BJP confident of forming govt in Bengal by winning 200+ seats

New Delhi (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has claimed that the party would form the next government in West Bengal by winning more than 200 seats, even as all exit polls except two suggested a win and hat-trick for the Mamata Banerjee-led…

Health Ministry issues revised guidelines for home isolation, warns against Remdesivir use

New Delhi (IANS) The decision to administer Remdesivir or use any other investigational therapy must be taken by a medical professional and the drug must be administered only in a hospital setting, said the 'Revised guidelines for home isolation…

First consignment of O2 concentrators from Germany arrive in India: Minister

New Delhi (IANS) Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday said that first consignment of oxygen concentrators have arrived from Germany on an Air India flight.

An oxygen concentrators, is a medical device that concentrates oxygen…

US advises its citizens to leave India amid Covid surge

New Delhi/Washington (IANS) As India's healthcare system is finding it harder to cope with the rising Covid-19 cases due to the second wave of the pandemic, the American government has advised its nationals to return to the US.

The Department…

FB Oversight Board overturns move to purge post on Sikhs in India

New Delhi (IANS) The independent content Oversight Board on Thursday said it has overturned Facebook's original decision to remove a post about the Sikh community in India under the social network's rules on dangerous individuals and organisations.

Major quake hits Assam, Arunachal: PM assures all help

Guwahati (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday assured all possible help to the people of quake hit Assam after a massive tremor measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale jolted the Northeastern state.

At least seven aftershocks were recorded…

Powerful quake hits Assam, tremors across northeast, Bengal

Guwahati (IANS) A powerful earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale jolted Assam and other parts of northeast on Wednesday while six aftershocks were recorded in the hours after the first quake which shook up Sonitpur in northern Assam at 7.51…

World joins hands to rescue India from second wave of pandemic

New Delhi (IANS) Nations across the world have come forward to help India in its fight against the raging second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, which is extremely virulent and has ravaged the country in the past few weeks.

As per official…

Army chief visits Siachen, Ladakh; reviews operational situation

New Delhi (IANS) Indian Army chief, General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Tuesday visited forward locations at Siachen and eastern Ladakh and reviewed the operational situation.

He was accompanied by Northern Command chief, Lt Gen Y.K. Joshi, and…

US supplies of AstraZeneca vaccine to India could take 'weeks'

New York (IANS) The US is "looking at options" to ship millions of AstraZeneca vaccines to India but that can happen only after it clears federal safety review, the White House said on Monday. This process could take a few "weeks".

Approximately…