Home Ministry directs states, UTs to focus on effective measures to curb Covid spread
Mar 21, 2021, at 03:06 pm
New Delhi/Mumbai/UNI: The Union Home Ministry has directed all states and union territories to focus on effective measures to curb the spread of Covid.
Centre directs States, UTs to enforce Covid protocols strictly amid fresh surge of cases
Mar 21, 2021, at 02:29 am
New Delhi/UNI: Amid jump in Covid 19 cases in the country, the Centre has asked all States and Union Territories (UTs) to enforce coronavirus safety measure strictly including wearing of face masks, hand hygiene and social distancing.
Maharashtra: Lockdown extended till March 31 in Nagpur
Mar 21, 2021, at 02:07 am
Nagpur/UNI: In view of the rising COVID-19 cases, Nagpur Guardian Minister and Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut said on Saturday that the lockdown has been extended till March 31.
245 people fined in Mumbai restaurant for breaking Covid-19 rules
Mar 18, 2021, at 10:09 pm
Mumbai/UNI/IBNS: As many as 245 people were fined for not wearing a mask and violating social distancing norms in a night club at wee hours on Thursday, BMC officials said.
Maharashtra: Nagpur to go under Covid-19 lockdown for 7 days as cases jump
Mar 11, 2021, at 10:36 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: The Maharashtra government has decided to clamp a week-long lockdown Nagpur from March 15 to March 21 to arrest the rise in coronavirus cases.
Covid-19: Bihar govt gives Rs 71 lakh subsidy to distressed weavers
Mar 01, 2021, at 09:21 pm
Patna/UNI: Bihar Industry Minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain today said the government has sanctioned Rs 71.20 lakh as subsidy to 712 weavers, who have been affected by the lockdown enforced during COVID-19 pandemic in the state.
DGCA extends restrictions on international passenger flights till March 31
Feb 27, 2021, at 09:05 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The restrictions on international passenger flights will continue till March 31, Directorate General of Civil Aviation or DGCA has said.
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray says lockdown possible if covid cases rise for 8-15 days
Feb 22, 2021, at 03:05 am
Mumbai/IBNS : Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray today asked the people to strictly follow coronavirus protocols to avoid a new lockdown while pointing out that the pandemic situation in the state was "serious".
Maharashtra : Amravati dist placed under 7-day lockdown to arrest Covid-19 spread
Feb 22, 2021, at 01:39 am
Mumbai/IBNS : A day after Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar warned against a second lockdown amid rising Covid-19 cases, Amravati district administration clamped a week-long shutdown from Monday to control the spread of the infection, media reports said.
Mumbai Mayor warns against a second lockdown amid rising covid cases
Feb 21, 2021, at 06:55 am
Mumbai/IBNS : Lockdown may be clamped in Mumbai once again if the daily coronavirus cases are not arrested and people do not follow the Covid-19 protocols and wear masks, city mayor Kishori Pednekar has said, media reports said.
Restrictions imposed on gathering of people in Pune to prevent Covid-19 spread: Collector
Feb 19, 2021, at 01:50 am
Pune/UNI: With a sudden rise in fresh coronavirus cases in Maharashtra's Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad areas, the district administration on Thursday ordered for stricter implementation of Covid-related rules and guidelines.
Coronavirus: 56 persons staying in an apartment found positive in Bengaluru City
Feb 15, 2021, at 11:31 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: A new Covid-19 cluster emerged in Bengaluru among Nursing College students last week. Now, 56 residents of an apartment complex in ward 188, Bilekahalli have tested positive for Covid-19.
Feb 13, 2021, at 04:39 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Padmanabhaswamy Temple is not able to reimburse Rs 11.7 crore Kerala government for security and maintenance related expenses due to Covid-19 impact.
Jayalalithaa aide VK Sasikala tests Covid-19 positive
Jan 22, 2021, at 05:27 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: Expelled AIADMK leader and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa aide VK Sasikala has tested positive for coronavirus and shifted to a COVID-19 intensive care unit, media reports said on Thursday.
Norway issues coronavirus vaccine caution on elderly as 23 die days after vaccination
Jan 16, 2021, at 07:19 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Norway has cautioned against vaccinating the very old and terminally ill patients with Coronavirus vaccine after 23 people died in the country after a few days of the injection.
