New Delhi: Taking up allegations of oxygen shortage and discrimination in resources leaving Delhi hamstrung in its Covid fight, the High Court said today if medicines were not being sent to places that really needed them, “blood is on their hands”. Delhi logged a record 32,000 cases in a singleContinue Reading
New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar have tested positive for COVID-19 and have been working from home, according to Election Commission of India officials. Chandra, who took over charge on April 13, had assumed charge of the new role from home as he hadContinue Reading
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 20 said the second wave of the coronavirus had hit India like a storm but appealed to states to use lockdowns only as the last resort. In his address to the nation, the prime minister stressed self-discipline to fight the infection, urgingContinue Reading
Allahabad: Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, the Allahabad High Court on April 19 directed the Uttar Pradesh government to impose a week-long lockdown in Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur Nagar, Gorakhpur and Allahabad. A two-judge bench comprising justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar passed the order on a PIL on theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Varanasi: Amid the gloom of rising Covid-19 death, Christians, Hindus and Muslims on April 19 came together to organize a series of blood donation camps in Varanasi, a major city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Opening the first camp in St. Mary’s ConventContinue Reading
New Delhi: Delhi High Court April 19 said both central and Delhi governments failed miserably to deal with the crisis of migrant workers during the nationwide lockdown last year and expressed its concerns on the Covid-related issues like oxygen shortage, and reverse migration of migrant labourers. A Division Bench ofContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Rourkella: The Church in Odisha has mourned the death of the first tribal to become an office of the Indian Administrative Service from the eastern Indian state. Livnus Kindo died of heart attack at 10:30 pm on April 18 in his residence at Rajgangpur in Odisha’s SundargarhContinue Reading
New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on April 18 wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, listing five suggestions to tackle the Covid-19 vaccine shortage in India, which is currently fighting the second wave of the deadly virus. The former PM acknowledged the cloud of uncertainty among the people ofContinue Reading
Adar Poonawalla, the head of the world’s largest vaccine maker (by doses), on April 16, urged US President Joe Biden to lift the embargo on export of vaccine raw materials. The restriction has hit production of vaccines in India. In a tweet posted on social media tagging Biden, the SerumContinue Reading
New Delhi: Delhi residents who have visited the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar or are planning to do so will have to undergo compulsory 14-day home quarantine on their return and upload their details on an official website, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority said in an order. The ongoing Kumbh MelaContinue Reading
