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 […]

As the country records less than three lakh cases for the four successive days, the daily positivity rate of India has declined to 12.45 per cent. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), as many as 20,66,285 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours across the country, which is the highest […]

Low-pressure area has formed over the east-central Bay of Bengal on Saturday morning, which will intensify into a cyclonic storm by May 24, said the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday. According to the IMD, it will intensify further into ‘Very Severe Cyclonic Storm’ and will move north-northwestwards and cross West Bengal and adjoining north […]

More than 1.60 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with states and union territories, and over 2.67 lakh doses will be supplied to them in the next three days, the Union health ministry said on Saturday. In a statement, the ministry said more than 21 crore vaccine doses have been provided to states and […]