Ganga Sagar mela is possible if Covid-19 restrictions are honoured: Calcutta HC
Jan 09, 2021, at 01:01 am
Kolkata/UNI: A two-judge bench of Calcutta High Court observed on Friday that the court would give green light to hold Ganga Sagar Mela if the state government enforce restrictions to combat covid-19.
Akhilesh retracts from his statement on Covid vaccine
Jan 03, 2021, at 11:00 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, who on Saturday termed the Covid vaccines used for immunisation in India as "BJP's vaccine" that couldn't be trusted and also urged people to not get immunised, changed his statement on Sunday.
Covaxin's approval premature, dangerous: Shashi Tharoor
Jan 03, 2021, at 08:34 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday expressed apprehensions over the DCGI's nod for the emergency use of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine 'Covaxin'.
Can't trust BJP's vaccine, says Akhilesh Yadav as India gears up for mass Covid vaccination
Jan 03, 2021, at 02:07 am
Lucknow/IBNS: Even as India completed a nationwide mock drill for administering the COVID19 vaccine, Samajwadi party chief Akhilesh Yadav today exhorted people against getting what he termed "BJP's vaccine" as it couldn't be trusted.
India and World 2020: Annus Horribilis of pandemic and deaths
Dec 31, 2020, at 09:11 pm
IBNS correspondent Supriyo Hazra looks back at the viral life-changing year that is stranger than fiction for both the world and India
India extends UK flights ban till Jan 7, 2021 over new Coronavirus strain
Dec 30, 2020, at 05:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The central government on Wednesday extended the suspension of India-UK flight services till Jan 7, 2021 in the wake of the new Coronavirus strain that broke out first in Britain.
New coronavirus strain hits India: 14 more test positive, tally rises to 20
Dec 30, 2020, at 03:50 pm
New Delhi/UNI: With 14 more people detected with the new coronavirus strain, which was first found in Britain, the total number of such cases in India rose to 20, the government said on Wednesday morning.
India's task force on COVID-19 prepares strategy to detect new variant found in UK
Dec 27, 2020, at 03:39 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The National Task Force (NTF) on COVID-19 met on Saturday to discuss evidence-based modifications in testing, treatment and surveillance strategies for SARS-CoV-2 in view of the recent reports of emergence of the new variant strain of the virus from the UK.
Covid-19 vaccination of 51 lakh people to be done in Delhi initially: Arvind Kejriwal
Dec 25, 2020, at 01:27 am
New Delhi/UNI: In view of controlling the Novel Coronavirus pandemic in the capital during the first phase, vaccination will be given to 51 lakh people and 1.2 crore vaccines will be required for the same, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday.
Karnataka imposes night curfew to curb the spread of mutant coronavirus
Dec 23, 2020, at 09:40 pm
Bengaluru/IBNS: The Karnataka government has imposed night curfew--10 pm to 6 am--till January 2 over fears of mutant strain of coronavirus which is 70 per cent more infectious.
Dec 22, 2020, at 04:18 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra on Monday imposed night curfew from 11 pm to 6 am till January 5 and announced a new set of quarantine rules for passengers arriving from Europe and Middle East after a new strain of coronavirus, which is found to be far more infectious than the previous strains, emerged in UK and forced several countries, including India, to temporarily stop flights to and from that country.
Two Delhi Police officers deputed at Singhu test positive for Coronavirus
Dec 11, 2020, at 07:09 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Two police officers deputed at the Singhu border amid the farmers' protest have tested positive for Covid-19.
Dec 06, 2020, at 03:38 am
New Delhi/IBNS: After Haryana Minister Anil Vij tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday despite taking a shot of the indigenously developed Covaxin days ago, its maker Bharat Biotech in a statement said the vaccine has been designed to be effective after two doses, reported media.
Coronavirus vaccine to be ready in next few weeks: PM Modi
Dec 04, 2020, at 08:32 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the vaccine against Covid-19 will be ready in the next few weeks and the vaccination programme will start soon after.
Applying for emergency use of Covid-19 vaccine in 2 weeks: Serum Institute
Nov 29, 2020, at 03:58 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Serum Institute will apply within two weeks for an emergency license to use the coronavirus vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford and pharma giant AstraZeneca, the Indian vaccine maker's chief Adar Poonawalla said on Saturday after a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.