Assam Flood Situation Worsens, Delhi LNJP Hospital Doctor Dies Of COVID-19 And Other Top News

The flood situation in Assam continues to remain grim as more and more people continue to be affected every passing hour.

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So far over 9.26 lakh people in 2,071 villages in 23 of the state's 33 districts have been hit by the annual recurring flood. Read more

LNJP Doctor Who Was At The Frontline Of Battle Against COVID-19 Dies After Contracting The Virus

A senior doctor at the LNJP Hospital in Delhi, which is one of the dedicated COVID-19 hospitals in the national capital has lost his battle to the viral infection.

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Dr. Asheem Gupta, a senior consultant of anesthetics at the LNJP Hospital, died Sunday, days after he tested positive for Covid-19. Read more

72-Year-Old Kazakhstan Returnee Flees Screening At Delhi To Avoid Quarantine, Found At Daughter's House

A 72-year-old man who returned to Delhi on Saturday night on a Vande Bharat repatriation flight from Almaty in Kazakhstan created a scare after he went 'missing' from the airport.

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Harjeet Singh, a resident of Dilshad Garden, arrived in Delhi on flight number AI 1916 went missing from the entry gate of the screening hall at Terminal-3 of the IGI airport. Read more

FIR Filed Against Baba Ramdev And 4 Others For Claiming To Have Found A Cure For COVID-19

An FIR has been filed against Baba Ramdev, two associates along with 2 top officials of the National Institute of Medical Sciences, where his Patanjali Research Institute had recently conducted a clinical trial on Covid-19 patients, for making ¡°misleading claims¡± on Covid cure.

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The FIR, filed by advocate Balbir Jakhar on Friday, has named Baba Ramdev, Patanjali CEO Acharya Balkrishna, Patanjali scientist Anurag Varshney, NIMS chairman Balbir Singh Tomar and NIMS director Anurag Tomar. Read more

With Nearly 3000 Fresh COVID-19 Cases, Delhi's Tally Crosses 83,000

Delhi saw a jump in 2889 fresh COVID-19 cases which meant the overall tally had crossed 83,000. As of now 2623 people have died, as per authorities.

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The city's containment zones have risen to from 315 to 417 said the Delhi health department data. Read more

Terrorists May Enter Bihar Through Nepal Border, According To State's Special Branch Alert

An alert issued by Bihar Special Branch to everyone of the state's districts warns of the possibility of terrorists from Taliban and Jaish-e-Mohammad entering via the border with Nepal.

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The knowledge is that the ISI plans to send in around 5-6 Taliban and Jaish terrorists, who have been trained by the Pakistan army, through the Nepal border into Bihar. Read more