Category: India News

COVID-19: Number of recoveries exceed active cases for first time

New Delhi, June 10: The number of recovered COVID-19 patients has exceeded the total active cases in India for the first time on Wednesday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. India reported close to 10,000 new instances of the infection in the last 24 hours till Wednesday 8 […]

India records 9,985 new COVID-19 cases, 279 fatalities; death toll rises to 7,745

New Delhi, Jun 10:  The COVID-19 death toll rose to 7,745 and the number of cases climbed to 2,76,583 in the country after it registered 279 fatalities and 9,985 new infections within a period of 24 hours till Wednesday 8 am, according to the Union Health Ministry India […]

Tragic yarn: India-China border spat hits global cashmere production

The world is heading for a shortage of the highly prized and super-soft cashmere wool as pashmina goats that live on the “roof of the world” become caught up in the fractious border dispute between nuclear neighbours India and China. Wool from pashmina goats, reared by nomads in […]

Delhi coronavirus cases set to explode, hospitals running out of beds

NEW DELHI – Delhi’s infections of coronavirus will climb to more than half a million by the end of July and it does not have the hospital capacity to handle such an outbreak, the city state’s deputy chief minister said on Tuesday. The warning came as harrowing accounts […]

Another locust attack likely in a few weeks: Officials

Jaipur, Jun 9:  Centre’s Locust Warning Organization will press into service 25 drones and buy 60 more vehicle-mounted insecticide spraying machines to counter the attack of locust swarms in the near future, an official said on Tuesday. Authorities are worried that millions of locusts may enter India along […]

India’s virus count over 2.6 lakh, daily spike inching close to 10,000-mark

New Delhi, Jun 9:  A record rise in COVID-19 cases in India for the seventh consecutive day has pushed the tally to over 2.6 lakh on Tuesday, with the daily nationwide spike in coronavirus cases inching close to 10,000. The rise in cases comes at a time when […]

India re-opens despite record virus infections

Malls and temples opened across India on Monday after a 10-week lockdown, despite a record daily rise in new cases and predictions that the epidemic will worsen for weeks to come. The government has risked easing restrictions in a bid to ease the devastating blow to the economy […]

Mask-wearing worshippers in temples as India reopens amid rise in coronavirus cases

NEW DELHI – Shopping malls and restaurants in India reopened on Monday and people wearing masks trickled into temples and mosques in an easing of the coronavirus lockdown despite a record single-day rise in infections. After imposing the lockdown in March, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is under […]

Sarpanch shot dead by militants in J-K’s Anantnag

Srinagar, Jun 8:  Militants shot dead a Kashmiri Pandit sarpanch in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, police said. Ajay Pandit, sarpanch of the Larkipora area in Anantnag district and a member of the Congress party, was shot at by militants in his native village at […]

Delhi CM Kejriwal goes into self-quarantine; To be tested for COVID on Tuesday

New Delhi, Jun 8:  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has gone into self-quarantine after developing sore throat and fever, and will get himself tested for COVID-19 on Tuesday, officials said on Monday. The 51-year-old chief minister, who is also a diabetic, was feeling unwell since Sunday afternoon. “As […]

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