Kiwi batsman Tim Seifert has tested positive for Covid-19 and will not be travelling back to New Zealand on the charter flight with Blackcaps’ other Indian Premier League (IPL) players, support staff and commentators.
Day: May 8, 2021
The all-English Champions League final could be played at home after Turkey was added to England’s ‘red list’ of countries where all but essential travel is banned due to severe coronavirus outbreaks.
The Tamilnadu government today imposed a complete lockdown (with few relaxations) for two weeks across the State between 4 am on 10 May and 4 am on 24 May to combat the spread of Covid-19.
Tamilnadu Food Minister R Sakkarapani today said Chief Minister M K Stalin will kickstart on Monday a scheme to provide Rs 2,000 as Covid relief to all ration card holders.
In order to provide relief amid the ongoing second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, the Income Tax (I-T) department announced that hospitals and nursing homes can now accept cash payments of Rs 2 lakh or more for the treatment of coronavirus-infected patients till 31 May, 2021.
In one of the biggest seizures, the Air Customs sleuths seized 15.6 kg of heroin worth Rs 100 crore from two Tanzanian nationals on Friday.
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) today lashed out at the Centre for its handling of the Covid-19 situation in the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today spoke to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray over phone on the Covid-19 situation in the State.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said there is still a shortage of vaccine doses against Covid-19 and the national capital needs three crore doses to inoculate all eligible beneficiaries within three months. He urged the Centre to provide the requisite number of doses.