Month: May 2021

India’s Active Caseload Declines for the Second Consecutive day

New Recoveries outnumber Daily New COVID Cases for the Second Consecutive day India’s Cumulative Vaccination Coverage exceeds 17.5 Crore More than 30 lakh beneficiaries of age group 18-44 Vaccinated so far DELHI, MAY 12: India’s total Active Caseload has dipped to 37,04,099 today. It now comprises 15.87% of the country’s total Positive Cases. […]

WHO has not associated the term “Indian Variant” with B.1.617, now classified as Variant of Concern

DELHI, MAY 12: Several media reports have covered the news of World Health Organisation (WHO) classifying B.1.617 as variant of global concern. Some of these reports have termed the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus as an “Indian Variant”. These media reports are without any basis, and unfounded. This […]

DC Jammu conducts extensive tour of R.S Pura, Arnia, Bishnah

Reviews management of Covid-19 patients at quarantine centers, containment zones JAMMU, MAY 11: To review the measures taken to control the upward trend of Covid-19 cases in the district, Deputy Commissioner Jammu Anshul Garg today conducted an extensive tour of Arnia and Bishnah. He inspected the management of […]

Covid appropriate behaviour, healthy diet, exercise- multiple lines of defence against Covid: Dr Arun Sharma

Lists containment measures; appeals people to contact for Medicare on helpline Nos JAMMU, MAY 11: Covid appropriate behaviour, exercise, healthy and hygienic diet are multiple lines of defence against Covid-19 infection, said Medical Superintendent, Mother and Childcare Hospital Gandhi Nagar, Dr Arun Sharma. Elaborating further, he said ‘Covid […]

100 days in power, Myanmar junta holds pretense of control

BANGKOK — After Myanmar’s military seized power by ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, it couldn’t even make the trains run on time. State railway workers were among the earliest organized opponents of the February takeover, and they went on strike. Health workers who founded […]

PM: Israel will increase strikes against militants in Gaza

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after meeting with senior defense officials that Israel will increase its strikes against militants in the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu said Tuesday that Hamas will “receive blows now that it didn’t expect.” THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s […]

India’s seven-day COVID average at new high, WHO issues warning on strain

India’s coronavirus crisis showed scant sign of easing on Tuesday, with a seven-day average of new cases at a record high and international health authorities warning the country’s variant of the virus poses a global concern. India’s daily coronavirus cases rose by 329,942, while deaths from the disease […]

Hamas and Israel trade blows as Jerusalem unrest ignites Gaza

Militants in Gaza launched rocket barrages into Israel for a second day on Tuesday and Israeli planes fired missiles in the Palestinian territory, where the health ministry said the death toll rose to at least 26, including nine children. The most serious outbreak of fighting between armed factions in […]

Over 1.39 lakh people vaccinated in Delhi on Monday: Sisodia

New Delhi, May 11:  Over 1.39 lakh people were vaccinated in Delhi on Monday, of which nearly 46 per cent belonged to the 18-44 age group, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Tuesday. “Total 1,39,261 people were vaccinated yesterday in Delhi out of which 64,151 are from […]

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