Corona threats: Mobile phones potential carrier of coronavirus, say Docs
New Delhi: A group of doctors from the AIIMS, Raipur has recommended restrictions on use of mobile phones in healthcare institutions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, warning that such devices can be a potential carrier of the virus and lead to infection among healthcare workers. In a commentary published in the BMJ Global Health journal, the […]
States, UTs asked to ban sale of smokeless tobacco products, spitting in public
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has appealed to all states and Union Territories to ban sale of smokeless tobacco products and spitting in public places in line with the orders of the Rajasthan and Jharkhand governments to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection. In a letter to all state health ministers, Vardhan said […]
Hope: Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine test on monkeys shows promise
London: The UK’s biggest COVID-19 vaccine project, currently being tested by the University of Oxford, has shown some promising results in a small study with monkeys. Researchers involved with the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 trials said the vaccine had shown signs of priming the rhesus macaque monkeys’ immune systems to fend off the deadly virus and showed […]
Railways ran 800 ‘Shramik Special’ trains, 10 lakh migrants ferried home
New Delhi: The Railways has operated 800 Shramik Special trains since May 1, ferrying home 10 lakh migrant workers who were stranded in various parts of the country due to the coronavirus-triggered lockdown, officials said on Thursday. Of these, Uttar Pradesh received the maximum number of trains followed by Bihar they said. “As on May […]
Govt announces 2 lakh Cr concessional credit to farmers
Lonas to be disbursed through Kisan Credit Cards: FM
New Delhi: The government on Thursday said 2.5 crore farmers, including fishermen and those involved in animal husbandry, would get Rs 2 lakh crore of concessional credit through Kisan Credit Cards under its economic stimulus package. Announcing relief measures for small and marginal farmers hit by the COVID-19 crisis, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said an […]
Corona positive cases swell to 35,788 in Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan’s total number of coronavirus cases reached 35,788 after 1,452 new infections were reported, while the death toll rose to 770 with 33 fresh fatalities, the health ministry said on Thursday, as the spread of the deadly disease through local transmission showed a dangerous upward trajectory. According to the Ministry of National Health Services, […]
Trapped in quarantine: Plea in HC to release nearly 3,300 Tablighi Jamaat
New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking release of nearly 3,300 members of Tablighi Jamaat who have been sent to various quarantine centres for around 40 days and not released despite reporting negative for COVID-19. The petition, which is likely to come up for hearing on Friday, sought direction […]
Saudi Arabia: Lockdown in days after Ramzan
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia says it will go into a full lockdown during the days of celebration that follow the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramzan. The Interior Ministry made the announcement early Wednesday morning, saying the lockdown would be in effect from May 23 through May 27. Those days mark the start of Eid al-Fitr, […]
Corona positive cases surge to 34k in Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan has reported more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases, taking the number of infections to over 34,000, while 31 more people have succumbed to the coronavirus, health officials said on Wednesday, amidst the easing of lockdown restrictions. The Pakistan government announced last week that it would begin a phased lifting of the lockdown due […]
Phase 2 of Vande Bharat Mission
30,000 Indians will return from abroad on 149 flights: Minister
New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday said that 30,000 Indians will return from 31 countries on 149 flights between May 16 and 22, the duration for the second phase of the Vande Bharat Mission. During the first phase of the Vande Bharat Mission, Air India and its subsidiary Air India Express […]