NEW DELHI — Ashish Poddar kept an ice pack on hand as he waited outside a New Delhi hospital for a black market dealer to deliver two drugs for his father, who was gasping for breath inside with COVID-19. But the drugs never arrived, the ice that was […]
India has prioritised imports of oxygen, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Thursday, adding that 40 countries had pledged their support. “We are talking about close to 550 oxygen generating plants that are going to come in from different sources from all over the world,” Shringla told […]
India’s total COVID-19 cases passed 18 million on Thursday after another world record number of daily infections, as gravediggers worked around the clock to bury victims and hundreds more were cremated in makeshift pyres in parks and parking lots. India reported 379,257 new infections and 3,645 new deaths […]
Chennai, Apr 29: The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday told the Madras High Court there was no need to clamp a lockdown in the state on Saturday, a day ahead of counting of votes polled in the April 6 assembly elections, saying May 1 is already a holiday […]
New Delhi, Apr 29: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh was on Thursday discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here, where he was admitted after testing positive for COVID-19. Sources close to the Congress leader said he was doing fine and returned home Thursday afternoon. Singh, 88, […]
India’s western state of Maharashtra, home to the financial capital Mumbai, may extend its lockdown by a fortnight until mid-May to try to halt a rise in coronavirus cases, the state’s health minister said on Wednesday. The state will not go through with a plan to open vaccinations […]
An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck India’s rugged northeastern state of Assam on Wednesday, causing cracks in the walls and floors of some structures, but no immediate casualties were reported. The quake hit at a depth of 34 km (21 miles) near the town of Dhekiajuli, 140 km […]
Indian shares hit a near three-week high on Wednesday, helped by gains in financial and automaker stocks on strong quarterly results, while shares of Zomato Ltd’s top shareholder rose after the food delivery startup filed for an IPO. By 0507 GMT, the NSE Nifty 50 index (.NSEI) gained 0.71% to […]
Guwahati, Apr 28: Prime Minister Narendra Mod telephoned Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal twice on Wednesday to inquire about the damages caused by the earthquake that rocked the state and assured all necessary help from the Centre. The prime minister had called Sonowal immediately after several tremors jolted the […]
New Delhi, Apr 28: Serum Institute of India (SII) — the maker of the most used COVID-19 vaccine in the country — on Wednesday announced a cut in price of the jab it plans to sell to states to Rs 300 per dose from the earlier Rs 400. This […]
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