Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday enquired about the preparedness of Assam, Sikkim and Meghalaya to tackle cyclone Yaas. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed him that emergency services have been pressed into action. “Cyclone Yaas is likely to affect the region on 26-27 May. Union Home Minister Amit Shah called and enquired […]

Dr Randeep Guleria, Director of All India Institue of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi on Monday said that people with low immunity are the ones affected by mucormycosis (black fungus) adding that maintenance of hygiene is the major safeguard against fungal infections. Dr Guleria says it is better not to use the term black fungus while […]

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday visited Ukhrul and Senapati districts to review status of COVID-19 management. During his visit to Ukhrul district, CM Biren Singh interacted with doctors, other healthcare workers along with CSOs leaders and discussed various measures for overall management of the pandemic. The meeting held at Mini Secretariat was also attended by […]

The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has approved the setting up of two pressure swing adsorption (PSA) oxygen plants in Arunachal Pradesh. The plants would be set by DRDO at Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) at Naharlagun near here, and Tenga in West Kameng district, under PM Cares Fund, official […]

India crossed a significant landmark in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic after the cumulative number of coronavirus vaccine doses for the 18-44 age group under Phase-3 of the vaccination drive administered in the country crossed one crore on Monday, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine […]

Nearly 100 Buddhist monks have tested positive for coronavirus in Sikkim. The state government is closely monitoring each and every Buddhist monastery, officials said. Thirty-seven Buddhist monks tested positive from Dharma Chakra Centre in Rumtek Monastery, a world heritage site, 30 kilometres away from Gangtok. The Gunjang Monastery in Sikkim has been declared a containment […]

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday informed that the deep depression over the East-central Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclonic storm and it would further intensify into a severe cyclonic storm during the next 24 hours. In a tweet, IMD informed, “Deep Depression over East-central Bay of Bengal intensified into Cyclonic Storm […]

India recorded 2,22,315 new coronavirus infections in a single day, the lowest in round 38 days, pushing the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,67,52,447 out of which 2,37,28,011 patients have recuperated till date while the death toll crossed the 3-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll […]

A trooper of the Assam Rifles was killed while two others were injured in an encounter with militants near the Indo-Myanmar border in Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday. The martyred jawan has been identified as Rifleman Avatar Chakma. According to highly-placed sources, the encounter took place at Longvi village under Nampong circle in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh. […]

India took a strong objection to the use of the term so-called ‘Indian variant’ for the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus on social media posts. It is learnt from reliable sources that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MIETY) has written an advisory to social media intermediaries to take down such content with an […]