account for a crippling second wave of COVID-19 infections. The budget aimed to revive […]

24-hour Recoveries Outnumber Daily New COVID Cases for Fifth Time in last 6 Days

Decline of 55,344 in Active Caseload in the last 24 hours India’s Cumulative Vaccination Coverage exceeds 18.22 Crore More than 48 lakh beneficiaries of age group 18-44 Vaccinated, so far DELHI, MAY 16: India’s cumulative recoveries have reached 2,07,95,335 today. The National Recovery Rate is 84.25%. 3,62,437 recoveries were registered in the last 24 […]

States/UTs asked to keep Fair Price Shops open for longer duration and preferably all days of week to ensure safe and timely distribution of NFSA/PM-GKAY III food grains

In view of ongoing lock-down in some States/UTs, that may curtail the functioning hours of Fair Price Shop (FPSs), an advisory has been issued on 15th May, 2021 by Department of Food and Public Distribution to all States/UTs to keep the Fair Price Shops open preferably on all days of […]

PM greets people of Sikkim on their Statehood Day

DELHI, MAY 16: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the people of Sikkim on their Statehood Day. In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, “Statehood Day greetings to the people of Sikkim. This state is blessed with rich natural beauty and is home to warm-hearted people. […]

Indian Railway commissions Wi-Fi at 6,000th Railway station

From 1 station to 6000 in 5 years, IR shows extraordinary speed in expansion of this passenger convenience Indian Railways continues to contribute to Digital India initiative and connect different parts of India with high speed Wi-Fi facility With the commissioning of Wi-Fi at Hazaribagh Railway station on […]

Covid lockdown extended in Haryana till May 24

Chandigarh, May 16: The Haryana government on Sunday extended the coronavirus lockdown in the state till May 24. Making the announcement on Twitter, Home and Health Minister Anil Vij said, “Mahamari Alert / Surkshit Haryana extended from 17 May to 24 May. Stringent measures will be taken to implement […]

J-K: Security forces detect, neutralise IED in Shopian

Srinagar, May 16: Security forces detected and neutralised an improvised explosive device (IED) on Sunday following inputs about a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. They had inputs about the attack and the IED was recovered after intense searches were launched this morning, Senior Superintendent […]

Vacancies in SC, HCs: Govt awaits recommendations

New Delhi, May 16:  The Supreme Court has seven vacancies, two high courts are functioning without regular chief justices and two high court chief justices are set to retire in the next one and a half months, a government functionary said. He said the government is awaiting recommendations […]

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