NEW DELHI: The government on Friday admitted in Parliament that there were some “inadvertent errors” in listing names of people — who have been given Covid vaccination certificates — while they were either dead or did not receive the vaccine. In reply to questions raised by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, junior health minister Bharti…Continue Reading
A health worker inoculates an elderly with a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine during a door-to-door vaccination drive in Siliguri. (AFP photo)NEW DELHI: Average daily vaccination improved significantly in December to 78.66 lakh doses per day — up from 59.32 lakh doses in November and 55.77 lakh doses per day in October. The rise is…Continue Reading
The last 25,000 Covid deaths in the country have come in 64 days, two fewer days than the previous 25,000 fatalities. (TOI file photo)The official death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic in the country crossed 4.75 lakh on Friday with India continuing to record the third-highest cumulative deaths from the virus in the world after…Continue Reading
People flout Covid-19 safety norms by not wearing face mask in Patna. (TOI photo)NEW DELHI: The usage of maks in India has declined drastically to below 60% — the lowest since December 2020 — raising concerns among the health authorities who termed it a “danger zone” for protection against Covid-19. It is even below pre-second…Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: A parliament standing committee has recommended that the ministry of education assess the loss of learning due to closure of schools on account of Covid-19 pandemic, particularly among students belonging to rural and remote areas, and take the necessary steps to bridge their learning gap. The department-related standing committee on home affairs, in…Continue Reading
NCP member Nawab MalikMUMBAI: Maharashtra minister and NCP member Nawab Malik on Friday tendered his “unconditional apology” to the Bombay HC for making public remarks against NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede and his family despite his earlier undertaking to refrain from comments till the court passes interim orders. On Tuesday, the HC bench of Justices…Continue Reading
Candles at the site of the truck accident that left several people dead, most of them migrants from Guatemala, in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico, on Friday. (Reuters)TUXTLA GUTIERREZ: After a horrific road accident killed 55 undocumented migrants in a truck on a major transit route to the United States, Mexico on Friday urged Washington to…Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: Six years after being jointly launched by India and France, the International Solar Alliance (ISA) has got an ‘observer’ status in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) which will help this treaty-based international organisation usher in a new era of green energy diplomacy for increasing its solar power footprint as part of a…Continue Reading
Hindi NewsNationalBrigadier LS Lidder Funeral Photos Update; Brar Square Crematorium, Delhi Cantonmentतमिलनाडु के कुन्नूर में हेलिकॉप्टर दुर्घटना में CDS जनरल बिपिन रावत के साथ जान गंवाने वाले उनके सलाहकार ब्रिगेडियर एल.एस. लिड्डर का दिल्ली कैंट के बराड़ स्क्वायर में अंतिम संस्कार कर दिया गया। देश के इस जांबाज सिपाही के अंतिम संस्कार की तस्वीरें जिसने…Continue Reading
We’ve given you tons of Christmas gift ideas, but enough with the presents—what about Christmas dinner ideas? Maybe this year calls for a grand entrée (like a succulent prime rib roast or wine-braised short ribs). Or maybe what you really want is a Christmas dinner menu loaded with snacks you can make days ahead of…Continue Reading