High COVID-19 rate in 0-19 age group in India; frequent post-jab infections with Delta variant: Study
United Nations/Geneva, Oct 8 (PTI) A cross-sectional study conducted in India among COVID-19 cases has found an increased number of infections among the younger age group of 0-19 years and women, higher mortality rate and more frequent incidences of post-vaccination infections with Delta variant as compared to a non-Variant of Concern lineage. The COVID-19 Weekly […]
COVID-19: India records 21,257 cases, 271 deaths
New Delhi, Oct 8 (PTI) With 21,257 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total tally of cases rose to 3,39,15,569, while the number of active cases declined to 2,40,221, the lowest in 205 days, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Friday. The death toll has climbed to […]
Civilian’s death in Anantnag: ‘Troops fired in self defence’
Srinagar, Oct 8 (PTI) A civilian was shot dead by CRPF personnel in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday after the driver of his car did not stop the vehicle at a checkpoint when signalled to do so, officials said. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel signalled the driver of the sports utility […]
Biden to restore three national monuments cut by Trump
Washington, Oct 8 (AP) President Joe Biden will restore two sprawling national monuments in Utah that have been at the center of a long-running public lands dispute, and a separate marine conservation area in New England that recently has been used for commercial fishing. Environmental protections at all three monuments had been stripped by former […]
Militants gun down two teachers in Srinagar school
Seven civilians killed in five days
Srinagar: A woman principal and a teacher were shot dead at point blank range inside a government school in the heart of the city on Thursday, taking to seven the number of civilians killed by militants in Kashmir Valley in five days. Of the seven, four were from minority communities and six of the deaths […]
