Covid-19

NEW DELHI: Ahead of 2+2 dialogue between the two states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joseph R. Biden of the US will hold a virtual meeting on Monday April 11, the Ministry of External Affairs and the White House confirmed. The two leaders will take a stock of bilateral cooperation and discuss the COVID-19 […]

MATHURA/VRINDAVAN: Ambling into the winding lanes of Chowk Bazar in Mathura — the land of Krishna Janmbhoomi — the team of The New Indian reaches the factory where aroma of boiling milk, saffron, cardamom greets with hundreds of halwais squatted before the flames. In a few hours, as milk turns into khoya, which further becomes […]

GORAKHPUR/NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) first list of candidature “symbolises social justice”.  This is how Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reacted to the first list of 107 names that was released for the first and second phase of elections as he took a swipe at the Samajwadi Party’s list, accusing Akhilesh Yadav of […]

NEW DELHI: In the wake of rising COVID cases in the state the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has decided to shut down restaurants and Pubs in Delhi. DDMA has also decided that all the private offices should work from home. DDMA said that, ”DDMA is satisfied that the NCT of Delhi has taken effective […]

NEW DELHI: As the third wave of the pandemic progresses, various states have revised the guidelines to minimise health damage to the public and stall its spread. The Maharashtra government issued their revised Covid-19 guidelines on Sunday for the state, allowing gyms and salons to open with 50% capacity and only fully vaccinated people will […]

SHIMLA: As the threat of yet another wave of rapid spread of Covid-19 cases looms large over the country, a group of research scholars from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi, have come up with some significant findings that map the spread of the virus in specific areas. According to these researchers, the spread […]

SHIMLA: The Himachal government will take strict action against private schools that fail to admit children belonging to  the weaker and underprivileged sections of the society as laid down by the RTE (Right to Education) Act. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has written to the Director of Primary Education on the issue, […]

FEROZPUR/NEW DELHI: Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi was left stranded at a flyover for over 15 minutes on Wednesday while he was going to address a rally at Hussainiwala in Punjab. The grave security lapse has resulted in an all out information war with the Congress accusing the Prime Minister of insulting Punjab. Congress […]

NEW DELHI: Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat and Uttarakhand AICC in-charge Devendra Yadav on Monday launched party’s theme song titled ‘Tin togada, Kam bigada aur BJP na aayegi dobara’ ahead of assembly polls in the state. Rawat said that the double engine government of the state has failed miserably. Addressing a press conference at […]

NEW DELHI: Bharat Biotech International Limited confirms that COVAXIN successfully conducted the stage II/III study on children. The trials have proven to be safe, well tolerated and immunogenic among children. COVAXIN trails show even better response in children aged between 2-18 years than adults. Bharat Biotech conducted the phase II/III multicenter studies to evaluate the […]