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J&K to start door-to-door survey of COVID patients; provide support, required care [details]

Councils, Panchayat members, BLOs will be involved in the exercise to ensure 100 percent accuracy.

May 9, 2021

COVID crisis in J&K runs amuck; lockdown extended till May 17 [details]

With 5,190 new cases and 54 deaths on Sunday, the Covid crisis in J&K appeared to peak much earlier than predicted by the experts.

May 9, 2021

Covid-19 infection is transmitted via air, warns US CDC

Infections through inhalation at distances greater than six feet from an infectious source are less likely than at closer distances.

May 9, 2021

British woman says she was abducted by aliens more than 50 times in a UFO, shows evidence to prove it

Paula Smith claimed that she first encountered an alien from deep space during her childhood

May 9, 2021

Uranium recovery worth Rs 21.30 crore in Mumbai; NIA takes over case [details]

Thane resident Panday, 27, and Mankhurd (Mumbai) scrap dealer Choudhary, 31, were produced before a special NIA court which granted police custody for 12 days.

May 9, 2021

Give up, get treatment, Telangana Police tells Covid-hit Maoists

Superintendent of Police, Sunil Dutt advised those Maoists who are suffering from Covid, to surrender to the police, so that they can be provided suitable treatment in hospitals.

May 9, 2021

Mental toll of COVID's second wave in India; are we doing enough [experts speak]

While we adapt to the gruesome second wave of COVID-19, its many physical effects on our health; it is crucial to turn inward, be mindful and start minding our mental business. IBTimes finds out if people are doing enough to keep safe, keep sane.

May 9, 2021

How Bengaluru revamps efforts to fight second wave of COVID [details]

The ward level committees will have officials of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), ward committee members, government officers, volunteer RWAs and civil society organisations.

May 9, 2021

Big B returns to TV with KBC 13; show will air on Sony [details]

Big B has been associated with the show for 11 seasons, while actor Shah Rukh Khan hosted season 3. The first episode of the show was telecast in 2000.

May 9, 2021

Aligarh Muslim University reels under COVID attack; over 40 faculty members dead [details]

The number of deaths could be much higher, but the university officials could not give the exact numbers.

May 9, 2021

COVID vaccines for 18-44 year-olds in Karnataka begins Monday; health min announces

Vaccine shortages had forced the Karnataka government to symbolically launch this vaccination drive, recently.

May 9, 2021

Delhi to remain shut till May 17, Metro services also suspended

Lockdown was imposed in the national capital on April 20 with some restrictions and the extended lockdown was supposed to end on Monday morning.

May 9, 2021

Karnataka reports 47,563 new COVID cases, 482 deaths ahead of lockdown [details]

The infection claimed 482 lives, including 285 in Bengaluru, taking the state's death toll to 18,286 and the city's toll to 7,776 since the pandemic broke out in mid-March a year ago.

May 9, 2021

Drink cow urine, prevent coronavirus; BJP MLA's claim backed by 'science', says scientists couldn't do anything

He also says that since modern science has clearly failed in tackling Covid, it's time to listen to our ancestors and follow their wisdom.

May 9, 2021

Uncontrolled re-entry of Chinese rocket draws criticisms from NASA

Debris from the Chinese rocket named Long March 5B finally landed in the Indian Ocean, west of the Maldives archipelago.

May 9, 2021