File Photo Amid a massive surge in the COVID-19 cases, the Uttarakhand government on Thursday suspended the Char Dham Yatra for this year. The yatra was scheduled to start from May 14. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: Jump To 1) Why Are Delhis COVID-19 Testing Numbers Falling? Heres The Impact It …

While India is struggling to tackle the second COVID wave, with tumbling health infrastructure, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s Central Vista project has been permitted to continue as an “essential service”, Scroll.in has reported. Delhi, which is in its second week of lockdown, reported 20,201 cases and 380 deaths on Tuesday.  BCCL According to Scroll, the Central Public Works Department …

The massive second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic barrelled past another grim milestone as India reported nearly 3.16 lakh fresh cases on Wednesday, the highest single-day count recorded in any country so far. Deaths from the virus climbed to another high of 2,102 in the past 24 hours. India logged 3,15,925 new cases on Wednesday, crossing the 3-lakh mark for …

The Finance Ministry gave in-principle approval to sanction supply credit to Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute of India to ramp up COVID vaccine production, as per a CNBC report.  It will be sanctioned to the nodal ministers in charge who then shall pass it on to the companies to ramp up vaccine production, as per reports. PTI Rs 3000 crore …

For the first time during the second Covid-19 wave in the country, daily deaths touched an all-time high on Friday, crossing 1,300 for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. Fresh cases surged to another new peak at nearly 2.34 lakh. Delhi Sees Highest Daily Surge Of 19,486 COVID-19 Cases, Record 141 Deaths  Delhi Friday recorded the biggest …

Born in a poor family, Niyaz Panakaje barely had books and a bag when he was admitted in class one. Instead of being disheartened, Panakaje went to a neighbour’s house to work as domestic help to fund his schooling. Since then, he has been juggling odd jobs to stay on course.  Niyaz Panakaje/Facebook But Panakaje’s hard work has paid off. …

AFP A video that has now gone viral on social media shows a government hospital hospital in Bhavnagar, Gujarat where patients are lying on the floor while others were seen on stretchers waiting to get admitted to the hospital. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) Tamil Nadu, Haryana Top Vaccine Wastage; Goa, WB Report Zero Wastage …

BCCL Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani reclaimed his spot as Asia’s richest person, dethroning Chinese business tycoon Jack Ma who was the richest person in the region a year ago, in the latest list of the world’s billionaires by Forbes. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) Over 100 Migratory Birds Die In Himachal In Two Weeks …

When asked to choose the sexiest man in Russia, 18 per cent of men and 17 per cent of women surveyed named President Vladimir Putin as Russia’s most handsome man. After all these years, Russians are still thirsty for “someone like Putin”. Getty Images According to a poll by the Superjob.ru job board published Friday, the 68-year-old bachelor is the …

President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday ordered France into its third national lockdown and said schools would close for three weeks as he sought to push back a third wave of Covid-19 infections that threatens to overwhelm hospitals. AP With the death toll Macron was forced to abandon his goal of keeping the country open to protect the economy. “We will …