Coronavirus Omicron LIVE Updates | The Delhi government on December 26 announced the imposition of night curfew from 11 pm to 5 am in view of the surge in daily COVID-19 cases. The curb will come into effect from December 27, the government said. The health department reported 290 new cases...
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New Delhi: Children between 15 and 18 can register for COVID-19 vaccines on the CoWIN app from January 1 using their school ID cards, the government said Monday morning. CoWIN chief Dr RS Sharma told news agency ANI an additional slot had been created on the online platform so...
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Mumbai on Sunday recorded 922 fresh Covid-19 cases — highest in last seven months. The daily case positivity rate has also gone up to 2.64 per cent with BMC conducting 34,819 tests across the city. According to the daily Covid report, the city recorded two death while 326 patients recovered from...
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Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said it is mandatory for a governor to accept recommendations of the state cabinet, a day after a delegation of the Maharashtra government met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to seek his approval for holding the Assembly Speaker’s election during the ongoing winter...
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Why did Prime Minister Narendra Modi choose the format of an ‘Address to the Nation’ to make public the government’s decision on pan-India vaccination for children in the 15-18 years age group although this could well have been made by a senior health ministry official? After all, in January...
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Traditionally, the municipal election – held every five years – sees a locking of horns between the BJP and the Congress, but the entry of the Aam Aadmi Party made the contest this time triangular. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) holds a majority in the current municipal body. ‣...
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Mumbai Live News: Mumbai recorded 922 fresh Covid-19 cases on Sunday, registering the highest daily count since June 4 this year. The city recorded a 21 per cent increase in cases over Saturday, when 757 cases were registered. Covid cases in the city have been rising at a fast pace over the...
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New Delhi: Top lawyers of the Supreme Court on Sunday wrote to Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana seeking his immediate intervention in two recent religious events – one in Delhi and another in Haridwar – where calls to use violence against Muslims was made. Listing out the names...
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India’s Omicron tally jumped to 578 as the country reported 6,531 new Covid-19 cases and 7,141 recoveries in the last 24 hours. The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation on Monday revealed that Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin has shown good immune response in children during trials. Meanwhile, in an alarming...
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The nitty-gritty of the gaps in the vaccines currently being used in India’s inoculation programme Covishield and Covaxin is being worked out, and a final decision over this will be taken soon, they said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a televised address to the nation on Saturday night, announced that...
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