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Daily new COVID cases less than 3L after 26 days

Weekly Positivity Rate dips to 18.17% with more than 15.73L tests done in the last 24 hours DELHI, MAY 17: In an encouraging development, daily new COVID cases being registered in India are now less than 3 Lakhs after 26 days. 2,81,386 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours. […]

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 […]

Cyclonic Storm ” Tauktae ” very likely to intensify further into a Severe Cyclonic Storm during next 6 hours

DELHI, MAY 15: According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD):   The Cyclonic Storm “Tauktae” (pronounced as Tau’Te) over east central and adjoining southeast Arabian Sea moved north-north-westwards with a speed of about 11 kmph during past 06 hours and lay centred at 0830 hours […]

AIIMS doctors provide guidance on Medication and Care for Mild COVID-19 Patients

New Delhi / Mumbai, May 15, 2021 The commonly observed symptoms among COVID-19 patients are fever, dry cough, tiredness and loss of taste or smell. Irritation in throat, headache, body ache, diarrhea, rash on skin and redness in eyes are also observed in rare cases. If you observe […]

PM chairs a high level meeting on Covid and vaccination related situation

Testing has gone up from around 50 lakh tests per week in early March to around 1.3 crore tests per week now Localised containment strategies are the need of the hour: PM PM instructed that testing needs to be scaled up further in areas with high test positivity […]

IAF PREPARES FOR CYCLONE TAUKTAE

The IAF has kept 16 transport aircraft and 18 helicopters on op readiness in peninsular India in preparation for the Cyclone Tauktae which is expected to cause very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall along the western coast of India in the next few days.       One IL-76 aircraft […]

Stay Safe from Mucormycosis – a Fungal Complication being Detected in COVID-19 Patients

Control Diabetes, Use Steroids Judiciously, Keep Good Hygiene, Don’t Self-Medicate DELHI, MAY 14: Even as we try our best to protect ourselves from and cope with COVID-19, there is another threat being posed by a fungus, which we must know and act upon. Mucormycosis, a fungal infection, is […]

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