After yoga guru Ramdev made defamatory statements against allopathy and “defaming” scientific medicine, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Uttarakhand on Friday challenged him for an open debate on a public platform in the presence of media. IMA Uttarakhand President Dr Ajay Khanna in a letter to yoga guru Ramdev called his statement rash, irresponsible and selfish. “This […]
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Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in critical condition, on oxygen support
Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan is on oxygen support and his condition is critical, informed Medanta Hospital, Lucknow on Saturday. “Condition of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan is critical. He is on oxygen support,” said Medanta Hospital, Lucknow Khan was shifted to Lucknow’s Medanta Hospital from Sitapur jail on May 9 where he is undergoing treatment for […]
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Ladakh reports 124 new Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths
The Union Territory of Ladakh reported 124 fresh Covid-19 cases, 172 recoveries, and two deaths on Friday, as per the Department of Public Information in Leh today morning. With this, the total number of cases in the region escalated to 18310 including 1,606 active cases and 16,517 total recoveries. However, the total […]
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Vaccine, Covid-19 important part of discussions in the US: Jaishankar
Calling COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines as one of the most important aspects of his discussions with top officials of the Biden administration, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said the endeavour is to expand production of vaccines in India with assistance from the United States. Jaishankar, 66, is the […]
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Here is your horoscope for 29 May 2021
Aries Mercury stations and turns retrograde today, dear Aries, and some of the new work or endeavors that you began recently could come up for review. Some delays are possible. Matters surrounding studies, transportation, and essential communications can involve some confusion or backtracking. Vital information may be missed or is […]
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Kosovo buys first coronavirus vaccines as it speeds up rollout
Kosovo said yesterday it agreed to buy 1.2 million Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccines, the first shots bought by the government as it works to speed up inoculations. Kosovo so far has received around 180,000 vaccines, mostly from an EU-funded programme. “Kosovo has secured 1.2 million vaccines in a deal with Pfizer,” […]
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Covid-19: US movie theatres remove mask mandate for vaccinated people
Masks are no longer required at the three main movie theatre chains in the United States for people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to updated guidelines yesterday. AMC Entertainment, Cinemark and Regal Cinemas said on their websites that movie goers who are not fully vaccinated will be […]
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Navy amps up relief efforts at cyclone affected areas in Odisha’s Balasore
Indian Navy relief teams deployed at Odisha’s Balasore scaled up their efforts on Friday in coordination with the state authorities to provide assistance and render help to the affected population in the interior and adjacent fishing villages of the district. The community kitchen provided over 1,500 cooked meals in fishing villages of Gokulur, […]
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Punjab Health Minister inaugurates Covid fast testing machine at SAS Nagar district hospital
Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Friday inaugurated the COVID fast testing machine ‘ID Now’ at Mohali’s SAS Nagar district hospital. This machine has been donated by PATH, a United States (US)-based non-profit organisation. Giving information about this, Sidhu said that ‘ID Now’ machine will be beneficial for providing quick confirmatory results as […]
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Goa: Congress claims Cuncolim Municipal Corporations are of Congress supporters
Congress Party on Friday countered the statement made by Goa Forward Party president Vijai Sardesai claiming that Margao Municipal Council is the only Council which is formed by defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said Cuncolim and Sankhali Municipal Councils are of Congress’ supporters. “The Cuncolim Municipal Council is comprising Congress supporters who sweeped the recently held […]
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Assam sees 5,436 new Covid-19 cases, 80 deaths in last 24 hours
Assam reported 5,436 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, informed the state government. Now, the total case count in the state shot up to 3,98,010. The northeastern state also saw 5,760 recoveries and 80 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the overall tallies to 3,40,178 and 3,168 […]
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DRDO develops technology for manufacturing aero engine parts
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has established a near isothermal forging technology used in manufacturing critical aero engine components. “DRDO has established near isothermal forging technology to produce all five stages of high-pressure compressors discs out of difficult-to-deform titanium alloy using its unique 2000 MT isothermal forge press,” the DRDO said. […]