United States oil prices on Monday plunged to negative for the first time in the history as the demand for energy collapsed in the backdrop of coronavirus pandemic. According to The New York Times, the concerns have grown that storage tanks in the United States were near capacity and unable to hold all the unused […]

One coronavirus positive case has been found in Rashtrapati Bhavan and 125 people have been put under self-quarantine, said Satyendar Jain, Delhi Health Minister, on Tuesday. “While as per yesterday’s data a total of 2081 people were tested positive, today one person has been tested positive of coronavirus in Rashtrapati Bhavan,” Jain told reporters. He […]

Amid COVID-19 lockdown, all government offices in Assam have resumed functioning from Tuesday onwards. Officers from secretary level to superior ranks will have to be present in the state secretariat. Meanwhile, 30% percent of third and fourth grade employees will be required to be present. All the officers of the rank of deputy secretary and […]

Assam Arogya Nidhi has received total contributions of Rs. 100.50 crores as on Monday. Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated in a tweet that 46,470 people have donated a total amount of Rs. 100.50 crores to state COVID-19 fund. Himanta Biswa Sarma also expressed his gratitude to the people for their generous donations. “This […]

Manipur has become Covid free after the second patient from the state tested negative twice. Earlier on Saturday, a sample collected from the patient had also tested negative. The development was confirmed by Chief Minister Biren Singh on his official twitter account. Following, this development the RIMS Hospital authority, where the patient is undergoing treatment […]

The total number of novel coronavirus cases in India today surged to 17,656, after 1,540 fresh cases were reported in the last 24 hours. Along with that, the number of COVID-19 deaths in the country increased to 559. So far, India has 14,255 active cases. There are also 77 foreign nationals who are affected by […]

The number of positive COVID-19 cases in the state has come down to 14 after two more patients, one each from Lakhimpur and Sonapur were released on Monday. With this, the total number of patients fully recovered in the state has gone up to 19, while one COVID-19 patient from Hailakandi died at Silchar Medical […]

The Indian Council of Medical Research on Sunday said that India’s COVID-19 testing capacity is expected to reach 1 lakh per day by the end of May. “The daily COVID-19 testing capacity at various laboratories in the country is being increased and is expected to reach to 1 lakh test per day by May 31,” […]

The first set of financial assistance to 86,000 stranded Assam citizens has been disbursed on Monday. The assistance is likely to cover 4 lakh people who are stranded outside the state. The Assam Government has provided financial assistance of Rs. 2,000 each to more than 86 thousand people stranded outside the state amid COVID-19 lockdown. […]

With 957 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours and 36 deaths, India’s total count of coronavirus cases has surged to 14,792, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday. The total cases are inclusive of 2,014 cured and discharged patients, one migrated and 488 deaths. At present, there are […]