- Sunday, May 04, 2025
THE Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai was sealed on Monday (6), after 26 nurses and three doctors tested positive for coronavirus. Two nurses working in the same general ICU ward tested positive for Covid-19 on March 28. Infections spread after that, said reports. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had declared the…
India's Covid-19 death toll due rose to 111 and the number of infections climbed to 4,281, registering a record jump of 704 cases in 24 hours, Union health ministry said on Monday (6). Media reports, however, pegged the toll at 126. The active Covid-19 cases stood at 3,851, while 318…
The UK government on Sunday (5) announced the first seven chartered flights next week to bring home British nationals stranded in India amidst the international travel lockdown. An estimated 35,000 British nationals are currently in India, out of whom over 20,000 have contacted the British High Commission to say they…
The number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in the country climbed to 3,374 on Sunday (5) while the death toll rose to 77, according to Union Health Ministry data. While the number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 3,030, as many as 266 people were either cured of the disease…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (4) chaired a meeting of the various empowered groups set up to respond to the coronavirus threat, and directed officials to ensure sufficient availability of all essential medical equipment such as personal protective equipment, masks, gloves and ventilators. Modi reviewed countrywide preparedness regarding availability…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to citizens to switch off lights and light lamps across India on Sunday to mark the coronavirus fight is generating a lot more work and some tough challenges for India's power sector workers. On Friday, Modi appealed to Indians to turn out their lights for nine minutes at 9…
The number of confirmed new coronavirus cases in South Asia neared 6,000 on Saturday (4), even as authorities in some cities tightened restrictions on movement and warned lockdowns could be extended in a bid to rein in the pandemic. "If people don't obey the rules seriously and cases continue to…
THE Indian High Commissioner to the UK, Ruchi Ghanashyam, issued another warning on Friday (4) for Indians stranded in the country amid the lockdown to not be misled by “mischievous” information being circulated around possible evacuation flights to India. Ghanashyam praised the “laudable contribution” of these Indian nationals in strengthening…
REPATRIATION flights for UK nationals stranded in India will start next week. The acting British High Commissioner in New Delhi, Jan Thompson, said: “Special charter flights from India to the UK organised by the British government will start next week. We are still in the process of finalising details with…
Indian businessman Shishpal Singh was still stirring vegetables and rice at his Mumbai apartment block when migrant workers laid off in the coronavirus lockdown began queueing nearby, desperate for a hot meal. The men had travelled to the western city from the southern state of Tamil Nadu to lay gas…
