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Daughter jumps into canal to commit suicide, father rescues her, but drowned
Kakinada: In a tragic incident, a college girl in a fit of anger against her mother for admonishing her for not going to college, in a bid to commit suicide jumped into the Polavaram canal in Hamsavaram village in...
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Indian Army postpones CET exams in NE States
Shillong: The Indian Army has postponed all the activities of Common Entrance Exam scheduled on April 25 due to the prevailing COVID 19 situation.Defense officials said fresh dates would be notified to candidates who had cleared the physical tests...
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PM Modi calls for scaling up vaccine production in view of all adult vaccination drive in May
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while interacting with vaccine manufacturers from across the country via video conferencing on Tuesday, urged them to continuously scale up the production capacity to vaccinate our people in the shortest possible time. He...
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India records 2.59 lakh nCoV cases
New Delhi: India on Tuesday reported 2,59,170 new Covid cases and 1,761 deaths in the last 24 hours, Ministry of Health and Family welfare data said.With this surge, the Covid tally at present in the country is at 1,53,21,089...
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Vaccine for all above 18 starting May 1
New Delhi: Under phase III of the ongoing Covid vaccination programme beginning from May 1 onwards, all adults will be eligible for inoculation, the government announced on Monday evening.The decision was taken in a high-level meeting chaired by Prime...
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India continues to record over 2 lakh infections, 1k deaths
New Delhi: India reported 2,73,810 fresh infections and 1,619 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the overall caseload to 1.5 crores, Union Health Ministry data said on Monday.With this, the overall death toll has surged to 1,78,769, active...
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Six-day-long lockdown in Delhi
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced the imposition of lockdown in the National Capital from 2200 hrs of April 19 to 0500 hrs of April 26 in view of an unprecedented rise in Covid-19 cases.Kejriwal,...
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Delhi reeling under COVID surge as 25,462 test +ve in last 24 hrs
New Delhi: The national capital on Saturday yet again reported the largest single-day spike of 25,462 fresh cases of COVID-19 while 161 people lost their lives.The new additions took the City's caseload to 8,53,460 and the death toll to...
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Railways to run “Oxygen Express” trains
New Delhi: Railways will run trains--Oxygen Express-- ferrying Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) tankers across from the country as several States have requested for it owing to shortage of medical oxygen due to sporadic rise in Covid-infected patients.The Railways, in...
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Only 51 COVID ICU beds left in Delhi: Official data
New Delhi: Only 51 COVID-19 ICU beds are now left for critical patients, according to the data shown by the official Delhi COVID website.At 2030 hrs, the website (http:corona.delhi.gov.in/) data showed that a total of 3,011 COVID-19 beds were...
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Assam Rifles fosters cultural synergy at fire-walking festival in Moreh
Moreh: Assam Rifles reaffirmed its commitment to the local population by providing comprehensive support for the successful conduct of...
