Australia suspends direct passenger flights from India with immediate effect; announces relief package
Melbourne, Apr 27 (PTI) Australia on Tuesday suspended all direct passenger flights from India with immediate effect until May 15 due to the “very significant” spike in COVID-19 cases, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced. Morrison, announcing the temporary border closure with India, also launched an immediate support package for the country in its fight against […]
Covid-19: Two fatalities reported at SKIMS
Srinagar, Apr 27: A twenty-year-old woman from south Kashmir’s Pulwama district was among the two patients who died due to COVID-19 at SK Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Officials said that a 55-year-old woman from Qazigund Anantnag and a 20-year-old young woman from Tral Pulwama have died due to virus since last night. They said […]
Election Commission bans victory processions over poll results
New Delhi, Apr 27: The Election Commission of India has banned all victory processions on the day of counting of votes (May 2) polled — or even after — to the five states in the past few weeks after amid COVID-19 surge. Legislative Assembly polls were scheduled in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Assam, and […]
India adds 3,23,144 COVID-19 cases in single day
New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI) With 3,23,144 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases has climbed to 1,76,36,307, while the national recovery rate has further dropped to 82.54 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll increased to 1,97,894 with […]
Army man shoots himself dead in Ramban
Banihal/Jammu, April 27 (PTI) An Army man allegedly shot himself dead with his service weapon at a camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Tuesday, officials said. The incident took place at the Army transit camp in Banihal area around 2 am, they said. The deceased was identified as 28-year-old Asangeppa Madar of Karnataka. […]
Two soldiers killed at Siachen Sector after Avalanche hits army post
Jammu, Apr 27: Two Army soldiers were killed after they got stuck in a devastating avalanche in Siachen, Ladakh military sources said. They said that an avalanche hit the patrolling party in sub—sector Haneef around 1 pm on Sunday where a group of soldiers and porters were stuck. “The soldiers were rescued but two of […]
Covid-19: Positivity rate at over 35 pc in Delhi
New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI) Delhi recorded the highest single-day rise in its COVID-19 death toll with 380 more people succumbing to the infection on Monday, while the positivity rate stood at over 35 per cent, according to the latest bulletin issued by the city health department. This is the fifth day on the trot […]
US to share 60 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses with world as they become available
Washington, Apr 27 (PTI) The United States plans to share 60 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines with the world as they become available, US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy said here. The AstraZeneca vaccine is widely in use around the world but has not yet been authorised by the US Food and Drug Administration. […]
Wear masks inside homes as well: Govt
Says unnecessary panic causing more harm than good
New Delhi: As India grappled with a raging second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the government on Monday said it is time people started wearing masks inside their homes as well even as it sought to allay fears saying unnecessary panic is causing more harm than good. It also pitched for accelerating the pace of […]
