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Image Source : PTI A rapid rise in COVID-19 cases and exceeding requests for either RT-PCR or antigen tests has abruptly forced a majority of private laboratories to stop collecting swab samples even from testing centres for at least two days. As per a government bulletin on Tuesday evening, in the...

Coronavirus News Live Updates: Even as Maharashtra reported 62,097 fresh Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, taking the tally to 39,60,359, it is likely that the state will announce another lockdown for 15 days. The state registered 519 more patients succumbed to the infection, said a health department of...

Washington: United States is "very closely" tracking the course of the COVID-19 outbreak in India, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price has said. The statement from Price comes after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday and d...

Coronavirus in India Latest News and Updates: As coronavirus cases keep spiralling up, Delhi, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and several other states have decided to impose statewide curfews and lockdown to contain the COVID-19 surge. A crucial announcement by Chief Minister Uddhav Th...

New Delhi: Dr Kafeel Khan, who was suspended from BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur by the Uttar Pradesh government in 2017, has written a letter to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, requesting reinstatement so that he can serve COVID-19 patients. In a letter dated 17 April to the UP CM, Khan said that...

Washington: Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty on all charges in the murder trial of African-American George Floyd by a jury in the Hennepin County court. The 12 jurors found Chauvin guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degre...

Rajasthan Royals cricketer Liam Livingstone has opted out of the ongoing Indian Premier League citing 'bubble fatigue' as the reason. The Englishman has left the team bubble and flown back home. Rajasthan Royals took to Twitter on Tuesday to make the announcement. Assuring support, the Royals mentio...

Mumbai: In the wake of the rising cases of coronavirus, the Maharashtra government will today in the evening make an announcement on lockdown measures. Maharashtra Food and Civil Supplies Minister Chhagan Bhujbal has said that Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will announce a decision about lockdown o...

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday (April 21) claimed to have arrested two over-ground workers of The Resistance Front (TRF) in Bandipora district of North Kashmir. The police released a statement which read, “acting on a credible lead that some individuals were involved in aidin...

PTI, With the third phase of Covid-19 vaccination opening up in less than two weeks for everyone above 18 years largely through private facilities, government data shows almost all small states and union territories are still entirely or mostly dependent upon government facilities. According to the...

US President Joe Biden will pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions at least in half by 2030, The Washington Post reported citing two people familiar with the matter. The move comes as Biden convenes a virtual summit of more than three dozen world leaders, aimed at ratcheting up international clima...

Yemen's internationally recognised government on Tuesday announced the start of its vaccination program, offering COVID-19 vaccine shots to priority groups in governorates under its control. Yemen has a batch of 360,000 AstraZeneca vaccines it received under the UN's COVAX program. It will receive...

PTI, India is among the guest countries invited to join parts of the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers' meeting to be hosted by the UK next month, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said on Tuesday. The meeting in London will be the first in-person summit of the foreign mini...

After refusing the Allahabad High Court's order to impose a lockdown in five cities of the state, the Uttar Pradesh government is struggling on-ground to implement strict Covid guidelines and control the spread of the virus as it said it would. Speaking to India Today, government spokesperson Sidha...

Sagar Kulkarni, After facing flak, the Centre on Tuesday extended the Rs 50 lakh insurance scheme for healthcare workers who die on Covid-19 duty by one year. 'During the coronavirus pandemic, Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) has provided a safety net to the dependents of Corona Warriors...

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday hit out at the Centre's policy on Covid vaccines, terming it 'hollow'. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she said there was 'Covid vaccine shortage' in her state and added that the Centre's policy did not address the 'key issues' and instead it i...

Hour after Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all charges in the murder trial of African-American George Floyd, former US President Barack Obama said the jury did the right thing but true justice requires much more....

President Joe Biden called Tuesday on Americans to unite after the guilty verdict in the racially charged murder by a policeman of a Black man and pleaded for protesters to stay clear of violence....

A HUGE rush of migrant workers was seen at Vapi railway station throughout Tuesday as a 10-day voluntary lockdown called by traders' associations came into effect in the Valsad district. The scenes of people lugging suitcases, satchels and water bottles, thronging the station premises to board trai...

Family members of a 52-year-old woman who died in Lucknow on Monday after contracting Covid-19 have alleged 'complete negligence' on the part of the administration and healthcare officials. The woman, Archana Shukla, had a brain tumour and her family members, who conducted the last rites on Tuesday...

SCIENTISTS AT Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), at the forefront of sequencing the SARS-CoV-2 genome, will culture the double mutant strain B.1.617 and other variants of concern and check if antibodies of vaccinated or recovered persons can neutralise the virus. 'It will take at lea...

LOCKDOWNS AND economic slowdown did not reduce warming trends or significantly affect climate change last year, State of Global Climate 2020 provincial report has said. Compiled by World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the report was released on Monday ahead of Leaders Summit on Climate, hosted ...

AFP, The proposed European Super League collapsed on Tuesday after Premier League clubs withdrew from the deeply divisive project following a furious backlash by fans and threats from football authorities. Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal were six of the...

Are you scared that a single mask isn't enough protection in these critical times? Are you confused whether an extra layer is recommended if you are wearing an N95 mask? With Covid-19 cases rising rapidly across the country, it is becoming more and more essential to adopt the most effective safety ...

