42 Air Force Transport Aircraft Deployed In Covid Relief Work
ANI | Saturday May 08, 2021, New DelhiIndian Air Force (IAF) has deployed 42 transport aircraft for COVID-19 relief tasks, including 12 heavy lift and 30 medium-lift aircraft.
150 Attended Burial Of Covid Positive Man, 21 Dead In Rajasthan Village
Press Trust of India | Saturday May 08, 2021Twenty-one people died in as many days at a village in Rajasthan's Sikar district allegedly after a COVID-19-infected corpse was buried without following protocol.
Health Minister, US Counterpart Discuss India's COVID-19 Crisis
Press Trust of India | Saturday May 08, 2021, WashingtonThe US has assured India of its unwavering commitment to engage, collaborate and fight the raging coronavirus crisis together as the health ministers of the two countries discussed the current surge in COVID-19 cases in India.
Covid+ve Report Not Needed To Get Hospitalised: What New Guidelines Say
Edited by Swati Bhasin | Saturday May 08, 2021, New DelhiIn a huge relief to those affected by coronavirus, the government today said the National Policy for Admission of Covid patients to hospitals has been revised to make it more "patient-centric". The new measures aim to "ensure prompt, effective and co
Farmers Take Out Protest Marches In Punjab Against Weekend Lockdown
Press Trust of India | Saturday May 08, 2021Farmers took out protest marches at several places in Punjab on Saturday against the weekend lockdown imposed by the state government amid rising cases of COVID-19 infection and fatalities.
Supreme Court Orders Release Of Prisoners To Decongest Jails Amid Covid
Press Trust of India | Saturday May 08, 2021, New DelhiTaking note of an "unprecedented surge" in Covid cases, the Supreme Court today passed directions for decongestion of prisons and ordered forthwith release of all those prisoners who were granted bail or parole last year in view of the pandemic.
Gujarat Hospital Reports Rise In Covid Cases With Black Fungus Infection
Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday May 08, 2021, New DelhiA number of Covid patients, including those recovering from the disease, at an Ahmedabad hospital have been diagnosed with a fungal infection - mucormycosis, or black fungus, which can be fatal for transplant recipients or people in ICU
Bengal Governor Summons Chief Secretary Over Post-Poll Violence
Press Trust of India | Saturday May 08, 2021Stating that the state Home Secretary failed to apprise him of law and order situation regarding post-poll violence, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday asked the Chief Secretary to see him by evening.
Tried To Capture Bengal, Nearly Destroyed India: Mamata Banerjee On Modi Government
Press Trust of India | Saturday May 08, 2021, KolkataChief Minister Mamata Banerjee said today that the COVID-19 crisis in the country was the result of the Centre "not doing any work" in the last six months as Union ministers and leaders were visiting Bengal daily to "capture" it.
Anti-Covid Drug Developed by DRDO Cleared For Emergency Use
Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Saturday May 08, 2021, New DelhiA drug to treat coronavirus patients, developed by the DRDO, has been approved for emergency use by the country's top drugs controller as India battles the second wave of the pandemic that is killing thousands every day.
Sonia Gandhi Calls For Congress Top Body Meet To Review Poll Results
Edited by Ashutosh Tripathi | Saturday May 08, 2021, New DelhiCongress chief Sonia Gandhi has summoned a session of the party's highest decision making body - Congress Working Committee to review the grand old party's poll performance in the just concluded assembly elections.
Video Of Boy, 10, Selling Socks Catches Amarinder Singh's Attention
Edited by NDTV Newsdesk | Saturday May 08, 2021, New Delhi/ LudhianaPunjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh this morning said he has offered a financial help of Rs 2 lakh to the family of a 10-year-old school dropout after he saw a video of the boy selling socks at a traffic crossing in Ludhiana.
"India Surviving Because Of Nehru-Gandhi" Family: Sena To Modi Government
Press Trust of India | Saturday May 08, 2021, MumbaiThe Shiv Sena today said that while smaller countries in the neighbourhood are offering help to India to tackle COVID-19, the Modi government is not even ready to stop the work of the multi-crore Central Vista project in Delhi.
Lion Kills 35-Year-Old Man In Gujarat's Junagadh District
Press Trust of India | Saturday May 08, 2021, JunagadhA 35-year-old man was mauled to death by a lion at Madhupur village in Gujarat's Junagadh district in the early hours of Saturday, a forest official said.
Indian-American Congresswoman Appeals To Raise Funds For India Amid COVID-19 Surge
Press Trust of India | Saturday May 08, 2021, WashingtonIndian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has issued an urgent appeal to raise funds for India, which is experiencing one of the worst outbreaks of COVID-19.
