On Monday, The Union Ministry of education announced a detailed SOP for resuming schools and universities in the nation. In unlock 5.0, the Centre has permitted universities and schools to reopen in a phased way, beginning from October 15. The states have the power to choose whether they need to reopen schools from the following ...

On Wednesday, PM Narendra Modi in a video conference urged the Chief Ministers of seven covid affected states’ to do a critical evaluation of the 1-2-day lockdowns that few other states have been implementing and the disadvantageous of this on economic activity. He stressed that the states should strengthen their contact tracing strategies to contain ...

Latest serological survey conducted in Delhi revealed one in three or 33% of the population has developed antibodies against coronavirus. The initial analysis of third sero survey included surveillance of 17,000 samples which had been collected from 11 districts. The official outcome of survey is to be announced next week. As per the survey out ...

Publishers Bloomsbury India earned the ire of people from both sides of the political divide with its handling of a book on the February violence in Delhi. Bloomsbury India has found itself at the centre of a social media storm after the poster for an online launch event for the book, ‘Delhi Riots 2020: The ...

In Delhi, more than 700 Covid-19 patients have been successfully administered convalescent plasma therapy. This was possible because of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s initiative for setting up India’s first plasma bank in the capital. In a press conference, Delhi CM stated that due to plasma therapy the recovery of critically ill patients has increased. In ...

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, New Delhi is gearing up for muted Independence Day celebrations this weekend. On August 15, Saturday, the Red Fort is going to witness a rather somber Independence Day, thanks to all the precautionary measures being taken in light of the pandemic. The number of people participating in...

With a rapid surge in the number of infected cases, India has ramped up its testing capacity to combat the pandemic crisis in the country. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) officials, on Monday, stated that India recorded the highest number of single-day testing with more than 5.15 lakhs tests conducted in the past 24 ...

The Indian government has intensified its efforts to contain the spread of Coronavirus infections across the country. Boosting the efforts to tackle COVID-19 transmission, the Delhi Airport Authority recently issued updated guidelines for international passengers arriving in the national capital. According to the latest guidelines, passengers arriving in Delhi through international flights will have to ...

Amidst the whole trouble around the lockdown induced slowing down of the Indian economy, the rural Indian has stood to gain the most. Reports have confirmed that the unemployment rate has seen a consistent drop since first week of May. According to Citigroup analysis report, the main reason for this is government handouts to migrants ...

It wasn’t a surprise when Delhi took over Mumbai wit highest cases on Wednesday. Delhi now has recorded over 70,000 which is ahead from Mumbai by around 800 cases. Out of these more than 40,000 cases have been alone detected in the last two weeks. This is an unfortunate risk of Covid-19 cases – that ...