Public health experts and doctors, including those from AIIMS and ICMR's National Task Force on COVID-19 have said it must be assumed that an effective vaccine against coronavirus "would not be available in the near future" and any false sense of hope that this panacea is just around the corner must be avoided.India on Tuesday recorded as many as 69,921 new coronavirus cases and 819 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to Union health ministry data. India's Covid-19 tally crossed 36 lakh-mark with Maharashtra recording the highest number of cases. The total cases of coronavirus infections stand at 36,91,167 while the death toll climbed to 65,288 the data updated at 8 am showed. Out of these 28,39,883 cured/discharged/migrated, according to the health ministry.
Normal life was crippled across West Bengal on Monday owing to a complete lockdown enforced across the state, even as thousands were arrested for flouting shutdown norms, officials said. A total of 2,752 people were held in the state, including 609 in the metropolis, for violating lockdown rules, not wearing masks and spitting in public places, police said.
Former President Pranab Mukherjee who was hospitalised for 21 days, died in the national capital on Monday. Scores of foreign countries and leaders from across the world have paid tribute to the former President, who passed away at the age of 84.
The Himachal Pradesh Police has approached the Income Tax Department here to ascertain property of the chairman of a Solan-based private university in connection with an alleged fake degree scam, officials said on Monday.
At least 4 persons were killed and 4 others injured when a speeding car rammed into an eatery in south Mumbai on Monday night, police said. A Maruti Esteem car suddenly rammed into the Janata Cafe near Crawford Market at around 9 p.m. The deceased have been identified as Nahim and three women - Saroja, Zuneda and one unidentified.
An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 was reported in Manipur in the wee hours of Tuesday. According to the National Centre for Seismology, the earthquake tremors were felt 55 km east of Ukhrul at 2:39 am. Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
