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Rupee plummets 105 paise to close at 74.47 (provisional) against US dollar. PTI DRR ABM ABM
Rupee plummets 105 paise to close at 74.47 (provisional) against US dollar. PTI DRR ABM ABM
Karnataka witnessed highest single-day spike of 21,794 COVID-19 cases and 149 related fatalities on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Apr 22 (PTI) CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday said his son Ashish died of COVID-19 in the morning.
The cluster was identified through epidemiological investigations into a case where a 41-year-old accountant was confirmed to have the disease on April 16.
Balaram had said if the Mars helicopter was successful, it would open up a whole new dimension of exploring Mars.
Malad's Shahnawaz Sheikh sold his prized Rs 22 lakh Ford Endeavour to raise money to buy oxygen cylinders. He was able to procure 160 of them and started working to help people.
Pfizer said during the pandemic phase it will supply the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 mRNA vaccine only through government contracts.
The British govt set up a new Higher Education Sector Group, which aims to create more opportunities for students.
Just 4 out of 10k people who were administered both doses of Covaxin and 3 out of 10k recipients of both doses of Covishield turned positive after inoculation
CJI Bobde’s tenure will be remembered only for how little it can be remembered for.
German automaker Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the Long Wheel Base (LWB) version of its new C-Class sedan at the Shanghai Auto Show 2021. It is unclear whether it will make its way to India. The vehicle sports certain cosmetic updates inside-out and is offered with a choice of two petrol engines linked to a 9-speed automatic gearbox. Here are more details.
The Chennai Super Kings batted well (220/3) at the Wankhede after being sent in by Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Eoin Morgan in match number 15 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season.CSK openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Faf du Plessis struck respective fifties to lead their side.On a good batting surface, the KKR bowlers concede aplenty.Here's the mid-innings report.
The RNA virus has the potential to acquire mutations as it replicates and spreads.
Scott Morrison denies the government is abandoning Australians stuck in India, which is grappling with a surge in coronavirus transmission• Follow the Australia liveblog • ‘The system has collapsed’: India’s descent into Covid hell• Australians with a disability ‘forgotten’ in vaccine rollout Flights from India to Australia will be cut by 30% after the country reported 295,041 new Covid infections on Wednesday and 1.6m cases in the past week. Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAP Australia will stop almost one-third of flights coming from India, which is in the grips of a severe second wave of the Covid pandemic. New restrictions will also be introduced for high-risk countries, which will limit outbound travel and require inbound travellers to pass a Covid-19 test prior to boarding. The prime minister, Scott Morrison, announced the measures late Thursday afternoon in an attempt to reduce the risk of transmission from India and other nations dealing with surging Covid-19 cases. Flights from India will be reduced by 30%. Travellers from high-risk countries, including India, will be required to have a PCR Covid-19 test 72 hours prior to leaving the last port they are in before travelling to Australia. The Australian Border Force will also limit departure exemptions for people travelling to high-risk countries like India, allowing travel only for urgent situations. The nations that are to be defined as high-risk will resemble – though not mirror exactly – the United Kingdom’s “red list”, which currently includes India, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Asked whether Australians stuck in India would view the government’s decision as an abandonment, Morrison replied: “It doesn’t reflect that at all. It reflects that we’re in the middle of a global pandemic that is raging. And Australia has been successful throughout this pandemic, working together with the states and territories, to have very effective border arrangements.” He said between 10% and 40% of cases being reported in hotel quarantine now were people who were arriving back in Australia from India. The health department secretary, Brendan Murphy, said the risk of importing the virus from high-risk countries was significant. “There are many countries in the world – the prime minister was talking about India – that are in very serious situations with Covid and the risk of Covid importation and outbreaks in Australia is ever present,” he said. “We can’t be complacent.” Earlier, the Western Australian premier, Mark McGowan, said he would ask the commonwealth to temporarily ban travellers from India following a hotel quarantine outbreak in the state. The state government said two recent Covid-19 cases were the result of transmission in one of its quarantine hotels, the Mercure hotel in Perth. Two guests were staying in a room opposite a couple who had just returned from India. Genomic sequencing has shown the transmission occurred in the hotel. Western Australian premier Mark McGowan argued for a temporary ban on travellers from India at national cabinet. Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAP India is currently battling a severe second wave of Covid-19. It reported 295,041 new infections on Wednesday, the world’s highest daily rise, and 1.6m cases in the past week. McGowan said 40% of the state’s quarantine cases in the past month involved returned travellers from India, jumping from 11% in the previous month. The premier planned to take up the potential for a ban during Thursday’s national cabinet meeting. “With more and more arrivals coming from India, we need to seriously look at temporarily restricting travel of people who have been in or through India,” McGowan said. “The pre-testing measures ahead of international flights need to be examined.” But his position was rebuffed by the New South Wales premier, Gladys Berejiklian, who was also dealing with transmission in hotel quarantine. She said no single country should be targeted. “I don’t think it is fair or appropriate to distinguish one nation over others,” she said. “Things change, the rates of infections go up and down across the world. Aussies who want to come home should have the right to do that.” NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian: ‘Aussies who want to come home should have the right to do that.’ Photograph: Jenny Evans/Getty Images McGowan is not alone in calling for such a ban. The Australian Medical Association’s Northern Territory president, Robert Parker, this week called for travel restrictions after the Howard Springs quarantine facility was hit with its highest number of positive Covid-19 cases since it started taking repatriation flights last year. Two more cases involving returned travellers from India were recorded at Howard Springs on Wednesday, bringing the total to 18 since the weekend. The territory’s health minister, Natasha Fyles, said the Indian outbreak would continue to be monitored but said her government had a “humanitarian responsibility” to repatriate vulnerable Australians. The federal treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, said earlier the decision was one for the chief health officer and national cabinet when it met on Thursday. But he did note Australia’s early decision to close the border with China. “Scott Morrison took the decision early on to close the border with China and that’s been to Australia’s great benefit,” he said. “We will continue to take that health advice. Decisions about India or other countries are matters for the chief health officer and ultimately for national cabinet.” Other nations have either considered or implemented bans, restrictions or travel cautions for India. The United Kingdom this week added India to its “red list” of countries, banning travel for non-UK and non-Irish citizens to the UK from India. The UK government has faced criticism for acting too slowly to restrict travel from India. Hong Kong, Pakistan and New Zealand have also enacted temporary bans on travellers from India. NSW is currently investigating how three returned travellers from two families contracted the South African variant of the virus after staying at the Mercure hotel in Sydney. Authorities believe the transmission occurred in the hotel, because the individuals were tested and cleared after arriving in Australia. NSW is warning that contacts of the three infected individuals have already travelled interstate. Another 40 returned travellers were staying on the same level of the hotel at the time. “We have managed to contact 36 of those individuals, a number have gone into other states and territories and those states and territories have been alerted,” the NSW chief medical officer, Kerry Chant, said. She said they were “urgently escalating” efforts to contact the remaining four people. Staff potentially exposed will also have to self-isolate.
Brigadier Rashpal Singh Parmar (retd) could not be admitted in any Delhi hospital, including the ones set up by Army
Washington [US], April 22 (ANI): For fully vaccinated people, the risk of still getting COVID-19 -- described as "breakthrough infections" -- remains extremely low, according to a recent study.
The 34-year-old Nadal, who suffered a surprise quarter-final exit at the hands of Andrey Rublev in the Monte Carlo Masters quarter-finals last week, dropped the first set against the world 111 before pulling through 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.
The fraudsters posed as Chinese officials in Hong Kong's biggest recorded phone scam.
Russia is ready to start building its own space station with the aim of launching it into orbit by 2030 if President Vladimir Putin gives the goahead, the head of its Roscosmos space agency said on Wednesday.
The decision was made after factoring in the rising cases of COVID-19 in Kerala.
This phase will witness the stiff competition between the ruling Trinamool Congress and its main rival BJP