Covid-19

NEW DELHI: While Union health minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya directed officials to focus on surveillance and Genome Sequencing and to monitor hospitalisation amid rising cases of COVID-19 in the country, health experts feel that the actual numbers may be much more as people are self-doctoring. Dr Mandaviya held a high-level review meeting following an escalation […]

During the promotions of his movie ‘Samrat Prithviraj’, Akshay Kumar smugly proclaimed that he had completed the opulent historical drama in just 40-42 days. Kumar has always taken pride in the fact that he completes his movies, and churns them out, at the rate of knots. The film, however, tanked miserably at the ticket counters […]

  NEW DELHI: On an official visit to Mongolia, Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday paid his respects to holy Kapilavastu relics at Gandan monastery in capital Ulaanbaatar. He was accompanied by President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh on this occasion. The two leaders also paid respects to Lord Buddha’s holy relics of Mongolia kept alongside Kapilavastu relics. […]

NEW DELHI: In a worrying escalation of COVID cases across the country, India has recorded 12,213 new cases in the last 24 hours. In an alarming sign, this is the first time since February 26 the country had seen a single-day surge of more than 10,000 cases. On Wednesday, the Union health ministry reported 8,822 […]

NEW DELHI: With reports of a surge in COVID cases, Union health minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday said that the COVID is not over yet. The ministry has registered 8,084 new cases in the last 24 hours. Speaking at a review meeting with the state health ministers on the present status and progress under […]

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 […]