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Almost 50 Percent of Indians Still Don’t Wear Face Mask: Ministry of Health Survey
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Thursday revealed that around half of the country’s population does not wear a mask. Only 14 percent of the population wears the mask correctly, it said in a briefing
The numbers are based on a study…
Chipko Movement Pioneer Sundarlal Bahuguna Dies Of COVID-19 At 94
Uttarakhand: Environmentalist Sundarlal Bahuguna, the man behind Chipko Movement, died on Friday at the age of 94. He was admitted to AIIMS Rishikesh on May 8 for treatment of COVID-19. Reports said he was suffering from pneumonia and had…
Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal Acquitted In 2013 Rape Case
Panaji: A Goa court on Friday acquitted the founder-editor of Tehelka magazine, Tarun Tejpal, in a rape case dating back eight years.
Tejpal was accused of sexually assaulting a colleague on the sidelines of a conference at a five-star…
Cops Kill 13 Maoists In Encounter In Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli
Mumbai: As many as 13 Maoists were killed in an encounter in the forests with Maharashtra Police’s C-60 commandos in the Gadchiroli district, a senior cop said on Friday.
The encounter started at 5.30 am in a forested area close to Kotmi,…
COVID-19: India Records 2,59,551 Cases, Lowest In A Month; Toll Surges
New Delhi: Barely a day after recording less than 4000 deaths, India’s COVID-19 casualties soared to a grim 4,209, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said on Friday. However, the positive case count dropped to 2,59,551, the lowest…
Shortage Of Black Fungus Drug; HC Asks Centre To File Affidavit
New Delhi: The new threat of black fungus infection, or mucormycosis, is worrying medical experts amid the COVID-19 pandemic in India. The Centre has even asked states to declare it as a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Act.…
SBI Alert: Internet Banking, YONO Services To Be Unavailable During These Times
New Delhi: State Bank of India (SBI) informed on Thursday that some of its digital services will be unavailable during specified hours for the next three days.
To upgrade its digital banking platforms, SBI will undertake maintenance…
After Black Fungus, Now Deadlier White Fungus Cases Reported In India
Patna: Amid concerns over rising cases of Mucormycosis or black fungus in COVID-19 recovered patients, four cases of a deadlier ‘white fungus’ have been reported in Patna, Bihar. One of the infected patients is a famous doctor from Patna.…
States Must Declare Black Fungus An Epidemic: Centre
New Delhi: Amid the rising cases of mucormycosis (black fungus) reported in various parts of the country, the Union Health Ministry on Thursday directed all states to declare it as an epidemic and list it under the “Epidemic Diseases Act”…
No Side Effects Among 20 Children Who Underwent Trials Of Indigenous ZyCoV-D Vaccine At Karnataka…
Belagavi: Two months after the first-phase clinical trials of the country's second indigenously-developed COVID-19 vaccine, ZyCoV-D, were conducted on 20 children between the age of 12 and 18 years, none of them is reported to have had any…