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Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday tested positive for COVID-19. Vijayan, who had taken the first dose of the Covid vaccine last month, confirmed his infection in a tweet. “I have been confirmed Covid+ve. Will get treated at the Government Medical college, Kozhikode,” he tweeted. I have been confirmed Covid +ve. Will get […]

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh expressed his happiness over the release of commando and said it was a huge relief for his family as well as the entire Jammu region.

According to 9To5Google, Fitbit Labs is launching a blood pressure study this month to "potentially measure" Pulse Arrival Time (PAT), or the "time it takes for a pulse of blood to reach your wrist after your heart beats".

The 6.5-inch realme C20 (2GB+32GB) in two colours — cool grey and cool blue — is powered with MediaTek Helio G35, houses a 5000mAh battery and an 8MP AI camera) and will be available

The first record was created when Bharat Pannu cycled from Leh to Manali (472 km distance) on October 10, 2020, in just 35 hours and 25 minutes.

India registered a record single-day spike of 1,26,789 new coronavirus infections pushing the nationwide COVID-19 tally of cases to 1,29,28,574.

Amid the wave of digital transformation, the IT-software sector once again remained shielded and hiring continued to grow by 11 per cent in the sector in March over February.

Rakeshwar Singh Manhas, who hails from Jammu, was taken captive by the Naxals during the ambush in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur.

In the past three weeks, the state government imposed lockdowns in Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur and Gwalior on Sundays and extended the curbs to some other cities last Sunday.

According to the ministry's data, 2,36,94,487 and 4,66,662 beneficiaries aged 45 to 60 years have been given the first and second dose respectively.

He took the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on March 11.

Pawar said health workers in Maharashtra were doing their best to control the spread of the viral infection.

District Magistrate of Dehradun Ashish Srivastav on Thursday said the entry and exit to and from the school are restricted and essential goods will be supplied here.

Schools across the country were closed in March last year to contain the spread of COVID-19 ahead of a nationwide lockdown.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,18,51,393, while the case fatality rate has dropped to 1.29 per cent.

Government and semi-government personnel working night shifts and private sector personnel engaged in essential goods services will be exempted.

Modi has taken Covaxin, India's homegrown vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech.

For optimal utilisation of resources, vaccination sessions will be planned at workplace CVC once at least 50 beneficiaries get registered for vaccination

The contribution of NCDs as the top cause of death in India has risen to 64.9 per cent when compared to other communicable diseases, the study said.

India's daily new cases continue to rise and 1,15,736 new cases were registered in a span of 24 hours.

The health minister urged the Centre to give priority to Maharashtra, since the coronavirus cases were more in the state and the overall death toll was over 50,000.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kept the key repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent to support growth in the current situation.

"The wearing of a mask is like a 'suraksha kavach' for preventing the spread of COVID-19," the court said.

India is also conducting the world's largest vaccination drive to strengthen the fight against COVID-19, he asserted.