India registers record 4,205 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours, adds 3.48 lakh new cases
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands India witnessed a record 4,205 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours and registered 3.48 lakh new cases, as per the Union Health Ministry’s data on Wednesday (May 12, 2021). India’s death toll has now climbed to 2.54 lakh, while the total caseload has mounted to 2.33 crore after 3,48,421 […]
Google raises $4.6 million through internal donations for COVID-19 relief
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands Internet giant Google said it has so far raised $4.6 million (Rs 33 crore) through an internal donation campaign for COVID-19 relief in India. The funds raised will go to nonprofit organizations, including GiveIndia, Charities Aid Foundation India, GOONJ, and United Way of Mumbai, Google said in a blog post. Google has updated Search, […]
PM Narendra Modi to hold high-level meeting with CMs to review COVID-19 situation in India
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands In view of the prevailing COVID-19 crisis in the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (April 22) canceled his visit to poll-bound West Bengal and said that he will chair high-level meetings to review the situation. Informing through a tweet, the PM said that he will chair high-level meetings […]
Madhya Pradesh’s largest COVID-19 care centre set up in Indore
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands Madhya Pradesh’s largest COVID-19 care centre has come up in Indore with various items like clothes for patients, beddings and oxygen machines worth Rs 5 crore donated by people, a senior state official said. The centre, set up within a fortnight, is equipped with beds made out of cardboard which […]
Rajasthan issues new COVID-19 guidelines, curfew in all cities from 6 pm to 6 am
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands Amid a fresh surge in COVID-19 infections, the Rajasthan government on April 14 has issued new guidelines to curb the pace of virus transmission. A strict curfew would be observed in all cities in the state from 6 pm to 6 am, the order said. All market places across Rajasthan […]
PM Narendra Modi takes second dose of Covid-19 vaccine at AIIMS
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday took a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS here and asked those eligible for the shot to take it soon to defeat the virus. He had taken his first jab on March 1 at the hospital. “Got my second dose of the COVID-19 […]
Covid-19 vaccine shortage: Maharashtra, Centre in a war of words
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands The Centre today hit back at the Maharashtra government and accused it of creating panic and spreading lies after it raised serious concerns about the Covid-19 vaccine shortage in the state. The Centre’s reaction came hours after Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope said that the state had barely 2-3 days of vaccine stock left […]
Reliance Industries to cover COVID-19 vaccination costs of employees, families
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Reliance Industries Limited is going to cover the COVID-19 vaccination costs for its employees and their families. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the nationwide vaccination drive on January 16 with healthcare workers at the frontline of India’s COVID-19 battle getting their first jabs. The country has begun the second phase of […]
UK confronts threat of food crisis as coronavirus surge blocks trade
By Administration _ India Capital Sands The UK confronted threats of food insecurity and panicked shopping days before Christmas as European nations restricted trade and travel to guard against a resurgent coronavirus, offering Britain a preview of the border chaos to come in the absence of a Brexit deal. Fearing a fast-spreading new strain of the virus […]
Pfizer vaccine not coming to India soon as trials yet to be conducted
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands While the UK government has cleared Pfizer-BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine for use in public, the same is unlikely to be available anytime soon in India. For one, US giant Pfizer’s India arm has not yet applied for conducting clinical trials here, according to sources, and secondly, the vaccine has stringent temperature requirements (-75 […]