Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala on Wednesday reported three more cases of Zika virus taking the tally of the mosquito-borne infections in the state to 41 in the state.”Out of 41 cases of Zika virus reported, five patients are undergoing treatment,” Kerala Health Minister Veena George said.All three cases have been reported in Thiruvananthapuram, the minister said.”The test […]
Geneva:The World Health Organisation says there were more than 3.4 million new global cases of the coronavirus last week, a 12% increase from the previous week.The UN health agency says the number of deaths is continuing to decline, with about 57,000 in the last week.“At this rate, it is expected that the cumulative number of […]
While the police are yet to take any action against the NCP leader who allegedly harassed the woman, Minister AK Saseendran allegedly tried to resolve the matter in a “good way” via a phone call. On June 28, a woman from Kerala’s Kollam district filed a harassment complaint with the police against G Padmakaran, reportedly […]
NEW DELHI: Spyware Pegasus, which is sold by the NSO Group of Israel, may have been used to conduct surveillance on about 300 Indians, including two serving Cabinet ministers at the Centre, three opposition leaders, a Constitutional authority, government officials, scientists and about 40 journalists, according to French media nonprofit, Forbidden Stories, and Amnesty International. […]
Incessant overnight rains have thrown many parts of Mumbai out of gear on Sunday, with the city witnessing severe water logging, disruption of local train services and vehicular traffic. According to reports, 11 people have been killed after a wall collapsed on some shanties in Chembur’s Bharat Nagar area due to a landslide, the National […]
The driver of a bus died and about 15 passengers were injured when a bus travelling from Bengaluru to Mankuttam in Kannur district of Kerala met with an accident on July 19, Monday. The driver of the bus, a Karnataka State Transport Corporation’s Volvo, with 20 passengers on board, had lost control of the vehicle […]
NEW DELHI: The Delta variant of SARS-COV-2 was behind the majority of clinical cases of breakthrough infection of COVID-19 but only 9.8 percent cases required hospitalisation and fatality were observed in only 0.4 percent cases, according to a new ICMR study. Breakthrough infection is if one gets infected even after immunisation. The study, the largest […]
Kochi: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Friday suggested that prior to taking admission in colleges students and their parents should sign a bond that they will not engage in the practice of dowry. Days after a series of dowry deaths rocked Kerala and led to a heated debate against the menace, Khan had on […]
KOCHI: The High Court said that mental and physical abuse towards married ladies are increasing day by day in our country to pressurize them to bring more wealth to the family of the bridegroom to improve their financial situation. Justice V Shircy said that despite several cases filed against the husband and family in such […]
NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday said it has released Rs 75,000 crore to the states and Union Territories to compensate them for the shortfall in GST revenue.The Centre sanctioned Rs 4122.27 crore to Kerala as GST compensation. Kerala had demanded an immediate release of Rs 4,524 crore in GST arrears for 2020-21. The GST […]