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Center Brings Teams of Experts to Maharashtra, Punjab to Help Manage Rising Covid-19 Cases | India News

Rumita Patel
| Mar 6, 2021

NEW DELHI: The central government has dispatched high-level multidisciplinary public health teams to Maharashtra and Punjab in light of the increasing number of new daily COVID-19 cases consistently reported by these states, the Ministry of Health reported Saturday Union. . The teams are being deployed to assist state health departments in surveillance, control, and containment…
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SC will begin hybrid physical hearing of cases from March 15 | India News

Rumita Patel
| Mar 6, 2021

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court, which has been hearing cases via video conferencing since March last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, will begin a hybrid physical hearing from March 15. The superior court has issued the standard operating procedure (SOP) for hybrid physical hearings. The high court has been hearing cases via video conferencing…
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Delhi will have its own School Education Board, says CM Kejriwal | India News

Rumita Patel
| Mar 6, 2021

NEW DELHI: Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Saturday that Delhi will have its own School Board of Education. The decision was made during a cabinet meeting in the capital. The establishment of the ‘Delhi School Board of Education’ is bringing revolutionary changes in Delhi’s education system to new heights … https://t.co/NU2AdC19j3 – Arvind…
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West Bengal Assembly Polls: Former TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi Joins BJP | India News

Rumita Patel
| Mar 6, 2021

NEW DELHI: Former TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi joined the BJP on Saturday in the presence of BJP President JP Nadda and Union Minister Piyush Goyal. Trivedi had resigned as a deputy on February 12 during Parliament’s budget session, saying he felt “suffocated” and that his “conscience” told him to resign as a deputy and “work…
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India registers 18,327 new Covid-19 infections, active cases rise again | India News

Rumita Patel
| Mar 6, 2021

NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 count increased to 1,11,92,088 with more than 18,000 new cases reported in a 24-hour span in the country after 36 days, while active cases saw an increase per quarter consecutive day on Saturday and were recorded at 1.80.304, according to the Ministry of Health. The death toll reached 1,57,656 with 108…
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Dalai Lama receives the first injection of Covid-19 in Dharamsala | India News

Rumita Patel
| Mar 6, 2021

DHARAMSHALA: The spiritual leader Dalai Lama received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in Dharamshala on Saturday. He received the dose at the Zonal Hospital here at 7:10 am. They kept him under observation for about half an hour. The 86-year-old man had been in quarantine since January last year and left his residence…
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Experts from Mexico recommend approving Indian vaccine | India News

Rumita Patel
| Mar 6, 2021

MEXICO CITY: A technical committee of experts in Mexico issued a unanimous favorable opinion on Friday on the approval of the Covaxin vaccine manufactured by Indian pharmaceutical company Bharat Biotech. The report of the new molecules committee will be sent to the approval board of the federal medical safety commission, which generally follows these recommendations….
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You cannot refuse the pressure; time to be more resilient | India News

Rumita Patel
| Mar 6, 2021

Since the pandemic hit India in 2020, most Indians have not had it easy. The coronavirus brought with it economic hardship, but it also showed how much Indians underestimate other facets of well-being, from physical and mental health to happiness in the workplace and family life. But even before Covid-19, most Indians struggled to find…
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Covid-19: Six states / UT including Delhi accounted for 85% of new cases | India News

Rumita Patel
| Mar 6, 2021

NEW DELHI: The capital Delhi and five other states, Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, reported a high number of new cases daily for 24 hours through Friday morning. The update from the Ministry of Health highlights the fact that 84.44% of the 16,838 new cases reported in the country during the last 24…
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Kerala polls: 18 CPM MLAs and 5 ministers will not be featured | India News

Rumita Patel
| Mar 6, 2021

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The CPM Kerala committee has confirmed the state secretariat’s decision that no one who has completed two consecutive terms of the assembly will ever again have a seat. This means that 23 MLAs seated will not be able to compete. Kerala will vote in a single round on April 6. The committee has approved…
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