150 DISTS WITH 15%+ POSITIVITY RATE MAY GO UNDER LOCKDOWN A proposal has been drawn up for a lockdown, with exemptions for a set of defined essential services, in around 150 districts with Covid-19 positivity rate of over 15% as health systems in these areas are seen to be under
JOE BIDEN PLEDGES SUPPORT TO PM MODI ON VACCINE INPUTS, KEY SUPPLIES US President Joe Biden spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday and pledged America’s “steadfast support for the people of India” hit by the unprecedented surge in Covid cases.
NATION SHAKEN, SAYS PM; US, UK, EU PLEDGE HELP From vaccines to its ingredients, oxygen tankers to oxygen concentrators — US, UK and EU have now pledged help to India. This comes the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Mann ki Baat radio address, said that the Covid s
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal on Tuesday tested positive for Covid-19. She is being treated under home isolation as of now. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal on Tuesday tested positive for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and is being treated und
STATES ASK FOR MORE VACCINES, CENTRE ACCUSES THEM OF PLAYING POLITICS The coordinated Covid-19 battle plan between the Centre and states came under strain Wednesday when the Union Health Ministry, being pushed by several states to supply more vaccine doses and open up the vaccinat
VACCINE FIRST TO THOSE WHO NEED IT, NOT WANT IT: CENTRE Amid demands from some sections to open up Covid-19 vaccination in view of rising cases, the Centre said on Tuesday that the aim was to protect the vulnerable population and to vaccinate “those who require it&rdqu
COVID-19 INFECTIONS: INDIA BREACHES 1-LAKH DAILY MARK India’s daily Covid count scaled a new peak Sunday, with more than 1 lakh cases being reported for the first time ever. The previous high was achieved on September 16 last year, when 97,894 positive cases were repor
DURING NANDIGRAM POLLING, MAMATA BANERJEE CRIES FOUL A massive turnout of 80.79 per cent was recorded in West Bengal’s Nandigram yesterday amid a fair bit of drama as Trinamool and BJP workers almost came to blows. CM Mamata Banerjee is locked in a high-voltage contest
AMID COVID SURGE, THIRD VACCINATION ROUND ROLLS OUT TODAY FOR KEY GROUP Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases in several parts of the country where the total active caseload has climbed to 5.52 lakh cases, the third phase of vaccination will be rolled out Wednesday, making every per
VACCINATE ALL 45-PLUS IN SURGE DISTRICTS IN 2 WEEKS: CENTRE TO STATES With several parts of the country reporting a second wave of Covid-19 cases, the Centre Tuesday warned that the situation is going from “bad to worse” and urged states to achieve 100 per cent v
