Amid escalating tensions in Afghanistan, India Tuesday said that it has decided to evacuate its embassy staff in Kabul. “In view of the prevailing circumstances, it has been decided that our Ambassador in Kabul and his Indian staff will move to India immediately,” MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said in a statement | Read more|
Days after Bokaro Police in Jharkhand arrested seven persons for ‘possessing and planning to sell mineral uranium’, the Ministry of External Affairs said that the ‘seized material was not uranium and not radioactive’. | Read more|
India on Thursday hit out at two UN Special Rapporteurs for criticising its policies towards Jammu and Kashmir, asserting that the region is an "integral and inalienable" part of the country. | Read more|
A DAY after Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Gen V K Singh (retd) said that India has transgressed the Line of Actual Control (LAC) more often than the Chinese side based on perceptions, contradicting India’s official position, Beijing Monday claimed that the former Army Chief’s remark was an “un | Read more|
The government has distributed more than 3.04 crore N95 masks and over 1.28 crore personal protection equipment (PPE) kits among the states, Union territories and central institutions for free since March 11, the health ministry said on Thursday. Also, more than 10.83 crore hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) tablets have been di | Read more|
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur allocated portfolios to the three newly sworn-in ministers while also making changes in the departments held by other members of his cabinet. Following the reshuffle on Friday, Rajiv Saizal was given the health and family welfare portfolio. The chief minister himself was i | Read more|
Seeking to facilitate availability of experimental drugs for severely-ill COVID-19 patients, the Union Health Ministry has issued a draft notification for "compassionate use" of any unapproved drug that is in the phase-III clinical trial globally. The draft New Drugs and Clinical Trials (Amendment) Rules stipulate manu | Read more|
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in its daily update said that 18,601 have been tested positive so far and there have been 590 deaths. Reports from States, however, put the figure of persons tested positive at 18, 516 and death toll at 593. | Read more|
The doubling rate of Coronavirus cases has slowed down, the government said today – going from 3.4 days before lockdown to 7.5 days. "Based on the last seven days, India's doubling rate has improved to 7.5%," senior health ministry official Lav Agarwal told the media today. | Read more|
On Monday morning the Union health ministry said, India’s coronavirus disease tally rose to 17,265 with 1553 new cases and 543 fatalities in the last 24 hours. | Read more|
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As per news report of The Tribune, a consignment of hydroxychloroquine from India has arrived in the US, days after New Delhi lifted a ban on the export of the anti-malarial drug, seen as a possible cure for COVID-19, to America and some other countries on humanitarian grounds. | Read more|
As per news report of NDTV, Five states including Odisha, Punjab, Maharashtra, Uttrakhand and Telangana have announced an extension of the lockdown till the end of this month. | Read more|
China reported on Saturday a rise in new coronavirus cases, as authorities try to head off a second wave of infections, particularly from imported and asymptomatic cases, as curbs on cities and travel are lifted. | Read more|
In a video conference with chief ministers on COVID-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "Any chief minister can speak to me and give suggestions (on COVID-19) anytime". | Read more|