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India logs 3,016 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours

Mar 30, 2023, at 05:29 pm

New Delhi/UNI: India has registered 3,016 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total active case in the country at 13,509, as per the Health Ministry on Thursday.

India reports 1,805 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours

Mar 27, 2023, at 06:00 pm

New Delhi/UNI: India has registered 1,805 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total active case in the country at 10,300, as per the Health Ministry on Monday.

COVID-19 cases spike in India: Four more people die in past 24 hours

Mar 26, 2023, at 11:14 pm

New Delhi: Four people lost their lives due to Covid-19 infection during the past 24 hours in the country while active cases increased by 832 in the same period.

ISRO's LVM-M3/OneWeb-India 2 mission launched successfully

Mar 26, 2023, at 06:16 pm

Sriharikota(AP)/IBNS/UNI: In a dedicated second commercial launch, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday successfully accomplished the LVM-M3 mission.

Covid-19: Centre's top meeting today amid spike in cases

Mar 20, 2023, at 06:16 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The top medical body of the central government will on Monday hold a meeting on the current scenario of Covid-19 amid a recent spike in cases, media reports said.

As covid cases rise, Centre writes to 6 states to control spread of virus

Mar 17, 2023, at 03:45 am

New Delhi/IBNS: With Covid-19 cases rising again, particularly in six states, the Centre has written to the administrations saying they should focus on controlling the sudden spike in the viral infection.

India's Sleep Crisis: Survey reveals shocking 38 percent surge in nighttime anxiety over future

Mar 15, 2023, at 08:02 pm

Kolkata: Ahead of World Sleep Day, Wakefit.co, one of India’s largest D2C sleep and home solutions providers released the 6th edition of its Great Indian Sleep Scorecard (GISS) 2023 which showed a 38 percent increase in the number of people staying up late at night worrying about their future.

India registers two influenza deaths caused by H3N2, 1 each in Haryana, Karnataka

Mar 11, 2023, at 05:20 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Two people have died of influenza caused by the H3N2 virus, the Centre said on Friday. One of the deceased belonged to Haryana while the other was in Karnataka.

South Africa to send over 100 cheetahs to India

Jan 27, 2023, at 05:32 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: India will get more than 100 cheetahs from South Africa in an ambitious plan to relocate the wild cats, media reports said.

How COVID-19 changed mental health discourse in India and Pakistan

Jan 12, 2023, at 01:08 am

When Amina Zia in Pakistan lost her husband to COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic, she descended further into depression.

India registers 170 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Jan 09, 2023, at 06:12 pm

New Delhi: India registered 170 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per government data released on Monday.

Fresh Covid-19 pandemic emerging the world over with new medical challenges: Expert

Jan 01, 2023, at 10:28 pm

Kolkata: Visiting Professor at the Kolkata based West Bengal University of Health Sciences, School of Public Health-Dr Naresh Purohit has said the Covid-19 outbreak in China has caused the world to go into panic mode again, exactly three years after the first episode of SARS-CoV-2 was reported in December 2019.

Maternal Mortality: Ticking up in Pakistan while India stems rise

Dec 31, 2022, at 08:28 pm

Despite gains, maternal deaths haunt South Asia. While the figure ticks up in Pakistan, in India the rise has been stemmed amid challenges, report Amer Malik and Abantika Ghosh from across the border

India registers 243 fresh COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Dec 30, 2022, at 04:04 pm

New Delhi: India registered  243 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the government has recently announced several precautionary measures to prevent a surge in cases amid rise in infection in China and few other nations.

Mandatory Covid negative report for all fliers arriving from China, 5 other countries from Jan 1: Centre

Dec 30, 2022, at 01:54 am

New Delhi/IBNS: All fliers from China, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand will have to submit a negative Covid-19 test report before arrival in India starting Jan 1, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said Thursday.

Centre asks states to hold mock drills at health facilities amid Covid spike in China

Dec 25, 2022, at 06:01 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: As the Covid-19 cases are on a spike in China setting off an alarm, the Centre has asked states to hold mock drills at health facilities to ensure swift response if Covid cases in the country surge again.

India is doing fine at the moment but China will see lots and lots of infections, says virologist on current COVD-19 situation

Dec 23, 2022, at 10:09 pm

New Delhi:  Virologist Gagandeep Kang on Friday said India is currently doing fine but China, which is witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases, will experience 'lots and lots of infections'.

'Covid not over yet': PM Modi warns against complacency in Covid review meeting

Dec 23, 2022, at 04:28 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Amid growing cases of Covid-19 in China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi while chairing a review meeting on the Covid-19 situation in the country Thursday urged people to wear masks though his government did not make it mandatory.

Covid-19: Bengaluru airport to start screening international passengers

Dec 22, 2022, at 03:13 am

Bengaluru/IBNS: Amid a rise in coronavirus cases in China, the US and Japan, the Karnataka government will start screening international passengers to contain the spread of the infection, media reports said.

Four cases of Covid variant responsible for surge in China detected in India

Dec 22, 2022, at 01:54 am

New Delhi/ IBNS: Four cases of BF.7 sub-variant of Omicron, which is responsible for the huge Covid-19 surge in China, have been found in the Indian states of Gujarat and Odisha.

Centre cautions states to track Covid variants through genome sequencing, Health Minister to hold review meeting tomorrow

Dec 21, 2022, at 03:32 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian government has cautioned all states to track coronavirus variants through the INSACOG network as massive COVID-19 cases are spreading through China.

India could soon experience heat waves that could break human survivability limit: World Bank report

Dec 08, 2022, at 01:38 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Severe heat waves responsible for thousands of deaths across India over the last few decades, are increasing with alarming frequency that could soon lead to the country experiencing the same beyond human survivability limit, according to a new report by the World Bank.

India to seek substantial progress on discussions related to climate finance at upcoming COP27

Nov 05, 2022, at 01:21 am

New Delhi/UNI: Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav will be leading an Indian delegation to attend the 27th Session of Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 27) scheduled to be held at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt from Nov 6-18 this year

Gambia yet to confirm if India-made cough syrups caused death of 70 children: Report

Nov 03, 2022, at 08:43 pm

Gambia has not yet confirmed that India-made cough syrups caused the deaths of 70 children from acute kidney injury, news agency Reuters reported quoting the country's Medicines Control Agency.

India records 1,326 fresh COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Oct 31, 2022, at 03:31 pm

New Delhi: India registered 1,326 fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched  1.59 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Monday.

India registers 2,208 fresh COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Oct 28, 2022, at 03:30 pm

New Delhi: India registered 2,208 fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched  1.55 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Friday.

India registers 830 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Oct 26, 2022, at 03:17 pm

New Delhi: India registered a significant drop in daily case count as 830 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.

India records lowest COVID-19 tally in six months, 862 cases registered in past 24 hours

Oct 25, 2022, at 03:29 pm

New Delhi: India on Tuesday recorded the lowest COVID-19 tally in six months as the country registered 862 cases in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.

India registers 1,334 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Oct 24, 2022, at 04:03 pm

New Delhi: India registered 1,334 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the country is gearing up to celebrate Diwali (Hindu festival of lights) on Monday.

India records 2,112 fresh Covid-19 cases in past 24 hours

Oct 22, 2022, at 03:27 pm

India registered 2,112 fresh Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 0.97 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.