Britain's Queen Elizabeth, the world's oldest monarch, turns 95 on Wednesday, but there will be no public celebrations of an occasion that comes just days after she bade a sad farewell to her husband of seven decades at his funeral....

AFP, Ed Woodward is to step down as Manchester United's executive vice-chairman at the end of this year, the Premier League club announced on Tuesday. The 49-year-old former investment banker is believed to have been one of the prime movers behind controversial proposals for a European Super League...

The Ministry of Railways has announced an award of Rs 50,000 for Mayur Shelke, a Central Railway employee who saved a six-year-old boy by risking his own life....

With 67 per cent of its population aged over 18 years, Maharashtra has a target to immunise 8.5 crore people in the third phase of the vaccination drive, beginning May 1, and requires 17 crore doses. Also, the involvement of the private sector is set to increase with the state government planning t...

The government on Tuesday waived customs duty on Remdesivir, its raw materials and other components used to make the antiviral drug. The move would help augment domestic availability and reduce cost of the injection. Remdesivir is being used in the treatment of coronavirus, as infections are mounti...

Get email alerts for your favourite author. Sign up here While banks and other lending institutions are too cautious in lending to new and young customers, figures reveal that new-to-credit (NTC) consumers tend to prove lower risk and build a higher credit score when they are given credit opportuni...

April 21 will mark the Shukla Paksha Navmi Tithi of Hindi month Chaitra. The day will also be observed as the Ram Navmi. The day is dedicated to Lord Ram as he was born on Navami Tithi during Shukla Paksha of Chaitra month. Every year, the day is celebrated with great fervour and devotion. Devotees...

Get email alerts for your favourite author. Sign up here India's general insurance industry narrowly missed the milestone of Rs 2 lakh crore of gross premium during 2020-21, due to the negative growth in motor insurance — the largest portfolio in the industry — and crop business. The in...

Ramping up health infrastructure to treat critical Covid-19 patients in the city, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) standing committee on Tuesday approved an expenditure of Rs 350 crore for Covid-19 related work including setting up a new treatment facility and other facilities for treatment of ...

More states went for partial-to-full lockdown, night curfew and other restrictions on Tuesday as India's active COVID-19 cases crossed 20 lakh with 2,59,170 new coronavirus infections and a record 1,761 fatalities....

Covid reminds us that a modern state is a welfare state — governments worldwide launched 1,600 plus new social protection programmes in 2020. It also reinforces the importance of resources — America's fiscal deficit this year is more than India's GDP. While sustainable social security l...

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday laid down guidelines to be followed by courts while dealing with cases related to removal of objectionable content from the internet to ensure access to such offensive material is restricted at the earliest...

By Express News Service CHENNAI: Indian workers take 1.3 billion days off work annually because of the adverse effects of air pollution on their health, amounting to $6 billion in lost revenue, according to a study undertaken by Dalberg Advisors in partnership with Clean Air Fund and the Confeder...

President Joe Biden told the family of George Floyd how "relieved" he was Tuesday after a jury found a former policeman guilty of murder in the African-American man's racially charged killing....

In setting a fixed timeline for the government for the process of appointment of judges, the Supreme Court, in its ruling on Tuesday, has essentially altered the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) through a judicial order, and said the government must act on the names recommended for appointment within ...

The United States on Tuesday urged Russia "immediately" to allow independent doctors to see jailed dissident Alexei Navalny, who is on a hunger strike, as concerns grow for his health....

The Goa Assembly Speaker on Tuesday dismissed the disqualification petitions filed against 12 MLAs - 10 from the Congress and two from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) - who defected to the BJP in 2019. The Speaker's decision comes a year and a half after a preliminary hearing was held in t...

Emphasising the need to 'facilitate timely appointment' of judges to resolve the 'crisis situation' in High Courts, the Supreme Court on Tuesday laid down a timeline for the Centre to clear names recommended by the High Court Collegiums. The Bench, headed by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde, also s...

Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat Tuesday said that migration from international borders was not good for national security and development activities need to be increased in border areas for reverse migration. Addressing Uttarakhand police officers on the subject of 'Role of Uttarakhand i...

A day after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's visit was put off due to the second surge of Covid-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Portugal for the India-European Union leaders' summit on May 8 has been cancelled. Instead, the summit will now be held virtually on the same day. Announ...

AT A time that the border standoff between India and China remains unresolved almost a year later, Indian Ambassador to China Vikram Misri has said that sweeping the matter under the carpet and characterising it as a 'minor issue' is tantamount to running away from the problem. Mirsri, who was spea...

APPREHENDING A repeat of last year, when thousands of migrant workers left for their home states leading to labour shortage, rice mill owners in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have started taking all possible measures to dissuade their workers from leaving this time amid fears of another lockdown due...

The Centre on Tuesday asked Union Territories to ramp up RT-PCR testing and hospital infrastructure, notify islands as large Containment Zones, strictly enforce Covid-appropriate behaviour, and restrict public movement in light of the rising cases in these regions. Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla,...

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump hailed the conviction Tuesday of a sacked white police officer for the murder of African-American George Floyd as a "turning point in history" for the deeply divided United States....