Punjab crosses 100 LMT mark of wheat procurement
Punjab has successfully crossed 100 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) mark in wheat procurement despite several challenges, especially the ongoing second wave of amid COVID pandemic. The state’s Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu on Thursday said that nearly 77 percent of total procurement operations had already been accomplished within...
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Covid contagion continues to smash records
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Union Government extends help to control pandemic
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Capt Amarinder seeks Centre’s directive to ESIC
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Young MAD volunteers assist Covid patients
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Haryana reports biggest spike of 13,947 Covid cases, highest ever 97 deaths
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Presence of ABVP activists in Covid ward raises furore
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APMC to impose fine on locals visiting Niranjanpur Mandi unnecessarily
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Impose Health emergency in U’khand – Cong
Terming the situation of the pandemic of Covid-19 in Uttarakhand as grave, the Uttarakhand Congress has demanded that a health emergency should be imposed in the state. The Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Pritam Singh said on Thursday that the Tirath Singh Rawat government has failed miserably in controlling the...
Chandigarh reports 801 cases, 8 deaths
Eight more people succumbed to COVID-19 in Chandigarh as 801 fresh cases surfaced on Thursday. With this, the active cases jumped to 6652 in the city. The total caseload was recorded at 41923 while the death toll stood at 465, according to Chandigarh’s health bulletin. In the last 24 hours, one...
Planned vaccination of 18+ elicits both hope & uncertainty
Those in the 18-45 years age group are slated to get vaccinated from the first week of May in the state. People above the age of 18 years can register themselves for getting vaccinated through the cowin.gov.in website and also through Aarogya Setu mobile App. However, there are mixed reactions among...
Crisis continues to brew in Punjab Cong
Simmering discontentment within the Congress party in Punjab appears to have reached the boiling point. Another Cabinet Minister on Thursday opened front against the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, even as the Chief Minister blamed his adversary Navjot Singh Sidhu for attacking his leadership and the party. Capt Amarinder also...
Wheat & rice alloted for two-month free rations
To help the poor and low income group during the pandemic, the Government of India has decided to provide free ration for two months to such people under the PMGKAY scheme by spending Rs 26,000 crore for 79.88 crore beneficiaries. Along with this, in Uttarakhand state about 2735 metric tonnes of...
Centre politicising vaccine distribution: Health Min
Health Minister Banna Gupta on Thursday accused the NDA-led Centre of being prejudiced against the people of Jharkhand and politicising the distribution of vaccine among states for the mass immunisation programme against Covid-19 starting on May 1 for all adults. This practice, he said, may lead to delay in launching...
Notify drugs for coronavirus treatment under Essential Commodities Act, urges CM
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has written a letter to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday urging him to notify medicines used in the treatment of coronavirus under the Essential Commodities Act. In his letter the Chief Minister said due to rise in the coronavirus cases, demands for Remdesivir injection,...
