In a major relief for sectors affected by Covid pandemic, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made some big ticket economic announcements on Monday. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Sitharaman said that the government has approved a Rs 1.1 lakh crore loan guarantee scheme for COVID-19 affected sectors.
PM Modi's appeal comes amid concerns over new variants - like the Delta strain - in India, where more than half the population is still not vaccinated.
The 'delta plus' variant is a mutated version of the more aggressive B.1.617.2, or 'delta', strain that drove the second wave of infections in India and has already been listed as a 'variant of concern'.
The Mumbai police has formed a special investigation team to probe a fake COVID-19 vaccination camp racket that took place in several places in the metropolis, leading to the arrest of ten persons, a senior official said on Friday. The police investigation has also found that the so-called COVID-19 vaccine doses administered to the victims contained saline water, he added.
Maharashtra's Covid-19 tally rose by 6,270 on Monday, while the number of people succumbing to the disease over the previous 24 hours stood at 97.
Rahul Gandhi said that the purpose of white paper is not to point finger at government, but to help the nation to prepare for the third wave of Covid-19. Responding to that, the BJP accused the Congress of politicising India's ongoing battle against the Covid pandemic.
21 cases of Delta plus variant identified in Maharashtra, two in Mumbai.
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The central government’s new policy for Covid-19 vaccination in the country will come into effect on June 21.
As many as 12,443 new Covid-19 cases were reported in last 24 hours in Kerala and 115 recent deaths were confirmed as due to Covid.
People arrived in huge number at Okhla Mandi and Ghazipur Mandi in Delhi.
During the Corona period, where on one hand the economy of the country suffered, on the other hand it affected the working class of the country whose livelihood dependent on daily income. Due to lack of work during the lockdown, it became difficult for them to get food. Seeing this problem, India TV under its 'Mission India' provided food to the hungry people in different cities of the country and restored their faith on humanity.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot recently termed the Centre's welfare measures for children who lost their parents to COVID-19 "defective" and demanded that they be revised as they did not provide immediate relief.
Legendary Indian sprinter Milkha Singh died on Friday due to post-Covid complications. He was being treated at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research.
It was being suspected that UP will have over 1 Lakh daily positive cases between 25th April & 15th May. It was being suspected that UP will have over 30 lakh active cases by the end of May. That UP has only 7,200 active cases & has reported only 340 positive cases today: UP CM
India on Tuesday recorded 60,471 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 2,726 deaths due to the infection. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry, the country saw a total of 1,17,525 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery to 2,82,80,472. The total cases of COVID-19 in India have now mounted to 2,95,70,881 with 9,13,378 active cases, the data showed. The total death toll in the country is now at 3,77,031. A total of 25,90,44,072 people have so far been vaccinated against COVID-19 in India.
Amid the surge in coronavirus cases, Jharkhand government on June 13 announced a complete lockdown from June 12 at 5pm till June 14 at 6 am, exempting essential services.
Residents living in various parts of the national capital Delhi are facing water shortage. watch ground report.
The National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune has identified yet another variant of the Covid-19 virus, which has been identified as the B.1.1.28.2 variant, through genome sequencing of samples collected from international travellers.
District authorities in Agra have ordered a probe after a video of owner of a private hospital surfaced in which he claimed to have cut off the oxygen supply of patients.
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