Coronavirus Update India: In the last 24 hours, 8,439 people have tested positive for Covid-19. The active cases are now at 94,733, the lowest in 555 days.
As active Covid-19 cases have declined to 1,34,096, the lowest in 523 days, only 125 new fatalities have been recorded in the past 24 hours.
The Thane Municipal Corporation has made it compulsory for all civic employees to get vaccinated against Covid-19 as a part of an effort to achieve the cent per cent target in the city by this month-end.
While Sputnik V has already received regulatory approval, Dr Reddy's Laboratory received the Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI) nod to conduct phase-3 bringing trials of Sputnik Light in September.
With only 1,48,579 active Covid-19 cases in the country, the count is the lowest in 252 days. As Indians are gearing up to socialize on Diwali, the Covid-19 situation in India is better than that of the last year.
A senior citizen who got vaccinated for Covid-19 at a private hospital has filed a petition to remove Prime Minister Narendra Modi's image from the certificate. Kerala HC termed it as a 'Very Dangerous Proposition.'
The situation of Covid-19 in India before the festival of Diwali is of relief. Only 11,903 fresh cases of Covid-19 were recorded yesterday while the active cases declined to 1,51,209.
As Diwali is around the corner, Covid-19 cases in India have come down to 10,423. The active cases took steep fall to 1,53,776 - the lowest in 250 days.
While BJP government is celebrating the occasion, the opposition is calling it the govt’s failure as just about 21 per cent of India’s total population has received both doses of the Covid vaccine.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.