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New Delhi: India logged 4,518 new coronavirus infections taking the tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,81,335, while the active cases increased to 25,782, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,701 with nine fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise 0.06 […]
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New Delhi: The COVID-19 cases in India have crossed the 4,000-mark for the second time in the past four days on Sunday, as the country logged 4,270 fresh infections in the past 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry. On Friday, after nearly three months, the daily tally of COVID-19 cases in India had […]
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Hyderabad: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) has agreed to issue Rs 300 special entry darshan tickets to 1,000 TSRTC passengers on a daily basis with immediate effect. TSRTC Chairman, Bajireddy Govardhan, described this as a significant development as the passengers travelling to Tirumala were accorded Special Entry Darshan tickets. This will improve the pilgrim’s patronage to […]
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Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based vaccine company Biological E Limited (BE) on Saturday announced that its Corbevax Covid-19 vaccine has been approved by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) as a heterologous booster dose to individuals aged 18 years and above. This can be used after six months of administration of primary vaccination (two doses) of Covaxin […]
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London: Dogs are more effective at detecting Covid-19 infections through human sweat samples than the existing rapid antigen tests, according to a study. The study, published in the PLOS ONE, showed that dogs were 97 per cent effective at detecting Covid infection compared to PCR tests – the most accurate Covid test. On the other […]
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New Delhi: India logged a single-day rise of 3,962 coronavirus infections and 26 fatalities, pushing the overall tally to 4,31,72,547 cases and 5,24,677 deaths, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The data updated at 8 am also stated that the number of active cases in the country increased by 1,239 in 24 […]
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Hyderabad: For 18-year-old State athlete Agasara Nandini, the gold in the 100m hurdles in the 20th National Federation Cup U-20 Athletics Championships at Nadiad in Gujarat is extra special. While the gold helped her secure the second straight qualification for the upcoming Junior World Athletic Championship, scheduled to be held in Colombia from August 1-6, […]
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New Delhi: All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Friday confirmed that she has tested positive for COVID-19, just a day after the Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi got tested positive. Though she confirmed that she has mild symptoms as of now, she asserted that she’s in quarantine.Taking to social media, Priyanka […]
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New Delhi: The single day rise in new coronavirus infections were recorded above 4,000 after 84 days, taking India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,68,585, while the active cases rose to 21,177, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. A total of 4,041 new cases were recorded in a span of […]
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New Delhi: The increase in monkeypox cases has led to a rash of social media posts, many claiming the chimpanzee adenovirus vector used in AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine is behind the outbreak and some suggesting the infection is basically shingles and a “well-known” side effect of the jab. Experts that PTI spoke to said both claims, […]
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New Delhi: With 3,712 new coronavirus infections recorded in a day, India’s infection tally rose to 4,31,64,544, while the total number of active cases increased to 19,509, the Union health ministry said on Thursday. The country’s COVID-19 death toll has climbed to 5,24,641, with five latest fatalities reported from Kerala, the ministry data updated at […]
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New Delhi: With 2,745 new coronavirus infections being recorded in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,31,60,832, while the active cases increased to 18,386, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,636 with six fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The […]
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Tirupati: A techie brutally murdered his wife, stuffed her body in a suitcase and dumped it in a lake in temple city of Tirupati. The chilling facts came to light on Tuesday, nearly five months after he committed the crime. Police recovered the body of Padma from the lake in Venkatapuram on the outskirts of […]
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Beijing: Shanghai authorities say they will take some major steps on Wednesday toward reopening China’s largest city after a two-month COVID-19 lockdown that has throttled the national economy and largely bottled up millions of people in their homes. Full bus and subway service will be restored as will basic rail connections with the rest of […]
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New Delhi: The Indian cricket team will assemble here on June 5 ahead of the five-match T20 series against South Africa. The first match of the series begins here on June 9 and South Africa will arrive here on June 2. There will be no crowd restrictions and there will be no bio-bubble for the […]
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By Dr Ranjith Reddy The process of formulating one-nation-one-tax started long ago but reached its logical conclusion by bringing the entire country under a unified indirect taxation system and, at the stroke of midnight of June 30/July 1st, GST, the biggest and landmark indirect tax reform in Independent India, became a reality. Prime Minister Narendra […]
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Beijing: A man in Beijing is under criminal probe after he skipped out on mandated Covid-19 home isolation, prompting authorities to send his more than 5,000 neighbours into home or government quarantine, officials said on Monday. The actions by the man, who later tested positive, come as the Chinese capital and Shanghai begin to ease […]
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New Delhi: With 2,706 new coronavirus infections being recorded in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,31,55,749, while the active cases increased to 17,698, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,611 with 25 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. […]
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Hyderabad: Chances of a fresh wave of Covid infections in the coming months due to Omicron variants in Telangana despite geneticists reporting one more BA.5 positive case, were very remote, senior public health officials in Hyderabad said. As on Sunday, one case each of BA.4 and BA.5 variants of the Omicron, which are largely responsible […]
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New Delhi: With 2,828 new coronavirus infections being recorded in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,31,53,043, while the active cases rose to 17,087, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,586 with 14 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. […]
