Corona In Bengal

GST Council meeting: States may seek cut in tax on essential Corona virus supplies.

Phase 3 results for Bharat Biotech's coronavirus vaccine - Covaxin - were released Wednesday afternoon, with the drug demonstrating "81 per cent interim efficacy in preventing COVID-19 in those without prior infection after the second dose", according to a statement by the company.

India today expanded the nationwide vaccination against the coronavirus, opening registerations for people above 60 years and those aged 45 in the second phase of the inoculation drive which began on January 16.

India registered a single-day spike of over 16,000 COVID-19 cases for the fourth day in a row on Sunday, pushing the infection tally to 1,10,96,731, while the recoveries surged to 1,07,75,169, according to Union Health Ministry data.

On Saraswati Puja, in West Bengal amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the goddess of knowledge and wisdom was seen 'crowning' a 'corona warrior'. Saraswati Puja ends today with immersion of the idols.

Elections in Bengal are just months away now and the state's BJP unit appears to have recruited the coronavirus in its campaign against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress.

In a bid to make students aware of COVID-19, the West Bengal education department is considering introducing a chapter on the deadly virus in the school curriculum from 2021, an official said on Tuesday.

The name "Corona Express"given by Mamata Banerjee to migrant trains will become her "exit route" from Bengal, Home Minister Amit Shah said today, attacking the Chief Minister in a virtual rally.

Innovation is the mother of necessity! One such apt example is of an e-rickshaw driver's jugaad wherein he compartmentalised the vehicle to ensure social distancing in being maintained between his passengers. An e-rickshaw driver presumably from West Bengal came up with an innovative yet brilliant idea for maintaining social distancing. As the enti...

India's eighth coronavirus patient was cremated in Kolkata late on Monday night after the police pushed back local people who protested that the funeral at the neighbourhood crematorium may spread the infection.

Thirty states and Union territories declared a lockdown by late evening on Monday as the country recorded its ninth death linked to the highly contagious coronavirus. Overall, 471 people have tested positive for the virus in the country -- 75 of them in the last 24 hours. Two persons have died, one in Bengal and the other in Himachal Pradesh. As ...

With the West Bengal government extending the closure of educational institutes till April 15 in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak, several schools in the city have decided to conduct online classes to complete their syllabi on time.

A 64-year-old man died in Mumbai on Tuesday, taking the number of coronavirus-linked deaths in the country to three. As the total number of infected people reached 142, including the first positive case in West Bengal, the government has stopped incoming travel from a number of nations, including the European Union, Malaysia, Philippines and Afghan...

The West Bengal government on Saturday ordered all schools and colleges to remain closed from March 16 to 31 as part of precautionary measures to check the spread of the novel corona virus infection.

GST Council meeting: States may seek cut in tax on essential Corona virus supplies.

Phase 3 results for Bharat Biotech's coronavirus vaccine - Covaxin - were released Wednesday afternoon, with the drug demonstrating "81 per cent interim efficacy in preventing COVID-19 in those without prior infection after the second dose", according to a statement by the company.

India today expanded the nationwide vaccination against the coronavirus, opening registerations for people above 60 years and those aged 45 in the second phase of the inoculation drive which began on January 16.

India registered a single-day spike of over 16,000 COVID-19 cases for the fourth day in a row on Sunday, pushing the infection tally to 1,10,96,731, while the recoveries surged to 1,07,75,169, according to Union Health Ministry data.

On Saraswati Puja, in West Bengal amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the goddess of knowledge and wisdom was seen 'crowning' a 'corona warrior'. Saraswati Puja ends today with immersion of the idols.

Elections in Bengal are just months away now and the state's BJP unit appears to have recruited the coronavirus in its campaign against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress.

In a bid to make students aware of COVID-19, the West Bengal education department is considering introducing a chapter on the deadly virus in the school curriculum from 2021, an official said on Tuesday.

The name "Corona Express"given by Mamata Banerjee to migrant trains will become her "exit route" from Bengal, Home Minister Amit Shah said today, attacking the Chief Minister in a virtual rally.

Innovation is the mother of necessity! One such apt example is of an e-rickshaw driver's jugaad wherein he compartmentalised the vehicle to ensure social distancing in being maintained between his passengers. An e-rickshaw driver presumably from West Bengal came up with an innovative yet brilliant idea for maintaining social distancing. As the enti...

India's eighth coronavirus patient was cremated in Kolkata late on Monday night after the police pushed back local people who protested that the funeral at the neighbourhood crematorium may spread the infection.

Thirty states and Union territories declared a lockdown by late evening on Monday as the country recorded its ninth death linked to the highly contagious coronavirus. Overall, 471 people have tested positive for the virus in the country -- 75 of them in the last 24 hours. Two persons have died, one in Bengal and the other in Himachal Pradesh. As ...

With the West Bengal government extending the closure of educational institutes till April 15 in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak, several schools in the city have decided to conduct online classes to complete their syllabi on time.

A 64-year-old man died in Mumbai on Tuesday, taking the number of coronavirus-linked deaths in the country to three. As the total number of infected people reached 142, including the first positive case in West Bengal, the government has stopped incoming travel from a number of nations, including the European Union, Malaysia, Philippines and Afghan...

The West Bengal government on Saturday ordered all schools and colleges to remain closed from March 16 to 31 as part of precautionary measures to check the spread of the novel corona virus infection.