As Cyclone Tauktae continues to impact several states on the Western Coast including Gujarat, damaging structures, electricity lines, and uprooting trees, the India Meteorological Department on Tuesday informed that the cyclone is continuing to show a weakening trend. “Extremely severe” Cyclone Tauktae unleashed devastating winds that reached speeds up to 190 kilometres per hour as […]

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday met the family members of ONGC employee Ritul Saikia who was abducted by ULFA (I) militants from Lakwa in Sivasagar district on April 21. CM Sarma along with Rajya Sabha member Kamakhya Prasad Tasa, Lok Sabha MPs Pallab Lochan Das and Topon Kumar Gogoi met the wife […]

The use of convalescent plasma has been dropped from the recommended treatment guidelines for COVID-19, according to late Monday advisory from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The National Task Force of the ICMR, along with experts from the Health Ministry, periodically updates guidelines on recommended modes of treatment. Registered Doctors anywhere, however, aren’t […]

As India’s daily spike of coronavirus cases witnesses a dip with only 2,63,533 fresh infections recorded in the last 24 hours, the number of deaths due to COVID-19 continues to remain alarmingly high with 4,329 more fatalities, the highest toll in a single day since the pandemic began. According to the Union Health Ministry, the […]

Assam on Monday registered its highest single-day COVID-19 deaths with 92 new fatalities The state also detected 6,394 new cases, which is also the highest on a single day. The fresh cases have been detected out of 91,481 samples tested in the last 24 hours. Of the new cases, 1,100 were detected in Guwahati alone. “Summary of […]

The death toll in Palestine due to Israeli airstrikes has reached 198 on Monday, said Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza. Citing the Ministry, The Times of Israel reported that the toll includes 58 children while 1,300 people have been injured in the Israeli offensive in Gaza. In the ongoing Israel and Palestine conflict, Israel has […]

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb on Monday announced that rations for needy and poor people living across Agartala Municipal Corporation areas and within containment zones will be provided at their homes. Deb also said that more than 45,000 doses of vaccines are still available in the state. The Chief Minister urged everyone to maintain all […]

In an encouraging development, a declining trend in the weekly positivity rate is observed which stands at 18.17 per cent today, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday. The daily new COVID cases being registered in India was less than 3 lakh after 26 days, the ministry said. According to health ministry […]

Cyclone Tauktae, which has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm over the East-central Arabian Sea, moved North-Northwestwards with a speed of about 20 kmph during the past six hours and further intensified into an “extremely severe cyclonic storm on Monday, informed the India Meteorological Department (IMD). “The extremely severe cyclonic storm lay centered at the […]

Andrea Meza of Mexico has been crowned Miss Universe for the year 2020, besting contestants from 73 other countries, including Miss India Adline Castelino, who came in fourth at the beauty pageant. The 69th edition of the event, which was held on Sunday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood here, […]