Patna (Bihar) [India], October 18 (ANI): Purnea IG Binod Kumar passed away at AIIMS Patna, earlier on Sunday morning. He was admitted here three days back after being infected with COVID-19.
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): As India has scaled up its COVID-19 testing capacity from one in January to over 9.32 crore at present, the positivity rate has fallen below 8 per cent, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said on Sunday.
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): The National Testing Agency (NTA) has declared the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) 2020 results in which Odisha's Soyeb Aftab has secured AIR 1, with 99.99 percentile.
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Union Minister for Education Ramesh Pokhriyal on Friday thanked the National Testing Agency (NTA) for giving a new cohort of doctors this year. The exams were conducted during "testing" times.
Katra (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 16 (ANI): Following COVID-19 protocols, special arrangements have been made for the Navratri festival at Mata Vaishno Devi temple, which will start on Saturday.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 15 (ANI): A total of 1,432 new COVID-19 cases and eight deaths were reported in Telangana in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 2,17,670, the state health department informed on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): Deadly effects of nuclear weapons can be reduced with the help of dust particles, a Delhi-based woman scientist has said in her research while noting that more testing is required in a controlled environment to see how things will work out on the groun
New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a review meeting of the research and vaccine deployment ecosystem against the COVID-19 pandemic including testing technologies, contact tracing, drugs and therapeutics, etc.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], October 15 (ANI): NorthEast United FC on Thursday said their assistant coach Khalid Jamil is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Goa after testing positive for coronavirus.
Sonepat (Haryana) [India], October 14 (ANI): Para-Archer Ankit, who is a part of the national camp at Sports Authority of India's (SAI) Northern Regional Centre Sonepat, was on Wednesday hospitalised after testing positive for coronavirus.
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): India has crossed the 9-crore mark of COVID-19 testing across the country on Wednesday after 11,45,015 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Montreal/Geneva, October 14 (ANI): Airports Council International (ACI) World and International Air Transport Association (IATA) have reinforced the urgent call for governments to use testing as a means to safely re-open borders and re-establish global connectivity.