India’s tech-powered COVID-19 response: Indian govt makes the most of technology in its COVID-19 response amid concerns over privacy issues As the number of Coronavirus cases continue to rise in India, the government has been waging on technology to monitor and contain the spread of the pandemic. As per reports, the tech innovators and entrepreneurs ...

On Thursday, because of the rising Covid cases and air contamination, the Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal ordered a total ban on the buying, selling, and bursting of firecrackers, including the green crackers during this Diwali. The restriction will be in place from 7 to 30 November, ANI reported.  Kejriwal requested residents of Delhi to celebrate Diwali by ...

Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi during his Bihar rally on Wednesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar for their mishandling of the pandemic onslaught, economic recession and joblessness. He said that during the coronavirus lockdown, both the centre and state government did not come to the aid of labourers, migrant ...

 Last two months have seen sky-rocketing of retail price of essential vegetables. The recent surge of tomato, potato and onion prices, the staple of Indian household are proving to be a massive whammy in festive season, especially when family earnings have been disturbed due to pandemic. Congress accused Narendra Modi government on Sunday of aiding ...

The Covid case count is surging in Delhi consistently for the last few days. On Tuesday, Delhi saw the highest single-day spike to date, with 4853 new cases and 44 deaths. On Friday, Delhi recorded more than 5,000 new Covid-19 cases with a high of 5,891 in 24-hour, taking the national capital to a 3.81 ...

India crossed the 8 million mark in terms of coronavirus infection cases across the country, becoming second to United States, which is leading the global toll with 8.7 million confirmed cases. Amid the staggering surge in India’s Covid-19 cases, the health ministry held media briefing confirming that the ‘slide in active cases is supplemented by ...

The home minister, newly recovered from the coronavirus, gave back to back interviews in which revealed a new, softer side. Back after a long stint at the hospital due to the coronavirus, Amit Shah has been making a string of appearances in the press, just in time for the assembly elections in Bihar. But this ...

 Intranasal vaccine for Covid-19 virus SARS-CoV-2 is not under any clinical trial currently, but Serum Institute of India has started production of an intranasal vaccine candidate, informed Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Monday. Various Covid-19 vaccine candidates are currently under human trials in India. Dr. Harsh Vardhan said, “Flumist nasal spray is a ...

According to health experts, a huge scale of stubble burning could compound the Covid-19 crisis in northern states; particularly the Delhi-NCR area as it’s facing a smoky and hazy atmosphere every year winter. The Central Pollution Control Board is preparing to check on environmental pollution violators. Along with its new Micro Level Action Plan, the ...

India’s Union Health Ministry has started the work on liquid oxygen import in order to prepare for the anticipated oxygen shortage in upcoming winter months. It is expected that the country might witness a surge in Covid-19 cases during winter season. On Wednesday, HLL Lifecare Limited, a public sector undertaking, on behalf of Heath Ministry ...