Last Updated: 21st March, 2022 11:31 IST Itanagar, Mar 21 (PTI) Arunachal Pradesh did not report any fresh COVID-19 case on Monday, a senior health department official said here. The COVID-19 tally in the frontier state remained at 64,484, he said. One more person recovered from the disease during the period, taking the total number…Continue Reading

A child undergoes a nucleic acid test for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Hangzhou in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on March 11, 2022. STR / AFPChina has maintained a strict ‘zero-Covid’ policy enforced by swift lockdowns, travel restrictions and mass testing when clusters emerged.Chinese health authorities on Sunday reported over 3,400 new Covid-19 cases, which was…Continue Reading

Fresh spell of snowfall greets tourists in Kashmir Valley

Kashmir witnessed a fresh spell of snowfall on Thursday, as rain and sleet dropped the minimum temperature across the valley Several hill stations like Pahalgam and Gulmarg, tourist resorts in the north and south of the valley respectively, received the maximum snowfall. Gulmarg district received around 5 to 7 feet of snow whiles Pahalgam recorded…Continue Reading

Fresh snowfall in Kashmir, flights cancelled, orange alert issued

Kashmir Valley witnessed a fresh spell of snowfall on Tuesday (January 4). While Srinagar, recorded rain and snowfall of 7.1mm, Gulmarg recorded 8.4 inches (21cm) of fresh snowfall. Another tourist resort, Pahalgam, recorded 13.5 cms of snowfall. The authorities canceled around 34 flights to and from Srinagar today due to poor visibility amid rains and…Continue Reading

Fresh ganja cultivation on forest land near Indo-Bangladesh border cause of concern: BSF

Rakesh Ranjan Lal, Deputy Inspector General of the Border Security Force (BSF) in the Gokul Nagar sector of Tripura, has expressed concern over new ganja plantations in forest areas along India’s border with Bangladesh. According to a senior BSF official, the volume of new plantations is growing in lockstep with the BSF’s efforts to discover,…Continue Reading

Twelve fresh COVID-19 cases recorded in Ladakh

Last Updated: 12th December, 2021 12:07 IST Ladakh’s tally of COVID-19 cases increased to 21,804 on Sunday with 12 fresh infections, officials said. Ladakh’s tally of COVID-19 cases increased to 21,804 on Sunday with 12 fresh infections, officials said. The death toll remained at 215 and of these, 157 deaths have been reported from Leh…Continue Reading

Fresh Covid wave on the horizon, warn TS health authorities

Hyderabad: The state health department on Sunday, amidst concerns over entry of the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus into Telangana state, warned of a very likely surge in Covid-19 cases in the state saying “cases may go up in the state after January 15”. Indicating the coming of a next wave of Covid-19 cases in the state, director of public health…Continue Reading

India logs 16,326 fresh Covid cases, 666 deaths

India on Saturday registered 16,326 fresh Covid cases and 666 deaths, according to the latest data from the Union Health Ministry. The new fatalities have increased the overall death toll to 4,53,708. The recovery of 17,677 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally to 3,35,32,126. Also Read | India proposes mutual recognition…Continue Reading