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Vaccination drive for the 18-44 age group began in the state on Sunday. All health services, including hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, vaccination centres will remain functional. Chandigarh: Vaccination centres, banks and essential services will remain functional during the weeklong lockdown in Haryana from Monday (May 3, 2021) imposed amid a sharp surge in coronavirus cases. Vaccination drive for the 18-44 age group began in the state on Sunday. An official order on Sunday evening detailing...

Haryana and Odisha today joined several other states that have been forced to reimpose lockdown or similar curbs in a desperate bid to check the COVID-19 surge.

The lockdown will be implemented from May 5 and last till May 19. 

Highlights Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal made the announcement on Saturday. Currently, the national capital is under a COVID-19 lockdown till 5 am on Monday. New Delhi: The prevailing lockdown situation in Delhi has been extended for another week, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday (May 1, 2021) made the announcement. Taking to Twitter, Kejriwal wrote: "Lockdown in Delhi is being extended by one week." Lockdown in Delhi is being extended by one week Currently, the national capital is u...

The UP govt said it needs vaccines to vaccinate nearly 9 crore people Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to float a global tender for four crore vaccine doses. UP has a massive target of vaccinating about nine crore people in the 18-44 age group, according to initial assessments undertaken by the states health department. According to the government spokesman, "A decision in this regard has been taken by the state task force on Covid-19 vaccination programme i...

Ahead of the commencement of the Phase 3 mass vaccination drive from May 1, the Maharashtra government has said that it can’t carry out the vaccination for 18-44 group without 30 lakh COVID-19 vaccine vials.

Highlights The meeting of the Union Council of Ministers will be held via video conference. During the meeting, the PM is expected to take some tough decisions to contain the pandemic from spreading further. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a Union Cabinet meeting which has been called to review the existing COVID-19 situation in the country and to discuss what other measures can be taken to contain the chain of coronavirus infection. According to the sources, the meeting will...

Highlights NITI Aayog member VK Paul gave a presentation on COVID-19 management Union minister Piyush Goyal briefed on availability of oxygen and other medicines New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (April 30) chaired a meeting of the Union Council of Ministers on Friday amid rising cases of coronavirus in the country. The meeting of the council of ministers, held on Friday afternoon, is the first in the aftermath of the second wave of coronavirus in the country. The Prime Minister...

AAP MLA Shoaib Iqbal has demanded Presidents Rule in Delhi The Matia Mahal MLA said that he felt helpless in not being able to help people hit by COVID-19 New Delhi: AAP MLA Shoaib Iqbal on Friday demanded imposition of Presidents rule in Delhi in view of the massive surge in COVID-19 cases. The Matia Mahal MLA, who left the Congress and contested the Delhi Assembly polls last year on an AAP ticket, said neither he nor the government is able to offer any help to the people affected by the seco...

  Scheduled international passenger services have been suspended in India since March 23, 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic. But special international flights have been operating under the Vande Bharat Mission since May and under bilateral "air bubble" arrangements with selected countries since July. India has formed air bubble pacts with around 27 countries including Kenya, Bhutan and France. Under an air bubble pact between two countries, special international flights can be operated by...