Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched the mYoga app on the occasion of the seventh International Day of Yoga. Developed jointly by the Ministry of Ayush and the World Health Organization (WHO), the mYoga app intends to provide yoga training and practice sessions of varying durations to laypersons and…
India recorded 53,256 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours on Monday. This is the lowest daily case count the nation has reported in 88 days. The five states which registered maximum cases in these 25 hours are Kerala with 11,647 cases, followed by Maharashtra with 9,361 cases, Tamil Nadu with 7,817 cases, Andhra Pradesh…
Petrol and diesel prices were unchanged on Monday as oil marketing companies (OMCs) decided to keep fuel rates static.Accordingly, the price of petrol and diesel stood at Rs 97.22 and Rs 87.97 per litre respectively in Delhi, as per Indian Oil Corporation, the country’s largest fuel retailer. In Mumbai, the…
The Tamil Nadu government has decided to extend lockdown in the state until June 28, following consultations with medical experts. However, some Covid-19 restrictions have been eased in certain districts. TIER-BASED SYSTEM Districts in Tamil Nadu have been divided into three tiers. Teir-1 comprises 11 districts…
With many states easing Covid-related restrictions and crowds returning to markets, the threat of a third Covid-19 wave looms large on the country. Dr Neeraj Nischal, Assistant Professor Department of Medicine at Delhi AIIMS, has said while we cannot control further mutations in the Covid-19 virus, Covid-appropriate…
Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik in a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has asked him to align the party with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to save the party members from being harassed by central investigation agencies. Pratap Sarnaik wrote, “My personal opinion is that it is better to be…
In an astonishing feat that has taken social media by storm, a real estate developer in China has constructed a 10-storey earthquake-resistant residential building within 28 hours. Broad Group, the developer of the building, shared a video of the construction in China’s Changsha city, which has gone viral. The real…
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today held separate meetings with the Lieutenant Governors of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha is learnt to have apprised the defence minister about the security scenario in the Union Territory. “The Lieutenant Governor…
The Centre has told the Supreme Court that Rs 4 lakh compensation cannot be paid to all those who died due to Covid-19 as it would exhaust the disaster relief funds. The Centre’s affidavit came in response to a PIL seeking “minimum standards of relief” and ex-gratia payment to Covid-19 deceased. The…
India’s Covid chart continued to show improvement today, with the country recording 58,419 cases, the lowest in 81 days. India, the second-worst hit country, now has 2.98 crore cases. Active cases now comprise 2.44% of the total infections. Here are the top 10 updates on coronavirus: Active cases have decreased…