Vaccine registration: CoWIN fails to cater to huge rush
New Delhi: As the registration of all citizens above 18 years of age for vaccination against COVID-19 started on the CoWIN portal at 4 pm on Wednesday, many people took to social media to complain about the technical problems they faced trying to register themselves for the third phase of the inoculation drive that is […]
EC sets guidelines for counting centres, poll agents
Says negative Covid-19 report or full vaccination must for entering counting halls
New Delhi: Candidates or their agents will not be allowed inside counting halls without a negative coronavirus report or without having both Covid-19 vaccine doses, the Election Commission said Wednesday in its latest guidelines for counting of votes on May 2. Issued amid spiralling coronavirus cases, the guidelines bar public gatherings outside venues during the […]
India says no to UN assistance from ‘integrated supply chain’
Says it has 'robust system' in place
United Nations: India has declined assistance offered by the United Nations of its integrated supply chain for COVID19-related material, saying the country has a “robust system” to deal with the required logistics, a spokesperson for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said. “One of the things we did is we offered the assistance of our integrated […]
Lockdown is again a reality
The administration has once again announced measures including a complete lockdown to ensure that the covid surge witnesses some decline. On Wednesday the admin announced a complete lockdown for five days across 11 districts as the number of fresh cases and fatalities failed to show some decline over the past few days now. Jammu and […]
The second wave and Govt’s failure to contain it
Vijay Garg A survey by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has revealed four key points that may help to understand the dire state of the Covid-19 in the country, perhaps to curb the ever-increasing corona or find a way to help. One, the second outbreak of the corona virus in March this year […]
