Category: NATIONAL NEWS

Singhu border, where farmers have been protesting against the new farms laws for months, is in Sonipat and has been exempted from Section 144. All large gatherings have been banned in Haryana’s Gurugram, Sonipat, Hisar, Faridabad and Panchkula from today amid a massive surge in coronavirus cases across the country in the second and more deadly second wave. These five districts along with Karnal are the worst affected in the state due to Covid. The state government in an order on Saturday instructed the six districts to impose prohibitory orders under…

A massive earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter Scale hit Sonitpur area of Assam today at around 7:51 AM, said National Center for Seismology.  As per the early inputs, the first earthquake was centred 43 km west of Tezpur in Assam. EMSC said that the quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles).  Following the first massive earthquake, two 4.3 and 4.4  aftershocks took place with one at around 7:55 am and another a few minutes after that. The  earthquake originated in Assam and tremors…

As Covid cases continue to surge in Haryana, with Faridabad being among the districts most affected, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday announced that the state government would be taking over the Gold Field Medical College in the district and converting it into a 100-bed hospital. Faridabad currently has more than 9,000 active Covid cases, with over 1,000 new cases emerging daily. With the surge in cases, the district has been facing a problem of hospital beds. As per the web portal where data in this regard is being…

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will set up two dedicated COVID-19 hospitals of 500 beds each in Panipat and Hisar NSE 8.84 %, Haryana’s Home and Health Minister Anil Vij said on Wednesday. The Army’s Western Command has been asked to provide doctors and other medical staff for the facilities, he said. “DRDO will set up two Dedicated Covid Hospitals in Haryana of 500 beds each at Panipat and Hissar,” Vij tweeted. “Work to start (on setting up of these hospitals) immediately,” he added. Haryana has registered a sharp increase…

Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said that he was closely monitoring oxygen supply and pointed out that the systems put in place were working well and other states too were being given stock as per the quota fixed by the Centre. Khattar, who was responding to questions on the COVID situation and availability of liquid medical oxygen supply, said the state has been in touch with the Centre and has briefed officials in this regard. The chief minister also said that as per the quota fixed…

Kerala: Shops and restaurants will have be closed by 7.30 pm, but home deliveries can continue till 9 pm. Thiruvananthapuram:  Announcing stringent curbs to control the unprecedented coronavirus surge, the Kerala government has ordered that cinema halls, malls, gyms, sports complexes, swimming pools and bars in the state will remain shut indefinitely. The Pinarayi Vijayan government has said all social, political, cultural and religious gatherings will also remain banned until further orders. The government said only essential and emergency services will be allowed on Saturdays and Sundays. It said Saturdays…

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan clarified on what he called “a great deal of misinformation” about the third phase of vaccination beginning May 1 for all ages above 18. Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan in a Facebook post today said the government does not give vaccines directly to anyone and said that the Centre getting the vaccine cheaper than the states is “patently false”. “The 50% quota, that is at Government of India’s pricing, is for free distribution of vaccines and distribution of all of this will be done…

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan spoke to his Indian counterpart, Ajit Doval, to discuss possible aid from his country as India fights a devastating Covid wave.The United States will “immediately” make available sources of raw materials required to scale up production of the Covishield coronavirus vaccine – of which there is a critical shortage as India fights daily new cases over over three lakh and an active caseload of nearly 27 lakh. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan spoke to his Indian counterpart, Ajit Doval, on Sunday to confirm…

Thirteen COVID-19 patients, including five women, died in a blaze at the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Palghar district of Maharashtra on Friday, police said There were 90 patients in the hospital, 18 of them in the ICU, when the fire broke out after a blast in the AC unit, an official said. TV visuals showed the smoke-filled ICU in a disarray after the blaze, with the ceiling falling off in some places, beds and other furniture strewn around and kin of the deceased wailing outside the…