Jharkhand has reported 1,349 new COVID-19 cases, 1,386 recoveries and four deaths today, taking total cases to 76,438 including 62,945 recoveries and 652 deaths.
Royal Australian Navy & Indian Navy warships completed 2 day Passage Exercise (PASSEX). Seamanship evolutions, weapon drills & cross deck flying undertaken. High degree of interoperability and jointness were further reinforced: Indian Navy
4,568 personnel of Assam Police have tested positive for COVID-19 till date. Of them, 4,367 have recovered. 3,549 personnel have rejoined duties. Twenty police personnel succumbed to the disease: Assam Additional DGP (Law & Order) GP Singh
Keeping in view of farmers agitation in Punjab, Amritsar-Jaynagar clone train will remain suspended tomorrow & Jayanagar-Amritsar clone train will remain suspended on September 27, said Northern Railway. Meanwhile, 02058/02057 New Delhi-Una Himachal special train journey commencing on September 25 will be short terminated at/short originate from Chandigarh. It will remain partially cancelled between Chandigarh-Una Himachal-Chandigarh
Actor Deepika Padukone along with her husband Ranveer Singh reaches Mumbai, Maharashtra. According to NCB, Padukone has submitted to join the investigation on September 26, in connection with a drug case related to Sushant Singh Rajput death.
Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia is suffering from dengue and his blood platelets count is falling, his office said on Thursday. Sisodia has also tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19).
India and China have decided to have the next meeting of the Senior Commanders at the earliest. In parallel, the next meeting of the WMCC is also likely to take place soon: MEA on India-China border issue
Tamil Nadu reported 5,692 new COVID-19 cases, 5,470 recoveries & 66 deaths today, taking total cases to 5,63,691 including 5,08,210 recoveries, 9,076 deaths & 46,405 active cases: State Health Department
Manipur reported 161 new COVID-19 cases & 261 recoveries today, taking total cases to 9,537 including 7,369 recoveries & 62 deaths: State Health Department
Any action by Pakistan to alter the status of the military occupied so-called 'Gilgit-Baltistan' has no legal basis whatsoever & totally void: MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava on reports about Pakistan's announcement to hold elections in Gilgit Baltistan
SP Balasubrahmanyam's condition in the last 24 hours has deteriorated further warranting maximal life support and he is extremely critical. He remains on ECMO and other life support measures. He was admitted to the hospital on August 5: MGM Healthcare
ll Belt & Road Initiative projects between Pak & China should be declared illegal by UN. Today, we are faced with double colonisation of Gilgit Baltistan as China joins Pak under this initiative: Dr. Amjad A Mirza, political activist from PoK at UN Human Rights Council in Geneva
Jammu and Kashmir reports 1,104 new #COVID19 cases and 1,549 recoveries today, taking the total tally in the union territory to 68,614, including 48,079 recoveries and 1,084 deaths. Active cases stand at 19,451: Government of Jammu and Kashmir
Mumbai, September 24: Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday it was entering the final Phase 3 stage of its Covid-19 vaccine clinical trial following positive results in earlier stages. The trial will seek to enroll up to 60,000 volunteers across more than 200 sites in the US and around the world, the company informed.
In a piece of tragic news on Wednesday, Suresh Angadi, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister of State for Railways, died. The parliamentarian breathed his last at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital, where he was admitted earlier this month after being diagnosed with COVID-19.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized the need to increase focus on "effective testing, tracing, treatment and surveillance" to bring the COVID-19 outbreak in the country under control. In his virtual review meeting with Chief Ministers of seven states with the highest number of coronavirus cases in the country on Wednesday evening, he also spoke of the need for clear messaging to dispel rumours about testing.
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